Descartes Li, MD
Professor; School of Medicine Coach
I am blessed to be a clinician-educator at UCSF. I enjoy the opportunities for direct teaching as well as coordinating activities with my faculty colleagues. My areas of interest include bipolar disorder, depression, electroconvulsive therapy, medical student education, cultural psychiatry, and suicide. I give numerous talks and presentations in both academic and community settings.
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) Vice Chair for Education, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
My educational motto is "Forget teaching, remember learning."
Mailing and office address:
401 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0984
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) Vice Chair for Education, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
My educational motto is "Forget teaching, remember learning."
Mailing and office address:
401 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0984