Leah Karliner, MD, MAS

Professor In Residence

Dr. Karliner is Professor in Residence in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is Director of the Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC), an NIA funded Resource Center on Minority Aging Research. She is also Director of the Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center (MERC) in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and a member of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is both a practicing general internist and a health services researcher, with expertise in practice-based and communication research. She completed her training – including her MD degree, a residency in primary care internal medicine, a general internal medicine research fellowship and a Master’s of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research all at UCSF. Dr. Karliner’s scholarly work centers on improving quality of care for limited English speaking patients, and the study of health disparities and communication at critical clinical junctures for older patients such as hospital transitions and breast cancer diagnosis, as well as in chronic care management in primary care. Ultimately, the goal of her research agenda is aimed at achieving health equity through improved communication and clinical outcomes.

Publications

  1. Growdon ME, Jing B, Yaffe K, Karliner LS, Possin KL, Portacolone E, Boscardin WJ, Harrison KL, Steinman MA. High-risk medication use among older adults with cognitive impairment living alone in the United States. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 39056523


  2. Rambachan A, Neilands TB, Karliner L, Covinsky K, Fang M, Nguyen T. Pain management inequities by demographic and geriatric-related variables in older adult inpatients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38997213


  3. Growdon ME, Hunt LJ, Miller MJ, Halim M, Karliner LS, Gonzales R, Sudore RL, Steinman MA, Harrison KL. eConsultation for Deprescribing Among Older Adults: Clinician Perspectives on Implementation Barriers and Facilitators. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38941059


  4. Livaudais-Toman J, Kaplan CP, Karliner LS. Who do patients depend on as they age and for what medical needs? An exploratory study of Chinese and Latino primary care patients. BMC primary care 2024. PMID: 38851670


  5. Heather Spencer Feigelson, Kathleen F. Mittendorf, Sonia Okuyama, Kathryn M. Porter, Joanna Bulkley, Elizabeth Shuster, Katherine P. Anderson, Marian J. Gilmore, Jamilyn M. Zepp, Tia L. Kauffman, Nangel M. Lindberg, Kristin R. Muessig, Cecelia Bellcross, Chinedu Ukaegbu, Sapna Syngal, Michael C. Leo, Benjamin S. Wilfond, Cancer Health Assessments Reaching Many Study, Jake Allen, Laura M. Amendola, Frank Angelo, Briana L. Arnold, Tiffany Bendelow, Barbara B. Biesecker, Kristina F. Booker, Kristin D. Breslin, Mikaella Caruncho, James V. Davis, Sonia Deutsch, Beth Devine, Michael O. Dorschner, Devan M. Duenas, Donna J. Eubanks, Amanda S. Freed, Katrina A.B. Goddard, Inga Gruß, Claudia Guerra, Boya Guo, Joan Holup, Jessica Ezzell Hunter, Chalinya L. Ingphakorn, Paige Jackson, Gail P. Jarvik, Charisma L. Jenkins, Galen Joseph, Leah S. Karliner, Erin Keast, Sarah Knerr, Alyssa H. Koomas, Stephanie A. Kraft, Mi H. Lee, Robin Lee, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Hannah S. Lewis, Elizabeth G. Liles, Frances Lynch, Carmit K. McMullen, Elizabeth Medina, Angela R. Paolucci, C. Samuel Peterson, Chelese L. Ransom, Ana Reyes, Leslie S. Riddle, Sperry Robinson, Bradley A. Rolf, Alan F. Rope, Emily Schield, Kelly J. Shipman, Brian H. Shirts, Britta N. Torgrimson-Ojerio, Meredith L. Vandermeer, Alexandra M. Varga, David L. Veenstra, Larissa Lee White, W. Chris Whitebirch. Author Details for “Implementation of a digital patient-facing cancer family history tool in medically underserved populations”. Genetics in Medicine Open 2024. PMID:


  6. Li L, Kang J, Nguyen B, Ho M, Li AT, Shih JJ, Kotwal A, Yeh J, Karliner L, Jeung R, Smith A. "Hate has chipped away at my sense of security": A survey study of the impacts of anti-Asian hate on the health of older Asians. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38801317


  7. Schmucker AM, Reyes-Farias D, Nicosia FM, Xu E, B Potter M, Karliner LS, Brown RT. Caring for Patients with Functional Impairment in Middle Age: Perspectives from Primary Care Providers and Geriatricians. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38489004


