Christy Soran

Christy Soran, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), affiliated with the Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). She serves as a primary care clinician and educator in the Richard Fine People's Clinic and Medical Director of the Outpatient Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC) under the Division of Substance Use and Addiction Medicine. Her roles include faculty membership in the UCSF Internal Medicine San Francisco General Primary Care Residency and the UCSF Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship.

Education & Training:

• Undergraduate: Political Science and Philosophy, Boston College
• MPH: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2010)
• MD: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (2014)
• Internal Medicine Residency: UCSF San Francisco General Primary Care Track (2017), with Chief Resident Year as Internal Medicine Ambulatory Chief Resident
• Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship: UCSF (2019)
• 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

Research & Clinical Focus: Dr. Soran’s work centers on integrating addiction medicine into primary care, managing substance use in chronic pain patients, medical curriculum innovation, and fostering patient-centered care. She emphasizes harm reduction strategies and low-barrier clinical approaches to address opioid use and substance-related disorders.

Selected Awards:

• Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (2010)
• Gold Humanism Honor Society (2014)

Grants & Advising: Her research has been supported through collaborations with institutions like UCSF and the Department of Psychiatry. She advises trainees in residency and fellowship programs, focusing on entrustable professional activities in ambulatory care.

Labs/Teams: Active in UCSF’s Substance Use and Addiction Medicine Division, OBIC leadership, and curriculum development for addiction medicine training programs.