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Kevin L. Grumbach, M.D.

Family medicine specialist

Dr. Kevin Grumbach, chair of Family and Community Medicine in the UCSF School of Medicine, cares for patients at the UCSF Family Medicine Center at Lakeshore. In addition to providing primary care, he's one of the nation's leading researchers and policy analysts in primary care and the health care workforce. He co-authored the best-selling textbook on health policy, "Understanding Health Policy - A Clinical Approach" and the book, "Improving Primary Care – Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice."

Grumbach is a member of the Institute of Medicine, and was a member of the health policy advisory committee for the Barack Obama presidential campaign. In February 2009, he was named California Campus Compact's recipient of the Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence and Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education. He was recognized in part for his work on the Bayview-Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Task Force in San Francisco.

Clinics

Family Medicine Center at Lakeshore
1569 Sloat Blvd., Suite 333
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: (415) 353-9339
Fax: (415) 353-3450

Hours: Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

(second and fourth Wednesday of the month, open 9:30 a.m.)

More about Kevin L. Grumbach

Education

UCSF School of Medicine 1985

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Family Practice 1989

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Family Practice 1991

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Phillips RL, Kaufman A, Mold JW, Grumbach K, Vetter-Smith M, Berry A, Burke BT. The primary care extension program: a catalyst for change. Ann Fam Med. 2013 Mar; 11(2):173-8.
  2. Altschuler J, Margolius D, Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K. Estimating a reasonable patient panel size for primary care physicians with team-based task delegation. Ann Fam Med. 2012 Sep-Oct; 10(5):396-400.
  3. Landon BE, Grumbach K, Wallace PJ. Integrating public health and primary care systems: potential strategies from an IOM report. JAMA. 2012 Aug 1; 308(5):461-2.
  4. Neuhausen K, Grumbach K, Bazemore A, Phillips RL. Integrating community health centers into organized delivery systems can improve access to subspecialty care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Aug; 31(8):1708-16.
  5. Seago JA, Keane D, Chen E, Spetz J, Grumbach K. Predictors of students' success in community college nursing programs. J Nurs Educ. 2012 Sep; 51(9):489-95.
  6. Grumbach K, Bainbridge E, Bodenheimer T. Facilitating improvement in primary care: the promise of practice coaching. Issue Brief (Commonw Fund). 2012 Jun; 15:1-14.
  7. Steinauer J, Dehlendorf C, Grumbach K, Landy U, Darney P. Multi-specialty family planning training: collaborating to meet the needs of women. Contraception. 2012 Sep; 86(3):188-90.
  8. Lupton K, Vercammen-Grandjean C, Forkin J, Wilson E, Grumbach K. Specialty choice and practice location of physician alumni of University of California premedical postbaccalaureate programs. Acad Med. 2012 Jan; 87(1):115-20.
  9. Walker KO, Moreno G, Grumbach K. The association among specialty, race, ethnicity, and practice location among California physicians in diverse specialties. J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Jan-Feb; 104(1-2):46-52.
  10. Dehlendorf C, Grumbach K, Vittinghoff E, Ruskin R, Steinauer J. A study of physician recommendations for reversible contraceptive methods using standardized patients. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2011 Dec; 43(4):224-9.
  11. Grumbach K. Commentary: Adopting postbaccalaureate premedical programs to enhance physician workforce diversity. Acad Med. 2011 Feb; 86(2):154-7.
  12. Moreno G, Walker KO, Morales LS, Grumbach K. Do physicians with self-reported non-English fluency practice in linguistically disadvantaged communities? J Gen Intern Med. 2011 May; 26(5):512-7.
  13. Hall M, Grumbach K. Health reform, academic health centers, and family medicine. Ann Fam Med. 2010 Nov-Dec; 8(6):568-9.
  14. Dehlendorf C, Ruskin R, Grumbach K, Vittinghoff E, Bibbins-Domingo K, Schillinger D, Steinauer J. Recommendations for intrauterine contraception: a randomized trial of the effects of patients' race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct; 203(4):319.e1-8.
  15. Moreno G, Walker KO, Grumbach K. Self-reported fluency in non-english languages among physicians practicing in California. Fam Med. 2010 Jun; 42(6):414-20.
  16. Grundy P, Hagan KR, Hansen JC, Grumbach K. The multi-stakeholder movement for primary care renewal and reform. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May; 29(5):791-8.
  17. Chen AH, Kushel MB, Grumbach K, Yee HF. Practice profile. A safety-net system gains efficiencies through 'eReferrals' to specialists. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May; 29(5):969-71.
  18. Schmittdiel JA, Grumbach K, Selby JV. System-based participatory research in health care: an approach for sustainable translational research and quality improvement. Ann Fam Med. 2010 May-Jun; 8(3):256-9.
  19. Dehlendorf C, Ruskin R, Darney P, Vittinghoff E, Grumbach K, Steinauer J. The effect of patient gynecologic history on clinician contraceptive counseling. Contraception. 2010 Sep; 82(3):281-5.
  20. Harrison B, Rittenhouse DR, Phillips RL, Grumbach K, Bazemore AW, Dodoo MS. Title VII is critical to the community health center and National Health Service Corps workforce. Am Fam Physician. 2010 Jan 15; 81(2):132.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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