ACT is multidisciplinary. From our patient navigator to our nurse practitioner, our team's diverse members have unique skills tailored to our patients' needs. Learn about who we are below.
Dr. Marlene Martin
Director
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I support staff and clinicians, manage operations, engage partners, and lead the long-term strategy, collaborative mission, and vision for ACT. I love working with our growth-oriented team and community to improve services for our patients and staff experiences.
Dr. Alex Logan
Associate Director
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I help create meaningful, high-yield experiences for ACT learners and improve the care of patients through systems-based changes and interprofessional work.
Maria Solorzano
Administrative Coordinator
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I manage administrative functions and am the central point of contact between students, faculty, and staff. My duties include scheduling, onboarding, and addressing administrative problems that arise. I also help with program development, operations, and workflow improvement.
Sarah Lotsoff
Patient Navigator
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Steve Rodriguez Gonzalez
Peer Support Specialist
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I support patients with harm reduction, resources, and advocacy to complete their goals. I also coordinate and refer patients to community programs.
Martha Castellanos
Licensed Vocational Nurse
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I speak to patients who may be in need of intervention. I listen for change talk and use my patients' own motivations for positive change wherever they may be in the process of addiction. I share knowledge and provide counseling and support.
Xenia Guandique
Licensed Vocational Nurse
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I see patients with unhealthy alcohol, tobacco, and drug use and assess them for addiction. I share my findings with my patients' primary team while focusing on my patients' goals around their addiction. For those without substance use disorders, I educate them about safer use. I work with other ACT members to deliver additional services to our patient.
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Johanna Sluser
Nurse Practitioner
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I help people explore their goals around substance use and provide them with information about treatment and harm reduction. In my role, I make recommendations about medications and treatment to help ensure our patients who use drugs and alcohol receive the best care possible while they are in the hospital.
Alexander Ching
Nurse Practitioner
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I partner with patients to explore their goals around substance use and offer support, treatment options, and harm reduction strategies to ensure they feel cared for and supported during their hospital stay. I feel privileged to have these conversations with them.
Molly Sullivan
Therapist/Behavioral Health Clinician
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The Behavioral Health Clinician provides therapy and counseling, and focuses on care transitions including linkage to mental health, social needs, and community resources.
Addiction Care Team evaluatION (ACTION)
Sasha Skinner
Data Analyst
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As ACT's data analyst, I work on the evaluation side building reports, managing data, and providing statistics-related support for evaluation efforts. ACT's work with marginalized and underserved populations is integral to health as a basic human right.
Taylor Baisey
Data Analyst
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I support ACT’s research on addiction medicine programs, policies, and outcomes at ZSFG to catalyze tangible, equitable changes. My goal is to highlight patient experiences along their substance use journey to identify ways the hospital can better support patients with SUDs and ultimately inform systemic changes.
Faculty
Ayesha Appa
Elizabeth Abbs
Triveni Defries
Era Kryzhanovskaya
Janet Ho
Alex Logan
Paula Lum
Marlene Martin
Nicky Mehtani
Hannah Snyder
Christy Soren
Scott Steiger
Leslie Suen
Simone Vais
Lisa Voltarelli
Tricia Wright
Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Please visit the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine for more about the UCSF Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship.
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