Kip Mihara, MD

Professor

Kip Mihara, M.D. is a clinician educator and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is the Assistant Chief of the Emergency Department at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) where he teaches resident physicians in the emergency department, urgent care, and outpatient clinics. He is a Deputy Editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM). Working with the editors at JGIM, he helped create the Clinical Images section in this publication. His academic interests include medical education, clinical images, and acute care medicine.

Education
Fellowship, 2000 - Internal Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University/Northwest Permanente
Resident, 1998 - Internal Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University
M.D., 1995 - , Dartmouth Medical School
B.A., 1989 - Anatomy and Physiology, University of California, Berkeley
Honors and Awards
  • Calvin L. Chou Prime Teaching Award, UCSF, 2007
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Dartmouth Medical School, 1995
  • Rolf D. Syvertson Scholar, Dartmouth Medical School, 1995
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
Publications
  1. Ehlers PF, Mihara K. Urate Bulla: a Rare Manifestation of Gout. Volume 34 of Issue 6. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 30887441


  2. Wheeler DJ, Mihara K, Chiovaro J. Seeing Wisely. Volume 32 of Issue 2. Journal of general internal medicine 2017. PMID: 27896695


  3. Judson T, Mihara K. Minocycline-induced Hyperpigmentation. Journal of general internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27173498


  4. Mihara K. Omphalolith: An Umbilical Concretion to Recognize. Volume 31 of Issue 11. Journal of general internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27114363


  5. Mihara K, Devendra G. Contrast extravasation into the right upper extremity. Volume 30 of Issue 4. Journal of general internal medicine 2014. PMID: 25500784


  6. Carpenter W, Afshar N, Mihara K. Spinal epidural abscess with discitis and vertebral osteomyelitis. Volume 27 of Issue 11. Journal of general internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22570107