Triveni Defries, MD, MPH

Triveni DeFries, MD, MPH, is the Executive Director of HHRI at the Institute of Global Health Sciences, the Medical Director of the Adult HRC and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UCSF.  She previously served for several years as the Director of Education & Training for the UCSF HHRI. She studied Human Rights and Latin American Studies, completed an MPH in Global Health at Columbia University, and attended UCSF for medical school and residency in Internal Medicine. She has been leading and teaching asylum evaluations for over 10 years through medical school, residency and as faculty. She co-founded and co-leads the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative, and leads educational efforts both nationally and internationally. She practices primary care and addiction medicine at SFGH. She is interested in improving care for immigrant patients by addressing the social determinants of health, namely immigration status.