Archna Eniasivam, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Archna Eniasivam is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics committed to advancing health systems toward health equity and justice. She is one of two inaugural UCSF Health Workplace Culture Leads working towards a culture where all feel valued and can flourish.

She co-founded and currently serves at the Director of Social Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, aimed at developing faculty and staff to engage in research/quality improvement, facilitate dialogue, and design solutions around issues of health equity. She was awarded the 2023 Society of Hospital Medicine Award of Excellence for DEI Leadership. She is also an affiliated member in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and a member of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science, and Health Policy.

Much of her early experience started within medical education as a co-director from 2017-2022 for Health & The Individual and Health & Society, two three-week courses for first year medical students focused on health systems science and social justice. She was also a co-Faculty Lead from 2020-2022 for the Social Justice Discussion Club as part of the HEAR (Health Equity and Racial) Justice Pathway.
Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
06/2016 - Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship, University of California
06/2015 - Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin
MD, 05/2011 - , University of Florida
BS, 05/2007 - , Washington University in St. Louis
Honors and Awards
  • Award of Excellence for DEI Leadership, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2023
  • Inductee, UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2021
Publications

  1. Le E, Kara A, Woodruff A, Readlynn JK, Kaushal A, Burden M, Eniasivam A, Allaudeen N, Gershanik E, Jenkins A, HOMERuN HEARS (Health Equity, Advocacy, and Research Support) workgroup. Hospitalist perceptions of health equity in the inpatient setting: A multisite mixed-methods study. Journal of hospital medicine 2025. PMID: 41467456


  2. Wang SX, Eniasivam A, Sterken D, Johl K, Auerbach A, Hur J, Jenkins A, Maw AN, writing on Behalf of the HOMERuN HEARS Work Group and the HOMERuN Collaborative. Navigating Uncertainty: Sustaining Health Equity in a Shifting Landscape. Journal of general internal medicine 2025. PMID: 41247421


  3. Saunders S, Raffel K, Eniasivam A. Addressing Patients' Experiences of Bias with a Restorative Lens. Journal of general internal medicine 2025. PMID: 41217640


  4. Jones BLH, Garg M, Eniasivam A. Beyond competency: LGBTQ+ history as medical education. Medical education 2023. PMID: 36852943


  5. Eniasivam A, Pereira L, Dzeng E. A Call for Restorative and Transformative Justice Approaches to Anti-Racism in Medicine. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2022. PMID: 35484366


  6. Eniasivam A, Medeiros A, Garg M. Addressing Harm and Establishing Trust in Peer Review: Recommendations for Action. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2022. PMID: 35030641


  7. Garg M, Eniasivam A, Satterfield J, Norton B, Austin E, Dohan D. Rapid transition of a preclinical health systems science and social justice course to remote learning in the time of coronavirus. Medical education online 2020. PMID: 32822280


  8. Archna Eniasivam, MD (Introduction Weijen Chang, MD); Bradley Monash, MD; Leonard Samuel Feldman, MD. The Hospitalist Why Required Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowships Are Unnecessary 2016. PMID: