Phuoc Le | UCSF Health

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MD MPH

Hospitalist

About me

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Dr. Phuoc Le is a hospitalist, a specialist in the care of hospitalized patients. He has particular interests in patient safety, health care quality, health disparities and global medical education.

Le completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, with a double major in biochemistry and molecular biology and Asian and Middle Eastern languages and literature. He earned his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine. While in medical school at Stanford, he also obtained a master of public health degree, with a focus on global health, from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed a combined residency in internal medicine, pediatrics and global health equity at Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General hospitals, affiliates of Harvard Medical School.

During his residency, Le worked with the nongovernmental organization Partners in Health (PIH) to provide equitable health care in Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi and Haiti. He continues to work with PIH several months a year. He has also participated in community health and anthropological research in Tibet, China and Switzerland.

• Education

  Dartmouth College, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature, 2000

  UC Berkeley, MPH, 2004

  Stanford University, 2006

• Residencies

  Harvard Medical School, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Global Health Equity, 2011

• Academic Title

  Associate Professor

• Languages

  Mandarin

  Spanish

  Vietnamese

Selected research

• Structural competency and global health education. Global public health December 2020 Learn more
• Physician Workforce Partnerships in Rural American Indian/Alaska Native Communities and the Potential of Post-Graduate Fellowships. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved January 2019 Learn more
• Innovative partnerships to advance public health training in community-based academic residency programs. Advances in medical education and practice October 2017 Learn more

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