  8. Semere W, Karter AJ, Lyles CR, Reed ME, Karliner L, Kaplan C, Liu JY, Livaudais-Toman J, Schillinger D. Care Partner Engagement in Secure Messaging Between Patients With Diabetes and Their Clinicians: Cohort Study. JMIR diabetes 2024. PMID: 38335020


  9. Garcia ME, Neuhaus J, Livaudais-Toman J, Feldman MD, Ochoa-Frongia L, Khoong E, Karliner LS. Telemedicine and Depression Screening After the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 38345822


  10. Santoyo-Olsson J, Covinsky KE, Chesla CA, Lorig K, Gallagher Thompson D, Cheng J, Luzanilla M, Macias Romo E, Aguayo Ramirez G, Karliner L, Yank V. Predictors of psychological distress among rural family/friend caregivers of people living with dementia in the United States: Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2023. PMID: 37897201


  11. Karliner LS, Gregorich SE, Mutha S, Kaplan C, Livaudais-Toman J, Pathak S, Garcia ME, Diamond L. Language Access Systems Improvement initiative: impact on professional interpreter utilisation, a natural experiment. BMJ open 2024. PMID: 38176864


  12. Veronica A. Yank, Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, Maritza Luzanilla, Elizabeth Macias Romo, Giselle Aguayo Ramirez, Catherine Chesla, Kate Lorig, Jing Cheng, Kenneth E Covinsky, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Leah Karliner. Effective strategies to recruit rural family/friend caregivers of persons living with dementia in the United States into a national randomized controlled trial: preliminary results. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2023. PMID:


  13. Deborah Barnes, Mikael Anne Greenwood-Hickman, Clarissa Hsu, Leah Karliner, Deborah King, Sei Lee, Rebecca Coley, Sascha Dublin. IMPROVING DEMENTIA DETECTION IN PRIMARY CARE: PROCESS EVALUATION FOR THE ERADAR BRAIN HEALTH TRIAL. Innovation in Aging 2023. PMID:


  14. Iñiguez RX, Figueroa Narváez JA, Diamond LC, Gregorich SE, Karliner L, González J, Pérez-Cordón C, Shin TM, Izquierdo K, Ortega P. Current State and Proposal of Best Practices of Standardized Patients for Spanish-Language Objective Structured Clinical Encounters in US Medical Schools. Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 2023. PMID: 37947832


  15. Dublin S, Greenwood-Hickman MA, Karliner L, Hsu C, Coley RY, Colemon L, Carrasco A, King D, Grace A, Lee SJ, Walsh JME, Barrett T, Broussard J, Singh U, Idu A, Yaffe K, Boustani M, Barnes DE. The electronic health record Risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia Assessment Rule (eRADAR) brain health trial: Protocol for an embedded, pragmatic clinical trial of a low-cost dementia detection algorithm. Contemporary clinical trials 2023. PMID: 37858616


  16. Ortega P, Gregorich SE, Karliner L, González J, Pérez-Cordón C, Iñiguez RX, Izquierdo K, Diamond LC. Validity Evidence for the Physician Oral Language Observation Matrix as a Measure of Medical Spanish Proficiency. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37670071


  17. Walsh JME, Karliner L, Smith A, Leykin Y, Gregorich SE, Livaudais-Toman J, Velazquez AI, Lowenstein M, Kaplan CP. LungCARE: Encouraging Shared Decision-Making in Lung Cancer Screening-a Randomized Trial. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37653203


  18. Garcia ME, Williams M, Mutha S, Diamond LC, Jih J, Handley MA, Pathak S, Karliner LS. Language-Concordant Care: a Qualitative Study Examining Implementation of Physician Non-English Language Proficiency Assessment. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37620723


  19. Ho EY, Karliner LS, Leung G, Harb R, Aguayo Ramirez G, Garcia ME. "How's your mood": Recorded physician mental health conversations with Chinese and Latino patients in routine primary care visits. Patient education and counseling 2023. PMID: 37364381


  20. Leah S Karliner, Genevieve Leung, Giselle Aguayo Ramirez, Raneem Harb, Evelyn Y Ho. O.20.6 Mood Talk: Clinician Conversations with Chinese and Latinx Patients in Primary Care Recorded Visits Presenter(s): Maria Garcia, University of California, San Francisco, United States. Patient education and counseling 2023. PMID:


