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Sara Obeid, MD, MPH

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address654 Minnesota Street
San Francisco CA 94107
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    Highland County Hospital, Oakland, CA08/2020Internal Medicine Residency
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel HillMD06/2017Doctor of Medicine
    University of North Carolina Gilligan’s School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NCMPH05/2015Healthcare and Prevention
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel HillBA06/2008Psychology
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    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2006Wachovia Academic Scholar
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2003  - 2007Helen Hooper Scholarship
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2010Larry Keith Leadership Award
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2011  - 2017Blanchard Loyalty Fund Scholarship
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2012  - 2017Mayer Honor Society
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2014  - 2017Gold Humanism Honor Society
    University of San Francisco California2026Clinical Excellence Award Nominee
    University of San Francisco California2026  - 2027Innovations Funding for Education Grant

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    Dr. Obeid is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a Hospitalist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Her clinical work includes attending on the inpatient teaching service, surgical co-management, and Faculty Hospitalist Service (FHS). She has a passion for medical education and serving vulnerable patient populations. She serves at the director of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) education for the Internal Medicine Residency and her research is currently focused on developing AI tools for teaching POCUS. She teaches POCUS nationally for various organizations such as CHEST and American College of Physicians and is working on unifying POCUS curricula across the UCSF sites with the focus on outpatient medicine integration.

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    I-POCUS- Unifying POCUS Training Through AI Assisted Feedback and Portfolio
    Academy of Medical Educators; Gold Headed CAne Endowed Education Chair Jul 1, 2026 - Jun 30, 2026
    Role: Co-PI

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    1. Rethinking POCUS Competency in Residency: Beyond the Numbers. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2026. Zachary Boggs MD, Avromi Kanal, MD, Sara Obeid, MD MPH, Anirudh Sundararaghavan, MD, Ritu Bansal, M.
    2. "Incidental Findings in POCUS: Chance favors the prepared mind". POCUS Journal . 2022; 1(7):113-114. Obeid, Sara, Benjamin Galen, and Trevor Jensen. View Publication.
    3. Diversity in Plastic Surgery: A National Survey of Program Directors and Program Coordinators. PRS-GO. 2022; 5(9S-2). Obeid S, Fanning, A, Hultman, C. View Publication.