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  2. Vanja Douglas, MD

Vanja Douglas, MD

Assoc Prof of Clin Neurology

Vanja completed medical school, residency, and fellowship at UCSF. He joined the faculty in the Neurohospitalist Division of the Department of Neurology at UCSF in 2009, and has directed the division since 2017. Vanja spends most of his time seeing patients on the inpatient neurology consult and primary services at UCSF Health, is actively involved in teaching medical students and residents, and has won several teaching awards including the Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching. Vanja directed the neurology clinical clerkship from 2011 to 2018, and in 2018 he became Associate Program Director for the UCSF adult neurology residency.

Vanja's research interests are in how systems of care impact quality for neurology inpatients and in the prediction, prevention, and management of delirium. He helped develop of a comprehensive delirium care program at UCSF Health.
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2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Honors and Awards
Sara & Evan Williams Foundation Endowed Neurohospitalist Chair, University of California, San Francisco, 2013 Robert B. Layzer Award for Resident Teaching, University of California, San Francisco, 2012 Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, University of California, San Francisco, 2011 Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching: Inpatient Care Setting, University of California, San Francisco, 2009 Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff, University of California, San Francisco, 2007 Gold Headed Cane Finalist, University of California, San Francisco, 2004
Vanja Douglas, MD

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