Armond Esmaili, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

armond.esmaili@ucsf.edu 415-476-1528

Armond M. Esmaili, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM). He is the Director of Quality and Safety for the Department of Neurological Surgery. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and divides his time between patient care, hospital operations leadership, quality improvement work, and medical education.

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As a hospitalist, Armond directly cares for patients on the inpatient wards and also supervises teams of resident physicians and medical students. He also cares for patients at UCSF's affiliated skilled nursing facility (the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living) for the Division of Geriatrics. As the Director of Quality and Safety for Neurological Surgery, he leads and oversees the Department's enterprise that continuously improves the quality, safety, and value of care for patients with neurosurgical disorders. He also serves on the system-wide Quality, Safety and Experience Committee (QSEC), reporting directly to UCSF Health's governing board. He has scholarly interests and experience in patient safety, care transitions for hospitalized patients, care delivery innovation, patient communication, and health systems leadership.

Armond received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University where he majored in Human Science, graduated as Valedictorian, and was a Rhodes Scholarship national finalist. He earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine where he was a Health Justice Scholar. He completed his medical internship and residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF with additional training in quality improvement and health policy in the residency’s Health Systems and Leadership pathway. He then served as UCSF Chief Resident at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Armond joined UCSF’s Division of Hospital Medicine as faculty in 2019.

Awards

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  • Exceptional Physician Award Winner, UCSF Health, 2023
  • Exceptional Physician Award, Honorable Mention, UCSF Health, 2022
  • Hospital Medicine Peer Mentoring Award, UCSF Health, 2022
  • Caring Wisely Project Award Winner, UCSF Health, Center for Healthcare Value, 2022
  • Exceptional Physician Award, Honorable Mention, UCSF Health, 2020
  • Research & Policy Award Winner, UCSF Health, Center for Healthcare Value, 2020
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2014
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2014
  • Rhodes Scholarship National Finalist, Georgetown University, 2012
  • Valedictorian and Summa Cum Laude, Georgetown University, 2011
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, Georgetown University, 2009

Education & Training

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  • Chief Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2019
  • Residency Internal Medicine University of Calfornia, San Francisco 2018
  • Internship Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2016
  • M.D. Georgetown University School of Medicine 2015
  • B.Sc. Human Science Georgetown University 2011

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Grants and Projects

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  • Assessing the Impact of 'Physically-Distanced' Care in the Hospital on Healthcare Value for Hospitalized, Acute Care-Level Patients with COVID-19, The Center for Healthcare Value (CHV), UCSF, 2020-2021

Publications (11)

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