  21. Steven Gregorich, Leah Karliner, Javier Gonzalez, Cristina Pérez-Cordón, Reniell Iniguez, Jose Alberto Figueroa, Karen Izquierdo, Pilar Ortega. P44 Development of a Tool to Assess Medical Oral Non-English Language Proficiency Presenter(s): Lisa Diamond, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States. Patient education and counseling 2023. PMID:


  22. Joseph G, Lindberg NM, Guerra C, Hernandez C, Karliner LS, Gilmore MJ, Zepp J, Rolf BA, Caruncho M, Riddle L, Kauffman TL, Leo MC, Wilfond BS. Medical interpreter-mediated genetic counseling for Spanish preferring adults at risk for a hereditary cancer syndrome. Journal of genetic counseling 2023. PMID: 36938783


  23. Garcia ME, Mutha S, Napoles AM, Malevanchik L, Williams M, Karliner LS. "Long Overdue": Nurse and Resident Physician Perspectives on Implementation of Dual-Handset Interpreter Phones in the Inpatient Setting. Health equity 2023. PMID: 36876231


  24. Pilar Ortega, Reniell X. Iñiguez, Steven E. Gregorich, Cristina Pérez-Cordón, José Alberto Figueroa, Karen Izquierdo, Javier González, Leah Karliner, Lisa C. Diamond. Development and Effectiveness of a Rater Training Curriculum for Evaluating Student Medical Spanish Oral Proficiency Using the Physician Oral Language Observation Matrix. Global Business Languages 2023. PMID:


  25. R Yates Coley, Julia J Smith, Leah Karliner, Sei J Lee, Sharon Fuller, Rosemary Lam, Deborah E Barnes, Sascha Dublin. eRADAR detects primary care patients at risk of having undiagnosed dementia in two real-world healthcare systems. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2022. PMID:


  26. Flynn SJ, Livaudais-Toman J, Kaplan CP, Kerlikowske K, Burke NJ, Pathak S, Karliner LS. Primary Care Physicians' Perceived Barriers to Follow-Up of Abnormal Mammogram Results: Opportunities for Systems-Level Interventions. Journal of general internal medicine 2022. PMID: 36451017


  27. Ho EY, Leung G, Lauer B, Jih J, Karliner L. Complementary and integrative healthcare communication in Chinese American patient / primary care visits: An observational discourse analysis. PEC Innovation 2022. PMID: 36506917


  28. Bregio C, Finik J, Baird M, Ortega P, Roter D, Karliner L, Diamond LC. Exploring the Impact of Language Concordance on Cancer Communication. JCO oncology practice 2022. PMID: 36112970


  29. Lamprea-Montealegre JA, Madden E, Tummalapalli SL, Peralta C, Neilands TB, Garcia PK, Muiru A, Karliner L, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM. Association of Race and Ethnicity With Prescription of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP1 Receptor Agonists Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in the Veterans Health Administration System. JAMA 2022. PMID: 36066519


  30. Santoyo-Olsson J, Lorig K, Romo EM, Luzanilla M, Ramirez GA, Cheng J, Chesla C, Covinsky KE, Karliner L, Thompson DG, Fahrenwald N, Yank V. Study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of the Building Better Caregivers online workshop for rural family/friend caregivers of people living with dementia. Contemporary clinical trials 2022. PMID: 36057375


  31. Diamond LC, Gregorich SE, Karliner L, Gonz?lez J, P?rez-Cord?n C, Iniguez R, Figueroa JA, Izquierdo K, Ortega P. Development of a Tool to Assess Medical Oral Language Proficiency. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 36484536


  32. Garcia ME, Hinton L, Neuhaus J, Feldman M, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner LS. Equitability of Depression Screening After Implementation of General Adult Screening in Primary Care. JAMA network open 2022. PMID: 35980633


  33. Coley RY, Smith JJ, Karliner L, Idu AE, Lee SJ, Fuller S, Lam R, Barnes DE, Dublin S. External Validation of the eRADAR Risk Score for Detecting Undiagnosed Dementia in Two Real-World Healthcare Systems. Journal of general internal medicine 2022. PMID: 35906516


  34. Lowenstein M, Karliner L, Livaudais-Toman J, Gregorich S, Velazquez AI, Vijayaraghavan M, Walsh JME, Kaplan CP. Barriers and Facilitators to Lung Cancer Screening: A Physician Survey. 2022. PMID: 35428402


