Teaching has long been extolled as the heart and soul of academic medicine, but economic pressures have led to a focus on research and clinical service to the detriment of education. Having determined that fundamental structural change was needed within the institution to respond to these forces and to revitalize the teaching mission of UCSF, The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators was established in 2000 with the appointment of founding director Molly Cooke, MD, who holds the William G. Irwin Endowed Chair. The Academy is one of a very few cross-departmental programs in the country designated to broadly support and advance the teaching mission. Click here to learn more about Academy members.

Haile T. Debas, MD is the executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences and former chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Debas' support of an Academy of Medical Educators was crucial to its foundation and funding. Click here to learn more about the history of the Academy.

Mission Statement

The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators is dedicated to creating an environment that enhances the status of teachers of medical students at UCSF, promotes and rewards teaching excellence, fosters curricular innovation, and encourages scholarship in medical education.

Please click here for a pdf of the brochure, "The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators: Preparing medical leaders for the 21st century".

The Academy office is in close proximity to the School of Medicine Dean's Office and the Office of Medical Education. The Academy's core staff--manager, analyst, and administrative assistant--provides the additional administrative expertise needed to support the Academy's ambitious programs, outreach to all faculty who teach medical students, and robust role in medical education at the national level.

• Molly Cooke, MD, Director
  
• Harry Hollander, MD, Associate Director
• Cynthia Ashe, Manager, ashec@medsch.ucsf.edu
• Christine Khuu, Financial and Programs Analyst, khuuc@medsch.ucsf.edu
• Kathleen Land, Administrative Assistant, landk@medsch.ucsf.edu

Location & Mailing Address:

• 4 Koret Way, LR-102, Box 0563
• San Francisco, CA 94143-0563
• (415) 514.2282
• (415) 514.9264 (Fax)

Directions:

• 1) Go to the School of Nursing Courtyard Caffe (on the second floor).
• 2) Go up the stairs to the third floor and through the glass doors.
• 3) Walk 30 feet up the paved path. The LR building is on your left.
• 4) The office of The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators is first on your right once you have entered the LR building.