Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Phone628-206-4963
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    Stanford UniversityBSE2005Biomechanical Engineering
    University of Michigan MD2010Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineResidency, Chief Resident2013,14Internal Medicine
    Yale RWJF Clinical Scholars MHS2016Health Services Research
    UCSFCertificate2020Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training
    UCSFCertificate2025Foundations for Excellence in Leadership
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    UCSF2017John A. Watson Faculty Scholar
    Yale2013Gold Humanism Society
    NIH2021NIH Health Disparities Loan Repayment Award
    UCSF2024MERC Emerging Health Equity Scholar

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    Dr. Semere is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF in the Division of General Internal Medicine and a primary care physician practicing in the Richard H. Fine People’s Clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She is trained in health services research, with a background in quantitative, qualitative, and community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. Dr. Semere's work aims to enhance communication among racially and ethnically diverse patients, their caregivers, and healthcare providers through health information technology.

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    Promoting Safety by Engaging Diverse Diabetes Patients and their Caregivers in Secure Messaging
    NIH K08HS027844Aug 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Champion Providers
    California H&W Department of Health Care Services 17-10085Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2027
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Leveraging Secure Messaging for Diverse Diabetes Patients and their Caregivers
    NIH/NCATS KL2 TR001870Jun 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Secure Messaging Between Physicians and Caregivers of Older Minority Adults with Diabetes
    NIH/NIA P30AG015272Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Caregiving for Patients with Diabetes in the Era of Online Patient Portals: Findings from the ECLIPPSE Study
    NIH/NLM Administrative Supplement to R01LM12355Apr 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2020
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. "Learning from those who know the system inside and out": Experiences of physician mothers who are informal caregivers. Fam Syst Health. 2024 Dec 12. Semere W, Ponce AN, Linos E, Jagsi R, Mangurian C, Halley MC. PMID: 39666478.
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    2. Older adults with overlapping caregiving responsibilities and care needs in a U.S. national community-based sample. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jun; 72(6):1824-1830. Semere W, Yank V, Lisha NE, Lindquist LA, Huang AJ. PMID: 38344822; PMCID: PMC11187761.
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    3. Care Partner Engagement in Secure Messaging Between Patients With Diabetes and Their Clinicians: Cohort Study. JMIR Diabetes. 2024 Feb 09; 9:e49491. Semere W, Karter AJ, Lyles CR, Reed ME, Karliner L, Kaplan C, Liu JY, Livaudais-Toman J, Schillinger D. PMID: 38335020; PMCID: PMC10891488.
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    4. The social, economic, emotional, and physical experiences of caregivers for women with female genital fistula in Uganda: A qualitative study. Glob Public Health. 2023 01; 18(1):2242458. El Ayadi AM, Mitchell A, Nalubwama H, Miller S, Semere W, Barageine JK, Korn AP, Obore S, Lucas R, Byamugisha J. PMID: 37671506; PMCID: PMC10497235.
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    5. Examining Caregiver Outcomes in the CONNECT Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 03; 65(3):173-182. Semere W, Althouse AD, Arnold R, White D, Smith TJ, Chu E, Rosenzweig MQ, Schenker Y. PMID: 36503155; PMCID: PMC10191108.
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    6. Family caregivers navigating the health care system: Evolving roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fam Syst Health. 2022 06; 40(2):268-273. Semere W, Makaroun LK, Beach S, Schillinger D, Rosland AM. PMID: 35549487; PMCID: PMC9205262.
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    7. Caregiving Needs Are Unmet for Many Older Homeless Adults: Findings from the HOPE HOME Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 11; 37(14):3611-3619. Semere W, Kaplan L, Valle K, Guzman D, Ramsey C, Garcia C, Kushel M. PMID: 35167064; PMCID: PMC8853310.
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    8. "We need to bring them out from the shadows:" A qualitative study of safety net physician leaders' perspectives on caregivers. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 06; 105(6):1663-1670. Semere W, Cemballi AG, Schillinger D, Casillas A, Lemberg M, Lyles CR. PMID: 34756473; PMCID: PMC9033884.
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    9. Descriptive examination of secure messaging in a longitudinal cohort of diabetes patients in the ECLIPPSE study. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 06 12; 28(6):1252-1258. Cemballi AG, Karter AJ, Schillinger D, Liu JY, McNamara DS, Brown W, Crossley S, Semere W, Reed M, Allen J, Lyles CR. PMID: 33236117; PMCID: PMC8200267.
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    10. Poor patient health is associated with higher caregiver burden for older adults with advanced cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2021 06; 12(5):771-778. Semere W, Althouse AD, Rosland AM, White D, Arnold R, Chu E, Smith TJ, Schenker Y. PMID: 33478890; PMCID: PMC8184574.
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    11. Challenges and solutions to employing natural language processing and machine learning to measure patients' health literacy and physician writing complexity: The ECLIPPSE study. J Biomed Inform. 2021 01; 113:103658. Brown W, Balyan R, Karter AJ, Crossley S, Semere W, Duran ND, Lyles C, Liu J, Moffet HH, Daniels R, McNamara DS, Schillinger D. PMID: 33316421; PMCID: PMC8186847.
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    12. An Untapped Potential in Primary Care: Semi-Structured Interviews with Clinicians on How Patient Portals Will Work for Caregivers in the Safety Net. J Med Internet Res. 2020 07 20; 22(7):e18466. Casillas A, Cemballi AG, Abhat A, Lemberg M, Portz JD, Sadasivaiah S, Ratanawongsa N, Semere W, Brown A, Lyles CR. PMID: 32706709; PMCID: PMC7400036.
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    13. Secure Messaging with Physicians by Proxies for Patients with Diabetes: Findings from the ECLIPPSE Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 11; 34(11):2490-2496. Semere W, Crossley S, Karter AJ, Lyles CR, Brown W, Reed M, McNamara DS, Liu JY, Schillinger D. PMID: 31428986; PMCID: PMC6848304.
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    14. Caregiving for Older Adults with Limited English Proficiency: Transitioning from Hospital to Home. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 09; 34(9):1744-1750. Semere W, Nápoles AM, Gregorich S, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner L. PMID: 31236893; PMCID: PMC6712121.
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    15. Using the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener with Immigrant Families: An Analysis of the National Survey of Children's Health. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Feb; 21(1):189-197. Warden C, Yun K, Semere W. PMID: 29603087; PMCID: PMC7085865.
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    16. Factors Associated with Refugee Acute Healthcare Utilization in Southern Connecticut. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Apr; 20(2):327-333. Semere W, Agrawal P, Yun K, Di Bartolo I, Annamalai A, Ross JS. PMID: 28382427.
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    17. Challenges in Identifying Refugees in National Health Data Sets. Am J Public Health. 2016 07; 106(7):1231-2. Semere W, Yun K, Ahalt C, Williams B, Wang EA. PMID: 27196649; PMCID: PMC4984733.
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    18. A pediatric surgery study: parent usage of the Internet for medical information. J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Apr; 38(4):560-4. Semere W, Karamanoukian HL, Levitt M, Edwards T, Murero M, D'Ancona G, Donias HW, Glick PL. PMID: 12677566.
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    19. The world wide web and robotic heart surgery. Heart Surg Forum. 2003; 6(6):E111-9. Semere WG, Edwards TM, Boyd D, Barsoumian R, Murero M, Donias HW, Karamanoukian HL. PMID: 14721995.
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