Melanie Molina, MD, MAS

Biography: 

Melanie Molina, MD, MAS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Affiliated Faculty at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. She works clinically as an emergency physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Medical Center, and as a health services researcher within the UCSF School of Medicine. Her research interests are unified by three goals: 1) to mitigate disparities in health care access, 2) to improve comprehensive emergency care for vulnerable populations, and 3) to create a safe and equitable environment in the field of emergency medicine, such that its workforce begins to reflect the diverse population for which it cares.

Publications: 

Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Physical Restraint Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

JAMA internal medicine

Eswaran V, Molina MF, Hwong AR, Dillon DG, Alvarez L, Allen IE, Wang RC

Assessing Implementation of Social Screening Within US Health Care Settings: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Marchis EH, Aceves BA, Brown EM, Loomba V, Molina MF, Gottlieb LM

COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Hesitancy in the Emergency Department.

Annals of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Nichol G, Eucker SA, Addo N, Rising K, Arreguin M, Morse D, Pauley A, Chavez CL, O'Laughlin KN, Duber H, Rodriguez RM

Patient and Patient Caregiver Perspectives on Social Screening: A Review of the Literature.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Brown EM, Loomba V, De Marchis E, Aceves B, Molina M, Gottlieb LM

2021 SAEM Consensus Conference Proceedings: Research Priorities for Developing Emergency Department Screening Tools for Social Risks and Needs.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Furbacher J, Fockele C, Buono BD, Janneck L, March C, Molina M, Duber HC, Doran KM, Lin MP, Cooper RJ, Modi P

Social Risk Factor Documentation in Emergency Departments.

Annals of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Pantell MS, Gottlieb LM

Analysis of Emergency Department Encounters Among High Users of Health Care and Social Service Systems Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

JAMA network open

Molina M, Evans J, Montoy JC, Cawley C, Graham-Squire D, Perez K, Raven M, Kanzaria HK

Applying crisis standards of care to critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Does race/ethnicity affect triage scoring?

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open

Molina MF, Cash RE, Carreras-Tartak J, Ciccolo G, Petersen J, Mecklai K, Rodriguez G, Castilla-Ojo N, Boms O, Velasquez D, Macias-Konstantopoulos W, Camargo CA, Samuels-Kalow M

Racial Equity in Crisis Standards of Care-Reassuring Data or Reason for Concern?

JAMA network open

Cleveland Manchanda EC, Molina MF, Rodriguez RM

Untitled Publication

Annals of emergency medicine

Burnett-Bowie SM, Molina MF, Chary AN, Landry AI

Addressing Racism in Medicine Through a Resident-Led Health Equity Retreat.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Chary AN, Molina MF, Dadabhoy FZ, Manchanda EC

Prevalence of Emergency Department Social Risk and Social Needs.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Li CN, Manchanda EC, White B, Faridi MK, Espinola JA, Ashworth H, Ciccolo G, Camargo CA, Samuels-Kalow M

Leadership & Professional Development: Breaking the Silence as a Bystander.

Journal of hospital medicine

Molina MF, Burnett-Bowie SM

An Ominous Rash.

The Journal of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Szyld D, Wilcox SR, Wittels KA

Patient and Community Organization Perspectives on Accessing Social Resources from the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Samuels-Kalow ME, Molina MF, Ciccolo GE, Curt A, Cleveland Manchanda EC, de Paz NC, Camargo CA

To-go medications as a means to treat discharged emergency department patients during COVID-19.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Chary AN, Baugh JJ, Ludy S, Ginart P, Dadabhoy FZ, Samuels-Kalow ME, Slutzman JE, Raja AS, Hayes BD

Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Microaggressions in Medicine.

Annals of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Landry AI, Chary AN, Burnett-Bowie SM

Nitrous oxide inhalant abuse and massive pulmonary embolism in COVID-19.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Al Saud AA, Al Mulhim AA, Liteplo AS, Shokoohi H

Diagnostic considerations in detecting apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while utilizing point-of-care ultrasound.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Molina MF, Liteplo AS, Huang C, Shokoohi H

The Patient Perspective: Receiving Care in the Post-ACA Era

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Melanie F. Molina, Medell Briggs-Malonson

Decreased expression of ATP6V1H in type 2 diabetes: a pilot report on the diabetes risk study in Mexican Americans.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications

Molina MF, Qu HQ, Rentfro AR, Nair S, Lu Y, Hanis CL, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP