Assistant Professor

Dr. Nouri is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine. She specializes in caring for people with serious illness in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. Dr. Nouri's research is focused on increasing access to high quality palliative care, particularly among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Her current scholarly work uses mixed methods to better understand outcomes associated with digital health use in palliative care and to develop strategies to improve in-home symptom assessment for older adults with serious illness and their caregivers. She is committed to mentoring learners. Dr. Nouri is a member of the San Francisco Palliative Care Workgroup's Steering Committee and of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Education
2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California San Francisco
Fellowship, 2021 - Hospice & Palliative Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Fellowship, 2020 - Primary Care Research, University of California San Francisco
Residency, 2018 - Internal Medicine, Duke University
MD, 2015 - , University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
MPH, 2014 - Health & Social Behavior, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
BA, BS, 2010 - Anthropology; Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
Honors and Awards
  • Finalist, Mack Lipkin Sr. Associate Member Scientific Presentation Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2020
  • UCSF Pepper Center Research Education Core Scholar, UCSF, 2020
  • Lecocq Award for Outstanding Senior Resident Talk, Duke University, 2018
  • Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, 2014
Publications

  1. Wang Y, Sudore RL, Zapata C, Martinez R, Gonzalez J, Le V, Quinn M, Huang C, Perez-Vaughan C, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Nouri S. Telehealth Care for People With Serious Illnesses and Preferred Languages Other Than English. 2025. PMID: 40900593


  3. Bell BK, Cha J, Cavanaugh KA, O'Riordan DL, Rabow MW, Yang AK, Patel S, Park SH, McGrath MK, Whitaker EM, Nouri SS, Cheng SW. Integrative Management of Cancer Pain: A Scoping Review of the Literature. 2025. PMID: 40317896


  4. Shih JJ, Kuznia M, Nouri S, Sherwin EB, Kemper KE, Rubinsky AD, Lyles CR, Khoong EC. Differences in Telemedicine Use for Patients With Diabetes in an Academic Versus Safety Net Health System: Retrospective Cohort Study. 2025. PMID: 40126552


  5. Davila C, Nouri S, Chan SH, Feltz B, Gosline A, Arenas Z, Kavanagh J, Paladino J, Dow LA, Jackson VA, Sudore R, Ritchie CS, Lindenberger E. Perceptions of Patient-Clinician Communication Among Adults With and Without Serious Illness. 2025. PMID: 40063024


  6. Nouri S, Pantilat SZ, Ritchie CS, Lyles CR, Shi Y, O'Riordan D, Boscardin J, Sudore RL. Quality of Virtual versus In-Person Outpatient Palliative Care: Disparities by Language and Race. 2025. PMID: 39756664


  7. Torke AM, Varner-Perez S, Burke ES, Comer AR, Conrad S, Crawley L, Ejem D, Gabbard J, Kelly PE, Marterre B, Modrykamien A, Monahan PO, Nouri S, Szilagyi C, White D, Fitchett G. Improving Outcomes for ICU Family Members: The Role of Spiritual Care. 2024. PMID: 39365880


  8. Nouri S, Pantilat SZ, Meier DE, Nicolla JM, Friedman FAP, Chan RY, Candrian C. REaL and SOGI Data Collection: Results from a Palliative Care Quality Collaborative Survey. 2024. PMID: 38670296


  10. Li L, Barnes DE, Nouri S, Shi Y, Volow AM, Feuz M, Li BH, Sudore RL. Surrogate decision-makers from historically marginalized populations have lower levels of preparedness for care planning. 2024. PMID: 38193805


  11. Calton BA, Nouri S, Davila C, Kotwal A, Zapata C, Bischoff KE. Strategies to Make Telemedicine a Friend, Not a Foe, in the Provision of Accessible and Equitable Cancer Care. 2023. PMID: 37958296


  12. Nouri S, Lyles CR, Sherwin EB, Kuznia M, Rubinsky AD, Kemper KE, Nguyen OK, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Khoong EC. Visit and Between-Visit Interaction Frequency Before and After COVID-19 Telehealth Implementation. 2023. PMID: 37713198


  13. Nouri S, Li L, Huang C, Chung A, Stokes SC, Pan S, Wong EC, Newman J, Woo JW, Cheng J, Tan CH, Wertz M, Wood-Hughes E, Quinn M, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL. "At the End I Have a Say": Engaging the Chinese Community in Advance Care Planning. 2023. PMID: 37536524


  14. Digitale JC, Nouri SS, Cohen EL, Calton BA, Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Bischoff KE. Differential Use of Outpatient Palliative Care by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics. 2023. PMID: 37084827


  15. Nouri S, Quinn M, Doyle BN, McKissack M, Johnson N, Wertz M, Tan C, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL. "We've Got to Bring Information to Where People Are Comfortable": Community-Based Advance Care Planning with the Black Community. 2023. PMID: 36894819


