Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Director of the Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. He is a native of Cuba and has degrees from the University of Miami (BA and MD). He trained in primary care general internal medicine at UCSF, and completed a research fellowship before being appointed Assistant Professor in July 1983. He practices continuity general internal medicine following a panel of about 200 patients and teaches residents and students in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Pérez-Stable’s research has focused on health and health care disparities by race and ethnicity in the areas of tobacco use and cessation, cancer control and aging. He has special expertise in development of risk factor reduction interventions for Latinos.