Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA

Professor In Residence

Medicine

+1 415 353-7749

Maria T. Chao, DrPH, MPA is a professor at the University of California San Francisco’s Osher Center for Integrative Health and the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Chao’s overarching goal is to investigate how complementary and integrative health approaches can advance health equity and improve quality of life among underserved populations living with chronic conditions. Her recent studies aim to: (1) rigorously test integrative approaches to address the under-treatment of pain in diverse patient populations; and (2) apply implementation science to broaden access to evidence-based integrative medicine. Her work has received funding support through the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and numerous foundations.

Publications:

Mindfulness-Based Group Medical Visits: Strategies to Improve Equitable Access and Inclusion for Diverse Patients in Cancer Treatment.

Global advances in integrative medicine and health

Mishra KK, Leung IC, Chao MT, Thompson-Lastad A, Pollak C, Dhruva A, Hartogensis W, Lister M, Cheng SW, Atreya CE

Mindfulness-based group medical visits: Strategies to improve equitable access and inclusion for diverse patients in cancer treatment.

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Chloe Evelyn Atreya, Ivan C. Leung, Maria T. Chao, Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Christine Pollak, Anand Dhruva, Wendy Hartogensis, Michael Lister, Stephanie W. Cheng, Kavita K. Mishra

Postpartum care for parent-infant dyads: A community midwifery model.

Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)

Thompson-Lastad A, Harrison JM, Taiwo TK, Williams C, Parimi M, Wilborn B, Chao MT

Integrative Health Equity: Definition, Principles, Strategies, and Reflections.

Global advances in integrative medicine and health

Chao MT, Adler SR

The Assessment and Treatment of Inpatient Cancer-Related Pain with Acupuncture: Development of a Manual.

Medical acupuncture

Ashby J, Toveg M, Ye H, Rubin LH, Reddy S, Chao MT

A Communication Perspective on What Patient Advisory Boards Do: Action-Implicative Discourse Analysis and Negotiating Advice.

Journal of general internal medicine

Ho EY, Agne RR, Santana T, Thompson N, McClendon G, Ng E, Merrick S, Gonzalez F, Smith T, Drewke K, Gutierrez A, Floyd G, Chao MT

Exploratory Analysis of Racial/Ethnic and Educational Differences in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness-based Weight Loss Intervention.

Psychosomatic medicine

Daubenmier J, Chao MT, Hartogensis W, Liu R, Moran PJ, Acree MC, Kristeller J, Epel ES, Hecht FM

Integrative Nutritional Counseling Combining Chinese Medicine and Biomedicine for Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study.

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

Ho EY, Leung G, Chao MT, Chan D, Hsieh E, Pritzker S, Chi HL, Huang S, Ruan Q, Seligman HK

Adaptations to Acupuncture and Pain Counseling Implementation in a Multisite Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

Corrigendum: Toward a Compassionate Intersectional Neuroscience: Increasing Diversity and Equity in Contemplative Neuroscience.

Frontiers in psychology

Weng HY, Ikeda MP, Lewis-Peacock JA, Chao MT, Fullwiley D, Goldman V, Skinner S, Duncan LG, Gazzaley A, Hecht FM

Toward a Compassionate Intersectional Neuroscience: Increasing Diversity and Equity in Contemplative Neuroscience.

Frontiers in psychology

Weng HY, Ikeda MP, Lewis-Peacock JA, Chao MT, Fullwiley D, Goldman V, Skinner S, Duncan LG, Gazzaley A, Hecht FM

Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Integrative Nutritional Counseling Versus Standard Diabetes Self-Management Education for Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes.

Health equity

Ho EY, Pak S, Leung G, Xu S, Yu CK, Hecht FM, Jih J, Chao MT

Focus on the Breath: Brain Decoding Reveals Internal States of Attention During Meditation.

Frontiers in human neuroscience

Weng HY, Lewis-Peacock JA, Hecht FM, Uncapher MR, Ziegler DA, Farb NAS, Goldman V, Skinner S, Duncan LG, Chao MT, Gazzaley A

"It Gave Me Hope" Experiences of Diverse Safety Net Patients in a Group Acupuncture Intervention for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy.

