Mitchell D. Feldman

Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil, is a Professor and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. He also serves as Associate Vice Provost for the UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program, underscoring his leadership in academic medicine and faculty development.

His educational background includes a BA in Anthropology from Johns Hopkins University, an MPhil in Medical Anthropology from Cambridge University, and an MD from UCSF, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine.

Feldman’s research is centered on mentoring in academic medicine, depression care in primary care, and reducing health disparities. His work explores how mentoring and sponsorship can promote equity in academic advancement and how institutional practices affect access to mental health treatment. He has investigated patient-physician communication, depression screening, and the impact of patient requests on clinical decisions.

His recent publications (2020–2024) reflect a strong focus on telemedicine, depression screening equity, mentorship evaluation, and organizational culture change in response to physician burnout. These works appear in leading journals such as JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Network Open, and Journal of General Internal Medicine.

• Visiting Professor, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, 2018
• Elnora M Rhodes Service Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2017
• Inducted into Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2015
• Best Doctors in America, 2014–2018
• Robert H Crede Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, UCSF, 2013
• Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2012
• Fulbright Research Scholar, Kyoto, Japan, 2011–2012

Feldman has played a significant role in mentoring and faculty development, leading the UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute Mentor Development Program and publishing extensively on mentorship quality and evaluation. He has no known advisees listed in the provided texts. He is also deeply involved in editorial leadership as a long-time editor at the Journal of General Internal Medicine. He practices as a general internal medicine physician at UCSF’s Mount Zion campus, where he has been recognized for compassionate, thorough care over decades.

He leads initiatives to improve primary care systems using Lean leadership principles and has contributed to understanding HIV care in global settings, particularly in Japan, Thailand, and Zambia.