Sam Brondfield, MD, MA

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address505 Parnassus Avenue, #M1286D
San Francisco CA 94117
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    University of California, San FranciscoFellowship2019Medical Oncology
    University of California, BerkeleyMAEd2019Education
    University of California, San Francisco, Moffitt-Long HospitalChief Residency2017Internal Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoResidency2016Internal Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoMD2013 Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoCert2013 Medicine (Certificate in Biomedical Research)
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    UCSF2023Academy of Medical Educators
    UCSF2022Outstanding Resident Teaching Award (OBGYN residency program)
    AMEE2022Research Paper Award
    WGEA2022M. Brownell Anderson Award for New and Emerging Educators
    UCSF2021Bridges Curriculum Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Award: Commitment to Teaching
    UCSF2021Academy of Medical Educators Cooke Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
    ASCO2019Education Scholars Program
    Conquer Cancer Foundation2019Merit Award
    Conquer Cancer Foundation2018Merit Award
    UCSF2018Hematology/Oncology Clinical Fellow Award
    UCSF2018Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff
    UCSF2014Core Clerkship Teaching Award
    UCSF2014Bechtel Geriatrics Scholarship Award
    UCSF2013Essential Core Teaching Award, Excellence in Small Group Instruction
    UCSF2013Dean's Prize in Molecular Medicine
    UCSF2013Gold Headed Cane Society inductee
    UCSF2012Alpha Omega Alpha
    UCSF2011Quality and Safety Challenge Award

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    I am an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology. My clinical focus is on the care of hospitalized patients with solid tumors as Chief of the Hospital-Based Oncology group. I attend on the solid oncology consult service and the internal medicine teaching service at Moffitt-Long Hospital, working with nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, and students. My research focuses on medical education and cognitive load in clinical trainees, as well as the teaching and learning process as trainees perform consults. I am broadly interested in figuring out the best ways for trainees and generalists to learn oncology.

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    Peer Teaching as a Clinical Skill for Early Medical Students: Evaluating The Clinical Microsystems Clerkship Stories Small Group
    DOCS Ronald Silvestri Clinical Skills Education Grant Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025
    Role: PI
    The Hidden Curriculum and Cognitive Load of Inpatient Consultation
    UCSF Education Innovations Funding Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
    Role: PI
    Transgender, Gender-Expansive, and Non-Binary Medical Student Experiences during Medical School
    UCSF Education Innovations Funding Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023
    Role: PI
    Transgender, Gender-Expansive, and Non-Binary Medical Student Experiences during Medical School
    WGEA Jan 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023
    Role: PI
    Online Scaffolds for Oncology Fellows
    UCSF Education Innovations Funding Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: PI
    Immune-Related Adverse Events Requiring Inpatient Admission
    UCSF REAC Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: Co-PI
    Analyzing Letters from Patients with Cancer
    UCSF Education Innovations Funding Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: PI
    Cognitive Load in Internal Medicine Subspecialty Consult Fellows: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study
    UCSF Education Innovations Funding Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
    Role: PI

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    1. Moving Beyond Simplistic Research Design in Health Professions Education: What a One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design Will Not Prove. MedEdPORTAL. 2025; 21:11527. Bierer SB, Beck Dallaghan G, Borges NJ, Brondfield S, Fung CC, Huggett KN, Teal CR, Thammasitboon S, Colbert CY. PMID: 40395408; PMCID: PMC12089416.
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    2. irAE-GPT: Leveraging large language models to identify immune-related adverse events in electronic health records and clinical trial datasets. medRxiv. 2025 Mar 06. Bejan CA, Wang M, Venkateswaran S, Bergmann EA, Hiles L, Xu Y, Chandler GS, Brondfield S, Silverstein J, Wright F, de Dios K, Kim D, Mukherjee E, Krantz MS, Yao L, Johnson DB, Phillips EJ, Balko JM, Mohindra R, Quandt Z. PMID: 40093199; PMCID: PMC11908319.
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    3. How Many Is Too Many? Using Cognitive Load Theory to Determine the Maximum Safe Number of Inpatient Consultations for Trainees. Acad Med. 2024 Nov 01; 99(11):1260-1266. Brondfield S, Blum AM, Mason JM, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 39028877.
