Descartes Li, MD
Professor
I am a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Weill Institute for Neurosciences. My primary roles include the following:
1) Director, Medical Student Education, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
2) Director, UCSF Bipolar Disorder Program
3) Director, UCSF Electroconvulsive Therapy Service
4) Director, Brain, Movement, and Behavior (Foundational Science course)
5) Coach, UCSF Bridges curriculum
I really enjoy my role as clinician-educator. I give numerous talks and presentations in both academic and community settings. My areas of interest include bipolar disorder, depression, electroconvulsive therapy, medical student education, cultural psychiatry, and suicide.
My educational motto is "Forget teaching, remember learning."
1) Director, Medical Student Education, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
2) Director, UCSF Bipolar Disorder Program
3) Director, UCSF Electroconvulsive Therapy Service
4) Director, Brain, Movement, and Behavior (Foundational Science course)
5) Coach, UCSF Bridges curriculum
I really enjoy my role as clinician-educator. I give numerous talks and presentations in both academic and community settings. My areas of interest include bipolar disorder, depression, electroconvulsive therapy, medical student education, cultural psychiatry, and suicide.
My educational motto is "Forget teaching, remember learning."