Faculty
Core Faculty
| Terrie Mendelson, MD, FACP Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Director, Graduate Medical Education / DIO Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Creighton University Medical School: UCSF Residency: UCSF Fellowship: General Internal Medicine and Medical Education, UCSF ACP Award for Outstanding Teacher and Mentor 2015-2016 Board Certified, ABIM |
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| Ingrid Block-Kurbisch, MD, FACP Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Medical Director of Ambulatory Care Education Director, Endocrinology Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine , Creighton University Medical School: University of Vienna, Austria Residency: California Pacific Medical Center Fellowship: Endocrinology, UCSF Board Certified, ABIM: Internal Medicine and Endocrinology |
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| Daniel Raybin, MD Chair, Department of Medicine Education Director, Pulmonology Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Creighton University Medical School: Stanford University Residency: New York Memorial Hospital; University of Pennsylvania Fellowship: Pulmonary Medicine, Stanford University Board Certified, ABIM, and Pulmonary & Critical Care |
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| Francis J. Charlton, Jr., MD Primary Care Internist, Mercy Medical Doctors Group Education Director, Geriatrics Medical School: Georgetown University Residency: St Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco Board Certified, ABIM |
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| Jake Adams, DO Director, Intensive Care & Critical Care Education Director, Critical Care Medical School: Midwestern University, AZ College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: Legacy Health System, Portland Fellowship: Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic Board Certified ABIM: Internal Medicine and Critical Care |
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| Kim Marquis, MD Interim Director, Intensive Care Medical School: Duke University Residency: University of Washington, Seattle Fellowship: Pulmonary/ Critical Care Board Certified ABIM: Internal Medicine and Critical Care and Pulmonary Disease |
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| Robert Schoene, MD Associate Director, Intensive Care Medical School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Residency: University of Washington, Seattle Fellowship: Respiratory Disease, University of Washington Board Certified, ABIM: Internal Medicine & Critical Care and Pulmonary Disease |
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Teaching Faculty
Charles Allison, MD
Primary Care Internist, Mercy Doctors’ Medical Group
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee, and SMMC
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Xylona Bibal, MD
Primary Care Internal Medicine, St. Mary's Medical Center
Education Director, Healthcare for the Underserved
Medical School: Ross University
Residency: St. Mary's Medical Center
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Mauricio Jalife Bucay, MD
Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: Universidad Anahuac de la Ciudad de Mexico
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Michelle Burk, DO
Primary Care and Addiction Medicine, St. Mary’s Medical Center
Medical School: Touro University
Residency: St. Mary’s Medical Center
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Warren Chang, MD
Chief, Nephrology
Education Director, Nephrology
Medical School: UC Davis
Residency: UC Davis
Fellowship: Nephrology, UC Davis
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Christian Cruz, MD
Nephrology
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Residency: Cornell Medical Center, NY-Presbyterian Hospital
Fellowship: Nephrology, Cornell Medical Center, NY-Presbyterian Hospital
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Johnathan Duong, MD
Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: UT Southwestern School of Medicine
Residency: Southwestern, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: UCSF: Hospitalist Medicine
UCSF Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Training
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Gitouf Elnema, MD
Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: University of Khartoum, Sudan
Residency: Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, Georgia
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Shubra Gupta, MD
Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Director, St. Mary’s Medical Center, SF
Medical School- Armed Forces Medical College
Residency - Internal Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago
UCSF Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Diana Hilbert, MD, FACP
Primary Care Internal Medicine, Mercy Doctors Medical Group
Director: Primary Care Rotation/Women’s Health
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: Dartmouth University
Residency: UCLA
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Ari B. Hoffman, MD
Director, UCSF – SMMC Hospital Medicine Service
HS Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
Medical School: UCSF
Residency: UCSF
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Matthew C. Jeong, MD
Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: University of Connecticut
Residency: St. Mary’s Medical Center, SF
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Abraham (Avromi) Kanal, MD
Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Yale Internal Medicine and Primary Care
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Xinran (Leo) Liu , MD, MS
Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine , UCSF
Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School
Residency: University of Washington, Seattle, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle, Medical Informatics
UCSF Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Kevin Man, MD
Chief, Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Education Director, Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Residency: California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
Fellowship: GI/Hepatology, California Pacific Medical Center
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology
Joseph A. Mollick, MD, PhD
Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship: Medical Oncology, Stanford Medical Center
UCSF Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Board Certified: ABIM Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine
Remo Morelli, MD, FACC
Chief, Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine
Education Director, Cardiology
Vice Chief of Staff, St. Mary’s Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: UCSF
Residency: St. Louis University and Washington University
Fellowship: Cardiology and Research: CVRI, UCSF
Board Certified: ABIM and Cardiology
C. Michael Neuwelt, MD, FACP
Rheumatology
Education Director, Rheumatology
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: George Washington University
Residency: George Washington University
Fellowship: Rheumatology, George Washington University
Board Certified: ABIM & Rheumatology
Lauren Olson, MD
Primary Care Internal Medicine, Mercy Doctors' Medical Group
HIV Primary Care
Medical School: St. George's University, School of Medicine
Residency: St. Mary's Medical Center
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Richard Podolin, MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine
Director of Echocardiography
Education Director, EKG Curriculum
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency: University of Chicago
Fellowship: Cardiology, UCSF
Board Certified: Cardiology
Carlos Quintana, MD
Neurology
Stroke Medical Director
Medical School: UCSD
Internship: University of Nevada
Residency: UC Davis
Fellowship: Sleep/Epilepsy, UC Davis
Board Certified: Neurology
John Selle, DO
Primary Care Internal Medicine
Assistant Director of Ambulatory Care, St. Mary’s Medical Center
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences
Residency: St. Mary’s Medical Center
Board Certified: ABIM
Yalda Shahram, MD
Hospital Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Residency: Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Internal Medicine
UCSF Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training.
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Ryan Sharma, MD, MPH
Hospital Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine , UCSF
Medical School: University of Sydney Medical School in Sydney Australia
Internship: Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA, Internal Medicine
Residency: Residency Training at Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital.
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine
Bao Tran, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Medical Director, Structural Heart Program
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Residency: UCSF
Fellowship(s):
- Cardiology, UCLA
- Interventional Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente, SoCal
Board Certified: ABIM and Cardiology
Mark Wakasa, MD
Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Director, Rehabilitation Services
Clinical Professor of PM&R, Stanford University
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch, Chicago
Residency: Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, and Stanford University
Board Certified: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Robert Weber, MD
Hematology-Oncology
Director, Cancer Center, SMMC
Education Director, Hematology-Oncology
Associate Director, Northern California Melanoma Center, SMMC
Medical School: University of St Louis School of Medicine
Residency: UC Davis Medical Center
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego
Board Certified: Hematology and Oncology
Shen Wen, MD
Hospitalist Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Medical School: Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan
Residency: St. Mary’s Medical Center
UCSF- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Board Certified: ABIM Internal Medicine