Shira Shavit, M.D.

It is in these efforts to make lasting change to the massive system of incarceration, with its entrenched politics, that I know Dr. Shavit best. She accelerated the conversation about transitional care during the overhaul of medical services under the current federal receivership, single-handedly creating the only discharge planning clinic inside the California state prisons to connect patients with chronic disease back to their communities. Public Official

Community Health Leaders
2010

Area(s) of Expertise:
Access to quality care
Chronic disease
Transitional Care
Incarcerated individuals and recently released prisoners and their families

Leader's Biography 2010:
Working in a prison as a young family physician, Shira Shavit found that many inmates with HIV and hepatitis were being released without health information or a care plan. As director of Transitions Clinic, she has led a community-based effort to create a medical home tailored to the needs of former prisoners and their families. As a member of San Francisco’s Reentry Council, Shavit works with city leaders on policies to improve the health of people returning from prison. She also designed the curriculum for the first national certificate program to train former inmates to become community health workers.

Where this leader can be reached today:
Director
Transitions Clinic, San Francisco
2401 Keith Street
San Francisco CA 94124
Phone: (415) 476-2148
Fax: (415) 625-9797
Email: sshavit@fcm.ucsf.edu
Website: www.transitionsclinic.org