Health equity

Liu R, Santana T, Schillinger D, Hecht FM, Chao MT

Improving Access, Integration, and Sustainability: A Reflective Overview of the Special Issue on Innovation in Group-Delivered Services.

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

Gardiner P, Chao M, Burnett M

Patient-Reported Outcomes of an Integrative Pain Management Program Implemented in a Primary Care Safety Net Clinic: a Quasi-experimental Study.

Journal of general internal medicine

Chao MT, Hurstak E, Leonoudakis-Watts K, Sidders F, Pace J, Hammer H, Wismer B

Heart healthy integrative nutritional counseling (H2INC): Creating a Chinese medicine + western medicine patient education curriculum for Chinese Americans.

Patient education and counseling

Ho EY, Acquah J, Chao C, Leung G, Ng DC, Chao MT, Wang A, Ku S, Chen W, Yu CK, Xu S, Chen M, Jih J

Use of Complementary Health Approaches Among Diverse Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Association with Cardiometabolic Outcomes: From the SF Bay Collaborative Research Network (SF Bay CRN).

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Handley MA, Quan J, Chao MT, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Emmons-Bell S, Schillinger D

Benefits of preparing for childbirth with mindfulness training: a randomized controlled trial with active comparison.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Duncan LG, Cohn MA, Chao MT, Cook JG, Riccobono J, Bardacke N

Does CenteringPregnancy Group Prenatal Care Affect the Birth Experience of Underserved Women? A Mixed Methods Analysis.

Journal of immigrant and minority health

Liu R, Chao MT, Jostad-Laswell A, Duncan LG

Adjunctive acupuncture for pain and symptom management in the inpatient setting: protocol for a pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.

Journal of integrative medicine

Chao MT, Chang A, Reddy S, Harrison JD, Acquah J, Toveg M, Santana T, Hecht FM

Acupuncture point injection treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea: a randomised, double blind, controlled study.

BMJ open

Wade C, Wang L, Zhao WJ, Cardini F, Kronenberg F, Gui SQ, Ying Z, Zhao NQ, Chao MT, Yu J

Acupuncture for the Management of Postdural Puncture Headache: A Case Report.

Global advances in health and medicine

Chang A, Acquah J, Reddy S, Chao MT

Improving Patient-Centered Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Prior Use and Interest in Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches Among Hospitalized Oncology Patients.

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

Liu R, Chang A, Reddy S, Hecht FM, Chao MT

Applying the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate Integrative Medicine Group Visits Among Diverse Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain.

Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses

Chao MT, Abercrombie PD, Santana T, Duncan LG

Disclosure of complementary health approaches among low income and racially diverse safety net patients with diabetes.

Patient education and counseling

Chao MT, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Ratanawongsa N, Schillinger D

Prevalence and use of complementary health approaches among women with chronic pelvic pain in a prospective cohort study.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)

Chao MT, Abercrombie PD, Nakagawa S, Gregorich SE, Learman LA, Kuppermann M

Disclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Diverse Safety Net Patients with Diabetes.

Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of Centering for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Integrative Group Visits for Medically Underserved Women.

Utilization of group-based, community acupuncture clinics: a comparative study with a nationally representative sample of acupuncture users.

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)

Chao MT, Tippens KM, Connelly E

Prevention and risk factors of the HBV recurrence after orthotopic liver transplantation: 160 cases follow-up study.

Transplantation

Xie SB, Zhu JY, Ying Z, Zeng LJ, Chao M, Lu MQ

Disclosure of complementary and alternative medicine to conventional medical providers: variation by race/ethnicity and type of CAM.

Journal of the National Medical Association

Chao MT, Wade C, Kronenberg F

Race/ethnicity and women's use of complementary and alternative medicine in the United States: results of a national survey.

American journal of public health

Kronenberg F, Cushman LF, Wade CM, Kalmuss D, Chao MT

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