Women in Pulmonary (WiP) Group at UCSF

 

Women in Pulmonary Picnic 2024

The WiP was established in 2015 as a community where women in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine could promote the advancement and full participation of women in academic medicine. It has served as a supportive space to share experiences, foster peer mentorship, and advocate for cultural change. The mission of the UCSF WiP is to promote gender equity in academic medicine by addressing the unique challenges female physicians face over the course of their careers. We aim to accomplish this by improving the recruitment and retention of women in academic medicine careers, promoting women for awards and recognition, and supporting career development and advancement. 

Since its inception, the WiP has partnered with division leadership to find solutions to support fellows and faculty. This included mandatory implicit bias training, an annual division-wide faculty retreat, a monthly faculty mentorship series, and guidance through mid-term appraisal for assistant professors. The collaboration has also contributed three division leadership roles focused on faculty experience, faculty mentoring, and diversity, equity and inclusion. We are proud of the progress made so far in our division and are committed to continuing to support women in medicine.

 

 

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Women in Pulmonary Visiting Professor Series

The WiP thanks the following women trailblazers from across the country who have participated in our visiting professor series and shared their experiences in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. We will continue to foster a national network of women in academia.  

FACULTY

Deepika Mohan, MD, MPH

Kathleen Barnes, PhD

Christine Garcia, MD

Maria Basil, MD, PhD

Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD

Kathleen Barnes, PhD

Elizabeth Redente, PhD

Tillie Hackett, PhD, ATSF

Peggy Lai, MD

Anna R Hemnes

INSTITUTION

University of Pittsburgh

Johns Hopkins University

Columbia University

University of Pennsylvania

Baylor College

University of Colorado Denver

National Jewish Health

University of British Columbia

Harvard Medical School

Vanderbilt University

DATE

January 2022

March 2022

May 2022

June 2022

November 2022

February 2023

January 2024

March 2024

April 2024

February 2025

Helpful Links & Resources

Women AT UCSF
External Resources
IMPORTANT READS/VIDEOS
Work life integration

Community 

Parnassus

University of California, San Francisco – Parnassus Campus (Moffitt-Long Hospital)
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Members

Anushree Agarwal, MD, MBBS

Narges Alipanah-Lechner, MD

Nancy Allen, MD, PhD

Katerina Byanova, MD

Carolyn Calfee, MD, MAS

Faye Chan, MD

Angela Chang, MD

Stephanie Christenson, MD

Alison DeDent, MD

Elizabeth Yu, MD, PhD

Erica Farrand, MD

Nisha Gidwani, MD

Erin Gordon, MD 

Adrienne Green, MD

Bhavika Kaul, MD 

Mary Ellen Kleinhenz, MD 

Maya Kotas, MD, PhD

Laura Koth, MD

Lorriana Leard, MD

Julia Maheshwari, MD 

Katherine Malcolm, MD, MPH

Sirisha Narayana, MD

Annie Oh, MD

Iris Otani, MD

Nisha Parikh, MD

Alyssa Perez, MD

Michele Pham, MD

Lauren Sanchez, MD

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA

Ann Schraufnagel, MD

Leslie Seijo, MD

Rupal Shah, MD

Angela Suen, MD

Kathryn Sullivan, MD

Aparna Sundaram, MD

Monica Tang, MD

Lulu Tsao, MD

Aida Venado Estrada, MD

Thiennu Vu, MD, PhD

Leah Witt, MD

Fernanda Young, MD

Michelle Yu, MD, PhD

Carly Zapata, MD, PhD

Beth Zha, MD, PhD


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ZSFG

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG)

Members

Courtney Broaddus, MD

Ramona Doyle, MD

Elizabeth Fair, PhD, MPH

Carolyn Hendrickson, MD, MPH

Midori Kato-Maeda, MD

Priya Shete, MD, MPH

Neeta Thakur, MD

Christina Yoon, MD, MPH

SFVA

San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center (SFVAMC)

Members

Yorusaliem Abrham, MD

Meshell Johnson, MD

Kathleen Sarmiento, MD

Sreelakshmi Vasudevan, PhD

Leslie Zimmerman, MD

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For more information about the UCSF Women in Pulmonary Group, please contact co-chairs:

 

Leslie Seijo

Leslie Seijo

Email: [email protected]

Noa Simchoni

Email: [email protected]

 

Anjali Jacob

Email: [email protected]