Patricia Cornett, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Dr. Patricia Cornett is a hematologist who cares for patients with classical (noncancerous) disorders affecting the blood.

Cornett earned her medical degree at Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine as well as a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Letterman Army Medical Center.

Cornett belongs to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology and Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. She is the associate chair for education in the UCSF Department of Medicine. She also plays a leadership role in the school's innovative Bridges Curriculum, which seeks to prepare medical students to flourish in the rapidly evolving world of medicine.

Publications

  1. Sequeira N, Park KM, O'Sullivan P, Fee C, Foster-Barber A, McNamara M, Shinkai K, Vener M, Kim H, Cornett P, Alseidi A. Designing successful virtual residency interviews: a survey-based needs assessment of applicants across medical specialties. Global surgical education : journal of the Association for Surgical Education 2022. PMID: 38624984


  2. Pai JS, Kirsch HE, O'Sullivan PS, Cornett PA. "What is the mechanism?": Cues, barriers, and opportunities to discuss foundational science during internal medicine rounds. 2022. PMID: 35132917


  3. Kennedy VE, Wong CC, Hong JM, Peng TA, Brondfield S, Reilly LM, Cornett P, Leavitt AD. VITT following Ad26.COV2.S vaccination presenting without radiographically demonstrable thrombosis. 2021. PMID: 34587255


  4. Sheu L, Goglin S, Collins S, Cornett P, Clemons S, O'Sullivan PS. How Do Clinical Electives during the Clerkship Year Influence Career Exploration? A Qualitative Study. Teaching and learning in medicine 2021. PMID: 33792448


  5. Chenbhanich J, Hu Y, Hetts S, Cooke D, Dowd C, Devine P, UCLA Clinical Genomics Center , Russell B, Kang SHL, Chang VY, Abla AA, Cornett P, Yeh I, Lee H, Martinez-Agosto JA, Frieden IJ, Shieh JT. Segmental overgrowth and aneurysms due to mosaic PDGFRB p.(Tyr562Cys). American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2021. PMID: 33683022


  6. Kennedy VE, Leavitt A, Cornett P. Marked hyperbilirubinemia-silent no more! The American journal of medicine 2020. PMID: 32473870


  7. Williams CM, Alweis RL, O'Connor A, Dalal B, Rai D, Abdullah A, Kopelman R, Cornett P, Frank MO, Luther VP, Muchmore EA. Inappropriate Communication During Internal Medicine Fellowship Recruitment: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. The American journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 30851262


  8. Minter DJ, Manesh R, Cornett P, Geha RM. Putting Schemas to the Test: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. Journal of general internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30066116


  9. Kerkhoff AD, Patrick L, Cornett P, Kleinhenz ME, Brondfield S. Severe piperacillin-tazobactam-induced hemolysis in a cystic fibrosis patient. Clinical case reports 2017. PMID: 29225856


  10. Cornett PA, Williams C, Alweis RL, McConville J, Frank M, Dalal B, Kopelman RI, Luther VP, O'connor AB, Muchmore EA. Problematic communications during 2016 fellowship recruitment in internal medicine. Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives 2017. PMID: 29147467


  11. Wang S, Drye BD, Cornett PA. The Team Approach to Advanced Cancer Care-Redefining the Gold Standard. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27367463


  12. Kohlwes J, O'Brien B, Stanley M, Grant R, Shunk R, Connor D, Cornett P, Hollander H. Does Research Training During Residency Promote Scholarship and Influence Career Choice? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a 10-Year Cohort of the UCSF-PRIME Internal Medicine Residency Program. Volume 28 of Issue 3. Teaching and learning in medicine 2016. PMID: 27143394


  13. Stanley M, O'Brien B, Julian K, Jain S, Cornett P, Hollander H, Baron RB, Kohlwes RJ. Is Training in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Associated with a Career in Primary Care Medicine? Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26173526


  14. Kohlwes J, Cornett P. Screening for Alcohol Misuse; Veterans Speak! Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25900538


  15. Barrett JC, Alweis R, Frank M, O'Connor A, McConville JF, Adams ND, Arfons L, Bernard S, Bradley T, Buckley JD, Cohen E, Cornett P, Elkins S, Kopelman R, Luther VP, Petrusky J, McNeill DB, Omar B, Palapiano N, Roth T, Satko S, Fried ED, Muchmore EA. Adoption of a Uniform Start Date for Internal Medicine Fellowships and Other Advanced Training: An AAIM White Paper. The American journal of medicine 2015. PMID: 26071819


  16. Hauer KE, Soni K, Cornett P, Kohlwes J, Hollander H, Ranji SR, Ten Cate O, Widera E, Calton B, O'Sullivan PS. Developing entrustable professional activities as the basis for assessment of competence in an internal medicine residency: a feasibility study. Journal of general internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23595926


  17. Hauer KE, Kohlwes J, Cornett P, Hollander H, Ten Cate O, Ranji SR, Soni K, Iobst W, O'Sullivan P. Identifying entrustable professional activities in internal medicine training. Journal of graduate medical education 2013. PMID: 24404227


  18. 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


  19. Laponis R, O'Sullivan PS, Hollander H, Cornett P, Julian K. Educating generalists: factors of resident continuity clinic associated with perceived impact on choosing a generalist career. Journal of graduate medical education 2011. PMID: 23205193


  20. Parsons ML, Cornett PA. Sustaining the pivotal organizational outcome: magnet recognition. Journal of nursing management 2011. PMID: 21375632


  21. Shunk R, Dulay M, Julian K, Cornett P, Kohlwes J, Tarter L, Hollander H, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan P. Using the american board of internal medicine practice improvement modules to teach internal medicine residents practice improvement. Volume 2 of Issue 1. Journal of graduate medical education 2010. PMID: 21975892


  22. Cornett PA, O'Rourke MW. Building organizational capacity for a healthy work environment through role-based professional practice. Critical care nursing quarterly 2009. PMID: 19542972


  23. Parsons ML, Cornett PA. Foreword. Healthy workplaces in acute care hospitals. Critical care nursing quarterly 2009. PMID: 19542968


  24. Parsons ML, Clark P, Marshall M, Cornett PA. Team behavioral norms: a shared vision for a healthy patient care workplace. Critical care nursing quarterly 2007. PMID: 17579304


  25. Dhaliwal G, Cornett PA, Tierney LM. Hemolytic anemia. American family physician 2004. PMID: 15202694


  26. Eisenberg P, MacKintosh FR, Ritch P, Cornett PA, Macciocchi A. Efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of palonosetron in patients receiving highly emetogenic cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a dose-ranging clinical study. Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 2004. PMID: 14760130


  27. Murphy EL, Busch MP, Tong M, Cornett P, Vyas GN. A prospective study of the risk of transfusion-acquired viral infections. Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) 1998. PMID: 9800288


  28. Larson-Presswalla J, Rose MA, Cornett P. Empathic learning: an innovative teaching strategy to improve attitudes toward caring for persons with HIV/AIDS. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 1995. PMID: 7662924


  29. Velanovich V, LaPorta AJ, Garrett WL, Richards TB, Cornett PA. Pseudomembranous colitis leading to toxic megacolon associated with antineoplastic chemotherapy. Report of a case and review of the literature. Diseases of the colon and rectum 1992. PMID: 1582360


  30. Embury SH, Kropp GL, Stanton TS, Warren TC, Cornett PA, Chehab FF. Detection of the hemoglobin E mutation using the color complementation assay: application to complex genotyping. Blood 1990. PMID: 2378988