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       Hugo Quinny Cheng, MD
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Name:Hugo Quinny Cheng, MD
Academic Rank Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Department Medicine; Division of General Internal Medicine, Hospitalist Group
Clinical Title Director, Medicine Consultation Service, Moffitt-Long Hospitals
 
Education
1985-1989 Stanford University Bachelor of Science 1989, Biological Sciences
1987-1989 Stanford University Master of Science 1989, Biological Sciences
1989-1993 University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine 1993
 
Postdoctoral Training
1993-1994 University of California, San Francisco Internship, Internal Medicine
1994-1996 University of California, San Francisco Residency, Internal Medicine (Categorical Program)
 
Licensure & Certification
1995- California Medical License G081385
1995- Drug Enforcement Agency License BC4775776
1996- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
 
Employment
     Faculty Appointments
1996-1997 Clinical Instructor in Medicine, UC San Francisco
1997-2003 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco
2003- Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco
     Other Appointments
1995-1996 Staff Physician, Ft. Miley Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco, CA
2002- Medical Director, Brown & Toland Physician Service Organization
 
Honors & Awards
1987 Phi Beta Kappa
1989 Departmental Honors, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
1989 B.S. with Distinction, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
1990 Dean's Summer Research Fellowship, UC San Francisco
1993 Alpha Omega Alpha
2000 Nominated, Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching
 
Professional Activities
     Professional Organization Membership
1997- Member, American College of Physicians
1998- Society for General Internal Medicine
1999- Society for Hospital Medicine
     Service to Professional Publications
2001 Cambridge University Press, ad hoc book reviewer
2002 Journal of General Internal Medicine, ad hoc manuscript reviewer
 
Invited Lectures (previous 5 years)
     UCSF Sponsored
1999
  • "Outpatient Management of Venous Thromboembolic Disease", "Current Management of Common Outpatient Infections", and "Recent Advances in Perioperative Medicine" at CME program: Primary Care
  • Medicine: Concepts and Controversies, Squaw Valley, CA "Preoperative Cardiac and Pulmonary Evaluation" at CME program: Management of the Hospitalized Patient
2000
  • "Controversies in Perioperative Medicine" and "Issues in Medical Consultation" at UCSF CME program: Management of the Hospitalized Patient
2001
  • "Preoperative Evaluation in Office Practice" at CME program: Primary Care Medicine: Principles & Practice "More Controversies in Perioperative Medicine" at CME program: "Management of the Hospitalized Patient"
2002
  • Co-Chair & Lecturer for CME Program: Updates in Perioperative Medicine
2003
  • Co-Chair & Lecturer for CME Program: Updates in Perioperative Medicine "Perioperative Medical Management of the Patient with Hip Fracture" at Geriatrics Grand Rounds
  • "Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation" at Primary Care Grand Rounds
  • "Hospital Medicine" at CME program: Internal Medicine Board Recertification Review
2004
  • "Updates in Perioperative Medicine" at CME Program Advances in Internal Medicine
  • Course Chair & Lecturer for CME Program: Internal Medicine Board Certification Review
  • Course Co-Chair & Lecturer for CME Program: Internal Medicine Board Recertification Review (pending)
     Regional (non-UCSF)
1999
  • "Preventing Venous Thromboembolism" and "Dermatological Emergencies" at Los Gatos Community Hospital, CA
  • "Caring for Asian American Patients in Community and Academic Practice" at annual meeting of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, San Francisco, CA
2000
  • "Preoperative Cardiac & Pulmonary Evaluation" at Medical Grand Rounds, Travis AFB Hospital, CA
2002
  • "Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation" at Medical Grand Rounds, Grossmont Sharp Hospital, San Diego, CA
2003
  • "Perioperative Care of the Patient with Hip Fracture" at California Association of Long Term Care Medicine Annual Symposium, Anaheim, CA
  • "Beta-blockers and Beyond" at Cardiology Conference, Grossmont Sharp Hospital, San Diego, CA
2004
  • "Perioperative Care of the Patient with Hip Fracture" at Summit Hospital, Oakland, CA
  • "Preoperative Cardiac & Pulmonary Evaluation" at Kaiser Hospital, Richmond CA
     National
2001
  • "Preoperative Evaluation for the Primary Care Physician" at American Geriatrics Society annual meeting, Chicago, IL
 
