Personal Information Name: Margaret C. Fang, MD, MPH   Education 1991-1994 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Honors Program in Medical Education, Molecular and Cell Biology (BA) 1994-1998 Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL (M.D.) 2001-2003 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (M.P.H.)   Postdoctoral Training 1998-1999 Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (Intern) 1999-2001 Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (Resident) 2001-2003 General Medicine Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (Fellow)   Licensure and Certification 2001 American Board of Internal Medicine Certification 2001 Massachusetts State Medical License 2003 California State Medical License   Academic Appointments 2001-2003 Clinical and Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 2003-2006 Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 2006-present Assistant Professor of Medicine in Residence, University of California, San Francisco, CA   Honors and Awards 1994 A&O Award for Upcoming Student Leader, Northwestern University 1997 Jonathan Phillip Reder Award for excellence in academics and extracurriculars, Northwestern University Medical School 2000 The James Tullis Award for intellectual enthusiasm, Beth Israel Deaconess 2001 The Lowell McGee Award as the top resident teacher, Beth Israel Deaconess 2001 ACP First Annual National Leadership and Recognition Award 2002 ACP Massachusetts Chapter Associate of the Year Award 2003 Society of General Internal Medicine, Mack Lipkin Sr. Award finalist 2003 American Heart Association Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Young Investigator Award 2004 American Heart Association Population Sciences Poster Competition Finalist 2005 California Clinician - Investigator of the Year Award, Society of General Internal Medicine 2005 Milton W. Hamolsky Award, top research presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine   Committees 2001-2002 American College of Physicians Chair, Massachusetts Council of Associates 2001-2003 American College of Physicians Governor's Council Member, Massachusetts Chapter 2001 American College of Physicians Program Chair, Massachusetts Chapter State Meeting 2002 American College of Physicians Program Chair, Massachusetts Chapter State Meeting 2002-2004 American College of Physicians National Council of Associates, Northeast Representative 2002-2004 American College of Physicians Volunteerism Subcommittee, Member 2003-present Society of Hospital Medicine Co-Chair and Founding member, Young Physicians Section 2004 Society of Hospital Medicine Scientific Abstracts reviewer 2005 Society of General Internal Medicine Hospital Medicine Abstracts reviewer 2005-present 8th ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy Member 2006 Society of Hospital Medicine Co-Chair, Scientific Abstracts Committee 2006-present Journal of Hospital Medicine (official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine) Assistant Editor   Invited Presentations 2003 Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Conference "Risk Factors for Intracranial Hemorrhage" Boston, MA 2003 UCSF Research Symposium "Rates, Predictors, and Outcomes of Hemorrhage Among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation" San Francisco, CA 2004 Session Moderator "The Future of Health Sciences Research", California Regional SGIM meeting San Francisco, CA 2004 Session Moderator "Career Paths in Hospital Medicine Forum", National SHM meeting New Orleans, LA 2004 Session Moderator "Associates Forum", National ACP meeting New Orleans, LA 2004 Session Speaker "How to Succeed as an Academic Hospitalist", Regional SHM meeting San Francisco, CA 2005 Society of Hospital Medicine National meeting, Session Moderator, "Conducting Clinical Research during Training" Chicago, IL 2005 UCSF Hospital Medicine CME Course, Speaker, "How to Succeed as an Academic Hospitalist" San Francisco, CA 2005 Grand Rounds, San Francisco General Hospital, "Risks and benefits of anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation" San Francisco, CA 2005 Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations Seminar, "Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation" San Francisco, CA 2005 Grand Rounds, UCSF Moffitt-Long Hospital, "Balancing the risks and benefits of anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation" San Francisco, CA 2005 Grand Rounds, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, "Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation" San Francisco, CA 2006 Reynolds Foundation/Northern California Geriatric Education Center talk, "Common Challenges in Appropriate Drug Prescribing for Elders" San Francisco, CA 2007 American Heart Association Mended Hearts Group, San Francisco Chapter San Francisco, CA   Publications Fang MC, Stafford RS, Ruskin JN, Singer DE.  “National trends in antiarrhythmic and antithrombotic medication use in atrial fibrillation”.  Archives of Internal Medicine. 2004; 164(1):55-60. Fang MC, Hylek EM, Singer DE.  “Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation”.  2004.  Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular Disease, 2nd edition. Fang MC, McCarthy EP, Singer DE.  “Are patients more likely to see physicians of the same sex?  Recent national trends in primary care medicine”.  American Journal of Medicine. 2004; 117(8):575-581. Fang MC, Chang Y, Hylek EM, Rosand J, Greenberg SM, Go AS, Singer DE.  “Advanced age, anticoagulation intensity, and risk for intracranial hemorrhage among patients taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation”. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004; 141:745-752. Fang MC and Singer DE.  “Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation”.  Cardiology Clinics. 2004; 22(1):47-62. Fang MC, Singer DE, Chang Y, Hylek EM, Henault LE, Jensvold NG, Go AS.  “Gender differences in ischemic stroke and peripheral embolism among patients with atrial fibrillation: the AnTicoagulation and Risk Factors In Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study”.  Circulation. 2005; 112:1687-1691. Fang MC, Minichiello T, and Auerbach AD.  “Cost-considerations surrounding current and future anticoagulant therapies”.  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.  2005; 72(Suppl 1):S43-S49. Go AS, Fang MC, Singer DE. “Antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation”.  Progress in Cardiovascular Disease.  2005; 48(2): 108-124. Fang MC, Machtinger E, Wang F, Schillinger D.  “Health literacy and anticoagulation-related outcomes among patients taking warfarin”.  Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006; 21(8): 841-846. Fang MC, Go AS, Hylek EM, Chang Y, Henault LE, Jensvold NG, Singer DE. “Age and the risk of warfarin-associated hemorrhage: the AnTicoagulation and Risk Factors In Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study”.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2006; 54(8): 1231-1236. Arora V, Fang MC, Kripalani S, Amin A.  “Preparing for ‘diastole’: advanced training opportunities for academic hospitalists”.  Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2006; 1(6):368-77 Fang MC, Go AS, Chang Y, Hylek EM, Henault LE, Jensvold NG, Singer DE.  “Death and disability from warfarin-associated hemorrhage in atrial fibrillation patients”.  American Journal of Medicine (in press, 2007). Fang MC, Chen J, Rich MW.  “Atrial fibrillation in the elderly”.  American Journal of Medicine (in press, 2007). Bio | Hospital Medicine Faculty