 Leah Rorvig, MD, MS
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| Title(s) | Assistant Professor, Family Community Medicine |
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| School | School of Medicine |
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| Address | 1001 Potrero Ave
San Francisco CA 94110
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| Phone | 415-476-1669 |
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 Biography | University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | Fellowship, Division of Geriatrics | 2018 | Geriatric Medicine | | University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | Residency, Family & Community Medicine | 2017 | Family Medicine | | University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | MD | 2014 | | | University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA | MS | 2012 | Joint Medical Program; Health and Medical Sciences; Qualitative Research | | Columbia University, New York City, NY | BA | 2003 | Women's and Gender Studies |
| Family Health Center at ZSFG | 2017 | | Family Health Center Award for Exemplary Service, awarded to one resident annually | | UCSF School of Medicine | 2014 | | Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society | | UCSF School of Medicine | 2014 | | Sadie E. Berkove Fellowship, awarded annually to three outstanding women graduates | | UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program | 2012 | | Commencement speaker | | Columbia University Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality | 2003 | | Departmental honors awarded to undergraduate thesis |
Overview Dr. Rorvig is a family doctor and geriatrician dedicated to the care of older adults and persons with disabilities. Currently she works as a geriatrician for the Family Health Center at San Francisco General Hospital. In this role she sees patients in clinic, at home, and by video. Dr. Rorvig also sees patients for geriatrics consultation. She is the director of the geriatrics curriculum for the UCSF Family & Community Medicine Residency.
Dr. Rorvig's research focuses on evaluating health care quality in the California Correctional Health Care Services system. She serves as the director of health education of Amend at UCSF, an institute focused on changing correctional culture to improve the health of those who live and work in U.S. jails and prisons. During the COVID-19 pandemic her work has had a particular focus on educating health care providers about the rights of incarcerated patients who require acute care in community hospitals.
Besides clinical medicine, Dr. Rorvig's primary professional interest is the well-being of trainees and physicians. She leads the geriatrics fellowship resiliency curriculum and has facilitated resiliency sessions for medical students and family medicine residents.
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Providing Ethical and Humane Care to Hospitalized, Incarcerated Patients With COVID-19. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Feb 10; 1049909121994313.
PMID: 33563003.
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Prisons and COVID-19: A Desperate Call for Gerontological Expertise in Correctional Health Care. Gerontologist. 2021 01 21; 61(1):3-7.
Prost SG, Novisky MA, Rorvig L, Zaller N, Williams B. PMID: 32706885.
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Correctional Facilities In The Shadow Of COVID-19: Unique Challenges And Proposed Solutions. Health Affairs Blog. 2020.
Brie Williams, Cyrus Ahalt, David Cloud, Dallas Augustine, Leah Rorvig, David Sears. View Publication.
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