Valy Fontil, MD, MAS, MPH
Biography University of California, San Francisco | MS | 2013 | Graduate Division (Advance Training in Clinical Research) | Tulane University | Residency | 2010 | Internal Medicine | University of Michigan | Doctor of Medicine | 2007 | Medical School |
Overview Valy Fontil, MD, MAS is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine-SFGH and the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations. Dr. Fontil is committed to using multiple research methodologies to study proactive clinical approaches for disease prevention and cardiovascular risk reduction in disenfranchised populations vulnerable to health disparities. As a health services researcher and implementation scientist, his current work is focused on identifying, studying, and implementing hypertension management interventions to improve population health and reduce health disparities. Some of his most recent research work has included: (1) analysis of national datasets to identify gaps and disparities in current management of hypertension; (2) development and use of microsimulation modeling to predict what clinical interventions might work best for improving hypertension control; and (3) implementation of a practice-based hypertension in safety-net clinics. He was recently awarded a UCSF institutional grant to help fund his efforts in adopting and implementing Kaiser Permanente’s hypertension control program in the San Francisco General Hospital’s General Medicine Clinic – Bring it Down GMC. Dr. Fontil also has in interest in leveraging mobile health information technology for practice-based interventions in healthcare safety-net institutions.
Dr. Fontil studied at Oakwood College, a historically Black College, and then went on to medical school at the University of Michigan, where he received his MD and MPH. He then joined the UCSF family to do his General Internal Medicine Research Fellowship, where he earned a Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research with a specialization in implementation science. He has worked with Drs. Bibbins-Domingo and Mark Pletcher to develop the Blood Pressure Control Model, a computer microsimulation model that simulates the healthcare processes involved in controlling blood pressure. As a UCSF postdoctoral scholar, Dr. Fontil developed a hypertension treatment algorithm that is now being implemented in several clinics across the San Francisco Health Network.
I addition to his research, Dr. Fontil serves on the selection committee for the Pre-Health Undergraduate Program at the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and a lecturer in the program’s Designing Clinical Research curriculum. He is also an affiliated mentor and presenter in the UCSF-RISE program – a recently funded NHLBI R25 grant for a summer institute to attract under-represented minority faculty from other institutions to UCSF for an implementation science curriculum and mentoring.
Implementation science, hypertension, health services research, health systems interventions, quasi-experimental practice-based interventions, pragmatic clinical trials, microsimulation modeling, health disparities, vulnerable populations, Quasi-experimental designs, Digital health research
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Impact of digitally acquired peer diagnostic input on diagnostic confidence in outpatient cases: A pragmatic randomized trial. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 Dec 01.
Khoong EC, Fontil V, Rivadeneira NA, Hoskote M, Nundy S, Lyles CR, Sarkar U. PMID: 33260212.
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Abstract 17207: Impact of Racial Differences in Treatment Intensification and Missed Visits on Disparities in BP Control. Circulation. 2020 Nov 17; 142(Suppl_3).
Valy Fontil, Lucia Pacca, Brandon Bellows, Elaine Khoong, Charles McCulloch, Mark Pletcher, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo. .
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Impact of Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure on Processes of Hypertension Care and Long-Term Blood Pressure Control. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Aug 04; 9(15):e016174.
Bryant KB, Sheppard JP, Ruiz-Negrón N, Kronish IM, Fontil V, King JB, Pletcher MJ, Bibbins-Domingo K, Moran AE, McManus RJ, Bellows BK. PMID: 32696695.
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The PCORnet Blood Pressure Control Laboratory: A Platform for Surveillance and Efficient Trials. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 03; 13(3):e006115.
Pletcher MJ, Fontil V, Carton T, Shaw KM, Smith M, Choi S, Todd J, Chamberlain AM, O'Brien EC, Faulkner M, Maeztu C, Wozniak G, Rakotz M, Shay CM, Cooper-DeHoff RM. PMID: 32142371.
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Abstract 56: Blood Pressure Control in the Real World - Early Evidence From a National Blood Pressure Surveillance System. Circulation. 2020 Mar 3; 141(Suppl_1).
Rhonda M Cooper-DeHoff, Valy Fontil, Thomas Carton, Kathryn McAuliffe, Myra Smith, Sujung Choi, Jonathon Todd, Alanna M Chamberlain, Emily O'Brien, Madelaine Faulkner, Carlos Maeztu, LINDA MURAKAMI, Gregory Wozniak, Michael Rakotz, Christina M Shay, Mark J Pletcher. .
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Evaluation of a Health Information Technology-Enabled Panel Management Platform to Improve Anticoagulation Control in a Low-Income Patient Population: Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Design. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jan 13; 9(1):e13835.
Fontil V, Kazi D, Cherian R, Lee SY, Sarkar U. PMID: 31929105.
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Abstract P2050: The Pcornet Blood Pressure Control Laboratory. Hypertension. 2019 Sep 1; 74(Suppl_1).
