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Kathy LeSaint, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Location:
UCSF San Francisco & Oakland
Specialty:
Emergency Medicine
Biography
Education:
BS: University of California, Riverside
BA: University of California, Riverside
MD: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency: UCSF-SFGH Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: UCSF Medical Toxicology
Education and Training
- Fellowship, 2017 - Medical Toxicology, University of California, San Francisco
- Residency, 2014 - Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
- MD, 2010 - , University of California, Los Angeles
Awards and Honors
- EMS System Hospital Provider Award, San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Agency, 2022
- Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022
Research Activities and Funding
- September 30, 2023 - September 29, 2026 - ZSFG Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids , Project Director/PI . Sponsor: SAMHSA, Sponsor Award ID: 1H79TI085981
- September 30, 2021 - September 29, 2026 - Project FRIEND Connect , Project Director/PI . Sponsor: SAMHSA, Sponsor Award ID: 1H79TI084428
- August 31, 2023 - June 30, 2024 - Use of weighted blankets to improve outcomes in emergency department patients experiencing opioid withdrawal. , Project Director/PI . Sponsor: UCSF Clinical Practice Group Strategic Use of Reserves Fund, Sponsor Award ID:
- September 30, 2022 - June 30, 2024 - California Substance Use Line (CSUL) , Consultant/Co-I . Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Services, Sponsor Award ID:
- September 30, 2018 - September 29, 2022 - Project FRIEND: First Responder Increased Education and Naloxone Distribution , Project Director/PI . Sponsor: SAMHSA, Sponsor Award ID: H79SP080315
- July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 - Integration of the California Poison Control System into the Hub and Spoke Expansion Project , Project Director/Co-I . Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Services, Sponsor Award ID: TI080222
- April 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 - Integration of the California Poison Control System into the Hub and Spoke Expansion Project , Project Director/Co-I . Sponsor: California Health Care Foundation, Sponsor Award ID: 20656
- October 15, 2017 - June 30, 2018 - Identification and enhanced care for patients with opioid use disorder presenting to the emergency department , Project Director/PI . Sponsor: UCSF Clinical Practice Group Strategic Use of Reserves Fund, Sponsor Award ID:
- January 6, 2017 - March 31, 2018 - Medication-Assisted Treatment in Emergency Departments (ED-MAT) , Project Director/PI . Sponsor: California Health Care Foundation, Sponsor Award ID: 20069