Therese Chan Tack, DO, MPH

Associate Professor

Dr. Therese Chan Tack is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. She is a dual-board certified obesity medicine specialist and internal medicine clinician.

She led COVID-19 telehealth expansion across UCSF and its affiliates as the Physician Lead of Telehealth Programs for UCSF Health. She authored the Telehealth Communication Tips resource for providers, which has garnered 1000+ views and is used in residency and student training. She has helped launch initiatives like but not limited to Patient Entered Vitals, On-demand Video Interpreting, Integrated Video Visits, and Remote Patient Monitoring. In addition, she uses her LEAN training to consult with departments to improve their video visit workflows. She has presented work at regional and nationals conferences including departmental grand rounds, UC Tech Summit, UC Annual Telehealth Symposium, and ACP Physician Leadership program.

She currently serves on:
UCSF Disparities Taskforce Committee
UCSF Collaboration Tools Sub-Committee
UC Virtual Care Collaborative Workgroup
Epic Telehealth Advisory Council

She previously led the Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM)'s telehealth expansion efforts in 2019, having launched and developed video visits at UC Primary Care since 2017.

She led quality improvement (QI) projects in outpatient colorectal cancer screening and hypertension management. The effort led to regional and national level poster awards at SGIM and ACP. She is a current member of the DGIM Quality Improvement committee. Projects include EHR-inbasket optimization and type 2 diabetes visit access and patient engagement

Prior to joining UCSF in 2016, Dr. Chan Tack practiced primary care, urgent care, and hospital medicine with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a Stanford University affiliate. Her clinical leadership was recognized with the residency preceptor of the year award.

She completed categorical residency training at Loma Linda University Medical Center and served as Chief Resident. She earned a Master of Public Health degree at UC Berkeley with a focus in Health Policy and Management.

Education
DABOM, 10/2024 - Obesity Medicine, American Board of Obesity Medicine
2022 - Physician Builder and Analytics certifications, Epic
2021 - LEAD certification, American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) - American College of Physicians (ACP)
2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
2019 - Lean Champion, University of California, San Francisco
MPH, 2012 - Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Chief Residency, 2011 - Internal Medicine, Loma Linda Veterans Healthcare System
Residency, 2010 - Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center
DO, - Medicine, Midwestern University
Honors and Awards
  • Resident Preceptor Award in Internal Medicine, Nominee, University of California San Francisco, 2025
  • Resident Preceptor Award in Internal Medicine, Nominee, University of California San Francisco, 2024
  • Exceptional Physician Honorable Mention, University of California San Francisco, 2022
  • SOM Faculty Development Fund Award, University of California San Francisco, 2021
  • ACP American Association Physician Leadership Program, American College of Physicians, 2020
  • 415 Top Doctors, Internal Medicine, Marin Magazine, 2020
  • Exceptional Physician Honorable Mention, University of California San Francisco, 2020
  • Clinical Vignette National Abstract Competition Finalist, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2019
  • Ron Rankin Booster Grant, UCSF Partners in Care, 2019
  • Young Achievers, Early Career Physician National Abstract Competition Finalist, American College of Physicians, 2018
  • Best of the Bay, Reader’s Choice Best Doctors, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2018
  • ACLGIM LEAD Fellow, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2018
  • SOM Faculty Development Fund Award, University of California San Francisco, 2018
  • Outstanding Resident Preceptor Award, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 2015
Websites
Publications

  1. Kong M, Rios-Fetchko F, Olmos-Rodriguez M, Branagan L, Iott B, Chan Tack T, Yarbrough C, Grumbach K, Fernandez A. Challenges to Video Visits for Patients With Non-English Language Preference: A Qualitative Study. JAMA network open 2025. PMID: 39937480


  2. Lee D, Chenoweth M, Chuong L, Villaflores C, Cuevas M, Vangala S, Borenstein J, Kwak H, Chima-Melton C, Han M, Skootsky S, Chan Tack T, Branagan L, Martin H, Gupta R, Phan L, Sanchez M, Malaak M, Dermenchyan A, Pearson K, Altunyan M, Barakat P, Pablo R, Sarkisian C. A Multisite Electronic Health Record Integrated Remote Monitoring Intervention for Hypertension Improvement: Protocol for a Randomized Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial JMIR Res Protocols 2023. PMID: