Triveni Defries, MD, MPH

Triveni DeFries, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UCSF. She is the Medical Direct of the adult HRC and served for several years as the Director of Education & Training for the UCSF HHRI. 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 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 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.