Tamsin Helen Levy

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Tamsin Helen Levy
Internal Medicine Specialist,
Highland Hospital

Tamsin H. Levy is an internal medicine specialist at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, where she is a core faculty member of the Highland Internal Medicine Residency Program and chairs the UCSF Clinical Competency Committee. She focuses on faculty development and medical education. Previously, she was a curriculum ambassador at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Earlier in her academic career, she served as president of the GLBT Student Association, a member of the chancellor’s advisory committee on GLBT issues, and a participant in The Visibility Project. She has been a site coordinator for Break the Cycle and a co-director of the Child Care Waiting List Project (formerly part of PACE). Levy interned at the National Association of Child Advocates and volunteered with the Shanti Project and the San Francisco Free Clinic while working as a legal advocate for disabled homeless individuals. She received the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Leadership. Levy earned her MD from the University of California, San Francisco.

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Publications by Tamsin Helen Levy
How Do Parents Adjust to Scarce Options in Santa Clara County?
In 1998, the PACE research center surveyed low-income and blue-collar parents to help streamline the process of finding childcare, in response to the state's welfare reform legislation. The survey included 300 in-depth interviews and covered topics…