Janeen Smith, MD

HS Clinical Professor

Janeen Smith, MD is a Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and Service Chief of Tele Emergency and Urgent Care for VISN (Veteran Integrated Service Network) 21 of the Veterans Health Administration. Her clinical responsibilities include evaluating patients in the emergency department at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and providing virtual emergency consultation and telehealth visits to Veterans in Northern California, Nevada and the Pacific Islands. She is the Course Director for the VHAs national SimLEARN (Simulation Learning, Evaluation, Assessment and Research Network) Telehealth Mini-Residency. She originated and provides subject matter expertise on the Salesforce CRM product, the Tele Emergency Care Tracker, which is used to ensure safe handoffs of Veterans during their virtual episode of care and allows for reporting on quality metrics.

Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
MBA, 06/2003 - , University of Colorado
06/1994 - Internal Medicine Residency, University of California
MD, 06/1991 - , University of Southern California
Publications
  1. Lu AD, Veet CA, Aljundi O, Whitaker E, Smith Ii WB, Smith JE. A Systematic Review of Physical Examination Components Adapted for Telemedicine. 2022. PMID: 35363573


  2. Wray CM, Junge M, Keyhani S, Smith JE. Assessment of a multi-center tele-urgent care program to decrease emergency department referral rates in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2021. PMID: 34152876


  3. Lu AD, Junge M, Garber J, Abramson AK, Whooley MA, Smith JE. Feasibility of a Telemedicine Urgent Care Program to Address Patient Complaints on First Contact. Volume 2020. Emergency medicine international 2020. PMID: 33178462