Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-221-4810 ext. 4150

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, M.D., is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the site director of the internal medicine clerkship at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, where he teaches medical students and residents in the emergency department, urgent care clinic, inpatient wards, outpatient clinic, and morning report.

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His academic interests are the cognitive processes underlying diagnostic reasoning and clinical problem-solving and the study of diagnostic expertise.

Awards

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  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2023, 2023
  • Gold-Headed Cane Society. Faculty Inductee., UCSF School of Medicine, 2022
  • Commencement Speaker, University of Florida College of Medicine, 2022
  • Harry Hollander Teaching Award for Clinical Reasoning, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2021
  • Bridges Curriculum Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Award for Excellence in Innovative Teaching, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2022-23, 2020
  • Osler Distinguished Teacher Award, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2019, 2019
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Lecture/ Gold Headed Cane Society Lecture, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2016, 2016
  • Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, Alpha Omega Alpha / AAMC, 2015
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Class of 2015, 2015
  • Essential Core Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecture, UCSF Medical School Class of 2017-18, 2015
  • Commencement Speaker, UCSF School of Medicine, 2014
  • Council of Master Clinicians, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2013
  • Essential Core Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecture, UCSF Medical School Class of 2015, 2012
  • Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Inpatient Teaching, UCSF School of Medicine, 2011
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Medical School Class of 2009, 2009
  • Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2007
  • Calvin L. Chou PRIME Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2006
  • Excellence in Direct Teaching, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2005
  • Haile T. Debas UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF School of Medicine, 2005
  • Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Inpatient Teaching, UCSF School of Medicine, 2005
  • Floyd C. Rector Jr. Housestaff Teaching Award, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2003
  • Excellence in Small Group Instruction Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2003
  • Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence, San Francisco General Hospital, 1999

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2017
  • Chief Resident Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2002
  • Resident Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2001
  • M.D. Northwestern University Medical School 1998

Interests

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  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Physician Alignment
  • Clinical/Diagnostic Performance and Improvement
  • Diagnosis
  • Medical Education
  • Clinical Reasoning
  • Cognitive Psychology

Websites

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Videos

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Publications (171)

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Education, MedicalDiagnosisStudents, MedicalPhysiciansQ FeverDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic ErrorsClinical MedicineCurriculumClinical CompetenceInternship and ResidencyArtificial IntelligenceTeachingFaculty, MedicalProblem Solving

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