Cindy Lai • UCSF Profiles

Cindy Lai, MD

Title(s)	Professor, Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	505 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco CA 94117
Phone	415-353-7900
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Overview

Dr. Lai is a general internist who attends on the medicine wards at UCSF Health/Parnassus and has a primary care practice at UCSF/Mt. Zion, where she precepts residents and students. She serves as the Gold-Headed Cane Endowed Education Chair in Internal Medicine. She is the director of medical student clinical education for the Department of Medicine (clerkship director), and oversees the Parnassus site. Dr. Lai is a deputy editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine and an editor for the First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards. Dr. Lai has been recognized with teaching and mentoring awards and is a member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. She completed an internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a general medicine clinician-educator fellowship at UCSF.

Websites

	Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center
	Academy of Medical Educators

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Publications

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Emerging from the Pandemic: AAIM Recommendations for Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship Interview Standards. Am J Med. 2022 10; 135(10):1267-1272. Luther VP, Wininger DA, Lai CJ, Dao A, Garcia MM, Harper W, Chow TM, Correa R, Gay LJ, Fettig L, Dalal B, Vassallo P, Barczi S, Sweet M. PMID: 35820460; PMCID: PMC9513141.

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The Impact of Internal Medicine Clerkship Characteristics and NBME Subject Exams on USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam Performance. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 07; 37(9):2208-2216. Fitz M, Adams W, Heincelman M, Haist S, Whelan K, Cox L, Cao UT, Hingle S, Raff A, Houghton B, Fitzpatrick J, Nall R, Foster J, Appelbaum J, Grum C, Donovan A, Kiken S, Abraham R, Hlafka M, Miller C, Bansal S, Paauw D, Lai CJ, Pincavage A, Agarwal G, Burns C, Holzer H, Lappé K, John V, Barker B, Mingioni N, Rao D, Zakowski L, Chakraborti C, Williams W, Kelly W. PMID: 35764759; PMCID: PMC9296728.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Innovation and Missed Opportunities in Internal Medicine Undergraduate Education During COVID-19: Results from a National Survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 07; 37(9):2149-2155. Alexandraki I, Walsh KJ, Ratcliffe T, Onumah C, Szauter K, Curren C, Osman N, Lai CJ, DeWaay D, Duca NS, Weinstein A, Ismail N, Jacob J, Kisielewski M, Pincavage AT. PMID: 35710667; PMCID: PMC9202971.

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Int Internal Medicine
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AAIM Recommendations to Promote Equity in the Clerkship Clinical Learning Environment. Am J Med. 2022 08; 135(8):1021-1028. Pincavage AT, Osman NY, Alexandraki I, Ismail NJ, Levine DL, Onumah CM, Lai CJ. PMID: 35504324.

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Students receiving pages on their patients: A pilot. Med Educ. 2022 05; 56(5):570-571. Ow GM, Lai CJ, Choi N, Khanna R. PMID: 35199867.

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Patient Advocacy Assessment in the Medicine Clerkship: A Qualitative Study of Definition, Context, and Impact. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 08; 37(10):2489-2495. Griffiths EP, Lai CJ, Ziv T, Dawson D, Dhaliwal G, Wheeler M, Teherani A. PMID: 35132554; PMCID: PMC8821783.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Roles and Responsibilities of Medicine Subinternship Directors : Medicine Subinternship Director Roles. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 08; 37(11):2698-2702. Duca NS, Lai CJ, Ratcliffe TA, Alexandraki I, Ismail N, Kisielewski M, Jacob J, Walsh K, Levine DL, Szauter K, Jasti H, Pincavage AT, LaRochelle J, Glod SA. PMID: 34545467; PMCID: PMC9411493.

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Int Internal Medicine
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A is for advocacy: How introducing student advocacy assessment impacts longitudinal integrated clerkship students and clinical supervisors. Med Teach. 2022 Feb; 44(2):149-157. Ziv T, Wamsley M, Lai CJ, Griffiths EP, Maxey A, Kryzhanovskaya IE, Teherani A. PMID: 34433360.

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AAIM Principles and Recommendations for the 2021-2022 Internal Medicine Residency Interview Cycle in Response to the Continued COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Med. 2021 11; 134(11):1427-1431. Raj JM, Lai CJ, Higgins S, Chretien KC, Barton T, Kroker-Bode CA, Calderon A, Apaloo C, Shaheen AW. PMID: 34411522; PMCID: PMC8366035.

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Aiming for Equity in Clerkship Grading: Recommendations for Reducing the Effects of Structural and Individual Bias. Am J Med. 2021 09; 134(9):1175-1183.e4. Onumah CM, Lai CJ, Levine D, Ismail N, Pincavage AT, Osman NY. PMID: 34144012.

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Moving toward Mastery: Changes in Student Perceptions of Clerkship Assessment with Pass/Fail Grading and Enhanced Feedback. Teach Learn Med. 2022 Apr-May; 34(2):198-208. Bullock JL, Seligman L, Lai CJ, O'Sullivan PS, Hauer KE. PMID: 34014793.

