Program Leadership
Naomi Adler, MD
Program Director
Naomi Adler, MD
Program Director
About Me
Dr. Naomi Adler is an emergency physician with The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) and serves as the Program Director of the Patient Safety Fellowship. Dr. Adler received her B.A. in Psychology and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. After graduating, she worked in public health for a number of years at Columbia University before going on to complete her medical education at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Highland Hospital and then the Patient Safety Fellowship at Kaiser Permanente. As a fellow, she worked on the implementation of nerve blocks in the emergency department for patients with hip fractures as part of the Enhanced Recover After Surgery initiative, as well as high fidelity simulation for patient safety education and maintenance of skills. She joined TPMG fulltime in 2015 and works in the emergency departments in Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco. In addition to her role in the fellowship, she is the Medical Director of Outside Medical Services at Kaiser Permanente East Bay, an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF, and the Kaiser Permanente Richmond Family Violence Prevention Lead. Much of her current work focuses on the identification and care of patients experiencing intimate partner violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
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Karen Hauser, MD, MPH
Assistant Program Director
Karen Hauser, MD, MPH
Assistant Program Director
About Me
Dr. Karen Hauser is a hospitalist at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco who is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in Biology at Stanford University before earning her medical degree and completing residency training in Internal Medicine at UCSF in the Health Systems Leadership pathway. She also holds a Master of Public Health in Health Policy & Management from Columbia University, where she developed a strong interest in systems-based care and quality improvement. Dr. Hauser completed fellowship training in Patient Safety at Kaiser Permanente, where her fellowship project focused on the development and implementation of KPNCAL’s first Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) program. During this time, she also completed additional training in clinical informatics to leverage data and technology to improve patient safety, quality, and care delivery. Dr. Hauser joined TPMG as a full-time hospitalist in 2023 and continued to serve as Co-Medical Director of the San Francisco GED through its achievement of Level 1 Gold GED accreditation. In addition to serving as Assistant Program Director of the Patient Safety Fellowship, she serves as San Francisco’s Inpatient Age-Friendly Care Lead, partnering with a multidisciplinary team to reduce harm and improve the care of hospitalized older adults. She also is an Inpatient Medical Director and Co-Chair of the Medical-Surgical Telemetry Quality and Process Improvement Committee (MST QPIC).
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