
Assistant Clinical Professor
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Internal Medicine
Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
One of the most important parts of my job is to work with patients to understand their health goals and to then ensure that the care I provide is aligned with those goals. I believe that all patients, regardless of background, deserve access to comprehensive, high quality health care.
Dr. Landefeld is a practicing general internist at the Sacramento County Health Center and UC Davis Medical Center. His clinical interests include rheumatology, dermatology, substance use disorders,and general internal medicine.
A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge MA 2007
M.D., UC San Francisco, San Francisco CA 2016
M.S., UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA 2014
Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco CA 2016-2017
Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco CA 2017-2019
Daron J. Williams Award, UCSF Department of Internal Medicine,, 2019
Alpha Omega Alpha, UCSF, 2016
Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellowship, USIEF, 2010, 2011
Landefeld J, Incze MA. Advance Care Planning--What Should I Know? JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(1):172.
Rehkopf DH, Burmaster K, Landefeld J, Adler-Milstein S, Flynn EP, Acevedo MC, Jones-Smith JC, Adler N, Fernald L. The impact of a private sector living wage intervention on consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a middle income country. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(179):1-8.
Landefeld JC, Miaskowski C, Tieu L, Ponath C, Lee CT, Guzman D, Kushel M. Characteristics and Factors Associated With Pain in Older Homeless Individuals: Results From the Health Outcomes in People Experiencing Homelessness in Older Middle Age (HOPE HOME) Study. J Pain. 2017 Sep;18(9):1036-1045. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2017.03.011. Epub 2017 Apr 12. PMID:28412229.
Landefeld J, Sivaraman R, Arora NK. Barriers to improving patient safety in India: focus groups with providers in the southern state of kerala. Indian J Community Med. 2015 Apr-Jun;40(2):116-20. doi:10.4103/0970-0218.153875. PMID:25861173.
Burmaster KB, Landefeld JC, Rehkopf DH, Lahiff M, Sokal-Gutierrez K, Adler-Milstein S, Fernald LC. Impact of a private sector living wage intervention on depressive symptoms among apparel workers in the Dominican Republic: a quasi-experimental study. BMJ Open. 2015 Aug 3;5(8):e007336. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007336. PMID:26238394.
Landefeld JC, Burmaster KB, Rehkopf DH, Syme SL, Lahiff M, Adler-Milstein S, Fernald LC. The association between a living wage and subjective social status and self-rated health: a quasi-experimental study in the Dominican Republic. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Nov;121:91-7. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.051. Epub 2014 Sep 28. PMID:25442370.
Adler-Milstein J, Landefeld J, Jha AK. Characteristics associated with regional health information organization viability. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010 Jan-Feb;17(1):61-5. doi:10.1197/jamia.M3284. PMID:20064803.