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Sarah Apgar, MD

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Sarah Apgar is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF. She received her undergraduate degree in Microbiology from the University of Rochester and medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at the Yale Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program and subsequently was a hospitalist attending at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Sarah joined the faculty in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF in 2015. Since 2017, she has been the Medical Director of the Goldman Medical Service which is the direct care hospitalist service at UCSF Parnassus. In this role, she leads all clinical operates related to this service.

In 2023, Sarah was selected as the Code CARE Medical Director for UCSF Parnassus. The Code CARE Team is designed to provide additional support and assistance to staff, patients and family members during moments of tension in the hospital from a trauma informed, mental-health conscious lens. The Code CARE team is a resource that provides education on trauma-informed principles and supports the implementation of de-escalation techniques when working with patients, family members, and staff in challenging situations.
Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
MD, - , Mount Sinai School of Medicine
BS, - Microbiology, University of Rochester
- Residency, Yale University
Honors and Awards
  • Excellence in Mentoring Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2023
  • Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services, 2017-2018
  • Outstanding Primary Medical Doctor Award, Yale Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2008
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of Rochester, 2000
Publications
  1. Arogyaswamy S, Vukovic N, Keniston A, Apgar S, Bowden K, Kantor MA, Diaz M, McBeth L, Burden M. The Impact of Hospital Capacity Strain: a Qualitative Analysis of Experience and Solutions at 13 Academic Medical Centers. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA). 2021. PMID: 34902096


  2. Kantor MA, Apgar SK, Esmaili AM, Khan A, Monash B, Sharpe BA. The Importance of Emotional Intelligence When Leading in a Time of Crisis. Journal of hospital medicine. 2020. PMID: 32853143


  3. Schoenfeld AR, Apgar S, Dolios G, Wang R, Aaronson SA. BRCA2 is ubiquitinated in vivo and interacts with USP11, a deubiquitinating enzyme that exhibits prosurvival function in the cellular response to DNA damage. Molecular and cellular biology. 2004. PMID: 15314155


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