Heather Briscoe, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Potrero Avenue, #6E07
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone628-206-8838
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    UCSF, School of MedicineMD12/2005
    UCSF, Pediatric Residency06/2010General Pediatrics
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2017Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
    UCSF, San Francisco08/2018Teaching Scholars Program
    National Birth Equity Collaborative, San Francisco12/2019Respectful Care of Pregnant and Birthing People (train the trainer)
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    ZSFG2017Hearts Grant - Video Laryngoscope
    UCSF Academy of Medical Educators2019Excellence In Teaching Award

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    I am primarily a clinician educator based at the San Francisco General Hospital in Pediatrics. What I am most interested in is addressing the racially disparate composition of children in foster care, in San Francisco in particular. I served on a sub-committee for the Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting Task Force, which aims to transform the mandated reporting system, especially in regards to concern for neglect when the parents simply need support with resources. My other area of interest is newborns exposed to substances in utero and their parents. I have worked on the establishment of Plans of Safe Care, building relations with our local emergency response leadership (CPS), slowing down the decision-making process around CPS to reduce bias & enhance understanding, spoken nationally about how to bring anti-racism into child welfare systems, and I work with Team Lily (an innovative multidisciplinary team caring for people who struggle to engage in routine prenatal care). Through these efforts, we have refined how we decide to use urine toxicology to very few discrete indications, and have been able to support birth parents with substance use disorders to enter residential treatment while continuing to parent their newborn if they wish to parent and there aren't other risk factors.

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    1. Patients, colleagues, systems, and self: Exploring layers of physician emotions in caring for pregnant people who use substances and their newborns. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Sep; 164:209432. Martinez NG, Seidman DL, Briscoe H, Hayes CM, Ojukwu EI, Paltin D, Roberts SCM. PMID: 38857826.
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    2. Facilitating Integrated Perinatal Care for Families Affected by Substance Use. J Addict Med. 2023 Jan-Feb 01; 17(1):1-3. Schmidt CN, Patel D, Alpers BS, Spaulding M, Ocegueda L, Thomas M, Sammann A, Briscoe H. PMID: 35796411.
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    3. Disparities and Early Engagement Associated with the 18- to 36-Month High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Visit among Very Low Birthweight Infants in California. J Pediatr. 2022 09; 248:30-38.e3. Lakshmanan A, Rogers EE, Lu T, Gray E, Vernon L, Briscoe H, Profit J, Jocson MAL, Hintz SR. PMID: 35597303.
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    4. Do No Harm - Rebuilding Trust and Keeping Families Together. 2022. Heather Briscoe, MD, Snehal Murthy, MS, Simone Vais, MD. View Publication.
    5. Widespread Surveillance by the Child Protection System: Lasting Effects on Families. Am J Public Health. 2021 12; 111(12):e1-e2. Schmidt CN, Stretten M, Briscoe H. PMID: 34878885; PMCID: PMC8667850.
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    6. Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Toolkit; Best Practice #29- Develop a Dyad-centered Plan of Safe Care. 2021. Heather Briscoe, Helen DuPlessis, Jacqueline Rad, Kelly Brandon, Mimi Leza. View Publication.
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