Sohil R Sud, MD MA FAAP is assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He specialized in hospital medicine and cares for newborns and children at a number of UCSF-affiliated hospitals.

He is a Past Department Chair of Pediatrics at Washington Hospital, serves as director of the UCSF Pediatrics Global Health Scholars Pathway, and is affiliated with Health, Equity, Action, & Leadership (HEAL) Fellowship.

Dr Sud completed his clinical training at UCSF in the Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved (PLUS) program and received the Resident Teaching Award. Following resident, he served as Chief Resident at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr Sud earned his medical degree with research honors from Tufts University, where he was inducted to Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society and received the Sydney Gellis Award in Pediatrics.

Dr Sud holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University.

Over the past decade, Dr Sud has sought to understand and improve health at home and abroad. He conducted investigations into nutritional status of Guatemalans; evaluated the American public health response to chemical terrorism; trained Malawian clinicans in pediatric medicine; and uncovered the undue influence of trade rules on tobacco control.

Dr Sud has published peer-reviewed manuscripts and served on the Student Advisory Board of Physicians for Human Rights. He received additional training in clinical research at UCSF, in humanitarian affairs at Harvard University, and in tobacco control advocacy through the American Academy of Pediatrics. He also served as Senior Fellow at the Center for Policy Analysis on Trade & Health.