  16. Nouri S, Tan CH, Rangel M, Wertz M, Sanchez A, Alvarado A, Arreola E, Quinn M, Pantilat SZ, Lyles CR, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL. "Advocating for what we need": A CBPR approach to advance care planning in the Latinx older adult community. 2023. PMID: 36651685


  17. Chen HW, Limmer EE, Joseph AK, Kinser K, Trevino A, Valencia A, Weinheimer RA, Youssef SH, Cervantes C, Guzman MT, Morales A, Morales S, Contreras M, Eifert F, LaMontagne D, Nouri S, Reyes F, Pandya AG, Dominguez AR. Efficacy of a lay community health worker (promotoras de salud) program to improve adherence to emollients in Spanish-speaking Latin American pediatric patients in the United States with atopic dermatitis: A randomized, controlled, evaluator-blinded study 2022. PMID: 36263875


  18. Nouri S, Street RL, Barnes DE, Shi Y, Volow AM, Li B, Alexander SC, Sudore RL. Empowering patients with the PREPARE advance care planning program results in reciprocal clinician communication. 2021. PMID: 34758115


  19. Lyles CR, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Lisker S, Nouri S, Sarkar U. Alignment of Key Stakeholders' Priorities for Patient-Facing Tools in Digital Health: Mixed Methods Study. 2021. PMID: 34435966


  21. Nouri SS, Barnes DE, Shi Y, Volow AM, Shirsat N, Kinderman AL, Harris HA, Sudore RL. The PREPARE for Your Care program increases advance care planning engagement among diverse older adults with cancer. 2021. PMID: 34076892


  22. Nouri S, Lyles CR, Rubinsky AD, Patel K, Desai R, Fields J, DeRouen MC, Volow A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Sudore RL. Evaluation of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics and Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults. 2020. PMID: 33301019


  23. de Bourmont SS, Burra A, Nouri SS, El-Farra N, Mohottige D, Sloan C, Schaeffer S, Friedman J, Fernandez A. Resident Physician Experiences With and Responses to Biased Patients. 2020. PMID: 33226429


  24. Nouri SS, Ritchie C, Volow A, Li B, McSpadden S, Dearman K, Kotwal A, Sudore RL. A Toolkit for Community-Based, Medicaid-Funded Case Managers to Introduce Advance Care Planning to Frail, Older Adults: A Pilot Study. 2020. PMID: 32865472


  25. Nouri SS, Pathak S, Livaudais-Toman J, Gregorich SE, Kaplan CP, Diamond L, Karliner L. Use and Usefulness of After-Visit Summaries by Language and Health Literacy among Latinx and Chinese Primary Care Patients. 2020. PMID: 33059522


  26. Nouri S, Ritchie C, Chen P, Volow A, Li B, Tellez I, Sudore RL. Supporting In-Home Caregivers in Symptom Assessment of Frail Older Adults with Serious Illness: A Pilot Study. 2020. PMID: 32456540


  28. Nouri SS, Adler-Milstein J, Thao C, Acharya P, Barr-Walker J, Sarkar U, Lyles C. Patient characteristics associated with objective measures of digital health tool use in the United States: A literature review. 2020. PMID: 32364238


  29. Glaser J, Nouri S, Fernandez A, Sudore RL, Schillinger D, Klein-Fedyshin M, Schenker Y. Interventions to Improve Patient Comprehension in Informed Consent for Medical and Surgical Procedures: An Updated Systematic Review. 2020. PMID: 31948345


  30. Avila-Garcia P, Hernandez-Ramos R, Nouri SS, Cemballi A, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Aguilera A. Engaging users in the design of an mHealth, text message-based intervention to increase physical activity at a safety-net health care system. 2019. PMID: 32025646


  31. Pathak S, Summerville G, Kaplan CP, Nouri S, Karliner L. Patient-Reported Use of the After Visit Summary in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Practice 2019. PMID:


  32. Pathak S, Summerville G, Kaplan CP, Nouri SS, Karliner LS. Patient-Reported Use of the After Visit Summary in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Practice. 2019. PMID: 33294604


  33. Nouri SS, Avila-Garcia P, Cemballi AG, Sarkar U, Aguilera A, Lyles CR. Assessing Mobile Phone Digital Literacy and Engagement in User-Centered Design in a Diverse, Safety-Net Population: Mixed Methods Study. 2019. PMID: 31469083


  34. Nouri SS, Barnes DE, Volow AM, McMahan RD, Kushel M, Jin C, Boscardin J, Sudore RL. Health Literacy Matters More Than Experience for Advance Care Planning Knowledge Among Older Adults. 2019. PMID: 31424575


  35. Nouri SS, Damschroder LJ, Olsen MK, Gierisch JM, Fagerlin A, Sanders LL, McCant F, Oddone EZ. Health Coaching Has Differential Effects on Veterans with Limited Health Literacy and Numeracy: a Secondary Analysis of ACTIVATE. 2019. PMID: 30756302


  37. Nouri S, Jacobe H. Recent developments in diagnosis and assessment of morphea. 2013. PMID: 23307579