Brad Sharpe, MD

Professor

Brad Sharpe received his bachelor degree in chemistry from Stanford University and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF. He currently is an Professor of Clinical Medicine and is a clinician-educator in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health.

Brad has had multiple leadership roles at UCSF. Most recently, he served as the Division Chief for the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health, leading a group with more than 100 faculty and 25 staff. Previously, Brad served as the Associate Program Director for Inpatient Affairs for the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency. Starting in July 2021, Brad now focuses mainly on clinical care and teaching. He has a passion for teaching students, housestaff, and faculty and lectures on topics including community-acquired pneumonia, clinical problem solving, and updates in the medical literature.

Brad also graduated from the Stanford Faculty Development Clinical Teaching Program and gives lectures and seminars to housestaff and faculty on clinical teaching skills.

In addition, Brad has had multiple national roles in academic hospital medicine. He served on multiple committees for the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), including the Academic Committee; he served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Hospital Medicine for six years. He is the former co-chair of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Academic Hospitalist Taskforce. He is also a co-director of the Academic Hospitalist Academy, an annual 4-day “boot camp” for junior academic hospitalists.

Brad lives in San Francisco with his spouse (who is also a physician) and their two children, ages 11 and 8. On weekends, he might be found exercising or having a picnic with his family.

Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
M.D., 1999 - School of Medicine, Harvard University
Residency, - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Honors and Awards
  • Harry Hollander Award for Clinical Reasoning Teaching, UCSF Internal Medicine Residency, 2022
  • Harry Hollander Award for Clinical Reasoning Teaching, UCSF Internal Medicine Residency, 2022
  • Distinguished Professor of Hospital Medicine, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, 2019
  • Outstanding Housestaff Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2017
  • National Meeting Best Research Abstract Award (co-author), Society of Hospital Medicine, 2015
  • National Award for Excellence in Teaching, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2014
  • Elected a Member of the Council of Master Clinicians, UCSF, 2014
  • Outstanding Medical School Lecture, UCSF Class of 2015, 2012
  • Inducted into the UCSF AOA, University of California San Francisco, 2012
  • Best Pre-course for the SGIM 33rd Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 2010
  • Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine (SFHM), Society of Hospital Medicine, 2010
  • Elected to the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2010
  • Oustanding Medical School Lecture, UCSF Class of 2013, 2010
  • ACP Top 10 Hospitalist Nationally, American College of Physicians (ACP), 2009
  • Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), American College of Physicians (ACP), 2009
  • Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2009
  • Distinction in Teaching Award, Most Outstanding Teacher in the first 5 years on faculty, UCSF, 2008
  • Best Clinical Vignette, SGIM 30th Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 2007
  • Best Workshop Award, SGIM 30th Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 2007
  • UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Housestaff Teaching Award, UCSF, 2006
  • Outstanding Medical School Lecture, UCSF Class of 2010, 2006
  • Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, UCSF Class of 2005, 2005
  • Excellence in Small Group Instruction, Medical School, UCSF Class of 2007, 2005
Websites
Publications

  1. Misky GJ, Sharpe B, Weaver AC, Niranjan-Azadi A, Gupta A, Rennke S, Ludwin S, Piper C, Sun VK, Brotman DJ, Frank M. Faculty Development in Academic Hospital Medicine: a Scoping Review. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 36877213


  2. Jimenez JC, Lucas CG, LaHue SC, Sharpe BA. Giant cell myositis associated with metastatic thymoma and granulomatous hypercalcaemia. BMJ case reports 2022. PMID: 35667693


  3. Kulkarni SA, Fang MC, Glasheen JJ, Parekh V, Sharpe BA. Characteristics, satisfiers, development needs, and barriers to success for early-career academic hospitalists. 2022. PMID: 35418211


  4. Patel S, Pierce L, Jones M, Lai A, Cai M, Sharpe BA, Harrison JD. Using Participatory Design to Engage Physicians in the Development of a Provider-Level Performance Dashboard and Feedback System. 2021. PMID: 35058160


