Dean Schillinger, M.D.

Current position:
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF

Education and training:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1991)
UCSF Primary Care Residency (1994)
San Francisco General Hospital Chief Medical Resident (1995)

Areas of interest:
Caring for vulnerable populations

Current academic and/or research activities:
Dr. Schillinger’s interests include health communication, chronic disease care, health policy/advocacy, literacy, education and health, and public systems of care

Recent selected publications:
Schillinger D, F Wang, K Grumbach, C Daher, J Palacios, G Diaz-Sullivan, J Piette, AB Bindman. Association of Health Literacy with Diabetes Outcomes.JAMA 2002;288:475-482.

Schillinger D, Piette J, Grumbach K, Wang F, Wilson C, Daher C, Leong-Grotz K, Castro C, Bindman A. Closing the Loop: Physician-Patient Communication with Diabetic Patients Who Have Low Health Literacy. Arch Int Med. January 13, 2003;163:83-90.

J Piette, D Schillinger, M Potter, M Heisler.  Dimensions of Patient-Provider Communication and Diabetes Self-Care In An Ethnically-Diverse Patient Population. J Gen Internal Med. Aug, 2003; 18:624-33.

Schillinger D, Bindman A, Stewart A, Wang F, Piette J. Health Literacy and the Quality of Physician-Patient Interpersonal Communication. Patient Education and Counseling, 2004;3:315-323.

S Youmans, D Schillinger. Functional Health Literacy and Medication Management: The Role of the Pharmacist. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Vol 37. November, 2003.

J Piette, T Wagner, M Potter, D Schillinger. Health Insurance, Medication Self-Restriction Due to Cost, and Outcomes Among Diabetes Patients in Three Systems of Care. Medical Care 2004;42:102-9

Fernandez A, D Schillinger, K Grumbach, A Rosenthal, F Wang, E Perez-Stable. Physician language ability and cultural competence: an exploratory study of communication with Spanish-speaking patients. J Gen Intern Med. February 2004;19(2):167-174.

Schillinger D, Wilson C, Bindman A. In Reply (correspondence). “Who Actually Has the Low Health Literacy?”. Arch Int Med. July 28, 2003.Vol 163, 1746.

J Piette, K Bibbins-Domingo, D Schillinger. Health Care Discrimination, Processes of Care, and Diabetes Patients’ Health Status. In press. Pt Ed Counsel 2005.

D Schillinger, A Chen. Literacy and Language: Disentangling Measures of Access, Utilization and Quality. J Gen Int Med 2004;19:288-290.

N Walter,  D Schillinger. Frontline Bureaucracies and the Moral Mechanics of US Health Care. Medical Care. March 2004;42:303-305.

Schillinger D. Improving Chronic Illness Care for Populations with Limited Health Literacy, in Health Literacy: a Prescription to End Confusion. National Academy of Sciences Press. April, 2004, pages 269-286 (commissioned paper for the Institute of Medicine).