Program Directors & Core Faculty

Terrie Mendelson, MD

Program Director
Director of Graduate Medical Education, St. Mary's
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Education Coordinator of Pain Management Curriculum
Tel: 415-750-5781 / E-mail: terrie.mendelson@chw.edu

After a childhood in Europe as the daughter of American diplomats, Dr. Mendelson completed undergraduate studies at UC Irvine. After a 2-year sojourn in Luxembourg to teach high-school science and French, she returned to California for graduate school, publishing extensively in neurobiology before entering medical school and internal medicine residency at UCSF. After a fellowship in General Internal Medicine and Medical Education under Dr. Stephen Schroeder, she served as the Director of Ambulatory Training and subsequently assumed the roles of Program Director and Director of Housestaff Education. Dr. Mendelson founded and directed the country’s first residency program in Internal Medicine/Evidence-Based Medicine. She has developed widely-disseminated curricula in Ambulatory Medicine, Evidence-Based Medicine, Women’s Health and Geriatrics, has led numerous national meetings and workshops on clinical and educational topics, and has won seven major teaching awards. She joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2001, where she serves as a key program faculty member, continuity clinic and inpatient teaching attending, and resident mentor. She devotes her clinical time to the care of elderly and medically undeserved patients with chronic and complex medical conditions.

Ingrid Block, MD

Associate Program Director
Medical Director of Ambulatory Care, St. Mary's
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Creighton University
Education Coordinator of Endocrine Curriculum
Tel: 415-750-5890 / E-mail: iblock@chw.edu

A native of Austria, Dr. Block graduated from the University of Vienna Medical School. She completed her internship and residency training at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Following a clinical fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at UCSF, she joined the key faculty at St. Mary’s Medical Center in 1994. She developed a comprehensive outpatient diabetes education program and currently serves as it’s medical director. Under Dr. Block’s leadership, the residents’ continuity clinic has transformed from a traditional model to a group practice model that delivers comprehensive primary care to an urban underserved diverse patient population. She strongly believes that state of the art care must be delivered in a one tier system to every citizen, be he or she indigent, the working poor or the well insured. Dr.Block continues to be on staff at UCSF where she attends a weekly high risk OB clinic for women with endocrine conditions. She is board certified in endocrinology and internal medicine.