James Frank, MD
Professor
Dr. James Frank, MD, MA, FCCP, ATSF is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco where he works in undergraduate and graduate medical education, and faculty development. He is the site director for the Clinical Microsystems Clerkship in the UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Curriculum. 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 98% of pulmonary and critical care fellowship training programs in the US. He co-directs the UCSF Department of Medicine Program for Clinician-Educator Success (DOM PRO-cess), supporting clinician-educator faculty across the UCSF DOM. His clinical work includes critical care medicine, co-leading a pulmonary embolism response team, and pleural procedure service. His current academic interests include education leadership, teaching quality improvement and communication skills, professional coaching, and curriculum development and implementation.
