OUR PEOPLE

Elaine Khoong, MD, MS

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
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Elaine Khoong
Education and Training

Washington University,St Louis, MO, MD, MS - MS in Clinical Investigations

University of Pennsylvania,Philadephia, PA, BS, BS - Biomedical Sciences; Healthcare Management and Policy; Business & Public Policy

UCSF - Primary Care Track at San Francisco General Hospital,San Francisco, CA Internal Medicine Residency

Awards and Honors

Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Fellowship, AAMC, 2012

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2013
Overview
Elaine Khoong is a general internist and clinical informaticist at San Francisco General Hospital, where she practices primary care and conducts health system-embedded research. She is interested in leveraging technology and implementation science to increase health equity. Her research focuses on improving equity in hypertension and diabetes outcomes, advancing digital health equity and inclusion, and improving communication with patients who are language discordant with their care team. Dr. Khoong's research interests are driven by her experiences as a primary care clinician caring for diverse patients within a safety-net setting.