  35. Xu E, Nicosia FM, Zamora K, Barrientos M, Spar MJ, Reyes-Farias D, Karliner LS, Potter MB, Brown RT. When Functional Impairment Develops Early: Perspectives from Middle-Aged Adults. 2022. PMID: 35391621


  36. Manuel SP, Nguyen K, Karliner LS, Ward DT, Fernandez A. Association of English Language Proficiency With Hospitalization Cost, Length of Stay, Disposition Location, and Readmission Following Total Joint Arthroplasty. 2022. PMID: 35267037


  37. Riddle L, Karliner LS, Livaudais-Toman J, Guerra C, Roat CE, Rope AF, Wade A, Caruncho M, Zepp JM, Giang J, Wilfond BS, Joseph G. Development and evaluation of an exome sequencing training course for medical interpreters. 2022. PMID: 35171038


  38. Holt HK, Gildengorin G, Karliner L, Fontil V, Pramanik R, Potter MB. Differences in Hypertension Medication Prescribing for Black Americans and Their Association with Hypertension Outcomes. 2022. PMID: 35039409


  39. Chu JN, Kaplan C, Lee JS, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner L. Increasing Telehealth Access to Care for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic at an Academic Medical Center: Video Visits for Elders Project (VVEP). 2021. PMID: 35027304


  40. Kaplan CP, Karliner L, Lee A, Livaudais-Toman J, Tice JA, Ozanne E. Acceptability of an mHealth breast cancer risk-reduction intervention promoting risk assessment, education, and discussion of risk in the primary care setting. 2021. PMID: 34805385


  41. Malevanchik L, Wheeler M, Gagliardi K, Karliner L, Shah SJ. Disparities After Discharge: The Association of Limited English Proficiency and Postdischarge Patient-Reported Issues. 2021. PMID: 34627715


  42. Kornbluth L, Kaplan CP, Diamond L, Karliner LS. Communication methods between outpatients with limited-English proficiency and ancillary staff: LASI study results. Patient education and counseling 2021. PMID: 34023171


  43. Garcia ME, Hinton L, Gregorich SE, Livaudais-Toman J, Kaplan CP, Feldman M, Karliner L. Primary Care Physician Recognition and Documentation of Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese and Latinx Patients During Routine Visits: A Cross-Sectional Study. Health equity 2021. PMID: 33937610


  44. Pathak S, Gregorich SE, Diamond LC, Mutha S, Seto E, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner L. Patient Perspectives on the Quality of Professional Interpretation: Results from LASI Study. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33515189


  45. Karliner LS. Protocols can lead to equitable emergency cardiac care for patients with language barriers, but quality communication remains important for access, outcomes and prevention. European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes 2020. PMID: 31999313


  46. Roter DL, Gregorich SE, Diamond L, Livaudais-Toman J, Kaplan C, Pathak S, Karliner L. Loss of patient centeredness in interpreter-mediated primary care visits. Patient education and counseling 2020. PMID: 32819755


  47. Nouri SS, Pathak S, Livaudais-Toman J, Gregorich SE, Kaplan CP, Diamond L, Karliner L. Use and Usefulness of After-Visit Summaries by Language and Health Literacy among Latinx and Chinese Primary Care Patients. Journal of health communication 2020. PMID: 33059522


  48. Diamond LC, Jacobs EA, Karliner L. Providing equitable care to patients with limited dominant language proficiency amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient education and counseling 2020. PMID: 32571503


  49. Peralta CA, Livaudais-Toman J, Stebbins M, Lo L, Robinson A, Pathak S, Scherzer R, Karliner LS. Electronic Decision Support for Management of CKD in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32682696


  50. Kenny JD, Karliner LS, Kerlikowske K, Kaplan CP, Fernandez-Lamothe A, Burke NJ. Organization Communication Factors and Abnormal Mammogram Follow-up: a Qualitative Study Among Ethnically Diverse Women Across Three Healthcare Systems. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32601926


  51. Gagliardi KS, Coleman S, Intinarelli G, Karliner L, Appelle N, Taylor B, Grumbach K. An Automated Telephone Call System Improves the Reach and Cost-effectiveness of Panel Management Outreach for Cancer Screening. The Journal of ambulatory care management 2019. PMID: 31800442