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    4. Launching an International Community of Practice in Hematology/Oncology Medical Education. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2024 Jun; 44(3):e100046. Walsh K, Manochakian R, Schwartz J, Brondfield S. PMID: 38776483.
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    5. Shared decision-making needs, barriers, and facilitators of patients with newly diagnosed advanced cancer in the hospital: a multi-level, mixed-methods study. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Apr 29; 32(5):315. Reyes KR, Wong P, Petrofsky M, Dai A, Pelayo A, Brondfield S, Kwon DH. PMID: 38684522; PMCID: PMC11058864.
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    6. Outcomes and Adverse Events in Patients with Cancer after Diagnosis of Immunotherapy-Associated Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Apr 25; 16(9). Duvalyan E, Brondfield S, Rushakoff RJ, Anderson MS, Quandt Z. PMID: 38730614; PMCID: PMC11083325.
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    7. Web-Based Scaffolds: The Feasibility of a Constructivist Approach to Oncology Fellow Learning. JMIR Cancer. 2024 Feb 23; 10:e52501. Brondfield S, Schwede M, Johnson TP, Arora S. PMID: 38393780; PMCID: PMC10924254.
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    8. Identifying Strategies for the Use of Gender and Sex Language in Clinical One-Liners. LGBT Health. 2024 Aug-Sep; 11(6):484-494. Zussman JW, Ma JY, Bindman JG, Cornes S, Davis JA, Brondfield S. PMID: 38301142.
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    9. Medical student motivation in specialised contexts. Clin Teach. 2024 Aug; 21(4):e13717. Frumm SM, Brondfield S. PMID: 38158828.
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    10. Evaluating Survival After Hospitalization Due to Immune-Related Adverse Events From Checkpoint Inhibitors. Oncologist. 2023 10 03; 28(10):e950-e959. Silverstein J, Wright F, Wang M, Young A, Kim D, De Dios K, Brondfield S, Quandt Z. PMID: 37335906; PMCID: PMC10546826.
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    11. Evolution of the Oncologist Clinician Educator. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 09; 19(9):700-703. Brondfield S, Kiel L, Florez N. PMID: 37379500.
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    12. Around the World in 60 Minutes: How a Virtual Morning Report has Created an International Community for Clinical Reasoning and Medical Education. Teach Learn Med. 2024 Jun-Jul; 36(3):348-357. Lau YK, Alemán MJ, Medina R, Brondfield S, Nematollahi S. PMID: 37341557.
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    13. From Boring to Bravo! Using Learning Science to Create Memorable Presentations. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2023 May; 43:e389392. Schwartz JE, Brondfield S, Walsh K, Manochakian R. PMID: 37196216.
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    14. Corresponding about Death: Analyzing Letters Exchanged between Patients with Cancer and Medical Students. J Med Humanit. 2023 Dec; 44(4):455-462. Tilahun M, Zhang T, Perlis C, Brondfield S. PMID: 36792815.
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    15. Maximally Affirming Gender/Sex in Clinical Communications (MAGICC) Study. Acad Med. 2022 Nov 01; 97(11S):S183. Zussman JW, Ma JY, Bindman JG, Cornes S, Davis JA, Brondfield S. PMID: 37460525.
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    16. Clinical progress note: Life-threatening side effects of targeted therapies for solid tumors. J Hosp Med. 2023 03; 18(3):241-248. Thomas NJ, Brondfield S. PMID: 36239331.
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    17. Maintaining Medical Student Motivation During Remote Clinical Learning. Acad Med. 2023 01 01; 98(1):105-111. Charondo LB, Duque JB, Kirsch HE, Brondfield S. PMID: 36044278.
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    18. Moving From Theory to Practice in Oncology Education When Virtual Is Your Reality. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2022 Apr; 42:1-10. Rangachari D, Im A, Brondfield S. PMID: 35471835.
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    19. Tumor Fever Due to Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Am J Med. 2022 08; 135(8):e294-e295. Isaza E, Huppert LA, Lai AR, Brondfield S. PMID: 35367183.
