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Irina (Era) V. Kryzhanovskaya, MD

Associate Professor
UCSF
San Francisco, California

Irina (Era) Kryzhanovskaya, MD is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Era earned her medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, then journeyed west for Internal Medicine Residency at UCSF in the UCPC primary care track. Era stayed on for an inpatient chief resident year at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) before returning as faculty to the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM). She has distinguished herself as an outstanding clinician-educator, having been inducted into UCSF’s Academy of Medical Educators in recognition of her extensive undergraduate medical education leadership, her curriculum development expertise as well as her nationally recognized teaching and leadership around caring for patients with substance use disorders. Era is also the Associate Program Director for the UCSF Primary Care/General Internal Medicine Residency Program (UCPC-GIM). Board certified in addiction medicine, Era started an embedded addiction medicine clinic at DGIM, continues to attend on the addiction care team at ZSFG, and wants to ensure all health professions learners graduate with competence in addiction medicine! Era is the co-host of Curbsiders Teach, a medical education spinoff of the popular Curbsiders podcast, and brings her energy and enthusiasm for primary care to the APD role!

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