Alissa Peterson, MD
Working Title
Professor
Dr Alissa Peterson is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a graduate of UCSF Medical School and Psychiatry Residency Training Program. In 2009, she joined the clinical faculty at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) as an attending physician on the inpatient psychiatry service. She is currently the Site Director at ZSFG and an Associate Program Director for the UCSF Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
- 2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
- Residency, 2007 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
- M.D., 2003 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Faculty, Medical
Smoking
Women's Health Services
Directive Counseling
Professional Competence
Program Development
Hepatitis C
Psychiatric Department, Hospital
Inpatients
San Francisco
Internship And Residency
Gaucher Disease
Smoking Cessation
Psychiatry
Mental Disorders
Curriculum Development In Medical Education
Chronic Mental Illness In Underserved Populations
Women’s Mental Health
Medical Student/resident Education And Well-being
Trauma
Emergency Psychiatry
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Clinician Educator Mentoring Award, UCSF, 2025
- American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Women Leaders In Medicine Award, AMSA, 2018
- Induction into the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2017
- Department of Psychiatry Faculty Fellowship in Education, UCSF, 2013-2015
- Teaching Scholars Program, UCSF, 2013-2014
- Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2012
Contact information
1001 Potrero Avenue, #7G10
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States