Eddy Machtinger, MD

Edward Machtinger, MD is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Women’s HIV Program, and Director of the Center to Advance Trauma-informed Health Care at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Machtinger is Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Shannon Thyne, UCLA and Mikah Owen, UCLA) of the UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN), a University of California multi-campus initiative that implements the State of California's ACEs Aware initiative. The focus of Dr. Machtinger’s research and health policy expertise is to align the services of the U.S. primary health care system to more effectively address the traumatic roots of most physical and mental illness and disparities in health. His work also seeks to expand access to mental health and substance use treatment through full integration of these fields into primary medical care.