Chris Sha, MD

HS Assoc Clinical Professor

VA Medicine Home, General Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine VA

Chris is a General Internist practicing at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) Medical Practice Clinic, where he also serves as a preceptor for residents and interdisciplinary trainees, and as the Site Director for medical students in the clinic. He is also a telemedicine urgent care provider for the VA VISN 21, which serves veterans from Reno & Las Vegas, to Manila & Guam, to Honolulu.

Chris is a faculty member of the interdisciplinary primary care training program at the VA, EdPACT, and also has an interest in developing and expanding Mindfulness & Meditation offerings for trainees & faculty at the VA and UCSF, and currently runs half-day meditation retreats as well as a weekly meditation practice group. He hopes to also grow the Mindfulness in Medicine Collaborative, a group of practitioners who are interested in personal meditation practice as well as teaching and facilitating others in practice.

Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
2017 - Chief Resident, University of California
2016 - Internal Medicine Residency, University of California
MD, 2013 - Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Sc. B, 2006 - Neuroscience, Brown University
Publications

  1. Brown EJ, Kangovi S, Sha C, Johnson S, Chanton C, Carter T, Grande DT. Exploring the Patient and Staff Experience With the Process of Primary Care. Annals of family medicine 2015. PMID: 26195680


  2. Kangovi S, Kellom K, Sha C, Johnson S, Chanton C, Carter T, Long JA, Grande D. Perceptions of high-risk patients and their providers on the patient-centered medical home. The Journal of ambulatory care management 2015. PMID: 25748262


  3. Stierstorfer MB, Sha CT, Sasson M. Food patch testing for irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2012. PMID: 23102771