University of California San Francisco
UCSF School of Medicine UCSF Medical Center

James Frank, MD

Director, the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators (AME)

Dr. James Frank, MD, MA, FCCP, ATSF is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco where he serves as the Director of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators and holds the William G. Irwin Endowed Chair. His clinical work includes critical care medicine, pulmonary medicine, and pleural procedure services. He also has an active interest in pulmonary embolism care and cofounded the first pulmonary embolism response team in the UCSF system.
Education
2023 - UCSF Health Improvement and Leadership Development Program: UCSF Health Lean Champion, University of California, San Francisco
2020 - Medical Education Research Certificate, American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of California, San Francisco
- Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
- M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Thoracic Society, American Thoracic Society, 2026 Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, 2025 Osler Distinguished Teacher Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2023 Outstanding Educator Award, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Program Directors, APCCMPD, 2022 Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Service Award, UCSF, 2022 Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Medical Education Award, UCSF, 2020 Induction - Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2020 Outstanding Coach, Bridges Curriculum Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2020 Michael S. Stulbarg Outstanding Teaching Award, UCSF, 2015 Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2014