  5. Salazar JW, Sharpe B, Raffel K. Sunset Rounds: a Framework for Post-death Care in the Hospital. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 33006080


  6. Rosenthal MA, Sharpe BA, Haber LA. Using Peer Feedback to Promote Clinical Excellence in Hospital Medicine. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32959350


  7. Kantor MA, Apgar SK, Esmaili AM, Khan A, Monash B, Sharpe BA. The Importance of Emotional Intelligence When Leading in a Time of Crisis. Journal of hospital medicine 2020. PMID: 32853143


  8. Kanal A, Sharpe BA, Abelson J. Management of Pneumonia Syndromes in the Hospital: Make Pneumonia Your Best Friend. The Medical clinics of North America 2020. PMID: 32505254


  9. Donovan AK, Burger A, Moriates C, Sharpe BA, Herzke C. Hospital Medicine Update: High-Impact Literature from March 2018 to April 2019. Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID: 31634096


  10. Cooper CM, Donovan AK, Sharpe BA, Slawski B, Burger A. Update in Hospital Medicine: Practical Lessons from Current Literature. Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID: 30986368


  11. Santhosh L, Koth L, Baudendistel TE, Sharpe B, Monash B. Tissue Isn't the Issue. Journal of hospital medicine 2018. PMID: 29694457


  12. Ludwin S, Harrison JD, Ranji S, Sharpe BA, Kneeland P. Training Residents in Hospital Medicine: The Hospitalist Elective National Survey. Journal of hospital medicine 2018. PMID: 29578550


  13. Burger A, Miller C, Sharpe BA, Thompson RE. Update in Hospital Medicine: Practical Lessons from the Literature. Journal of hospital medicine 2018. PMID: 29489922


  14. Kahn D, Stewart E, Duncan M, Lee E, Simon W, Lee C, Friedman J, Mosher H, Harris K, Bell J, Sharpe B, El-Farra N. A Prescription for Note Bloat: An Effective Progress Note Template. Journal of hospital medicine 2018. PMID: 29350222


  15. Wheeler DJ, Cascino T, Sharpe BA, Connor DM. When the Script Doesn't Fit: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. Journal of general internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28337688


  16. Anklesaria Z, Hunt D, Shah M, Sharpe B, Monash B. Forging Ahead. Journal of hospital medicine 2017. PMID: 28272598


  17. Monash B, Najafi N, Mourad M, Rajkomar A, Ranji SR, Fang MC, Glass M, Milev D, Ding Y, Shen A, Sharpe BA, Harrison JD. Standardized Attending Rounds to Improve the Patient Experience: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of hospital medicine 2017. PMID: 28272589


  18. Rajkomar A, Ranji SR, Sharpe B. Using the Electronic Health Record to Identify Educational Gaps for Internal Medicine Interns. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 28261404


  19. Seymann GB, Southern W, Burger A, Brotman DJ, Chakraborti C, Harrison R, Parekh V, Sharpe BA, Pile J, Hunt D, Leykum LK. Features of successful academic hospitalist programs: Insights from the SCHOLAR (SuCcessful HOspitaLists in academics and research) project. Journal of hospital medicine 2016. PMID: 27189874


  20. Zhu JM, Hamel D, Dhaliwal G, Glass M, Sharpe B, Kim B, Monash B. Breakdown. Journal of hospital medicine 2016. PMID: 26800656


  21. Stewart E, Kahn D, Lee E, Simon W, Duncan M, Mosher H, Harris K, Bell J, El-Farra N, Sharpe B. Internal medicine progress note writing attitudes and practices in an electronic health record. Journal of hospital medicine 2015. PMID: 26138806


  22. Ebinger J, Sedighi Manesh R, Dhaliwal G, Sharpe B, Monash B. A coat with a clue. Journal of hospital medicine 2015. PMID: 25976609


