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David Chia, MD

Professor and Director of Clinical Operations

Dr. David Chia is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency training at the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program. He subsequently joined the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine. He was the Firm Chief of Waterbury Hospital with the Yale Primary Care Residency Program before becoming the Associate Program Director of Inpatient Education for the Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Dr. Chia is currently an academic hospitalist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where he is Associate Program Director for Inpatient Affairs for the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Program and Director of the HPE Pathway. His academic interests include quality improvement, curriculum development, point-of-care ultrasound, and global health.
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
MSc, - Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
BA, - , University of Minnesota
MD, - , University of Minnesota
Residency, - Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Honors and Awards
  • Distinction in Medical Education Award, ZSFG Department of Medicine, 2020
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2018
  • Teacher of the Year Award, Yale Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2017
  • George Thornton Teacher of the Year Award, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2015
Publications
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    Journal of hospital medicine

    Kaiksow FA, Brendel M, Hubbard CC, Lee T, Chia D, Brooks K, Ruhnke GW, Raffel KE, Goyal A, Kantor MA, Helminski AS, Alday A, Astik GJ, Barish P, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD. Measuring the association between diagnostic errors and neighborhood disadvantage. Journal of hospital medicine 2024. PMID: 39668396


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    JAMA internal medicine

    Brooks KC, Raffel KE, Chia D, Karwa A, Hubbard CC, Auerbach AD, Ranji SR. Stigmatizing Language, Patient Demographics, and Errors in the Diagnostic Process. JAMA internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38619826


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    JAMA internal medicine

    Auerbach AD, Lee TM, Hubbard CC, Ranji SR, Raffel K, Valdes G, Boscardin J, Dalal AK, Harris A, Flynn E, Schnipper JL, UPSIDE Research Group. Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. JAMA internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38190122


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    Journal of general internal medicine

    Auerbach AD, Astik GJ, O'Leary KJ, Barish PN, Kantor MA, Raffel KR, Ranji SR, Mueller SK, Burney SN, Galinsky J, Gershanik EF, Goyal A, Chitneni PR, Rastegar S, Esmaili AM, Fenton C, Virapongse A, Ngov LK, Burden M, Keniston A, Patel H, Gupta AB, Rohde J, Marr R, Greysen SR, Fang M, Shah P, Mao F, Kaiksow F, Sterken D, Choi JJ, Contractor J, Karwa A, Chia D, Lee T, Hubbard CC, Maselli J, Dalal AK, Schnipper JL. Prevalence and Causes of Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients Under Investigation for COVID-19. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 36952085


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    Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

    Kumar A, Weng I, Graglia S, Lew T, Gandhi K, Lalani F, Chia D, Duanmu Y, Jensen T, Lobo V, Nahn J, Iverson N, Rosenthal M, Gordon AJ, Kugler J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Predicts Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2021. PMID: 34468039


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    Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

    Barakat LA, Dunne DW, Tetrault JM, Soares S, Chia D, Ogbuagu OE, Moriarty JP, Huot SJ, Green ML. The Changing Face of HIV Care: Expanding HIV Training in an Internal Medicine Residency Program. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018. PMID: 29901657


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    Cureus

    Sani SN, Wistar E, Le L, Chia D, Haber LA. Shining a Light on Overnight Education: Hospitalist and Resident Impressions of the Current State, Barriers, and Methods for Improvement. Cureus 2018. PMID: 30202670


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    Cureus

    Madhani K, Aamar A, Chia D. Hepatitis C Screening: The Downstream Dissemination of Evolving Guidelines in a Resident Continuity Clinic. Cureus 2017. PMID: 28924527


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    Southern medical journal

    Chaiyachati KH, Sofair AN, Schwartz JI, Chia D. Discharge Rounds: Implementation of a Targeted Intervention for Improving Patient Throughput on an Inpatient Medical Teaching Service. Southern medical journal 2016. PMID: 27135731


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    American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality

    Chia D, Yavari Y, Kirsanov E, Aronin SI, Sadigh M. Adherence to standard of care in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected bacterial meningitis. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2014. PMID: 25085865


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    Case reports in medicine

    To U, Kim J, Chia D. Lupus flare: an uncommon presentation of disseminated gonorrhea. Case reports in medicine 2014. PMID: 25024709


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    Case reports in medicine

    To U, Kim J, Chia D. Disseminated BCG: Complications of Intravesical Bladder Cancer Treatment. Case reports in medicine 2014. PMID: 25024707


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    Infection

    Ershadi A, Weiss E, Verduzco E, Chia D, Sadigh M. Emerging pathogen: a case and review of Raoultella planticola. Infection 2014. PMID: 24902523


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    IDCases

    Chia D, Moreno JO, Aronin SI, Suarez R, Virata MD, Igwe CA, Quentzel H, Sadigh M. A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut. IDCases 2014. PMID: 26839773


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    Case reports in medicine

    Peluso MJ, Chia D, Sheen W, Hutchinson C, Barakat L. Infectious mimicry complicates diagnosis in hemophagocytic syndrome caused by anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Case reports in medicine 2012. PMID: 22761627


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    IRB

    Heilig CM, Chia D, El-Sadr WM, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Kenzie WR, Saukkonen J, Villarino ME, Padayatchi N. Justifying research risks in a clinical trial for treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. IRB 2011. PMID: 21932482


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