Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA
Associate Professor
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine & Hospital Medicine. Clinically, she attends in the Medical ICU, the Neuro ICU, on the Internal Medicine teaching wards, and has clinic at the Pulmonary Outpatient Faculty Practice at UCSF-Parnassus. She is the founder and Medical Director of the multidisciplinary long-COVID/post-ICU OPTIMAL Clinic at UCSF Health.
EDUCATIONAL & RESEARCH PURSUITS
She serves as the Associate Program Director for Curriculum for the Internal Medicine Residency and the Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She also is the Director of the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. She obtained her Master's in Health Professions Education from UC-Berkeley. Her primary scholarly interests in medical education research are related to ICU transitions of care, women in leadership, clinical reasoning, and subspecialty career choice.
Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine & Hospital Medicine. Clinically, she attends in the Medical ICU, the Neuro ICU, on the Internal Medicine teaching wards, and has clinic at the Pulmonary Outpatient Faculty Practice at UCSF-Parnassus. She is the founder and Medical Director of the multidisciplinary long-COVID/post-ICU OPTIMAL Clinic at UCSF Health.
EDUCATIONAL & RESEARCH PURSUITS
She serves as the Associate Program Director for Curriculum for the Internal Medicine Residency and the Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She also is the Director of the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. She obtained her Master's in Health Professions Education from UC-Berkeley. Her primary scholarly interests in medical education research are related to ICU transitions of care, women in leadership, clinical reasoning, and subspecialty career choice.