  52. Anderson TS, Karliner LS, Lin GA. Association of Primary Language and Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions. Medical care 2020. PMID: 31821245


  53. Rosenwohl-Mack S, Rubinsky A, Karliner L, López L, Peralta CA. Association of Patient Language with Guideline-Concordant Care for Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Primary Care. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31452037


  54. Garcia ME, Hinton L, Gregorich SE, Livaudais-Toman J, Kaplan C, Karliner L. Unmet Mental Health Need Among Chinese and Latino Primary Care Patients: Intersection of Ethnicity, Gender, and English Proficiency. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31667737


  55. Valente J, Johnson N, Edu U, Karliner LS. Importance of Communication and Relationships: Addressing Disparities in Hospitalizations for African-American Patients in Academic Primary Care. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31641992


  56. Pathak S, Summerville G, Kaplan CP, Nouri SS, Karliner LS. Patient-Reported Use of the After Visit Summary in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Practice. Journal of Patient Experience 2019. PMID: 33294604


  57. Lee JS, Karliner LS, Julian KA, Linzer M, Feldman MD. Change in Faculty Perceptions of Burnout and Work Life in an Academic General Medicine Clinic: a Pre-Post Study. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31183687


  58. Semere W, Nápoles AM, Gregorich S, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner L. Caregiving for Older Adults with Limited English Proficiency: Transitioning from Hospital to Home. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31236893


  59. Khoong EC, Karliner L, Lo L, Stebbins M, Robinson A, Pathak S, Santoyo-Olsson J, Scherzer R, Peralta CA. A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Chronic Kidney Disease Management in Primary Care: Design, Rationale, and Implementation Experience. JMIR research protocols 2019. PMID: 31199334


  60. Karliner L. Establishing the Necessary Conditions for Achieving Language Access and Equitable, Quality Care for Populations with Limited English Proficiency. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2019. PMID: 31126851


  61. Bui-Duy MK, Wong S, Lam R, Karliner LS. Development of a Multistep Hypertension Quality Improvement Program in an Academic General Medicine Practice. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality 2019. PMID: 31094951


  62. Lowenstein M, Vijayaraghavan M, Burke NJ, Karliner L, Wang S, Peters M, Lozano A, Kaplan CP. Real-world lung cancer screening decision-making: Barriers and facilitators. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2019. PMID: 31200824


  63. Frigaard M, Rubinsky A, Lowell L, Malkina A, Karliner L, Kohn M, Peralta CA. Validating laboratory defined chronic kidney disease in the electronic health record for patients in primary care. Volume 20 of Issue 1. BMC nephrology 2019. PMID: 30606109


  64. Karliner LS, Kaplan C, Livaudais-Toman J, Kerlikowske K. Mammography facilities serving vulnerable women have longer follow-up times. Health services research 2018. PMID: 30394526


  65. Selby K, Michel M, Gildengorin G, Karliner L, Pramanik R, Fontil V, Potter MB. Disparities in Hypertension Control Across and Within Three Health Systems Participating in a Data-Sharing Collaborative. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2018. PMID: 30413545


  66. . WHEN FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT DEVELOPS EARLY: PERSPECTIVES FROM MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS. 2018. PMID:


  67. Ozanne E, Karliner LS, Tice JA, Haas JS, Livaudais-Toman J, Pasick RJ, Kaplan CP. An Intervention Tool to Increase Patient-Physician Discussion of Lifestyle Risk Factors for Breast Cancer. Journal of women's health (2002) 2018. PMID: 30222505


  68. Chan B, Lyles C, Kaplan C, Lam R, Karliner L. A Comparison of Electronic Patient-Portal Use Among Patients with Resident and Attending Primary Care Providers. Journal of general internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30187376


  69. . 2.Three Critical Steps to Enhance Delivery of Language Services in Health Care. 2017. PMID:


  70. Karliner L. Low Health Literacy and Transitional Care Needs: Beyond Screening. Volume 12 of Issue 11. Journal of hospital medicine 2017. PMID: 29091985


  71. Lee JS, Nápoles A, Mutha S, Pérez-Stable EJ, Gregorich SE, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner LS. Hospital discharge preparedness for patients with limited English proficiency: A mixed methods study of bedside interpreter-phones. Volume 101 of Issue 1. Patient education and counseling 2017. PMID: 28774652