  23. Thangavel A, Sharpe B. Saying no to drugs. Perspectives on medical education 2015. PMID: 25814327


  24. Leonard S. Feldman, William Southern, Bradley A. Sharpe, Romsai Tony Boonyasai, Alexander R. Carbo. 2013 Literature Update in Hospital Medicine. Hospital Medicine Clinics 2014. PMID:


  25. William Southern, Bradley A. Sharpe, Romsai Tony Boonyasai. Literature Update in Hospital Medicine. Hospital Medicine Clinics 2014. PMID:


  26. Shoeb M, Khanna R, Fang M, Sharpe B, Finn K, Ranji S, Monash B. Internal medicine rounding practices and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education core competencies. Volume 9 of Issue 4. Journal of hospital medicine 2014. PMID: 24493566


  27. Mookherjee S, Monash B, Wentworth KL, Sharpe BA. Faculty development for hospitalists: structured peer observation of teaching. Journal of hospital medicine 2014. PMID: 24446215


  28. Anderson WG, Flint LA, Horton JR, Johnson K, Mourad M, Sharpe BA. Update in hospital palliative care. Volume 8 of Issue 12. Journal of hospital medicine 2013. PMID: 24214838


  29. Eric H Green, Linda Lewin, Linda V DeCherrie, Steven J Durning, Mark J Fagan, Bradley Sharpe, Warren Hershman. Expectations for student oral case presentations: Do internal medicine and pediatric course directors see eye to eye?. Journal of Communications In Healthcare 2013. PMID:


  30. Taylor BB, Parekh V, Estrada CA, Schleyer A, Sharpe B. Documenting quality improvement and patient safety efforts: the quality portfolio. A statement from the academic hospitalist taskforce. Journal of general internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23807726


  31. Hwa M, Sharpe BA, Wachter RM. Development and implementation of a balanced scorecard in an academic hospitalist group. Journal of hospital medicine 2013. PMID: 23335279


  32. Farnan JM, Burger A, Boonyasai RT, Boonayasai RT, Leykum L, Harrison R, Machulsky J, Parekh V, Sharpe BA, Schleyer AM, Arora VM. Survey of overnight academic hospitalist supervision of trainees. Journal of hospital medicine 2012. PMID: 22956452


  33. Haber LA, Lau CY, Sharpe BA, Arora VM, Farnan JM, Ranji SR. Effects of increased overnight supervision on resident education, decision-making, and autonomy. Journal of hospital medicine 2012. PMID: 22865395


  34. Sharpe BA. Putting a critical pathway into practice: the devil is in the implementation details. Archives of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22732748


  35. Ganguli I, Pierce C, Sharpe B, Hansra N, Hollander H. The hand that feeds you. Journal of hospital medicine 2012. PMID: 22532484


  36. Kohlwes RJ, Cornett P, Dandu M, Julian K, Vidyarthi A, Minichiello T, Shunk R, Jain S, Harleman E, Ranji S, Sharpe B, O'Sullivan P, Hollander H. Developing educators, investigators, and leaders during internal medicine residency: the area of distinction program. Volume 3 of Issue 4. Journal of graduate medical education 2011. PMID: 23205204


  37. Reid MB, Misky GJ, Harrison RA, Sharpe B, Auerbach A, Glasheen JJ. Mentorship, productivity, and promotion among academic hospitalists. Journal of general internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21953327


  38. Boonyasai RT, Steinberg DI, Schleyer AM, Mourad MM, Harte BJ, Sharpe BA. Update in hospital medicine for the general internist 2010-2011. Journal of general internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21932159


  39. Leykum LK, Parekh VI, Sharpe B, Boonyasai RT, Centor RM. Tried and true: a survey of successfully promoted academic hospitalists. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 21916004


  40. Glasheen JJ, Misky GJ, Reid MB, Harrison RA, Sharpe B, Auerbach A. Career satisfaction and burnout in academic hospital medicine. Archives of internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21518949


