Kristen Kipps

Kristen Kipps is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She serves as Director of Patient Safety for the Division of Hospital Medicine and co-director of the Internal Medicine Residency PQJ Quality Improvement and Patient Safety curriculum. Dr. Kipps also teaches medical students as a course facilitator for the Medicine COBIE (COmpetency-Based Immersion Experience) for Coda, the capstone course for fourth-year medical students.

Dr. Kipps' educational background includes:

• BA from University of California, Berkeley (2005)
• MD from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (2010)
• Internship in Internal Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center (2011)
• Residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center (2013)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training at University of California, San Francisco (2019)

Dr. Kipps specializes in caring for hospitalized patients, diagnosing and managing complex conditions requiring hospitalization, and coordinating care among specialists and primary care physicians. Her research focuses on improving the diagnostic process for hospitalized patients, with particular expertise in medical education, quality improvement, and patient safety systems. She previously served on faculty at UCLA where she completed a fellowship in Medical Education, demonstrating her long-standing commitment to physician training.

Dr. Kipps' publication record, though limited in the available information to a 2018 article on training residents for medical education careers, reflects her dedication to developing future physician-educators and improving educational methodologies within hospital medicine.

As an educator and administrator, Dr. Kipps plays a significant role in shaping medical training at UCSF through her leadership positions in quality improvement and patient safety curriculum development. Her work bridges clinical practice, education, and systems improvement, contributing to both patient care excellence and the development of future physicians.