  72. Nguyen KH, Pasick RJ, Stewart SL, Kerlikowske K, Karliner LS. Disparities in abnormal mammogram follow-up time for Asian women compared with non-Hispanic white women and between Asian ethnic groups. Volume 123 of Issue 18. Cancer 2017. PMID: 28603859


  73. Karliner LS, Pérez-Stable EJ, Gregorich SE. Convenient Access to Professional Interpreters in the Hospital Decreases Readmission Rates and Estimated Hospital Expenditures for Patients With Limited English Proficiency. Volume 55 of Issue 3. Medical care 2017. PMID: 27579909


  74. Lee JS, Pérez-Stable EJ, Gregorich SE, Crawford MH, Green A, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner LS. Increased Access to Professional Interpreters in the Hospital Improves Informed Consent for Patients with Limited English Proficiency. Volume 32 of Issue 8. Journal of general internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28185201


  75. Stewart SL, Kaplan CP, Lee R, Joseph G, Karliner L, Livaudais-Toman J, Pasick RJ. Validation of an Efficient Screening Tool to Identify Low-Income Women at High Risk for Hereditary Breast Cancer. Volume 19 of Issue 6. Public health genomics 2016. PMID: 27788513


  76. Karliner L, Marks A, Mutha S. Reducing Health Care Disparities for Minority Women in the Era of the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities within Primary Care. Volume 27 of Issue 2. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2016. PMID: 27180684


  77. Ackerman SL, Boscardin C, Karliner L, Handley MA, Cheng S, Gaither TW, Hagey J, Hennein L, Malik F, Shaw B, Trinidad N, Zahner G, Gonzales R. The Action Research Program: Experiential Learning in Systems-Based Practice for First-Year Medical Students. Teaching and learning in medicine 2016. PMID: 27064720


  78. Nápoles AM, Santoyo-Olsson J, Karliner LS, Gregorich SE, Pérez-Stable EJ. Inaccurate Language Interpretation and Its Clinical Significance in the Medical Encounters of Spanish-speaking Latinos. Volume 53 of Issue 11. Medical care 2015. PMID: 26465121


  79. Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner LS, Tice JA, Kerlikowske K, Gregorich S, Pérez-Stable EJ, Pasick RJ, Chen A, Quinn J, Kaplan CP. Impact of a primary care based intervention on breast cancer knowledge, risk perception and concern: A randomized, controlled trial. Volume 24 of Issue 6. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2015. PMID: 26476466


  80. Kim Hanh Nguyen, Leah Karliner, Rena Pasick. Abstract B35: Disparities in follow up after abnormal mammogram for multiple Asian subpopulations. Epidemiology, Lifestyle, and Genetics 2015. PMID:


  81. Kim H. Nguyen, Leah Karliner, Rena J. Pasick. Abstract B89: Timeliness in follow-up after abnormal mammography screening among Asian groups. Prevention Research 2014. PMID:


  82. Tang N, Fujimoto J, Karliner L. Evaluation of a primary care-based post-discharge phone call program: keeping the primary care practice at the center of post-hospitalization care transition. Volume 29 of Issue 11. Journal of general internal medicine 2014. PMID: 25055997


  83. Kaplan CP, Livaudais-Toman J, Tice JA, Kerlikowske K, Gregorich SE, Pérez-Stable EJ, Pasick RJ, Chen A, Quinn J, Karliner LS. A randomized, controlled trial to increase discussion of breast cancer in primary care. Volume 23 of Issue 7. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2014. PMID: 24762560


  84. Fehniger J, Livaudais-Toman J, Karliner L, Kerlikowske K, Tice JA, Quinn J, Ozanne E, Kaplan CP. Perceived versus objective breast cancer risk in diverse women. Volume 23 of Issue 5. Journal of women's health (2002) 2013. PMID: 24372085


  85. López ME, Kaplan CP, Nápoles AM, Hwang ES, Livaudais JC, Karliner LS. Satisfaction with treatment decision-making and treatment regret among Latinas and non-Latina whites with DCIS. Volume 94 of Issue 1. Patient education and counseling 2013. PMID: 24207116


  86. Parikh AR, Kaplan CP, Burke NJ, Livaudais-Toman J, Hwang ES, Karliner LS. Ductal carcinoma in situ: knowledge of associated risks and prognosis among Latina and non-Latina white women. Volume 141 of Issue 2. Breast cancer research and treatment 2013. PMID: 23996141


