Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH

Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine at ZSFG
Dr. Fuentes-Afflick has been a UCSF faculty member since 1993. She is Professor and Vice Dean for the UCSF School of Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. In addition to her faculty responsibilities, Dr. Fuentes-Afflick served as Chief of Pediatrics at Zuckerberg San Francisco General from 2009-2022 and as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Medicine from 2012-2022. As a pediatrician and epidemiologist, Dr. Fuentes-Afflick has conducted research studies focused on issues of acculturation, immigrant health, and health disparities. Her scholarship has also focused on the importance of diversity in academic medicine and academic pediatrics. After completing her undergraduate and medical education in the Inteflex Program at the University of Michigan, Dr. Fuentes-Afflick came to UCSF for her residency training in pediatrics, followed by a fellowship in health policy at UCSF and MPH in epidemiology from UC Berkeley. She has served in several important national leadership roles, including President of the Society for Pediatric Research, President of the American Pediatric Society, and service on the Council of the National Institute for Child Health and Development. Dr. Fuentes-Afflick was chair of the UCSF Academic Senate from 2009-2011. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2010 and elected to membership n the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.
Our Team
Board of Directors

Janis MacKenzie
Board Chair

Melissa Chadwick-Dunn
Board Treasurer

Howard Chi
Board Secretary

Pamela Baer
Lifetime Director

George H. Clyde
Lifetime Director

Judy Guggenhime
Lifetime Director

Maria Ansari, MD

Simone Balch

John H. Bell

Andrew Clark

Susan P. Ehrlich, MD, MPP

Rodney A. Fong

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH

Suzanne Giraudo, PhD

Kimberley Goode

Cristina Huezo

Hemal Kanzaria, MD MSc

Matthew Kinsella

Jenna Lim

James D. Marks, MD, PhD

Andrew McCollum

Theodore Miclau, III, MD
Lifetime Director

Elizabeth Minick

Ellen Magnin Newman

Candace Sue

Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH
Foundation Staff

Kim Meredith
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Gerry Chow
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Rebecca Schuett
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Paul Rose
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Alice He
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Melissa Moore
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Damian Bass
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Jenna Casey
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Quinn King
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Tiffany Liu
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Elaine Robertson
Associate Director of Events

David Yu
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Henry Fung
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Joey Castaneda
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Jessie Lee
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Beth Ferreira
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Marissa Filice
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Aileen Flores
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Alyssa Angeles
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