Phuoc Van Le MD MPH (He/Him)

Hospitalist -- Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Co-Founder -- Arc Health, HEAL Initiative

Summary

Internist, Pediatrician, Associate Professor at UCSF and UC Berkeley, Dr. Le is also a social entrepreneur in the global health space. In 2014 he co-founded the HEAL Initiative at UCSF, a global health delivery fellowship program that trains and transforms front line health providers to make service to the poor their first career choice. After 3 years of operation, the HEAL Initiative has over 100 fellows working with partner organizations in 7 countries, seeing nearly 1,000,000 patient visits per year. In 2018, Dr. Le co-founded Arc Health, the first company in the medical staffing industry to focus singularly on achieving health equity through the recruitment and retention of human resources for health in underserved populations.

Heal Initiative

Health. Equity. Action. Leadership. We believe that good health is attainable for the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Arc Health

At Arc Health, we believe good health is achievable for even the most vulnerable populations in our world.

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2006 - 2011
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 2006
University of California, BerkeleyMPH, Public Health, University Fellowship, 2003 - 2004
University of California, Berkeley School of Public HealthMPH, International Health, 2003 - 2004
Dartmouth CollegeBA, Biochemistry and Chinese Literature, Magna Cum Laude, 1994 - 2000

Eisenhower Fellow (National) Eisenhower Fellowships, 2017
Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneur (2016-2019) Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation, 2016
Academy of Medical Educators membership 2016

PubMed

37 citations
Structural competency and global health education
Michael Harvey, Joshua Neff, Kelly R. Knight, Joia S. Mukherjee, Sriram Shamasunder
Global Public Health. 2020-12-22
17 citations
Physician Workforce Partnerships in Rural American Indian/Alaska Native Communities and the Potential of Post-Graduate Fellowships.
Matthew Tobey, Omar Amir, Jason Beste, Paul Jung, Sriram Shamasunder
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2019-01-01
1 citations
Innovative partnerships to advance public health training in community-based academic residency programs
Joan C Lo, Thomas E. Baudendistel, Abhay Dandekar, Phuoc V. Le, Stanton Siu
Advances in Medical Education and Practice. 2017-10-05

Journal Articles

Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Knowledge Among Vietnamese Americans
Janet N. Chu, MPH; Phuoc V. Le, MD, MPH; Chris Kennedy; Stephen J. McPhee, MD; Ching Wong, BS; Susan Stewart, PhD; and Tung T. Nguyen, MD, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1/30/2016
What Are the Ethical Issues Facing Global-HealthTraineesWorking Overseas? A Multi-Professional Qualitative Study
James Harrison, Tea Logar, Phuoc Le, Marcia Glass, Healthcare, 1/1/2016
To Address Emerging Infections, We Must Invest in Enduring Systems: The Kinetics and Dynamics of Health Systems Strengthening
Pastakia S, Benson N, Le PV, Singh MK, Brock TP, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

Giving Blood, the Institutional Making of Altruism
Chapter: Public Health Works, Blood Donation in Urban China
Adams, Vincanne, Erwin, Kathleen, Le, Phuoc2016
Building Partnerships in the Americas: A Guide for Global Health Workers
Chapter: Haiti
Archer, N, Le PVEditors: Margo Krasnoff.Dartmouth College Press2013
Medicine Between Science and Religion
Chapter: A Tibetan Way of Science: A Tibetan Way of Science:
Adams, Vincanne, Dhondup, Renchen, Le, Phuoc2011

Abstracts/Posters

Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review
Le PV, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2011
Health Communication Preferences Regarding Pregnancy Among Women in Medrogongkar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, PRC
Le PV, 8th Annual Bay Area International Health Conference, Davis, CA, 1/1/2006
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of hospital deliveries in Lhasa, Tibet
Le PV, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelpha, PA, 1/1/2005

Lectures

Global Burden of Disease, Health Disparities, and Accompaniment
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Rwinkwavu, Rwanda - 1/1/2018
Social Theories in Global Health
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Rwinkwavu, Rwanda - 1/1/2018
The Architecture of Global Health
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Rwinkwavu, Rwanda - 1/1/2018

Other

University Doctors: We Need More Help Fighting Ebola in Africa (Huffington Post commentary)
Shamasunder, Sriram, Le, Phuoc
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sriram-shamasunder-md/university-doctors-supportebola_http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sriram-shamasunder-md/university-doctors-supportebola_
1/29/2014
Ebola Fundamentally Alters Doctor-Patient Relationship (Huffington Post commentary)
Le, Phuoc
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phuoc-le/ebola-doctor-patient-relationship_b_6178620.html
1/18/2014
Leg Edema (Online case study)
Le, Phuoc and Crocker, Jonathan, Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) website
http://www.cugh.org/resources/case-studies-reasoning-without-resources

The Path to Eradicating EbolaMarch 6th, 2015
Ebola Fundamentally Alters the Doctor-Patient RelationshipNovember 18th, 2014
UCSF Doctor Heads to Liberia, Compares Ebola Battle to "Social Justice"November 6th, 2014

Co-Founder, Arc HealthArc Health is the first company in the medical staffing industry to focus singularly on achieving health equity through the recruitment and retention of human resources for health in underserved populations.2018 - Present