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Catherine Burke, MD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address521 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94117
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    University of California, San FranciscoFellowship2021Academic Hospital Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoResidency2020UC Primary Care / General Internal Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoMD2017Medical School
    Tufts UniversityBA2011Sociology

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    Dr. Burke is a graduate of the UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF Internal Medicine (Primary Care) Residency, and completed an additional year as a UCSF Academic Hospital Medicine Fellow. She currently practices as a hospitalist at UCSF Parnassus and Mount Zion campuses, where she provides direct care for patients admitted to the general medicine wards and provides medical consultations for patients admitted to surgery and psychiatry services. She also oversees patient care and provides education to Internal Medicine residents and medical students on the general medicine teaching teams.

    Dr. Burke has expertise in complex care coordination, patient triage, and hospital flow, serving as a triage hospitalist at Parnassus and Mount Zion hospitals, and collaborating with providers throughout California as a triage hospitalist for UCSF Health. She has strong interests in the experience of hospitalized patients, effective communication strategies, and interprofessional dynamics within the hospital.

    In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Burke serves as a lecturer and small group instructor within the School of Medicine. She has an interest in the medical-student-to-resident transition, serving as a Confidential Career Advisor for medical students considering careers in Internal Medicine, as well as a RAD Advisor in the Internal Medicine Residency. Dr. Burke also co-leads the Medicine COBIE (COmpetency-Based Immersion Experience), an intensive review course for graduating medical students preparing to enter Internal Medicine residencies and other related fields.

    Dr. Burke’s other roles include interviewing for the School of Medicine Admissions Committee, as well as facilitating “Code CARE De-Escalation Simulations” where staff interact with standardized patients to practice thoughtful navigation of inpatient conflicts involving social identity and historical trauma.

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    1. Illumina complete long read assay yields contiguous bacterial genomes from human gut metagenomes. mSystems. 2025 Aug 19; 10(8):e0153124. Maghini DG, Kiguchi Y, Darling AE, Monahan LG, Halpern AL, Burke CM, Jaeger E, Statham A, Truong T, Ying K, Bruinsma SP, Schroth GP, Bhatt AS. PMID: 40698936; PMCID: PMC12363240.
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    2. Understanding Clerkship Student Roles in the Context of 21st-Century Healthcare Systems and Curricular Reform. Teach Learn Med. 2018 Oct-Dec; 30(4):367-376. Sheu L, Burke C, Masters D, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 29509038.
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    3. Using medical examiner case narratives to improve opioid overdose surveillance. Int J Drug Policy. 2018 04; 54:35-42. Hurstak E, Rowe C, Turner C, Behar E, Cabugao R, Lemos NP, Burke C, Coffin P. PMID: 29353022; PMCID: PMC5899632.
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    4. Opioid Overdose Deaths in the City and County of San Francisco: Prevalence, Distribution, and Disparities. J Urban Health. 2015 Aug; 92(4):758-72. Visconti AJ, Santos GM, Lemos NP, Burke C, Coffin PO. PMID: 26077643; PMCID: PMC4524842.
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    5. Single-cell genetic analysis reveals insights into clonal development of prostate cancers and indicates loss of PTEN as a marker of poor prognosis. Am J Pathol. 2014 Oct; 184(10):2671-86. Heselmeyer-Haddad KM, Berroa Garcia LY, Bradley A, Hernandez L, Hu Y, Habermann JK, Dumke C, Thorns C, Perner S, Pestova E, Burke C, Chowdhury SA, Schwartz R, Schäffer AA, Paris PL, Ried T. PMID: 25131421; PMCID: PMC4188868.
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    6. A group of genome-based biomarkers that add to a Kattan nomogram for predicting progression in men with high-risk prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Jan 01; 16(1):195-202. Paris PL, Weinberg V, Albo G, Roy R, Burke C, Simko J, Carroll P, Collins C. PMID: 20028763; PMCID: PMC2854027.
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