Urmimala Sarkar, MD

Urmimala Sarkar MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine at UCSF in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Associate Chair for Faculty Experience for the Department of Medicine, Associate Director of the UCSF Action Research Center for Equity, and a general internist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s Richard H. Fine People's Clinic. Dr. Sarkar’s work centers on innovating to improve the safety and quality of outpatient care for all populations, through digital health and team-based approaches. Her expertise spans topics including medical errors and patient safety, diabetes, and cancer prevention and survivorship. Dr. Sarkar’s research is collaborative and intersects with methods found in human-centered design, human factors engineering, data science, health services research, and implementation science. Dr. Sarkar leads UCSF's K Scholars Program and is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of clinical and population health scientists. She believes that mentoring and training with a commitment to diversity and inclusion are critical to achieving health for all.