Triveni Defries, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Triveni DeFries is a physician board-certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She practices primary care and addiction medicine at San Francisco General Hospital and is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is the director of the UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative in the Institute of Global Health Sciences and co-leads the national Asylum Medicine Training Initiative.
Education
MPH, - , Columbia University
Addiction Medicine Fellowship, - , UCSF
Residency, - , UCSF Internal Medicine
MD, - , UCSF School of Medicine
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Publications

  1. DeFries T, Emery E, Cuneo CN, Mei E, Folsom E, Mishori R, McKenzie K. Development of a virtual asylum medicine curriculum: applying a medical education model to a global health priority. BMJ global health 2025. PMID: 40010779


  2. Carson MS, Haro-Ramos AY, López-Solano N, Fernandez C, Cummins M, Fernandez A, DeFries T, Martin M. Facilitators and barriers of alcohol goals for Latinx men hospitalized with alcohol use disorder seen by an Addiction Consult Team. Annals of medicine 2025. PMID: 39831387


  3. Martin M, Seraydarian M, Gasper J, DeFries T. Follow-up and reasons for extended-release naltrexone discontinuation for alcohol use disorder after hospital initiation. BMJ open quality 2024. PMID: 39653511


  4. Tuot DS, Mukherjee A, Churape A, DeFries T, Su G, Khoong EC, Lyles C. Lessons From the Field From a Volunteer Telehealth Ambassador Program to Enhance Video Visits Among Low-Income Patients: Qualitative Improvement Study. JMIR formative research 2024. PMID: 38619874


  5. Jaradeh K, Sergi F, Kivlahan C, Nava Gonzales C, Cury M, DeFries T. Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach at a Student-Run Clinic for Individuals Seeking Asylum. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 36538690


  6. Ciraldo K, Seraydarian M, Gasper J, DeFries T, Martin M. Extended-release naltrexone for people with alcohol use disorder on therapeutic anticoagulation: A case series. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 2022. PMID: 36511083


  7. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Sierra M, Rivadeneira NA, Nijagal MA, Su G, Lyles CR, Defries T, Tuot D, Sarkar U. System-level factors associated with telephone and video visit use: Survey of safety-net clinicians during the early phase of COVID-19. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35148271


  8. DeFries T, Kelley J, Martin M, Kimball SL. Immigration status matters: the intersectional risk of immigration vulnerability and substance use disorder. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35102631


  9. Martin M, Clement J, Defries T, Makam AN, Nguyen OK. Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitalizations with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in a Safety-Net Hospital from 2016 to 2018. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35060005


  10. Anderson ES, Fraimow-Wong L, Blake R, Batiste K, Liang A, DeFries T, Herring AA, Alter H. The Social Context of Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Emergency Department Patients: A Cross Sectional Study. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35020696


  11. Leyde S, Suen L, Pratt L, DeFries T. Transition from Oxycodone to Buprenorphine/Naloxone in a Hospitalized Patient with Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Report. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 34993878


  12. Gallagher A, Steiner G, Michel M, Nava Gonzales C, Mendez-Contreras S, Lu A, Armendariz M, DeFries T, Barakat S, Kivlahan C. Asylum seeker trauma in a student-run clinic: reducing barriers to forensic medical evaluations. Torture : quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture 2022. PMID: 36519196


  13. DeFries T, Leyde S, Haber LA, Martin M. Things We Do for No Reason™: Prescribing Thiamine, Folate and Multivitamins on Discharge for Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34730500


  14. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Nijagal MA, Lyles CR, Su G, DeFries T, Sarkar U, Tuot D. Clinician experience with telemedicine at a safety-net hospital network during COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2021. PMID: 37020792


  15. Khoong EC, Butler BA, Mesina O, Su G, DeFries TB, Nijagal M, Lyles CR. Patient interest in and barriers to telemedicine video visits in a multilingual urban safety-net system. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020. PMID: 33164063


  16. Haber LA, DeFries T, Martin M. Things We Do for No Reason™: Discontinuing Buprenorphine When Treating Acute Pain. Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID: 31433765


  17. Anderson ES, Dworkis DA, DeFries T, Emery E, Deegala C, Mohs K. Nontargeted Diabetes Screening in a Navajo Nation Emergency Department. Volume 109 of Issue 2. American journal of public health 2018. PMID: 30571296


  18. Jaganath D, Jorakate P, Makprasert S, Sangwichian O, Akarachotpong T, Thamthitiwat S, Khemla S, DeFries T, Baggett HC, Whistler T, Gregory CJ, Rhodes J. Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Incidence and Methicillin Resistance in Rural Thailand, 2006-2014. Volume 99 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 29761760


  19. Wei J, Defries T, Lozada M, Young N, Huen W, Tulsky J. An inpatient treatment and discharge planning protocol for alcohol dependence: efficacy in reducing 30-day readmissions and emergency department visits. Journal of general internal medicine 2014. PMID: 25092008


  20. Handley MA, Robles M, Sanford E, Collins N, Seligman H, Defries T, Perez R, Grieshop J. Navigating changing food environments - Transnational perspectives on dietary behaviours and implications for nutrition counselling. Global public health 2012. PMID: 23088255


  21. DeFries T, Avendaño M, Glymour MM. Level and change in cognitive test scores predict risk of first stroke. Volume 57 of Issue 3. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009. PMID: 19175440


  22. Glymour MM, Defries TB, Kawachi I, Avendano M. Spousal smoking and incidence of first stroke: the Health and Retirement Study. Volume 35 of Issue 3. 2008. PMID: 18692737