  87. Hubbard RA, Zhu W, Horblyuk R, Karliner L, Sprague BL, Henderson L, Lee D, Onega T, Buist DS, Sweet A. Diagnostic imaging and biopsy pathways following abnormal screen-film and digital screening mammography. Volume 138 of Issue 3. Breast cancer research and treatment 2013. PMID: 23471650


  88. Pérez-Stable EJ, Karliner LS. What do we know about patient-clinician interactions with interpreters? Volume 28 of Issue 3. Journal of general internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23229910


  89. López ME, Kaplan CP, Nápoles AM, Livaudais JC, Hwang ES, Stewart SL, Bloom J, Karliner L. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): posttreatment follow-up care among Latina and non-Latina White women. Volume 7 of Issue 2. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2013. PMID: 23408106


  90. CP Kaplan, M Lopez, J Tice, R Pasick, K Kerlikowske, A Chen, L Karliner. Abstract P4-13-05: The gap between perceptions of risk and actual risk for breast cancer. Poster Session Abstracts 2012. PMID:


  91. Bloom JR, Stewart SL, Napoles AM, Hwang ES, Livaudais JC, Karliner L, Kaplan CP. Quality of life of Latina and Euro-American women with ductal carcinoma in situ. Volume 22 of Issue 5. Psycho-oncology 2012. PMID: 22678743


  92. Karliner LS, Auerbach A, Nápoles A, Schillinger D, Nickleach D, Pérez-Stable EJ. Language barriers and understanding of hospital discharge instructions. Medical care 2012. PMID: 22411441


  93. Gupta A, Hoang DD, Karliner L, Tice JA, Heidenreich P, Wang PJ, Turakhia MP. Ability of microvolt T-wave alternans to modify risk assessment of ventricular tachyarrhythmic events: a meta-analysis. Volume 163 of Issue 3. American heart journal 2012. PMID: 22424005


  94. Tuot DS, Lopez M, Miller C, Karliner LS. Impact of an easy-access telephonic interpreter program in the acute care setting: an evaluation of a quality improvement intervention. Volume 38 of Issue 2. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2012. PMID: 22372255


  95. Karliner LS, Ma L, Hofmann M, Kerlikowske K. Language barriers, location of care, and delays in follow-up of abnormal mammograms. Volume 50 of Issue 2. Medical care 2012. PMID: 21993060


  96. Khanna RR, Karliner LS, Eck M, Vittinghoff E, Koenig CJ, Fang MC. Performance of an online translation tool when applied to patient educational material. Volume 6 of Issue 9. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 22034196


  97. Price EL, Pérez-Stable EJ, Nickleach D, López M, Karliner LS. Interpreter perspectives of in-person, telephonic, and videoconferencing medical interpretation in clinical encounters. Volume 87 of Issue 2. Patient education and counseling 2011. PMID: 21930360


  98. Livaudais JC, Hwang ES, Karliner L, Nápoles A, Stewart S, Bloom J, Kaplan CP. Adjuvant hormonal therapy use among women with ductal carcinoma in situ. Volume 21 of Issue 1. Journal of women's health (2002) 2011. PMID: 21902542


  99. Diamond LC, Tuot DS, Karliner LS. The use of Spanish language skills by physicians and nurses: policy implications for teaching and testing. Volume 27 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21773850


  100. Kulkarni SP, Karliner LS, Auerbach AD, Pérez-Stable EJ. Physician use of advance care planning discussions in a diverse hospitalized population. Volume 13 of Issue 3. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2011. PMID: 20640919


  101. Kaplan CP, Karliner LS, Hwang ES, Bloom J, Stewart S, Nickleach D, Quinn J, Thrasher A, Nápoles AM. The effect of system-level access factors on receipt of reconstruction among Latina and white women with DCIS. Volume 129 of Issue 3. Breast cancer research and treatment 2011. PMID: 21533531


  102. Schenker Y, Pérez-Stable EJ, Nickleach D, Karliner LS. Patterns of interpreter use for hospitalized patients with limited English proficiency. Volume 26 of Issue 7. Journal of general internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21336672


  103. Kaplan CP, Nápoles AM, Hwang ES, Bloom J, Stewart S, Nickleach D, Karliner L. Selection of treatment among Latina and non-Latina white women with ductal carcinoma in situ. Volume 20 of Issue 2. Journal of women's health (2002) 2010. PMID: 21128819


