Personal Information Name: Heather Harris, MD Present Position Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine   Education 1988-1992 Harvard University B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Anthropology 1996-2000 Stanford University School of Medicine M.D. 2000-2001 University of California, San Francisco Intern Internal Medicine 2001-2003 University of California, San Francisco Resident Internal Medicine   Licenses, Certification 2000 State of California Medical License 2000 Drug Enforcement Agency 2003-2013 American Board of Internal Medicine   Honors and Awards 1988-1990 Harvard College Scholarships for Academic Distinction, Harvard College 1988-1992 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Certificates of Academic Merit, Radcliffe College 1990-1992 John Harvard Scholarships for Academic Distinction, Harvard College 1992 Kluckhohn Prize, outstanding bachelor's thesis in anthropology, Harvard College 1992 Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in Biological Anthropology   Professional Activities 1992-1994 Assistant Account Executive, Houston, Effler & Partners, Inc. Boston, MA. Managed and coordinated research and production of television, radio, out-of-home and print advertising for the $16 million Tobacco Education Media Campaign on behalf of the Massachusetts State Department of Public Health. Campaign resulted in 17% decline in cigarette consumption in the state of Massachusetts within the first year. 2006-2007 Palliative Care Service, Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley, CA. Spearheaded establishment of the Palliative Care Committee and an initial multidisciplinary Palliative Care Consult team including the management of two comfort care suites. 2003-2007 Director - Eden Inpatient Services, Avant Inpatient Services, Berkeley, CA. Established a new hospitalist program at a 175-bed community hospital. Expanding group of twenty physicians provides round-the clock medical care and consultation for patients in the medical, neurologic and cardiac intensive care units as well as general medical and surgical floors. 2007-present Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Attends on the hospitalist, medical consultation and neurosurgical medical co-management services. Also attends on the palliative care service and is a member of the Palliative Care Leadership Center at UCSF.   Professional Organizations Memberships 2000-present Member, American College of Physicians – American Society of Internal Medicine 2005-present Member, Society of Hospital Medicine Service to Professional Organizations 2007-2008 Palliative Care Committee, Member, Society of Hospital Medicine   Other Professional Service 2006-present Advisory Committee Member, “Hospitalists in California: Study of Prevalence, Organizational Characteristics and Patient Outcomes” Provide insight and recommendations to head authors on this study conducted by the California HealthCare Foundation and UCSF 2007-present Marketing Director, Palliative Care Leadership Center at UCSF   Invited Presentations 1998 5th International Conference on Long-Term Complications of Treatment of Children and Adolescents for Cancer, Poster Presentation 2003 Society of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Vignette Presentation 2004 Eden Medical Center Cancer Society, Panel Speaker 2005 Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Panel Speaker   Committees and Public Service 1996 Clínica de Playa Sàmara, Costa Rica Worked with a physician, pharmacist and nurses to provide routine medical care and immunizations to a large rural community. Helped to establish computer connection and operations for the clinic. All work performed in Spanish. 1997-1998 Committee on Courses and Curriculum, Stanford University School of Medicine Alternate Pre-Clinical Student Representative 1997-1998 1996-1998 American Medical Student Association Stanford University Chapter President 1997-1998; Treasurer 1996-1997 2001-2002 Resident Representative, Residency Advisory and Curriculum Committee, UCSF 2003-2004 Member, Critical Care Committee, Eden Medical Center 2005 Member, Contrast Nephropathy Committee, Eden Medical Center 2003-2007 Member, Hospitalist Steering Committee, Eden Medical Center 2006-2007 Founding Member, Palliative Care Committee, Eden Medical Center Spearheaded effort to establish palliative care consultation services and comfort care suites Teaching Experience 1997-1998 Teaching Assistant: Human Embryology, Departments of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Stanford University - Initiated effort to restructure first-year Embryology course. Collaborated with faculty in the departments of Anatomy and Developmental Biology to revise curriculum, produced the syllabus and taught first-year medical students. 2002-2003 Administrative Chief Resident – Primary Care Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California at San Francisco - Coordinated curriculum, lecture series and developed case presentations for the ambulatory sessions within the Primary Care Residency program.   Publications Peer Reviewed Publications: 1. A. Ballagh, H.A. Harris, K. Demasio. Is curettage needed for uncomplicated incomplete spontaneous abortion? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1998; 179 (3): 1279-128   Continuing Medical Education CME Courses Attended 2004 Management of the Hospitalized Patient, UCSF 2005 Society of Hospital Medicine, Annual Meeting 2005 Management of the Hospitalized Patient, UCSF 2006 Palliative Care Leadership Center Initiative, UCSF 2006 Society of Hospital Medicine, Annual Meeting 2006 Society of Hospital Medicine, Hospitalist Leadership Academy, Level 1 2006 Fundamentals of Inpatient Coding and Documentation, SHM 2006 Perspectives of Pain and Palliative Care, Stanford University School of Medicine 2007 Society of Hospital Medicine, Annual Meeting 2007 Pain Management and End of Life Care, UCSF Bio | Hospital Medicine Faculty