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Cindy Lai, MD

TitleProfessor
SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
DepartmentMedicine
Address505 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94117
Phone415-353-7900
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    Dr. Lai completed a primary care internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a general medicine clinician-educator fellowship at UCSF. She attends on the medicine wards at Parnassus/Moffitt-Long Hospitals and has a primary care practice at UCSF-Mt. Zion, where she also precepts residents and PISCES clerkship students. She serves as the Director of Medical Student Clinical Education for the Department of Medicine. In her role as Clerkship Director, she oversees the third-year medicine clerkships and fourth-year subinternships and electives. She also serves as the site director for the medicine clerkship at Parnassus/Moffitt-Long Hospitals and is the course director of Intersessions for third-year medical students. She mentors clinical medical students and residents, and assists with faculty and fellow development for the Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Lai also serves as a Deputy Editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine and is an Editor for the First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards. Dr. Lai has received multiple awards for teaching and mentoring, and is a member of UCSF’s Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators.


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    1. Poncelet A, Lai C. Going from good to great: explicating norms through continuity in the clinical workplace. Med Educ. 2017 Aug; 51(8):777-779. PMID: 28699293.
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    2. Lai C, Batalden M, Khan A. Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships: Principles, Outcomes, Practical Tools, and Future Directions. Editors: Poncelet A, Hirsh D. Inpatient Education for Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. 2016; 91-103.
    3. Decision Support in Medicine, LLC. Clinical Decision Support: Hospital Medicine. 2016.
    4. 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. Health Systems Science Curricula in Undergraduate Medical Education: Identifying and Defining a Potential Curricular Framework. Acad Med. 2016 Apr 5. PMID: 27049541.
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    5. Pennington K, Tong IL, Lai C, O'Sullivan PS, Sheu L. The Value of Student-Run Clinics for Premedical Students: A Multi-Institutional Study. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016; 27(3):961-70. PMID: 27524745.
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    6. Stebbins MR, Frear ME, Cutler TW, Lightwood JM, Fingado AR, Lai C, Lipton HL. Pharmacy students teaching prescribers strategies to lower prescription drug costs for underserved patients. J Manag Care Pharm. 2013 Sep; 19(7):534-41. PMID: 23964614.
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    7. Chittenden EH, Anderson WG, Lai C, O'Sullivan P. An evaluation of interactive web-based curricula for teaching code status discussions. J Palliat Med. 2013 Sep; 16(9):1070-3. PMID: 23937063.
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    8. Ouyang D, Yuan N, Sheu L, Lau G, Chen C, Lai C. 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. PMID: 23161212.
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    9. Sheu L, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan PS, Kwong A, Lai C. Systems-based practice learning opportunities in student-run clinics: a qualitative analysis of student experiences. Acad Med. 2013 Jun; 88(6):831-6. PMID: 23619068.
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    10. Rennke S, Mackin L, Wallhagen M, Tam E, Jue V, Smoot B, Lai C . GeriWard: An interprofessional curriculum for health professions student teams on systems-based care of the hospitalized older adult. MedEdPORTAL. 2013.
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    11. Sheu L, Lai C, Coelho AD, Lin LD, Zheng P, Hom P, Diaz V, O'Sullivan PS. 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. PMID: 24212159.
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    12. Batalden M, Lai C . The Alliance for Clinical Education Guidebook for Clerkship Directors. Inpatient Medicine in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. 2012.
    13. Le T, Chin-Hong, PV, Baudendistel TE, Lai C, Editors. First Aid for the Internal Medicine Boards. 2011; 1-754.
    14. Lai C, Smith AR, Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Lipton HL. 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. PMID: 21787029.
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    15. Sheu LC, Zheng P, Coelho AD, Lin LD, O'Sullivan PS, O'Brien BC, Yu AY, Lai C. Learning through service: student perceptions on volunteering at interprofessional hepatitis B student-run clinics. J Cancer Educ. 2011 Jun; 26(2):228-33. PMID: 20652476; PMCID: PMC3098345.
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    16. Poncelet A, Bokser S, Calton B, Hauer KE, Kirsch H, Jones T, Lai C, Mazotti L, Shore W, Teherani A, Tong L, Wamsley M, Robertson P. Development of a longitudinal integrated clerkship at an academic medical center. Med Educ Online. 2011; 16. PMID: 21475642; PMCID: PMC3071870.
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    17. Lipton HL, Lai C, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Stebbins MR. Peer-to-peer interprofessional health policy education for Medicare part D. Am J Pharm Educ. 2010 Aug 10; 74(6):102. PMID: 21045944; PMCID: PMC2933011.
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    18. Sheu LC, Toy BC, Kwahk E, Yu A, Adler J, Lai C. 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. PMID: 20352509; PMCID: PMC2847097.
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    19. Hill-Sakurai LE, Lee CA, Schickedanz A, Maa J, Lai C. A professional development course for the clinical clerkships: developing a student-centered curriculum. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jul; 23(7):964-8. PMID: 18612725; PMCID: PMC2517931.
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    20. Lai C, Nye HE, Bookwalter T, Kwan A, Hauer KE. Postdischarge follow-up visits for medical and pharmacy students on an inpatient medicine clerkship. J Hosp Med. 2008 Jan; 3(1):20-7. PMID: 18257097.
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    21. Lai C, Nguyen TT, Hwang J, Stewart SL, Kwan A, McPhee SJ. Provider knowledge and practice regarding hepatitis B screening in Chinese-speaking patients. J Cancer Educ. 2007; 22(1):37-41. PMID: 17570807.
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    22. Lai C, Aagaard E, Brandenburg S, Nadkarni M, Wei HG, Baron R. 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. PMID: 16704393; PMCID: PMC1484781.
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    23. Lai C, Julian K, Baron R. Teaching chronic disease management to interdisciplinary medical learners. Med Educ. 2005 Nov; 39(11):1162-3. PMID: 16262837.
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    24. Lai C, Terrault NA. Antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B and cirrhosis. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2004 Sep; 33(3):629-54, x-xi. PMID: 15324948.
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