 Heather Whelan, MD
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| Title(s) | Associate Professor, Medicine |
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| School | School of Medicine |
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| Phone | 415-221-4810 ext. 5282 |
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 Biography | UC Davis | MD | 1999 | School of Medicine | | NYU | MSc | 2008 | School of Education |
| UC Davis | 1997 | | AOA | | UCSF | 2013 | | UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award |
Overview Heather Whelan is an Associate Clinical Professor in Hospital Medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center/UCSF. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a minor in Russian Language at UC Berkeley, and her medical degree from UC Davis. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA-Olive View. She then completed a 2 year program in medical education at New York University, receiving a Masters of Science in Education. She currently maintains clinical, administrative, and educational roles. She is a Bridges Coach, longitudinally teaching, mentoring and advising small groups of medical students throughout their time in medical school at UCSF. She is a Faculty Career Advisor for medical students in the School of Medicine, advising medical students on career exploration, selection of career path and residency applications, as well as co-creating a longitudinal career development curriculum. In addition, she is a faculty trainer for the UCSF Diversity, Equity and Inclusion faculty and staff Ambassador trainings. She directs the Faculty Development program for the San Francisco VA Hospital Medicine group. Clinically, she provides direct care of medical and surgical patients and supervises residents on the medicine ward teams at the San Francisco VA. Her interests include mentorship; career development; and diversity, equity and inclusion.
ORNG Applications Bibliographic
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Connor DM, Elkin GD, Lee K, Thompson V, Whelan H. The Unbefriended Patient: An Exercise in Ethical Clinical Reasoning. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Jan; 31(1):128-32. PMID: 26438516; PMCID: PMC4699999 [Available on 01/01/17].
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Connor DM, Whelan HW, Elkin DE, et al. .The Unbefriended Patient: An Exercise in Ethical Clinical Reasoning. JGIM.
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