Our Sites

San Francisco

Our program site is known for training in study methodology, including very active and educational weekly Works-in-Progress session. Implementation science certificate program, affiliation with UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF School of Nursing, including affiliated hospitals and faculty. Cross disciplinary research collaboration, highly interprofessional fellowship (physician, nurse, psychologist, and pharmacist). Also opportunities to learn and teach QI methods with trainees along with opportunities for clinical program development and evaluation.

In addition to nurse and physician fellows/scholars, our site also includes fellows/scholars from Clinical psychology and Pharmacy.

Faculty at our VAQS site are sought after for mentorship, particularly for academic careers, geriatrics and palliative care research, research and innovative models of care for people with multimorbidity and quality improvement in mental health.

Fellows come to our VAQS site to gain an expertise in study design and research methodology, implementation science and clinical program evaluation.

Our alumni are healthcare leaders in a wide variety of settings. SF-VAQS alumni hold leadership positions at VAs (San Francisco VA, Puget Sound VA), numerous academic medical centers (UCSF, University of Calgary, Harvard-MGH), Public health systems (Denver Health, Los Angeles Care Health Plan), Schools of Nursing (UCSF, University of Virginia) as well as the non-profit organizations (American Association of Retired Persons).

Senior Faculty Scholars

Jessica Eng, MD, MPH

Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, GNP-BC, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN

Sharya Vaughan Bourdet, PHARMD, BCPS

Brittany Linton, PhD

Faculty Scholars

Victoria Tang, MD, MAS

Emeritus Scholars

Tim Carmody, PhD

Sei Lee, MD, MAS

Second Year Fellows

Irene Cole, RN, PhD, COS-C

Kenneth Lam, MD

Anna Oh, PhD, MPH, RN

Joanna Sells, PhD, MS

First Year Fellows

Lulu Tsao, MD

Charlie Dharmasukrit, PhD, RN, CMSRN

Alumni

2020

Amy Lu, MD

2019

Daniel David, RN, MS, PhD
Kaitlin Willham, MD
Lauren Hunt, RN, MSN
Lori Holleran, PhD, MPH

2018

Lea Vella, PhD, MPH
Nancy Dudley, PhD, MSN

2017

Heather Greysen, RN, MS, ANP-BC, PhD
Joseph Grasso, PhD
Laura Petrillo, MD

2016

Elizabeth Wahl, MD
Rafael Romo, PhD, MSN
Roya Fathi, MD

2015

Amy Hsu, MD
Linda Park, PhD
Victoria Tang, MD

2014

David Schopfer, MD
Jeanette Broering, BSN, MS, MPH, PhD
Jessica Eng, MD

2013

Christine Welles, MD, MAS

2012

Caroline Stephens, PhD, SMS, APRN, BC
Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, MS
Nicholas Moy, MD

2011

Francis A. Wolf, MD

2010

Christine Kistler, MD

2009

Leslie Kernisan, MD

2006

Sei Lee, MD

2005

Serge Lindner, MD

2004

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, MD

2003

Alex Li, MD
Kenneth Chuang, MD

2002

Michael Steinman, MD

2001

Edgar Pierluissi, MD
Erwin Tan, MD

2000

Elizabeth Burton, MD
Michael Ming, MD