Erick Hung, MD

Dr. Erick Hung is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. He is the Program Director of the Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program and the Director of Curricular Affairs for GME for the UCSF School of Medicine. He completed his medical school, psychiatry residency, and forensic psychiatry fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco and joined the faculty at UCSF in 2009. He has held past leadership positions as the Associate Chief of the Mental Health Service and Director of the Telemental Health Program for the San Francisco VA Medical Center. He actively teaches in the areas of risk assessment, medical education, forensic psychiatry, and ethics. His interests include primary care and mental health integration, the interface between mental health and the legal system, inter-professional collaboration and training, HIV psychiatry, LGBT mental health, and medical education. His educational scholarship interests include competency-based assessment and near-peer learning in the workplace setting.

In addition to a general forensic psychiatric practice, Dr. Hung's forensic expertise includes workplace-based harassment for LGBT individuals, neuropsychiatric issues related to HIV, and immigration custody.