UCSF Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship Brochure

We invite applications for the UCSF Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship (AHMF), a one-year program designed to launch impactful and sustainable careers in academic hospital medicine. Directed by Drs. Margaret Fang and Kirsten Kangelaris, nationally recognized leaders in hospital medicine, the fellowship combines individualized mentorship with a robust infrastructure of support and the flexibility to tailor your year to your professional goals.

Why Consider UCSF's Fellowship?

Embarking on a career in academic hospital medicine is exciting but can be daunting in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving environment. The UCSF Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship approach has a 20+ year track record of developing leaders through targeted coaching, mentorship and skill development. Our graduates have gone on to become leaders and innovators in health systems, medical education, and hospital medicine nationally.

Rather than just describe the fellowship, we wanted you to hear directly from someone who just completed it.

"The Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship was one of the most transformative and impactful years of my medical career."

– Teddy Peng, MD, MBA, Fellowship Graduate 2023

You’ll see more of Teddy’s reflections throughout — they illustrate how these elements show up in practice.

 

Teddy Peng, MD, MBA

UCSF DHM AHFM Graduate 2023

Current Position:

Associate Director, Cardiac Hospitalist Service

Physician Advisor, Utilization Management

Assistant Clinical Professor

Division of Hospital Medicine

University of California, San Francisco

 

Fellows Benefit From

Comprehensive Training:  Build expertise in complex clinical care, inpatient teaching, quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical operations, with direct experience leading multidisciplinary teams and advancing scholarship through mentored projects.

 "Our work was presented and published in national conferences and journals and set the foundation for my current leadership roles in our health system. I also became a stronger medical educator through my time on the teaching service with residents and developed a passion for mentorship of trainees."

Personalized Coaching: Receive one-on-one mentorship from Drs. Fang and Kangelaris and nationally recognized hospital medicine faculty, who are committed to your professional development. Fellows are enrolled in the divisional Edu-Coach program and receive hands-on teaching development. This multi-pronged approach ensures growth as a clinician, educator, and scholar with guidance at every step.

"The mentorship from Margaret and Kirsten was unparalleled. Our weekly meetings were grounding and helped me clarify my academic passions and navigate pivotal career decisions."

Flexibility to Design Your Path: Create an individualized development plan and tailor electives toward your professional interests. Choose from tracks in medical education, quality improvement/patient safety, clinical operations, or other individualized areas of focus. We work with each fellow to craft a year that aligns with their career vision.

"I felt fully supported to explore my interests, including pursuing my MBA during fellowship."

Robust Infrastructure and Support: Benefit from UCSF's strong academic ecosystem, including a divisional data core, dedicated statistician support, deep mentorship from PhD methodologists, access to an academic research coach, and a highly integrated divisional QI team. This infrastructure ensures that fellows have the resources and guidance to turn ideas into impactful projects.

"I was able to collaborate with incredible QI experts and health system leaders at UCSF."

Established Network and Launchpad: Join UCSF's nationally recognized Division of Hospital Medicine and connect with one of the largest, most accomplished hospitalist groups in the country. Fellowship graduates have become program leaders, award-winning educators, and innovators in hospital systems nationwide.

"Bottom line, I would do the fellowship again if I could and recommend it whole-heartedly!"

Program Features

• PGY4 salary and benefits (https://meded.ucsf.edu/prospective-residents-and-fellows)
• Individualized Development Plan (IDP) with Drs. Fang, Kangelaris and your personalized mentorship team to shape your year and long-term goals.
• Professional development resources across UCSF Health and UCSF School of Medicine.
• Dedicated scholarly time to complete 2–3 mentored projects with the expectation of presentation or publication.
• Clinical work: Clinical responsibilities make up less than one-third of a fellow’s total time and include the following ~85 shifts over the year:
  • 30 days of teaching service with residents and students, paired with an "Edu-coach" master clinician educator during the first wards block, providing hands-on feedback and growth as a teacher
  • 30 days of direct care service as an independent attending, building confidence in autonomous decision-making and patient care
  • 25 nights providing resident oversight, triage, cross-cover and admissions, sharpening efficiency, adaptability and leadership in high-acuity settings

This structure balances robust clinical training with substantial protected time for scholarship, teaching, and electives.

Who Should Apply?

We are seeking internal medicine residents or chief residents graduating by June 2026 who are eager to grow as educators, leaders, and innovators in hospital medicine. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Ideal candidates demonstrate:

• Strong clinical training and readiness for independent patient care
• Interest in an academic career in hospital medicine
• Commitment to advancing scholarship, teaching, and/or systems improvement

Ready to Launch Your Career?

Join us at UCSF and build the foundation for a rewarding academic hospital medicine career.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.