Triveni Defries, MD, MPH

Triveni DeFries, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UCSF. She is the Director of Education & Training for the UCSF HHRI and co-leads the medical HRC. Prior to medical school, she studied Human Rights and Latin American Studies, and completed an MPH in Global Health at Columbia University. She attended UCSF for medical school and residency in Internal Medicine. She has been leading and teaching asylum evaluations through medical school, residency and as faculty. She practices primary care and addiction medicine at SFGH, where she is the Associate Medical Director for the general medicine clinic at SFGH that serves a large immigrant population. She is interested in improving care for immigrant patients by addressing the social determinants of health especially legal status.