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Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
MSc, 2008 - School of Education, NYU
MD, 1999 - School of Medicine, UC Davis
Honors and Awards
  • UCSF Sustainability Award, UCSF, 2023
  • Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect, UCSF, 2021
  • Member, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2021
  • UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2013
  • AOA, UC Davis, 1997
Publications
  1. Connor DM, Elkin GD, Lee K, Thompson V, Whelan H. The Unbefriended Patient: An Exercise in Ethical Clinical Reasoning. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26438516


  2. Connor DM, Whelan HW, Elkin DE, et al.. The Unbefriended Patient: An Exercise in Ethical Clinical Reasoning JGIM. . PMID:


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