Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD

Professor

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, M.D., is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the site director of the internal medicine clerkship at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, where he teaches medical students and residents in the emergency department, urgent care clinic, inpatient wards, outpatient clinic, and morning report. His academic interests are the cognitive processes underlying diagnostic reasoning and clinical problem-solving and the study of diagnostic expertise.

Education

Chief Resident, 2002 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Resident, 2001 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

M.D., 1998 - , Northwestern University Medical School

Honors and Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2023, 2023 Gold-Headed Cane Society. Faculty Inductee., UCSF School of Medicine, 2022 Commencement Speaker, University of Florida College of Medicine, 2022 Harry Hollander Teaching Award for Clinical Reasoning, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2021 Bridges Curriculum Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Award for Excellence in Innovative Teaching, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2022-23, 2020 Osler Distinguished Teacher Award, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2019, 2019 Alpha Omega Alpha Lecture/ Gold Headed Cane Society Lecture, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2016, 2016 Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, Alpha Omega Alpha / AAMC, 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Class of 2015, 2015 Essential Core Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecture, UCSF Medical School Class of 2017-18, 2015 Commencement Speaker, UCSF School of Medicine, 2014 Council of Master Clinicians, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2013 Essential Core Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecture, UCSF Medical School Class of 2015, 2012 Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Inpatient Teaching, UCSF School of Medicine, 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Medical School Class of 2009, 2009 Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2007 Calvin L. Chou PRIME Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2006 Excellence in Direct Teaching, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2005 Haile T. Debas UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF School of Medicine, 2005 Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Inpatient Teaching, UCSF School of Medicine, 2005 Floyd C. Rector Jr. Housestaff Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2003 Excellence in Small Group Instruction Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2003 Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence, San Francisco General Hospital, 1999