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Fumi Mitsuishi, MD, MS

Working Title

Vice Chair for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

Biography

Dr. Fumi Mitsuishi has committed her career to social justice, public service, and holistic health that supports mind, body, and social wellness. She was born in Japan, raised in France, and educated in the US fostering an appreciation for living at the intersection of cultures and understanding the experience of “otherness”. She views medicine as window into our complex humanity and specializes in the science of systems change. 

She serves as the Director of Citywide Case Management (Citywide), a Division of the UCSF/ZSFG Department of Psychiatry, where she is also an Associate Clinical Professor. In this role, she manages an agency of 170 interdisciplinary staff serving 1800 of the most psychiatrically ill San Franciscans annually through intensive mental health case management services. Citywide’s mission is to provide a community alternative to institutionalization and incarceration through mental health treatment, housing, and supportive employment.

Dr. Mitsuishi studied Neuroscience and History of Art at UC Berkeley, earned a Masters of Science in Health Sciences at UC Berkeley, and a Doctorate of Medicine at UCSF. She completed her residency training in Psychiatry and a Fellowship in Public Psychiatry at UCSF, focusing on systems change. She uses her understanding of interpersonal (and group) dynamics and motivation to make change possible and elegant. She believes that unconditional positive regard for others and data-driven interventions can minimize stigma, homelessness, and suffering.

  • Public Psychiatry Fellowship, 2012 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • Residency, 2011 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • M.D., 2007 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • M.S., 2005 - School of Public Health/JMP, University of California, Berkeley

Curriculum
Mental Disorders
Accreditation
Models, Educational
Primary Health Care
Public Health
Token Economy
Mental Health Services
Psychiatry
Methadone
Preventive Health Services
Clinical Competence
Education, Medical, Graduate
Case Management
Narcotics

  • Steinberg Institute Champion, Steinberg Institute, 2024
  • CHCF - Health Care Leadership Fellowship, California Health Care Foundation, 2020-2022
  • UCSF Psychiatry Residency Program -, Public and Community Service Award, 2010-2011
  • Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence, San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF, 2007-2008

Contact information

1001 Potrero Avenue, #7M8
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States