Ryan Laponis, MD, MS

Professor

I am a clinician-educator practicing in the Division of General Internal Medicine and serve as Program Director for the UCSF GIM/Primary Care Residency Program. In addition to teaching and leading programs in fundamental and advanced skills in the provision of general internal medicine, I am a Fellow in the Academy of Communication in Healthcare and teach learners at all levels in fundamental and advanced communication skills nationally. I am also an educator of educators serving as a core faculty member in UCSF's Center for Faculty Educators as well as a member of UCSF's Academy of Medical Educators. Nationally, I serve as Faculty in the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Teaching Educators Across the Continuum of Healthcare (TEACH) program which provides a longitudinal and in-depth training program in education for rising internal medicine faculty educators across the nation.

Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Chief Residency, 2012 - Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Residency, 2011 - General Internal Medicine - Primary Care, University of California San Francisco
M.D., 2008 - School of Medicine, University of California Davis
MSci, 2003 - Biological Sciences, Stanford University
BS, 2002 - Biological Science, Stanford University
BA, 2002 - Dramatic Art, Stanford University
Honors and Awards
  • Fellow, Academy of Communication in Healthcare, 2019
  • Inducted to Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2017
  • Robert H Crede Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF - DGIM, 2014
  • Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2013
  • Inducted to Alpha Omega Alpha, UC Davis, 2006
Websites
Publications

  1. Raskob K, Ramanan RA, Lezak M, Negrete JE, Binder E, Addington-White J, Laponis R, Griffiths EP. Advocating with Community: A Community-Engaged Advocacy Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39313667


  2. Soran C, Laponis R, Summerville S, Thompson V, Eastburn A, O'Sullivan P, Julian KA. Identifying Entrustable Professional Activities for Internal Medicine Residents in Ambulatory Continuity Practice. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31637647


  3. Dulay M, Laponis R, O'Brien BC, Gupta R, Ramanan RA, Julian K. An Intensive Continuity Clinic Immersion Experience for Interns: A Springboard to Confidence and Satisfaction With Continuity Clinic. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 29075384


  4. Sheu L, Laponis R, Julian K. Educating the Next Generation of Physicians in Interprofessional Collaboration. Journal of general internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27149966


  5. Ryan Laponis,Calvin L. Chou. How to Teach Fundamental Communication Skills. 2016. PMID:


  6. Laponis R, O'Sullivan PS, Hollander H, Cornett P, Julian K. Educating generalists: factors of resident continuity clinic associated with perceived impact on choosing a generalist career. Journal of graduate medical education 2011. PMID: 23205193


  7. D.L. Stevens, D. King, R. Laponis, K. Hanley, S. Zabar, A.L. Kalet, C. Gillespie. Medical students retain pain assessment and management skills long after an experiential curriculum: A controlled study. Acute Pain 2009. PMID:


  8. Stevens DL, King D, Laponis R, Hanley K, Zabar S, Kalet AL, Gillespie C. Medical students retain pain assessment and management skills long after an experiential curriculum: a controlled study. Pain 2009. PMID: 19632781


  9. Lipkin M, Zabar SR, Kalet AL, Laponis R, Kachur E, Anderson M, Gillespie CC. Two decades of Title VII support of a primary care residency: process and outcomes. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2008. PMID: 18971659