Sarah Nouri, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor

Palliative Medicine

Dr. Nouri is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine. She specializes in caring for people with serious illness in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. Dr. Nouri's research is focused on achieving equity in access to high quality palliative care among racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse populations. Her current scholarly work includes community-engaged research in advance care planning among Black, Chinese, and Latinx communities in San Francisco, and mixed methods research to better understand use of and outcomes associated with digital health in palliative care. She is committed to mentoring learners and increasing workforce diversity in palliative care. Dr. Nouri is a member of the San Francisco Palliative Care Workgroup's Steering Committee and of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Education
2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California San Francisco
Fellowship, 2021 - Hospice & Palliative Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Fellowship, 2020 - Primary Care Research, University of California San Francisco
Residency, 2018 - Internal Medicine, Duke University
MD, 2015 - , University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
MPH, 2014 - Health & Social Behavior, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
BA, BS, 2010 - Anthropology; Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
Honors and Awards
  • Finalist, Mack Lipkin Sr. Associate Member Scientific Presentation Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2020
  • UCSF Pepper Center Research Education Core Scholar, UCSF, 2020
  • Lecocq Award for Outstanding Senior Resident Talk, Duke University, 2018
  • Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, 2014
Publications

  1. Erickson JA, O'Brien BC, Nouri S. How Primary Care Clinicians Process Patient Death: Logistics, Emotions, and Opportunities for Structural Support. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38459411


  2. Li L, Barnes DE, Nouri S, Shi Y, Volow AM, Feuz M, Li BH, Sudore RL. Surrogate decision-makers from historically marginalized populations have lower levels of preparedness for care planning. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38193805


  3. Calton BA, Nouri S, Davila C, Kotwal A, Zapata C, Bischoff KE. Strategies to Make Telemedicine a Friend, Not a Foe, in the Provision of Accessible and Equitable Cancer Care. Cancers 2023. PMID: 37958296


  4. Nouri S, Lyles CR, Sherwin EB, Kuznia M, Rubinsky AD, Kemper KE, Nguyen OK, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Khoong EC. Visit and Between-Visit Interaction Frequency Before and After COVID-19 Telehealth Implementation. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37713198


  5. Nouri S, Li L, Huang C, Chung A, Stokes SC, Pan S, Wong EC, Newman J, Woo JW, Cheng J, Tan CH, Wertz M, Wood-Hughes E, Quinn M, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL. "At the End I Have a Say": Engaging the Chinese Community in Advance Care Planning. Journal of pain and symptom management 2023. PMID: 37536524


  6. Digitale JC, Nouri SS, Cohen EL, Calton BA, Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Bischoff KE. Differential Use of Outpatient Palliative Care by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics. Journal of pain and symptom management 2023. PMID: 37084827


  7. Nouri S, Quinn M, Doyle BN, McKissack M, Johnson N, Wertz M, Tan C, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL. "We've Got to Bring Information to Where People Are Comfortable": Community-Based Advance Care Planning with the Black Community. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 36894819


  8. Nouri S, Tan CH, Rangel M, Wertz M, Sanchez A, Alvarado A, Arreola E, Quinn M, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL. "Advocating for what we need": A CBPR approach to advance care planning in the Latinx older adult community. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023. PMID: 36651685


  9. Chen HW, Limmer EE, Joseph AK, Kinser K, Trevino A, Valencia A, Weinheimer RA, Youssef SH, Cervantes C, Guzman MT, Morales A, Morales S, Contreras M, Eifert F, LaMontagne D, Nouri S, Reyes F, Pandya AG, Dominguez AR. Efficacy of a lay community health worker (promotoras de salud) program to improve adherence to emollients in Spanish-speaking Latin American pediatric patients in the United States with atopic dermatitis: A randomized, controlled, evaluator-blinded study Pediatric dermatology 2022. PMID: 36263875


  10. Nouri S, Street RL, Barnes DE, Shi Y, Volow AM, Li B, Alexander SC, Sudore RL. Empowering patients with the PREPARE advance care planning program results in reciprocal clinician communication. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34758115


  11. Lyles CR, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Lisker S, Nouri S, Sarkar U. Alignment of Key Stakeholders' Priorities for Patient-Facing Tools in Digital Health: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of medical Internet research 2021. PMID: 34435966


