Renee Hsia
Renee Yuen-Jan Hsia is an American emergency physician. As a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, Hsai was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine "for expertise in health disparities of emergency care, integrating the disciplines of economics, health policy, and clinical investigation." Early life and education. Hsia was born in Huntsville, Alabama, to Chinese immigrant parents Pei and Fontaine Hsia. She grew up in Arlington, Texas and graduated from Lamar High School in 1995 as valedictorian. During high school, Hsia was an all-state band and all-state choir member, president of  the National Honor Society, and treasurer of the French Club. She had originally joined band in grade seven as a result of her older brother. While attending the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Hsia was involved with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship and Student Volunteers Council while also continuing to participate in band. During her junior year, she received the George B. Wood Legacy Junior Prize for academic achievement. In her final year, she was named the co-recipient of the M. Taylor Pyne Prize, the highest honor conferred on a Princeton undergraduate. During her undergraduate studies, Hsai spent  five months working on education policy in South Africa which resulted in an investigative report to restore adequate school transportation for mentally disabled children. Upon completing her Bachelor of Arts degree, Hsai received a master's degree from the London School of Economics/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine before returning to North America for her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. Career. Upon completing her residency at Stanford University, Hsai joined the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2007. During her tenure at UCSF, she became the founder and director of The Policy Lab  of Acute Care and Emergencies (The PLACE) and served as Associate Chair of Health Services Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine. As a result of her research, Hsai was elected a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. In 2021, Hsai was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine "for expertise in health disparities of emergency care, integrating the disciplines of economics, health policy, and clinical investigation."