Books By Dean-David Schillinger - Author

Dean-David Schillinger is a primary care physician, scientist, author, and public health advocate. Dr. Schillinger is an internationally recognized expert in health communication and has been widely recognized for his work related to improving the health of vulnerable populations. He is credited with a number of discoveries in primary care and health communication and is considered one of the founders of the field of health literacy. He is a practicing general internist and Chief of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), where he founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations (CVP) in 2006, a leading research center committed to addressing the social determinants of health through research, education, policy and practice.