  104. Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Nápoles A, Karliner L, Pérez-Stable EJ. Patient-physicians' information exchange in outpatient cardiac care: time for a heart to heart? Volume 85 of Issue 2. Patient education and counseling 2010. PMID: 21035298


  105. Karliner LS, Hwang ES, Nickleach D, Kaplan CP. Language barriers and patient-centered breast cancer care. Volume 84 of Issue 2. Patient education and counseling 2010. PMID: 20685068


  106. Karliner LS, Kim SE, Meltzer DO, Auerbach AD. Influence of language barriers on outcomes of hospital care for general medicine inpatients. Volume 5 of Issue 5. Journal of hospital medicine 2010. PMID: 20533573


  107. Walsh JM, Karliner L, Burke N, Somkin CP, Pham LA, Pasick R. Physicians' approaches to recommending colorectal cancer screening: a qualitative study. Volume 25 of Issue 3. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2010. PMID: 20204571


  108. Nápoles AM, Santoyo-Olsson J, Karliner LS, O'Brien H, Gregorich SE, Pérez-Stable EJ. Clinician ratings of interpreter mediated visits in underserved primary care settings with ad hoc, in-person professional, and video conferencing modes. Volume 21 of Issue 1. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2010. PMID: 20173271


  109. Karliner LS, Mutha S. Achieving quality in health care through language access services: lessons from a California public hospital. Volume 25 of Issue 1. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2009. PMID: 19955512


  110. . The Reply. 2009. PMID:


  111. Carney PA, Kettler M, Cook AJ, Geller BM, Karliner L, Miglioretti DL, Bowles EA, Buist DS, Gallagher TH, Elmore JG. An assessment of the likelihood, frequency, and content of verbal communication between radiologists and women receiving screening and diagnostic mammography. Volume 16 of Issue 9. Academic radiology 2009. PMID: 19442539


  112. Abraham L, Geller BM, Yankaskas BC, Bowles EJ, Karliner LS, Taplin SH, Miglioretti DL. Accuracy of self-reported breast cancer among women undergoing mammography. Volume 118 of Issue 3. Breast cancer research and treatment 2009. PMID: 19301119


  113. Tice JA, Karliner L, Walsh J, Petersen AJ, Feldman MD. Gastric banding or bypass? A systematic review comparing the two most popular bariatric procedures. Volume 121 of Issue 10. The American journal of medicine 2008. PMID: 18823860


  114. Karliner LS, Napoles-Springer AM, Schillinger D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Pérez-Stable EJ. Identification of limited English proficient patients in clinical care. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18618200


  115. Feldman MD, Petersen AJ, Karliner LS, Tice JA. Who is responsible for evaluating the safety and effectiveness of medical devices? The role of independent technology assessment. Volume 23 Suppl 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18095046


  116. Karliner LS, Kerlikowske K. Ethnic disparities in breast cancer. Volume 3 of Issue 6. Women's health (London, England) 2007. PMID: 19803977


  117. Karliner LS, Jacobs EA, Chen AH, Mutha S. Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literature. Volume 42 of Issue 2. Health services research 2007. PMID: 17362215


  118. Karliner LS, Napoles-Springer A, Kerlikowske K, Haas JS, Gregorich SE, Kaplan CP. Missed opportunities: family history and behavioral risk factors in breast cancer risk assessment among a multiethnic group of women. Volume 22 of Issue 3. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17356960


  119. Jacobs E, Chen AH, Karliner LS, Agger-Gupta N, Mutha S. The need for more research on language barriers in health care: a proposed research agenda. Volume 84 of Issue 1. The Milbank quarterly 2006. PMID: 16529570


  120. Karliner LS, Patricia Kaplan C, Juarbe T, Pasick R, Pérez-Stable EJ. Poor patient comprehension of abnormal mammography results. Volume 20 of Issue 5. Journal of general internal medicine 2005. PMID: 15963167


  121. . Legal and regulatory obligations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate emergency department services. 2004. PMID:


  122. Karliner LS, Pérez-Stable EJ, Gildengorin G. The language divide. The importance of training in the use of interpreters for outpatient practice. Volume 19 of Issue 2. Journal of general internal medicine 2004. PMID: 15009797