Dr. Jeff Critchfield is the Vice-Dean for the UCSF School of Medicine at San Francisco General. He is a Professor of Medicine at UCSF in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the General.
In the initial stages of my career, I focused on the basic science of T-lymphocyte regulation in laboratories at the NIH and UCSF. I then transitioned to a faculty position at the General, where I held leadership roles with trainees, faculty, and SFDPH staff centered on improving the care of hospitalized patients across the care continuum and into the community. During this time, I served as Chief of Staff for the Medical Staff, Medical Director of Risk Management, Chief Medical Experience Officer, and the founding Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine.
In 2025, I accepted the role of Vice-Dean, UCSF School of Medicine at the General. The Vice-Dean’s office is at the center of UCSF’s partnership with the City and County of San Francisco initiated in 1873. I cherish our 150+ year collaboration between a premier academic institution and an iconic public institution, a partnership heralded across the USA and the globe. We have 3,000 UCSF faculty and staff working at the General. We host trainees from all four UCSF Professional Schools, with nearly a third of UCSF’s learners on our campus each day. I have an abiding belief in the ability of the collective to bring forward spirit and action, uplifting patients, their loved ones, and the people here who partner with them.
Education:
• MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1988-1994
• BAS, Classics, Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1983-1987
Training:
• Internship, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1994-1995
• Residency, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1995-1996
• Fellowship, Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 1996-1997
• Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1997-1998
• Fellowship, Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1998-1999
• Post-doc, Rheumatology University of California, San Francisco, CA 1999-2001
Certification:
• Medical License, Medical Board of California, #A60018, 1996
• Internal Medicine, Recertified, 2012, participant in Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment
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