  41. Sehgal NL, Fox M, Sharpe BA, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen M, Wachter RM. Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time out". Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 21480495


  42. Niraj L. Sehgal, Bradley A. Sharpe, Andrew A. Auerbach, Robert M. Wachter. Erratum: Investing in the future: Building an academic hospitalist faculty development program. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID:


  43. Sehgal NL, Sharpe BA, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM. Investing in the future: building an academic hospitalist faculty development program. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 21387552


  44. Harrison R, Hunter AJ, Sharpe B, Auerbach AD. Survey of US academic hospitalist leaders about mentorship and academic activities in hospitalist groups. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 21241034


  45. Green EH, DeCherrie L, Fagan MJ, Sharpe BA, Hershman W. The oral case presentation: what internal medicine clinician-teachers expect from clinical clerks. Teaching and learning in medicine 2011. PMID: 21240785


  46. Meyer-Massetti C, Cheng CM, Sharpe BA, Meier CR, Guglielmo BJ. The FDA extended warning for intravenous haloperidol and torsades de pointes: how should institutions respond? Journal of hospital medicine 2010. PMID: 20394022


  47. Seymann GB, Di Francesco L, Sharpe B, Rohde J, Fedullo P, Schneir A, Fee C, Chan KM, Fatehi P, Dam TT. The HCAP gap: differences between self-reported practice patterns and published guidelines for health care-associated pneumonia. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009. PMID: 19911940


  48. Dhaliwal G, Sharpe BA. Twelve tips for presenting a clinical problem solving exercise. Medical teacher 2009. PMID: 19995167


  49. Sharpe BA. Guideline-recommended antibiotics in community-acquired pneumonia: not perfect, but good. Archives of internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19752402


  50. Green EH, Durning SJ, DeCherrie L, Fagan MJ, Sharpe B, Hershman W. Expectations for oral case presentations for clinical clerks: opinions of internal medicine clerkship directors. Journal of general internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19139965


  51. Sehgal NL, Fox M, Vidyarthi AR, Sharpe BA, Gearhart S, Bookwalter T, Barker J, Alldredge BK, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18830769


  52. Dey N, Nazif TM, Sharpe B. Stranded in San Francisco. Lancet (London, England) 2008. PMID: 18790323


  53. Lipshutz AK, Fee C, Schell H, Campbell L, Taylor J, Sharpe BA, Nguyen J, Gropper MA. Strategies for success: A PDSA analysis of three QI initiatives in critical care. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2008. PMID: 18714744


  54. Fee C, Weber EJ, Sharpe BA, Quon T. When is a scarlet letter really a red badge of courage?: the paradox of percentage of pneumonia patients receiving antibiotics within 4 hours in accordance with JCAHO and CMS core measures. Annals of emergency medicine 2007. PMID: 17643863


  55. Coffin PO, Sharpe BA. Cause of death in alcoholic hepatitis. Journal of hospital medicine 2007. PMID: 17295316


  56. Sharpe BA, Flanders SA. Community-acquired pneumonia: a practical approach to management for the hospitalist. Journal of hospital medicine 2006. PMID: 17219492


  57. Fee C, Weber E, Sharpe BA, Nguy M, Quon T, Bookwalter T. JCAHO/CMS core measures for community-acquired pneumonia. Annals of emergency medicine 2006. PMID: 16631994


  58. Sharpe BA. Perceptions of physician shortages. JAMA 2004. PMID: 15082685


  59. Sharpe BA. Point of maximal impulse and heart failure. The American journal of medicine 2002. PMID: 12517372


  60. Sharpe BA. Clinical manifestations of acute aortic dissection. JAMA 2002. PMID: 12186588


  61. Barnett HJ, Gunton RW, Eliasziw M, Fleming L, Sharpe B, Gates P, Meldrum H. Causes and severity of ischemic stroke in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis. JAMA 2000. PMID: 10732932