Brad Sharpe, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
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 hospitalist and maintains clinical, administrative, and educational roles.
Clinically, Brad serves as an attending on the inpatient service at Moffitt-Long Hospital 3-4 months a year. Administratively, he is the Division Chief for the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health. The Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health is the largest Division in the Department of Medicine at UCSF with more than 70 faculty and 30 staff.
Educationally, Brad previously served as the Associate Program Director for Inpatient Affairs for the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency. Brad lectures to the residents on topics including community-acquired pneumonia, effective signout, and updates in the medical literature. Brad is involved in medical student education – he lectures on patient interviewing, oral case presentations, and clinical topics such as hyponatremia and COPD exacerbations. He has won multiple teaching awards at UCSF and nationally. Brad also graduated from the Stanford Faculty Development Clinical Teaching course and now teaches the class to UCSF faculty and Internal Medicine residents, working to improve the quality of teaching within the Department of Medicine.
In addition, Brad has multiple national roles in academic hospital medicine. He has served on multiple committees for the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), including the Academic Committee; he just finished six years on the Board of the Society of Hospital Medicine. 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.
Clinically, Brad serves as an attending on the inpatient service at Moffitt-Long Hospital 3-4 months a year. Administratively, he is the Division Chief for the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health. The Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health is the largest Division in the Department of Medicine at UCSF with more than 70 faculty and 30 staff.
Educationally, Brad previously served as the Associate Program Director for Inpatient Affairs for the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency. Brad lectures to the residents on topics including community-acquired pneumonia, effective signout, and updates in the medical literature. Brad is involved in medical student education – he lectures on patient interviewing, oral case presentations, and clinical topics such as hyponatremia and COPD exacerbations. He has won multiple teaching awards at UCSF and nationally. Brad also graduated from the Stanford Faculty Development Clinical Teaching course and now teaches the class to UCSF faculty and Internal Medicine residents, working to improve the quality of teaching within the Department of Medicine.
In addition, Brad has multiple national roles in academic hospital medicine. He has served on multiple committees for the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), including the Academic Committee; he just finished six years on the Board of the Society of Hospital Medicine. 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.
