Jack Chase, MD

Jack Chase MD FAAFP FHM is a faculty member in the University of California San Francisco Family and Community Medicine Residency Program, based at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH.) He provides clinical care at SFGH on the Social Medicine team, Family Medicine Inpatient Service, Supportive and Palliative Care Service, and in the Minor Procedure Clinic. Dr. Chase holds a Recognition in Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine from the ABFM/ABIM, board certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Healthcare Ethics Consultant Certification from the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities. He serves as the Co-Chair of the SFGH Ethics Committee -- providing clinical ethics consultation, education and policy recommendations at SFGH and in SF Department of Public Health. In 2021, he joined the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators.

Dr. Chase co-leads the SF General Hospital Social Medicine team -- a novel, team-based multidisciplinary model for social needs-based medical care. The team provides care to people experiencing complex behavioral and social needs, such as substance use disorders, mental illness, homelessness, food insecurity, trauma and intimate partner violence, medical-legal and financial needs in conjunction with partners across SF Department of Public Health, SF City and County and community-based organizations.