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Med Medical Informatics Med Medicine (General)
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Grade Appeals in the Internal Medicine Clerkship: A National Survey and Recommendations for Improvement. Am J Med. 2021 06; 134(6):817-822.e7. Packer CD, Duca NS, Dhaliwal G, Ismail N, Pincavage AT, Kisielewski M, DeWaay D, Walsh K, Lai CJ. PMID: 33675735.

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Designing and Implementing a Novel Virtual Rounds Curriculum for Medical Students' Internal Medicine Clerkship During the COVID-19 Pandemic. MedEdPORTAL. 2021 03 02; 17:11106. Sukumar S, Zakaria A, Lai CJ, Sakumoto M, Khanna R, Choi N. PMID: 33768143; PMCID: PMC7970635.

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Edu Education Med Medicine (General)
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"There Is a Lot of Change Afoot": A Qualitative Study of Faculty Adaptation to Elimination of Tiered Grades With Increased Emphasis on Feedback in Core Clerkships. Acad Med. 2021 02 01; 96(2):263-270. McDonald JA, Lai CJ, Lin MYC, O'Sullivan PS, Hauer KE. PMID: 32909998.

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Advocacy in action: Medical student reflections of an experiential curriculum. Clin Teach. 2021 Apr; 18(2):168-173. Daya S, Choi N, Harrison JD, Lai CJ. PMID: 33058502; PMCID: PMC8009802.

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Internal Medicine Student Education on Direct-Care Hospital Medicine Services: Results of a National Survey. Am J Med. 2020 07; 133(7):868-875. Nagarur A, Lai CJ, Simmons LH, Kisielewski M, Ratcliffe TA, DeWaay DJ, Mattison MLP, Thapa B, Ziperstein JC, Johnston KT. PMID: 32278844.

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Why and how to prepare, write and submit clinical cases. Clin Teach. 2020 10; 17(5):471-476. Sankey C, Williams W, Bhatnagar D, Miller CS, Lai CJ. PMID: 31923927.

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Clerkship Roles and Responsibilities in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: a National Survey of Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 05; 35(5):1375-1381. Glod SA, Alexandraki I, Jasti H, Lai CJ, Ratcliffe TA, Walsh K, Kisielewski M, LaRochelle J. PMID: 31898141; PMCID: PMC7210333.

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Int Internal Medicine
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In Pursuit of Honors: A Multi-Institutional Study of Students' Perceptions of Clerkship Evaluation and Grading. Acad Med. 2019 11; 94(11S Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Research in Medical Education Sessions):S48-S56. Bullock JL, Lai CJ, Lockspeiser T, O'Sullivan PS, Aronowitz P, Dellmore D, Fung CC, Knight C, Hauer KE. PMID: 31365406.

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Promoting patient advocacy through a medicine clerkship curriculum. Med Educ. 2019 11; 53(11):1135. Choi N, Daya S, Lai C. PMID: 31650600.

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A framework to promote equity in clinical clerkships. Clin Teach. 2020 06; 17(3):298-304. Lai CJ, Jackson AV, Wheeler M, Dhaliwal G, Ziv TA, Kryzhanovskaya I, Teherani A. PMID: 31486273.

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Integrating Health Systems Science in early undergraduate medical education: barriers to implementation and lessons learned. MedEdPublish. 2017; 4(6):35. Mills LM, Hoffman AB, Khan A, Lai CJ.
First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards. 2017. Le T, Baudendistel T, Chin-Hong P, Lai C, eds.
“Collective wisdom”: Assigning honors grades in a multi-site internal medicine clerkship through team calibration. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. 2017; 3(15):21-22. Lai C, Ziv T, Wheeler M, Stoltz S, Dhaliwal G.
Going from good to great: explicating norms through continuity in the clinical workplace. Med Educ. 2017 08; 51(8):777-779. Poncelet A, Lai CJ. PMID: 28699293.

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Health Systems Science Curricula in Undergraduate Medical Education: Identifying and Defining a Potential Curricular Framework. Acad Med. 2017 01; 92(1):123-131. Gonzalo JD, Dekhtyar M, Starr SR, Borkan J, Brunett P, Fancher T, Green J, Grethlein SJ, Lai C, Lawson L, Monrad S, O'Sullivan P, Schwartz MD, Skochelak S. PMID: 27049541.

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Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships: Principles, Outcomes, Practical Tools, and Future Directions. Editors: Poncelet A, Hirsh D. Inpatient Education for Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. 2016; 91-103. Lai C, Batalden M, Khan A.
Decision Support in Medicine, LLC. Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Medicine. 2016.
The Value of Student-Run Clinics for Premedical Students: A Multi-Institutional Study. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016; 27(3):961-70. Pennington K, Tong IL, Lai CJ, O'Sullivan PS, Sheu L. PMID: 27524745.

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Hea Health Services
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Pharmacy students teaching prescribers strategies to lower prescription drug costs for underserved patients. J Manag Care Pharm. 2013 Sep; 19(7):534-41. Stebbins MR, Frear ME, Cutler TW, Lightwood JM, Fingado AR, Lai CJ, Lipton HL. PMID: 23964614.