Mark J Pletcher, Valy Fontil, Thomas Carton, Kathryn Shaw, Myra Smith, Jonathan Todd, Alanna M Chamberlain, Emily Obrien, Madelaine Faulkner, Carlos Maeztu, Gregory Wozniak, Michael Rakotz, Christine Shay, Rhonda M Cooper DeHoff. .
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Abstract P156: Long-Term Blood Pressure Outcomes and Costs Associated With a Barber-Pharmacist Hypertension Intervention: 10-Year Simulation of the Los Angeles Barber Trial. Hypertension. 2019 Sep 1; 74(Suppl_1).
Kelsey B Bryant, Dhruv S Kazi, Valy Fontil, Joanne Penko, Ciantel A Blyler, Kathleen Lynch, Joseph Ebinger, Norma B Moy, Florian Rader, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Andrew E Moran, Brandon K Bellows. .
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Evaluation of a Health Information Technology-Enabled Collective Intelligence Platform to Improve Diagnosis in Primary Care and Urgent Care Settings: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Aug 06; 8(8):e13151.
Fontil V, Khoong EC, Hoskote M, Radcliffe K, Ratanawongsa N, Lyles CR, Sarkar U. PMID: 31389337.
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Clinic-Based Strategies to Reach United States Million Hearts 2022 Blood Pressure Control Goals. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 06; 12(6):e005624.
Bellows BK, Ruiz-Negrón N, Bibbins-Domingo K, King JB, Pletcher MJ, Moran AE, Fontil V. PMID: 31163981.
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Albuminuria Testing by Race and Ethnicity among Patients with Hypertension with and without Diabetes. Am J Nephrol. 2019; 50(1):48-54.
Lee J, Chu C, Guzman D, Fontil V, Velasquez A, Powe NR, Tuot DS. PMID: 31167180.
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Testing and improving the acceptability of a web-based platform for collective intelligence to improve diagnostic accuracy in primary care clinics. JAMIA Open. 2019 Apr; 2(1):40-48.
Fontil V, Radcliffe K, Lyson HC, Ratanawongsa N, Lyles C, Tuot D, Yuen K, Sarkar U. PMID: 31984344.
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Evaluation of an health-IT-enabled collective intelligence platform to improve diagnosis in primary care and urgent care settings: Study Design (Preprint). . 2018 Dec 1.
Valy Fontil, Elaine Khoong, Mekhala Hoskote, Kate Radcliffe, Neda Ratanawongsa, Courtney Rees Lyles, Urmimala Sarkar. .
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Disparities in Hypertension Control Across and Within Three Health Systems Participating in a Data-Sharing Collaborative. J Am Board Fam Med. 2018 Nov-Dec; 31(6):897-904.
Selby K, Michel M, Gildengorin G, Karliner L, Pramanik R, Fontil V, Potter MB. PMID: 30413545.
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Safety-net institutions in the US grapple with new cholesterol treatment guidelines: a qualitative analysis from the PHoENIX Network. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2018; 11:99-108.
Fontil V, Lyles CR, Schillinger D, Handley MA, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Bibbins-Domingo K, Sarkar U. PMID: 30034258.
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Adapting and Evaluating a Health System Intervention From Kaiser Permanente to Improve Hypertension Management and Control in a Large Network of Safety-Net Clinics. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 07; 11(7):e004386.
Fontil V, Gupta R, Moise N, Chen E, Guzman D, McCulloch CE, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 30002140.
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Adaptation and Feasibility Study of a Digital Health Program to Prevent Diabetes among Low-Income Patients: Results from a Partnership between a Digital Health Company and an Academic Research Team. J Diabetes Res. 2016; 2016:8472391.
Fontil V, McDermott K, Tieu L, Rios C, Gibson E, Sweet CC, Payne M, Lyles CR. PMID: 27868070.
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Management of Hypertension in Primary Care Safety-Net Clinics in the United States: A Comparison of Community Health Centers and Private Physicians' Offices. Health Serv Res. 2017 Apr; 52(2):807-825.
Fontil V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Nguyen OK, Guzman D, Goldman LE. PMID: 27283354.
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Missed opportunities: young adults with hypertension and lifestyle counseling in clinical practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 May; 30(5):536-8.
Fontil V, Gupta R, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 25761619.
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Simulating Strategies for Improving Control of Hypertension Among Patients with Usual Source of Care in the United States: The Blood Pressure Control Model. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Aug; 30(8):1147-55.
Fontil V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Kazi DS, Sidney S, Coxson PG, Khanna R, Victor RG, Pletcher MJ. PMID: 25749880.
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Physician underutilization of effective medications for resistant hypertension at office visits in the United States: NAMCS 2006-2010. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Mar; 29(3):468-76.
Fontil V, Pletcher MJ, Khanna R, Guzman D, Victor R, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 24249113.
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