Naomi Wortis • UCSF Profiles

Naomi Wortis, MD

Title(s)	Professor, Family Community Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	1001 Potrero Ave, SFGH 80 San Francisco CA 94110
Phone	628-206-6960
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Biography

Education and Training

University of California, San Francisco, CA

2017

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

Awards and Honors

UCSF	2017	Vitamin Settlement Endowed Chair in Community Medicine II
UCSF	2015	Academy of Medical Educators Member
UCSF	2009	Achievement Award for Excellence in University-Community Partnerships
UCSF	2007	Vitamin Settlement Endowed Chair in Community Medicine III
UCSF	2006	Hellman Family Award for Early Career Faculty
UCSF	2005	Chancellor’s Award for Public Service

Overview

Positions:
Director of Community Programs, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Co-Director Advocacy, Community Engagement, Quality Improvement, and Leadership Curriculum, Family & Community Medicine Residency Program

Training:
MD: Harvard Medical School
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship: UCSD Faculty Development, Addressing the Health Needs of the Underserved

Additional Details:
• Clinical practice at the Family Health Center at San Francisco General Hospital
• Council member for UCSF’s Office of University Community Partnerships

Interests

Community health, health equity, health disparities, community engaged scholarship, community partnerships, civic engagement, service-learning, medical education, community-oriented primary care, community-based participatory research, social advocacy, adolescent health, population health

Websites

University Community Partnerships

Bibliographic

Publications

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Medical Management of Vulnerable & Underserved Patients: Principles, Practice & Populations, Eds TE King & MB Wheeler. Community Engagement and Partnership. 2016; 60-68. Wortis N, Beck E.
Medical Management of Vulnerable & Underserved Patients: Principles, Practice & Populations, Eds TE King & MB Wheeler. Health and the Community. 2007; 159-165. .
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Engaging a University in Self-Assessment and Strategic Planning to Build Partnership Capacity: The UCSF Experience. 2006; 11(2):121-138. Wortis N, Goldstein E, Vargas RA, and Grumbach, K.
Bayview Hunters Point Health & Environmental Assessment Task Force Community Survey. 2001. Grumbach K, Mann J, Pierce K, and Wortis N.
The National AHEC Bulletin. HealthTech: A Tale of Community Partnerships. 2000; XVII(2):43-44. Wortis N and Donsky J.
Pertussis deaths: report of 23 cases in the United States, 1992 and 1993. Pediatrics. 1996 May; 97(5):607-12. Wortis N, Strebel PM, Wharton M, Bardenheier B, Hardy IR. PMID: 8628595.

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