Catherine Lau, MD
Stanford University, B.S. - 06/2002 Biological Sciences
New York University, M.D. - 2006 School of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Boston, MA 06/2009 Medicine Intern and Resident
University of California,San Francisco, CA 2018 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Catherine is the recipient of the UCSF School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching for Clinical Faculty Award in 2022 and the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award in 2023. Catherine was inducted as a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators in 2024.
Catherine obtained her undergraduate degree with departmental honors from Stanford University in 2002 and received her M.D. at New York University in 2006, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and was awarded the AMWA Glasgow-Rubin Award for Excellence in Academics and Professionalism. She completed her medical residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA before joining the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF in August 2009.
Catherine is the former medical director of the Nighttime Hospitalist Service, former Director for Patient Safety and Quality in the Department of Neurological Surgery, and former Director for Quality and Safety in the Division of Hospital Medicine.