Carmen Wah Liang, DO, MPH is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Executive Director of Student Health in the Office of Education and Student Affairs at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Dr. Liang earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, California, and completed her residency training at Tacoma Family Medicine in Tacoma, Washington. She began her career as a community health and urgent care physician in Washington State before pursuing a Master of Public Health (MPH) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She subsequently served as Medical Director and partner at Integrated Case Management L3C, where she led innovative approaches to behavioral change and interdisciplinary care for patients with chronic medical conditions.
Since joining UCSF in 2015, Dr. Liang has held a variety of clinical, educational, and leadership roles. She previously served as Associate Medical Director of the Adult Urgent Care Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, where she advanced quality improvement initiatives, medical education, and clinical operations. Her work has focused on caring for underserved and culturally diverse populations while fostering excellence in patient care, organizational development, and workforce engagement.
A recognized leader in physician development, Dr. Liang has extensive experience in change leadership, performance coaching, Intrinsic Coaching®, Lean management, and quality improvement. She has mentored medical trainees, conducted research, and partnered with interdisciplinary teams to strengthen organizational performance and cultivate leadership across health care settings. She also served as a Community and Training Ambassador for the UCSF School of Medicine’s Differences Matter Initiative, supporting faculty and staff development through its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training Program.
As a fellow in the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) Health Care Leadership Program, Dr. Liang created the UCSF Leadership Institute’s Foundations for Excellence in Physician Leadership program, which prepares physician leaders and clinicians assuming increasing administrative responsibilities. She remains committed to advancing leadership development in medicine through her continued service as a CHCF alumni board member.