Leslie P. Kernisan, MD
Education
Univ California San Francisco/San Francisco VA. VA Quality Scholar, 2007-2009.
Enrolled in Advanced Training for Clinical Research Certificate Program, completion anticipated in 2009.
Univ California San Francisco. Clinical Fellow in Geriatrics, 2006-2007.
Univ California San Francisco. Graduate from Internal Medicine/SFGH Primary Care residency, June 2005.
Case Western Reserve Univ School of Medicine, M.D., May 2003.
Certificate in Primary Care Track Program
Princeton University, A.B. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, June 1997.
Certificate in the Program for Environmental Studies.
Licensure and Certifications
Licensure, Medical Board of California, 2005-present.
Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007.
Certification in Geriatrics anticipated Fall 2009.
Certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine anticipated 2010.
Medical Staff Priviledges
Staff Physician, Geriatrics and Extended Care, San Francisco VA Medical Center. September 2008-present.
Clinical Instructor, UCSF Department of Medicine. July 2008-present.
Current research and clinical interests: patient education; patient-centered care; outpatient geriatrics; palliative care; coordination of care; consumer health information.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Kernisan LP, Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Landefeld CS, Dudley RA. Association Between Hospital-Reported Leapfrog Safe Practices Scores and Inpatient Mortality. JAMA. 2009;301:1341-1348.
Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha, Ohio Chapter, 2003.
Ivan E. Shalit Prize, 2003, awarded “for excellence in care of patients”
Recipient of Case Western Reserve Univ SOM Dean’s Scholarship, a merit scholarship providing $20,000 award for each year of medical school, 1999-2003.
Membership in Societies
American Geriatrics Society
Society of General Internal Medicine
National Physicians Alliance
Other Work Experience
Caring.com, September 2008-present.
Geriatric expert for a website providing support and information to adults caring for aging parents.
Executive Assistant, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York, NY, 1998-1999.
Worked closely with executive staff of non-profit law firm. Responsible for office publications, development and maintenance of office computer system. Also helped raise funds for firm.
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 1997-1998.
Taught conversational English to Indonesian college students. Responsible for developing course syllabii, grading all homework, and writing exams.
Special Skills and Interests
Fluent in French, conversational in Spanish. Interests include health policy, the New Yorker, discussing current events, foreign countries, dancing, Ultimate frisbee.
revised 04/24/09