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Pha Pharmacy
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An evaluation of interactive web-based curricula for teaching code status discussions. J Palliat Med. 2013 Sep; 16(9):1070-3. Chittenden EH, Anderson WG, Lai CJ, O'Sullivan P. PMID: 23937063.

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Pal Palliative Care
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Community health education at student-run clinics leads to sustained improvement in patients' hepatitis B knowledge. J Community Health. 2013 Jun; 38(3):471-9. Ouyang D, Yuan N, Sheu L, Lau G, Chen C, Lai CJ. PMID: 23161212.

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Pub Public Health
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Systems-based practice learning opportunities in student-run clinics: a qualitative analysis of student experiences. Acad Med. 2013 Jun; 88(6):831-6. Sheu L, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan PS, Kwong A, Lai CJ. PMID: 23619068.

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Edu Education
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GeriWard: An interprofessional curriculum for health professions student teams on systems-based care of the hospitalized older adult. MedEdPORTAL. 2013. Rennke S, Mackin L, Wallhagen M, Tam E, Jue V, Smoot B, Lai C. View Publication.
Impact of student-run clinics on preclinical sociocultural and interprofessional attitudes: a prospective cohort analysis. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Aug; 23(3):1058-72. Sheu L, Lai CJ, Coelho AD, Lin LD, Zheng P, Hom P, Diaz V, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 24212159.

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Hea Health Services
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The Alliance for Clinical Education Guidebook for Clerkship Directors. Inpatient Medicine in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. 2012. Batalden M, Lai CJ.
Promoting interprofessional collaboration: pharmacy students teaching current and future prescribers about Medicare Part D. J Manag Care Pharm. 2011 Jul-Aug; 17(6):439-48. Lai CJ, Smith AR, Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Lipton HL. PMID: 21787029.

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Pha Pharmacy
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First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards. 2011; 1-754. Le T, Chin-Hong, PV, Baudendistel TE, Lai CJ, Editors.
Learning through service: student perceptions on volunteering at interprofessional hepatitis B student-run clinics. J Cancer Educ. 2011 Jun; 26(2):228-33. Sheu LC, Zheng P, Coelho AD, Lin LD, O'Sullivan PS, O'Brien BC, Yu AY, Lai CJ. PMID: 20652476; PMCID: PMC3098345.

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Edu Education Neo Neoplasms
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Development of a longitudinal integrated clerkship at an academic medical center. Med Educ Online. 2011 Apr 04; 16. Poncelet A, Bokser S, Calton B, Hauer KE, Kirsch H, Jones T, Lai CJ, Mazotti L, Shore W, Teherani A, Tong L, Wamsley M, Robertson P. PMID: 21475642; PMCID: PMC3071870.

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Edu Education
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Peer-to-peer interprofessional health policy education for Medicare part D. Am J Pharm Educ. 2010 Aug 10; 74(6):102. Lipton HL, Lai CJ, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Stebbins MR. PMID: 21045944; PMCID: PMC2933011.

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Edu Education Pha Pharmacy
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A model for interprofessional health disparities education: student-led curriculum on chronic hepatitis B infection. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 May; 25 Suppl 2:S140-5. Sheu LC, Toy BC, Kwahk E, Yu A, Adler J, Lai CJ. PMID: 20352509; PMCID: PMC2847097.

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Int Internal Medicine
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A professional development course for the clinical clerkships: developing a student-centered curriculum. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jul; 23(7):964-8. Hill-Sakurai LE, Lee CA, Schickedanz A, Maa J, Lai CJ. PMID: 18612725; PMCID: PMC2517931.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Postdischarge follow-up visits for medical and pharmacy students on an inpatient medicine clerkship. J Hosp Med. 2008 Jan; 3(1):20-7. Lai CJ, Nye HE, Bookwalter T, Kwan A, Hauer KE. PMID: 18257097.

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Hos Hospitals
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Provider knowledge and practice regarding hepatitis B screening in Chinese-speaking patients. J Cancer Educ. 2007; 22(1):37-41. Lai CJ, Nguyen TT, Hwang J, Stewart SL, Kwan A, McPhee SJ. PMID: 17570807.

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Edu Education Neo Neoplasms
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Brief report: Multiprogram evaluation of reading habits of primary care internal medicine residents on ambulatory rotations. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 May; 21(5):486-9. Lai CJ, Aagaard E, Brandenburg S, Nadkarni M, Wei HG, Baron R. PMID: 16704393; PMCID: PMC1484781.

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Int Internal Medicine
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Teaching chronic disease management to interdisciplinary medical learners. Med Educ. 2005 Nov; 39(11):1162-3. Lai C, Julian K, Baron R. PMID: 16262837.

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Antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B and cirrhosis. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2004 Sep; 33(3):629-54, x-xi. Lai CJ, Terrault NA. PMID: 15324948.

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Gas Gastroenterology
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