Erica Brode, MD, MPH is a board-certified family medicine physician and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF. With over a decade of faculty experience, she combines a thriving primary care practice at UCSF Lakeshore with a deep commitment to medical education and health equity. As Clerkship Co-Director for the FCM110 longitudinal clerkship, she has been instrumental in transforming third-year medical student training from a block rotation to a yearlong integrated clinical experience. An award-winning educator inducted into the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, Dr. Brode is recognized for her excellence in teaching, mentorship, and faculty development. Her scholarly work spans curriculum innovation, equity and inclusion in clinical education, and quality improvement. She holds an MPH from UC Berkeley with a focus on health policy, reflecting her longstanding advocacy for underserved communities and primary care's role in a just and equitable healthcare system.

As the Permanente Medical Group Teaching Chair in Primary Care through the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators (2022- 2027), Dr. Brode has channeled this protected time into advancing equity-centered approaches to clinical education. A central focus of this work has been the development of identity-affirming preceptor-student pairings, drawing on research by Denise Davis at the VA, to ensure that students from underrepresented backgrounds are matched with preceptors who can offer shared lived experience and culturally resonant mentorship. Equally central to her vision is elevating the voices and expertise of UCSF's expansive network of over 200 volunteer community preceptors — busy clinicians who bring irreplaceable diversity of practice settings, patient populations, and clinical perspectives to medical student training. To support and sustain their engagement, Dr. Brode has secured CME funding for asynchronous faculty development modules — meeting preceptors where they are while meaningfully raising the bar for an equitable learning environment across all clerkship sites.