Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion

Therese Chan Tack, DO, MPH

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1545 Divisadero Street, #130
San Francisco CA 94115
Phone415-353-7900
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Epic2022Physician Builder and Analytics certifications
American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) - American College of Physicians (ACP) 2021LEAD certification
University of California, San Francisco2021Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
University of California, San Francisco2019Lean Champion
University of California, BerkeleyMPH 2012Health Policy and Management
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University of California San Francisco2024Resident Preceptor Award in Internal Medicine, Nominee
University of California San Francisco2022Exceptional Physician Honorable Mention
University of California San Francisco2021SOM Faculty Development Fund Award
University of California San Francisco2020Exceptional Physician Honorable Mention
American College of Physicians2020ACP American Association Physician Leadership Program
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Dr. Therese Chan Tack is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. She led COVID-19 telehealth expansion across UCSF and its affiliates as the Physician Lead of Telehealth Programs for UCSF Health. She authored the Telehealth Communication Tips resource for providers, which has garnered 1000+ views and is used in residency and student training. She has helped launch initiatives like but not limited to Patient Entered Vitals, On-demand Video Interpreting, Integrated Video Visits, and Remote Patient Monitoring. In addition, she uses her LEAN training to consult with departments to improve their video visit workflows. She has presented work at regional and nationals conferences including departmental grand rounds, UC Tech Summit, UC Annual Telehealth Symposium, and ACP Physician Leadership program.

She currently serves on:
UCSF Disparities Taskforce Committee
UCSF Collaboration Tools Sub-Committee
UC Virtual Care Collaborative Workgroup
Epic Telehealth Advisory Council

She previously led the Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM)'s telehealth expansion efforts in 2019, having launched and developed video visits at UC Primary Care since 2017.

She led quality improvement (QI) projects in outpatient colorectal cancer screening and hypertension management. The effort led to regional and national level poster awards at SGIM and ACP. She is a current member of the DGIM Quality Improvement committee.

She is an internal medicine specialist who provides primary care to adult patients and teaches residents. She joined DGIM at UCSF in 2016. Before joining UCSF, she practiced primary care, urgent care, and hospital medicine with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a Stanford University affiliate. She was recognized with their residency preceptor award.

She completed categorical residency training at Loma Linda University Medical Center and served as Chief Resident. She earned a Master of Public Health degree at UC Berkeley with a focus in Health Policy and Management.
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Improving Telehealth Video Visit Equity (MOTIVE)
UCSF RAP Jul 1, 2022
Role: Advisor, Collaborator
Provide training classes and educational outreach on telehealth/video visits to older primary care patients at Mount Zion
MZHF Community Partners Grant Jul 1, 2020 - Dec 30, 2021
Role: Principal Investigator
Expand Primary Care Video Visits to High-Needs, Complex Patients
UC Partners in Care Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
Role: Principal Investigator

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  1. A Multisite Electronic Health Record Integrated Remote Monitoring Intervention for Hypertension Improvement: Protocol for a Randomized Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial . JMIR Res Protocols . 2023; 12. Lee D, Chenoweth M, Chuong L, Villaflores C, Cuevas M, Vangala S, Borenstein J, Kwak H, Chima-Melton C, Han M, Skootsky S, Chan Tack T, Branagan L, Martin H, Gupta R, Phan L, Sanchez M, Malaak M, Dermenchyan A, Pearson K, Altunyan M, Barakat P, Pablo R, Sarkisian C. View Publication.