People

Leadership

Lynn Ramirez, MD, MS

Medical Director, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics

Pediatrics

Lynn Ramirez MD, MSc, who joined the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health in November 2014, serves as Medical Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.

In this role, she collaborates with nurses, physicians, and ancillary services to prevent hospital acquired infections including those related to invasive medical devices and Clostridium difficile.

Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Infectious Disease, Adult

Medicine

Deborah Yokoe, M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine. She is the Medical Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention for the adult services and an attending physician on the Transplant Infectious Diseases consultation service.

Chaz Langelier, MD, PhD

Associate Medical Director

Medicine

The translational research in my lab bridges basic and clinical investigation by engaging genomic technologies to understand relationships between microbes, host response and clinical outcomes. We study lower respiratory tract infections, ARDS, sepsis, nosocomial infections, and emerging pathogens including SARS-CoV-2. One focus area involves developing new diagnostic techniques that combine metagenomic sequencing and machine learning to simultaneously profile both host and microbiome from clinical samples.

Daniel Escobar, MD, MS

HS Asst Clinical Professor

Assistant Medical Director

Hospital Epidemiology & Infection Prevention

Dr. Daniel Jose Escobar is an infectious disease specialist who cares for patients with a broad range of complex bacterial, fungal and viral infections, including those involving bones, joints, surgical implants and surgical complications.

Kim Stanley, MPH

Manager, Surveillance and Clinical Analytics

Gulnaaz Hanif, RN, MS

Manager, Field Unit