Brian Chinnock, MD
Professor
Emergency Medicine - Fresno
School of Medicine

Research Director, Emergency Medicine, UCSF Fresno Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCSF Director, SJV PRIME Arch, UCSF Fresno

Brian Chinnock, MD, is board certified in Emergency Medicine.

He earned his medical degree at University of Arizona, Tucson. His residency in Emergency Medicine was completed at University of California, San Francisco, Fresno where he served as a chief resident.

Dr. Chinnock has won many teaching awards including Top Resident Teacher and Top Medical Student Teacher at UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine and Outstanding Faculty Award at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. He has also won the Faculty Research Award and the Henry J. Kaiser for Excellence in Teaching Award.

• Ramipril for the Treatment of COVID-19: RAMIC, a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.
  Advances in therapy 2023 Huang DQ, Ajmera V, Tomaszewski C, LaFree A, Bettencourt R, Thompson WK, Smith DM, Malhotra A, Mehta RL, Tolia V, Yin J, Insel PA, Leachman S, Jung J, Collier S, Richards L, Woods K, Amangurbanova M, …
• Facemasks: Perceptions and use in an ED population during COVID-19.
  PloS one 2022 Eswaran V, Chang AM, Wilkerson RG, O'Laughlin KN, Chinnock B, Eucker SA, Baumann BM, Anaya N, Miller DG, Haggins AN, Torres JR, Anderson ES, Lim SC, Caldwell MT, Raja AS, Rodriguez RM, REVVED-UP …
• Effectiveness of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine among U.S. Health Care Personnel.
  The New England journal of medicine 2021 Pilishvili T, Gierke R, Fleming-Dutra KE, Farrar JL, Mohr NM, Talan DA, Krishnadasan A, Harland KK, Smithline HA, Hou PC, Lee LC, Lim SC, Moran GJ, Krebs E, Steele MT, Beiser DG, Faine B, Haran JP, …
• The Rapid Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination in Emergency Departments for Underserved Patients Study.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2021 Rodriguez RM, Torres JR, Chang AM, Haggins AN, Eucker SA, O'Laughlin KN, Anderson E, Miller DG, Wilkerson RG, Caldwell M, Lim SC, Raja AS, Baumann BM, Graterol J, Eswaran V, Chinnock B, REVVED UP …
• Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel - 33 U.S. Sites, January-March 2021.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2021 Pilishvili T, Fleming-Dutra KE, Farrar JL, Gierke R, Mohr NM, Talan DA, Krishnadasan A, Harland KK, Smithline HA, Hou PC, Lee LC, Lim SC, Moran GJ, Krebs E, Steele M, Beiser DG, Faine B, Haran JP, …
• Self-obtained vaginal swabs are not inferior to provider-performed endocervical sampling for emergency department diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2021 Chinnock B, Yore M, Mason J, Kremer M, Farshidpour L, Lopez D, Castaneda J
• Emergency physician stressors, concerns, and behavioral changes during COVID-19: A longitudinal study.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2021 Baumann BM, Cooper RJ, Medak AJ, Lim S, Chinnock B, Frazier R, Roberts BW, Epel ES, Rodriguez RM
• Academic Emergency Medicine Physicians' Anxiety Levels, Stressors, and Potential Stress Mitigation Measures During the Acceleration Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2020 Rodriguez RM, Medak AJ, Baumann BM, Lim S, Chinnock B, Frazier R, Cooper RJ
• Sensitivity of a bedside reagent strip for the detection of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in ED patients with ascites.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2019 Chinnock B, Woolard RE, Hendey GW, Crawford S, Mainis L, Vo D, Wells RN, Ramirez R, Bengiamin DI
• Debriefing: An Expert Panel's How-to Guide.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2017 Chinnock B, Mullan PC, Zinns LE, Rose S, Brown F, Kessler D, Grock A, Mason J
• Irrigation of Cutaneous Abscesses Does Not Improve Treatment Success.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2015 Chinnock B, Hendey GW
• Clinical impression and ascites appearance do not rule out bacterial peritonitis.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2013 Chinnock B, Hendey GW, Minnigan H, Butler J, Afarian H
• Ultrasound-guided reduction of distal radius fractures.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2009 Chinnock B, Khaletskiy A, Kuo K, Hendey GW
• A comparison of GlideScope video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy intubation in the emergency department.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2009 Platts-Mills TF, Campagne D, Chinnock B, Snowden B, Glickman LT, Hendey GW
• Gram's stain of peritoneal fluid is rarely helpful in the evaluation of the ascites patient.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2009 Chinnock B, Fox C, Hendey GW
• Peritoneal fluid cultures rarely alter management in patients with ascites.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2008 Chinnock B, Gomez R, Hendey GW
• Physician clinical impression does not rule out spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients undergoing emergency department paracentesis.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2008 Chinnock B, Afarian H, Minnigan H, Butler J, Hendey GW
• Can clear ascitic fluid appearance rule out spontaneous bacterial peritonitis?
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2007 Chinnock B, Hendey GW
• Predictors of success in nurse-performed ultrasound-guided cannulation.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2007 Chinnock B, Thornton S, Hendey GW
• Chylothorax: case report and review of the literature.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2003 Chinnock BF
• Clinicopathological conference: multisystem failure in a child.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2000 Chan L, Chinnock B