Dean Schillinger, MD

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Education

Brown University, BA, 1986, Russian Language and Literature
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, MD, 1991, Medicine
UC San Francisco, SF General Hospital, SF, CA, Resident, 1991-94, Internal Medicine
UC San Francisco, SF General Hospital, SF, CA, Chief Resident, 1994-95, Internal Medicine
UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2002-3, Advanced Clinical Research Scholar

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Professional Experience

• 1995-2002
  Assistant Professor, UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine
• 1995-1998
  Medical Director, General Medical Clinic, SF General Hospital
• 2003-2004
  Scientific Advisory Board, ACP Health Communication Initiative
• 1995-present
  Faculty, UCSF Primary Care Research Center, Medical Effectiveness Research Center
• 2002-present
  Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine
• 2006
  Visiting Scholar (1 semester), University of Chile School of Public Health, Santiago, Chile
• 2007-present
  Director, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, SF General Hospital
• 2008-present
  Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF Department of Medicine
• 2008-present
  Faculty, RWJ Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program; UCSF Global Health Sciences
• 2008-present
  Chief, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, California Dept of Public Health
• 2009-present
  Acting Chief, UCSF/SFGH Division of General Internal Medicine

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Honors & Awards

• 2001
  Reviewer, Institute of Medicine Report on Insurance, Access, and Health
• 2003
  Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award, Institute for Health Care Advancement
• 2004
  Contributing Author, Institute of Medicine Report on Health Literacy
• 2005
  Outstanding Research Paper of the Year Award, Society Teachers of Family Medicine
• 2005-2006
  JCAHO Policy Roundtable on Literacy and Patient Safety
• 2006
  Contributor, Surgeon General Workshop on Improving Health Literacy
• 2008
  Advancing Patient Safety Research Award in Health Literacy, Nat Patient Safety Foundation
• 2009
  George Engel Career Research Award, Am. Assn Communication in Healthcare

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Selected Publications

1. Wallace A, Perkhounkova Y, Tseng H, Schillinger D. Influence of patient characteristics on assessment of diabetes self-management support. Nurs Res. 2013 Mar; 62(2):106-14.
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2. Ratanawongsa N, Karter AJ, Parker MM, Lyles CR, Heisler M, Moffet HH, Adler N, Warton EM, Schillinger D. Communication and medication refill adherence: the diabetes study of northern california. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Feb 11; 173(3):210-8.
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3. Stoddard PJ, Laraia BA, Warton EM, Moffet HH, Adler NE, Schillinger D, Karter AJ. Neighborhood Deprivation and Change in BMI Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Diabetes Care. 2013 May; 36(5):1200-8.
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4. Karter AJ, Schillinger D, Adams AS, Moffet HH, Liu J, Adler NE, Kanaya AM. Elevated Rates of Diabetes in Pacific Islanders and Asian Subgroups: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Diabetes Care. 2013 Mar; 36(3):574-9.
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5. Sudore RL, Karter AJ, Huang ES, Moffet HH, Laiteerapong N, Schenker Y, Adams A, Whitmer RA, Liu JY, Miao Y, John PM, Schillinger D. Symptom burden of adults with type 2 diabetes across the disease course: diabetes & aging study. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Dec; 27(12):1674-81.
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6. DeWalt DA, Schillinger D, Ruo B, Bibbins-Domingo K, Baker DW, Holmes GM, Weinberger M, Macabasco-O'Connell A, Broucksou K, Hawk V, Grady KL, Erman B, Sueta CA, Chang PP, Cene CW, Wu JR, Jones CD, Pignone M. Multisite randomized trial of a single-session versus multisession literacy-sensitive self-care intervention for patients with heart failure. Circulation. 2012 Jun 12; 125(23):2854-62.
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7. Karliner LS, Auerbach A, Nápoles A, Schillinger D, Nickleach D, Pérez-Stable EJ. Language barriers and understanding of hospital discharge instructions. Med Care. 2012 Apr; 50(4):283-9.
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8. Bailey SC, Sarkar U, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Evaluation of language concordant, patient-centered drug label instructions. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Dec; 27(12):1707-13.
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9. Plantinga L, Rao MN, Schillinger D. Prevalence of self-reported sleep problems among people with diabetes in the United States, 2005-2008. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012; 9:E76.
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10. Bailey SC, Hasnain-Wynia R, Chen AH, Sarkar U, Schoua-Glusberg A, Lindquist LA, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Developing multilingual prescription instructions for patients with limited english proficiency. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Feb; 23(1):81-7.
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11. Laraia BA, Karter AJ, Warton EM, Schillinger D, Moffet HH, Adler N. Place matters: neighborhood deprivation and cardiometabolic risk factors in the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Soc Sci Med. 2012 Apr; 74(7):1082-90.
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12. Ratanawongsa N, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Pfeifer K, Soria C, Schillinger D. Quasi-experimental trial of diabetes Self-Management Automated and Real-Time Telephonic Support (SMARTSteps) in a Medicaid managed care plan: study protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012; 12:22.
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13. Ratanawongsa N, Crosson JC, Schillinger D, Karter AJ, Saha CK, Marrero DG. Getting under the skin of clinical inertia in insulin initiation: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Insulin Starts Project. Diabetes Educ. 2012 Jan-Feb; 38(1):94-100.
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14. Sentell TL, He G, Gregg EW, Schillinger D. Racial/ethnic variation in prevalence estimates for United States prediabetes under alternative 2010 American Diabetes Association criteria: 1988-2008. Ethn Dis. 2012; 22(4):451-8.
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15. Ratanawongsa N, Bhandari VK, Handley M, Rundall T, Hammer H, Schillinger D. Primary care provider perceptions of the effectiveness of two self-management support programs for vulnerable patients with diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2012 Jan; 6(1):116-24.
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16. Plantinga LC, Johansen KL, Schillinger D, Powe NR. Lower socioeconomic status and disability among US adults with chronic kidney disease, 1999-2008. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012; 9:E12.
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17. Choi AI, Karter AJ, Liu JY, Young BA, Go AS, Schillinger D. Ethnic differences in the development of albuminuria: the DISTANCE study. Am J Manag Care. 2011 Nov; 17(11):737-45.
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18. Parker MM, Moffet HH, Schillinger D, Adler N, Fernandez A, Ciechanowski P, Karter AJ. Ethnic differences in appointment-keeping and implications for the patient-centered medical home--findings from the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Health Serv Res. 2012 Apr; 47(2):572-93.
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19. Stoddard P, Handley MA, Vargas Bustamante A, Schillinger D. The influence of indigenous status and community indigenous composition on obesity and diabetes among Mexican adults. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Dec; 73(11):1635-43.
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20. Handley MA, Schillinger D, Shiboski S. Quasi-experimental designs in practice-based research settings: design and implementation considerations. J Am Board Fam Med. 2011 Sep-Oct; 24(5):589-96.
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