  12. Khoong EC, Nouri SS, Tuot DS, Nundy S, Fontil V, Sarkar U. Comparison of Diagnostic Recommendations from Individual Physicians versus the Collective Intelligence of Multiple Physicians in Ambulatory Cases Referred for Specialist Consultation. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 2021. PMID: 34378444


  13. Nouri SS, Barnes DE, Shi Y, Volow AM, Shirsat N, Kinderman AL, Harris HA, Sudore RL. The PREPARE for Your Care program increases advance care planning engagement among diverse older adults with cancer. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34076892


  14. Nouri S, Lyles CR, Rubinsky AD, Patel K, Desai R, Fields J, DeRouen MC, Volow A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Sudore RL. Evaluation of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics and Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults. JAMA network open 2020. PMID: 33301019


  15. de Bourmont SS, Burra A, Nouri SS, El-Farra N, Mohottige D, Sloan C, Schaeffer S, Friedman J, Fernandez A. Resident Physician Experiences With and Responses to Biased Patients. JAMA network open 2020. PMID: 33226429


  16. Nouri SS, Ritchie C, Volow A, Li B, McSpadden S, Dearman K, Kotwal A, Sudore RL. A Toolkit for Community-Based, Medicaid-Funded Case Managers to Introduce Advance Care Planning to Frail, Older Adults: A Pilot Study. Journal of palliative medicine 2020. PMID: 32865472


  17. 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


  18. Nouri S, Ritchie C, Chen P, Volow A, Li B, Tellez I, Sudore RL. Supporting In-Home Caregivers in Symptom Assessment of Frail Older Adults with Serious Illness: A Pilot Study. Journal of palliative medicine 2020. PMID: 32456540


  19. Nouri S, Khoong EC, Lyles CR, Karliner L. Addressing Equity in Telemedicine for Chronic Disease Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic TO REMOVE 2020. PMID:


  20. Nouri SS, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Acharya P, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U, Lyles C. Patient characteristics associated with objective measures of digital health tool use in the United States: A literature review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020. PMID: 32364238


  21. Glaser J, Nouri S, Fernandez A, Sudore RL, Schillinger D, Klein-Fedyshin M, Schenker Y. Interventions to Improve Patient Comprehension in Informed Consent for Medical and Surgical Procedures: An Updated Systematic Review. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 2020. PMID: 31948345


  22. Avila-Garcia P, Hernandez-Ramos R, Nouri SS, Cemballi A, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Aguilera A. Engaging users in the design of an mHealth, text message-based intervention to increase physical activity at a safety-net health care system. JAMIA Open 2019. PMID: 32025646


  23. Pathak S, Summerville G, Kaplan CP, Nouri S, Karliner L. Patient-Reported Use of the After Visit Summary in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Practice TO REMOVE 2019. PMID:


  24. 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


  25. Nouri SS, Avila-Garcia P, Cemballi AG, Sarkar U, Aguilera A, Lyles CR. Assessing Mobile Phone Digital Literacy and Engagement in User-Centered Design in a Diverse, Safety-Net Population: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2019. PMID: 31469083


  26. Nouri SS, Barnes DE, Volow AM, McMahan RD, Kushel M, Jin C, Boscardin J, Sudore RL. Health Literacy Matters More Than Experience for Advance Care Planning Knowledge Among Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019. PMID: 31424575


  27. Nouri SS, Damschroder LJ, Olsen MK, Gierisch JM, Fagerlin A, Sanders LL, McCant F, Oddone EZ. Health Coaching Has Differential Effects on Veterans with Limited Health Literacy and Numeracy: a Secondary Analysis of ACTIVATE. Volume 34 of Issue 4. TO REMOVE 2019. PMID: 30756302


  28. Nouri SS, Rudd RE. Health literacy in the "oral exchange": an important element of patient-provider communication. Volume 98 of Issue 5. TO REMOVE 2015. PMID: 25620074


  29. Nouri S, Jacobe H. Recent developments in diagnosis and assessment of morphea. Volume 15 of Issue 2. TO REMOVE 2013. PMID: 23307579