Medical Director Homeless Health Center, Alameda Health System and Alameda Resident

Damon is an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco. His clinical experience since residency includes inpatient and outpatient practice in public, private, and academic settings. He continues to provide urgent care at a community clinic in Oakland. He has also served as the Interim Chair of the UCSF Health, Equity, Action, and Leadership (HEAL) Initiative Steering Committee. Damon holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MD from the University of California, San Francisco. Damon completed his residency and chief residency in Primary Care Internal Medicine at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital. 

Dr. Damon Francis has worked most recently at the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency where he spent five years supporting all aspects of the agency’s vision for “healthy people, places, policies, and systems.”

During his time there, he served as the Interim Director and Medical Director of Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless where he led the adoption and expansion of clinical models addressing the whole person, including medical, behavioral, and social needs.