Service
     UCSF Committee Service
1996 - Intern Selection Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Programs
1998 - Resident Recruitment Committee, Co-chair
2001 - Medication Safety Committee, Chair
2001 - Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Chair
2002 - Patient Safety Committee
2004 - Faculty Council
     Other Committee Service
1998 - Peer Review Committee, Brown & Toland Medical Group
 
Clinical Responsibilities
     Inpatient
1999 - 2004 Attending Physician, Medicine Service (Attending 4 months per year) Director, Medicine Consultation Service (Attending 3 months per year)
  • Adapted the Medicine Consultation Service to function as a ward team utilizing nurse practitioners (1998-1999)
  • Developed a comanagement program for medically complicated orthopedic surgery patients (2001-2002)
     Outpatient
1999 - 2004 Attending Physician, General Internal Medicine Practice (2 sessions per week)
 
Teaching
     Principal Responsibilities
1996 - 2004 Director and Attending Physician, Medicine Consultation Service (3 months per year)
  • Daily lecture and clinical supervision for Medicine resident
  • Compile and edit syllabus used at Moffitt-Long Hospital and San Francisco General Hospital
  • 3 hours per day of direct student contact
Attending Physician, Medicine Ward Service (4 months per year)
  • Daily lectures and clinical supervision of Medicine resident, interns, and medical students.
  • 3 hours per day of direct student contact
Attending Physician and Preceptor, General Medicine Clinic (one session per week)
  • Supervise Medicine residents, interns, and medical students
  • 4 hours per week of direct student contact
     Selected Additional Lectures & Teaching:
UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Program, Tri-Hospital Housestaff Conference:
1999-2004 "Preoperative Cardiac & Pulmonary Evaluation" "How to Give a Medical Talk"
 
UCSFInternal Medicine Residency Program, Hospitalist Track Core Curriculum:
1999-2001 "Co-management with Surgeons"
 
UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Arthoplasty and Spine Conference:
2001-2002 "Preoperative Cardiac and Pulmonary Evaluation" "DVT Prophylaxis for Orthopedic Surgery Patients"
 
UCSF School of Medicine:
2000 Preceptor, Cardiac Examination Skills Workshop for 2nd year medical students
2001 Small Group Leader, Problem Based Learning for 1st year medical students
 
UCSF School of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Training Program:
1996-2002 Preceptor, N 405 (Practicum for Health Assessment)
1998-2004 Lecturer, N 288F (Exacerbation of Chronic Illness)
2000-2004 Lecturer, N 255B (Diagnosis and Treatment of the Acutely Ill & Injured)
 
UCSF Center for Aging in Diverse Communities:
2000 "How to Give a Medical Talk"
 
     Visiting Professorships
2001 UCSF-Fresno, Lectured and supervised residents on wards and in clinic
 
Teaching Grants
2001 Academic Geriatric Resource Program. "Enhancing Geriatric Training for Hospitalists and Trainees in Hospital Medicine." Co-principal investigators Wachter, RM and Flanders, SA. Co-investigators Cheng, HQ, Green, A, and Lyons, W. ($25,000)
 
Research
1987-1988 Genentech, Inc.
Investigated the signal transduction pathway for tumor necrosis factor and developed purification strategies for recombinant proteins
1990-1991 Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco
Investigated the effects of interleukin-4 and interferon-y on protein expression by human monocyte using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and a computer-assisted analysis system
 
Publications
  1. Cheng, H.Q. (1998) Controversies in Perioperative Medicine. Western Journal of Medicine; 109 (6): 351-5.

  2. Cheng, H.Q., Smith, D.M., Levine, A.D., and Epstein, L.B. (1991) Induction and Suppression of Proteins by Interleukin-4 and Interferon-y in Human Monocytes. Clinical Research; 39 (1): 57A

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