Cardiac Hospitalist Service (CHS)

Salman Rahman, MD
Medical Director of Cardiac Hospitalist Service

Theodore Peng, MD
Associate Director of Cardiac Hospitalist Service

Overview

The Cardiac Hospitalist Service is a collaboration between the Division of Hospital Medicine and the Division of Cardiology at UCSF Medical Center's Parnassus Heights campus. Cardiac hospitalists are embedded within 2 distinct services: Advanced Heart Failure service (day and night roles) and the General Cardiology service (day, swing, and night roles). UCSF Medical Center has a closed ICU model and hospitalists care for non-ICU patients only.

Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)

The Advanced Heart Failure (AHF) service provides inpatient care to patients who have advanced heart failure, severe pulmonary hypertension, and those who are pre- and post-heart transplantation.  AHF Cardiologists and hospitalists round on patients together and make medical decisions collaboratively. This highly successful co-management model allows for the best possible management of these complex patients—both their general medical problems and advanced cardiac disease.

General Cardiology

The General Cardiology service at UCSF Medical Center employs a mixed staffing model comprised of residents, advanced practice providers, cardiologists, and hospitalists. Hospitalists collaborate closely with Cardiologists to triage, admit, cross-cover, and round on cardiac patients, ensuring outstanding medical care.

Our Team

Cardiac Hospitalists are dedicated to providing excellent specialized medical care to patients with cardiac disease. The group is comprised of short-term, fellowship-bound hospitalists and long-term career hospitalists who also attend on the hospital medicine services.

If you are interested in applying, please see our job post. Please contact Salman Rahman at [email protected] for any questions.