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    20. The Cognitive Load of Inpatient Consults: Development of the Consult Cognitive Load Instrument and Initial Validity Evidence. Acad Med. 2021 12 01; 96(12):1732-1741. Brondfield S, Blum AM, Lee K, Linn MC, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 34039851.
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    21. VITT following Ad26.COV2.S vaccination presenting without radiographically demonstrable thrombosis. Blood Adv. 2021 11 23; 5(22):4662-4665. Kennedy VE, Wong CC, Hong JM, Peng T, Brondfield S, Reilly LM, Cornett P, Leavitt AD. PMID: 34587255; PMCID: PMC8483979.
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    22. The Cognitive Load of Inpatient Consults: A Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study Using the Consult Cognitive Load Instrument. Acad Med. 2021 11 01; 96(11S):S119-S125. Brondfield S, Lee K, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 34348389.
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    23. Design-Based Bone Marrow Biopsy Training. Simul Healthc. 2022 Aug 01; 17(4):275-280. Brondfield S, Harmon D, Romero D, Tai J, Hsu G. PMID: 34319272.
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    24. Correction to: Evaluating an Oncology Video Curriculum Designed to Promote Asynchronous Subspecialty Learning for Internal Medicine Residents. J Cancer Educ. 2021 Apr; 36(2):430. Iverson N, Subbaraj L, Babik JM, Brondfield S. PMID: 33656692; PMCID: PMC8329810.
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    25. Integrating Concept Maps into a Medical Student Oncology Curriculum. J Cancer Educ. 2021 02; 36(1):85-91. Brondfield S, Seol A, Hyland K, Teherani A, Hsu G. PMID: 31414369.
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    26. Evaluating an Oncology Video Curriculum Designed to Promote Asynchronous Subspecialty Learning for Internal Medicine Residents. J Cancer Educ. 2021 04; 36(2):422-429. Iverson N, Subbaraj L, Babik JM, Brondfield S. PMID: 33515204; PMCID: PMC7846051.
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    27. Developing a Community for Patients With Cancer Through Longer-Term Art Therapy. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021 04; 17(4):e506-e516. Brondfield S, Bochatay N, Perlis C. PMID: 33052801.
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    28. Malignant Masses or Mysterious Mimic? Am J Med. 2021 03; 134(3):e217-e219. Brondfield S, Rubio L, Idossa D, Chin-Hong P. PMID: 33002492.
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    29. A Medical Student Inquiry Behavior Assessment Tool: Development and Validity Evidence. Acad Med. 2019 04; 94(4):586-594. Brondfield S, Boscardin C, Strewler G, Hyland K, Oakes SA, Nishimura H, Crawford J, Hauer KE. PMID: 30431452.
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    30. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting as Hypophysitis. Am J Med. 2019 01; 132(1):e21-e22. Chu JN, Goglin S, Patzek S, Brondfield S. PMID: 30240681.
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    31. Palatal Mucormycosis. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 10; 33(10):1815. Brondfield S, Kaplan L, Dhaliwal G. PMID: 30088205; PMCID: PMC6153208.
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    32. Severe piperacillin-tazobactam-induced hemolysis in a cystic fibrosis patient. Clin Case Rep. 2017 12; 5(12):2059-2061. Kerkhoff AD, Patrick L, Cornett P, Kleinhenz ME, Brondfield S. PMID: 29225856; PMCID: PMC5715418.
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    33. Giant Inguinoscrotal Hernia. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 12; 31(12):1537. Brondfield S, Dhaliwal G. PMID: 27154730; PMCID: PMC5130939.
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    34. Symptomatic Graves' Disease After Autoimmune Hypothyroidism. Am J Med. 2016 May; 129(5):e19-20. Brondfield S, Feingold KR. PMID: 26772649.
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    35. Disseminated mycobacterial infection and scabies infestation. Am J Med. 2015 Oct; 128(10):e41-2. Brondfield S, Reid M, Patel K, Ten R, Dhaliwal G. PMID: 26149672.
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    36. Direct and indirect targeting of MYC to treat acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2015 Jul; 76(1):35-46. Brondfield S, Umesh S, Corella A, Zuber J, Rappaport AR, Gaillard C, Lowe SW, Goga A, Kogan SC. PMID: 25956709; PMCID: PMC4485702.
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