James Frank, MD

Dr. Frank is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco where he works in both undergraduate and graduate medical education. He is a medical student coach in the UCSF Bridges Curriculum and a site director for the Clinical Microsystems Clerkship. He also directs a medical student critical care immersion experience and ICU acting internship. Dr. Frank is the program director for the UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program, and is the president of the Association for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD), which represents 95% of pulmonary and critical care fellowship training programs in the US. His clinical work includes critical care medicine, co-leading a pulmonary embolism response team, and thoracentesis service. His current academic interests include education leadership, teaching quality improvement and communication skills, professional coaching, and curriculum development and implementation.