Katie Raffel, MD

ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR

Katie Raffel, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, the Assistant Medical Director of Mt Zion Respiratory Isolation Unit and the Medical Director of the Medicine Unit-Based Leadership Team.

Dr. Raffel has committed her change efforts and research endeavors to patient safety and quality improvement as it relates to diagnostic accuracy in inpatient medicine and transitions of care. She is deeply involved in undergraduate and graduate clinical reasoning and systems improvement education co-directing the fourth-year medical student and resident quality electives.

Dr. Raffel is dedicated to lifelong learning and is currently a member of the first cohort of Learning Health System Coaches at UCSF Health, an innovative program developing faculty to lead continuous improvement in their clinical settings.
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
06/2017 - Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of California, San Francisco Chief Residency
06/2016 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Internal Medicine Residency
MD, 06/2013 - , University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
BS, 06/2009 - Natural Science, Xavier University
Honors and Awards
  • Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2018
Publications
  1. Kantor MA, Scott BS, Abe-Jones Y, Raffel KE, Thombley R, Mourad M. Ask About What Matters: An Intervention to Improve Accessible Advance Care Planning Documentation. Journal of pain and symptom management 2021. PMID: 34000334


  2. Salazar JW, Sharpe B, Raffel K. Sunset Rounds: a Framework for Post-death Care in the Hospital. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 33006080


  3. Lim H, Raffel KE, Harrison JD, Kohlwes RJ, Dhaliwal G, Narayana S. Decisions in the Dark: An Educational Intervention to Promote Reflection and Feedback on Night Float Rotations. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32875511


  4. Raffel KE, Kantor MA, Barish P, Esmaili A, Lim H, Xue F, Ranji SR. Prevalence and characterisation of diagnostic error among 7-day all-cause hospital medicine readmissions: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ quality & safety 2020. PMID: 32753409


  5. Raffel KE, Gupta N, Vercammen-Grandjean C, Hohman J, Ranji S, Pierluissi E, Mourad M. A Discharge Time-Out: A Case Study on Physician-Nurse Discharge Communication and the Challenge of Sustainability in Resident-Led Quality Improvement. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2018. PMID: 30345785


  6. Raffel KE, Beach LY, Lin J, Berchuck JE, Abram S, Markle E, Patel S. Naloxone Distribution and Training for Patients with High-Risk Opioid Use in a Veterans Affairs Community-Based Primary Care Clinic. The Permanente journal 2018. PMID: 29616917


  7. Moore PK, Raffel KE, Whitman IR. Macroscopic T-Wave Alternans: A Red Flag for Code Blue. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28783809


  8. Raffel KE, Goldschlager N. Abnormal Electrocardiogram in a Woman With Atrial Fibrillation and Recent Care Transition. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28192558


  9. Goddu AP, Raffel KE, Peek ME. A story of change: The influence of narrative on African-Americans with diabetes. Patient education and counseling 2015. PMID: 25986500


  10. Goddu AP, Roberson TS, Raffel KE, Chin MH, Peek ME. Food Rx: a community-university partnership to prescribe healthy eating on the South Side of Chicago. Journal of prevention & intervention in the community 2015. PMID: 25898221


  11. Raffel KE, Goddu AP, Peek ME. "I Kept Coming for the Love": Enhancing the Retention of Urban African Americans in Diabetes Education. The Diabetes educator 2014. PMID: 24525568