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

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

Publications

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ligand rosiglitazone delays the onset of inflammatory bowel disease in mice with interleukin 10 deficiency.

Lytle C, Tod TJ, Vo KT, Lee JW, Atkinson RD, Straus DS

What Is Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?

Lieu K, Smollin CG, LeSaint KT

Intentional overdose of abrocitinib in an adolescent.

LeSaint KT, Kendric KJ

What Is Accidental Poisoning?

Lieu K, LeSaint KT

A Case Report of Angiotensin II Use in the Treatment of Refractory Shock due to Amlodipine and Lisinopril Toxicity.

Keller JH, Kendric KJ, LeSaint KT

Buprenorphine initiation and rates of associated precipitated withdrawal in patients with fentanyl use in an urban emergency department.

Checkley L, Ly J, Geier C, LeSaint KT

Successful administration of extended-release buprenorphine in the emergency department.

LeSaint KT, Kendric KJ, Logan AA

Implementation and analysis of a multifaceted intervention for alcohol use disorder from a single academic urban emergency department.

Duvalyan E, Falade I, Fan W, Foe M, Mvemba A, Zussman JW, Geier C, LeSaint KT, Graglia S

Implementation of a Leave-behind Naloxone Program in San Francisco: A One-year Experience.

LeSaint KT, Montoy JCC, Silverman EC, Raven MC, Schow SL, Coffin PO, Brown JF, Mercer MP

Acute Renal Insufficiency Associated With Consumption of Hydrocodone- and Morphine-Adulterated Kratom (Mitragyna Speciosa).

LeSaint KT, Yin S, Sharma A, Avery BA, McCurdy CR, Waksman JC