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Masters Specialty Areas

The Department of Community Health Systems has five specialty areas in the masters program.

Each specialty area defines a course of study leading to the Master of Science degree. Masters students complete the Masters Core Curriculum and also complete specific course work relevant to each specialty area.

Specialty programs prepare the student for certification, as appropriate, as either a clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner. Some specialty areas include sub-specialty, option, or focus choices, to meet individual student needs.

Caution:  within the application process, each Masters program applicant must choose a specialty area from the available choices. (MEPN applicants are also required to choose their specialty.) Ordinarily, students are not permitted to transfer between specialty areas once they have begun their Masters program.

Some students may also choose after enrollment to pursue a Minor in addition to their selected specialty area.

Minors

Curriculum Details

Detailed curriculum information for each CHS specialty area may be obtained from the CHS Program Information Booklet at this web site.

Specialty Area Details

For each area, the Specialty Coordinator and/or Recruitment Director and their contact information is listed below.

Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
Suzan Stringari-Murray, RN, MS, ANP
Telephone:  (415) 476-6702
Email:  suzan.stringari-murray@nursing.ucsf.edu

Advanced Community Health and International Nursing (ACHIN)
Catherine Waters, RN, PhD
For more information, contact:
Telephone:  (415) 502-7785
Email:  kathryn.young@nursing.ucsf.edu

Nursing & Health Systems Leadership (NHSL, formerly Administration)
Jane Hirsch, RN, MS
Telephone:  (415) 476-9461
Email:  jane.hirsch@nursing.ucsf.edu

Occupational & Environmental Health Nursing (OEH)
Oisaeng Hong, RN, PhD
Telephone:  (415) 502-5581
Email:  oisaeng.hong@nursing.ucsf.edu

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Advanced Practice (Psych)
Beth Phoenix, RN, PhD
Telephone:  (415) 502-4407
Email:  beth.phoenix@nursing.ucsf.edu