Jeffrey Critchfield, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Jeff focuses on improving the care of hospitalized patients while working serving as an educator for medical students, residents and clinical fellows. In addition to direct patient care, he has focused on the work of developing and improving the system of care throughout the hospital and its connection to the community as one point on the continuum of care. As a former Chief of the Medical Staff and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine, Jeff shares the commitment of his SFGH colleagues to the combined mission of serving the greater community of San Francisco while contributing advances through development of new ideas, creating innovative programs and training the next generation of providers.

Education:

• MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1988-1994
• BAS, Classics, Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1983-1987

Training:

• Internship, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1994-1995
• Residency, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1995-1996
• Fellowship, Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 1996-1997
• Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1997-1998
• Fellowship, Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1998-1999
• Post-doc, Rheumatology University of California, San Francisco, CA 1999-2001

Certification:

• Medical License, Medical Board of California, #A60018, 1996
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2002
• Internal Medicine, Recertified, 2012

Memberships & Affiliations:

• Member, Society for Hospital Medicine - Member, American Society for Hospital Risk Management

• Member, America's Essential Hospitals -

• Diagnostic Scheming.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2015 Martin M, Sedighi Manesh R, Henderson MC, Critchfield JM
• Functional disability in late-middle-aged and older adults admitted to a safety-net hospital.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014 Brown RT, Pierluissi E, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Schneidermann M, Critchfield JM, Kushel MB
• Support from hospital to home for elders: a randomized trial.
  Annals of internal medicine 2014 Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Kessell E, Guzman D, Schneidermann M, Pierluissi E, Walter B, Vittinghoff E, Critchfield J, Kushel M
• "Missing pieces"--functional, social, and environmental barriers to recovery for vulnerable older adults transitioning from hospital to home.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014 Greysen SR, Hoi-Cheung D, Garcia V, Kessell E, Sarkar U, Goldman L, Schneidermann M, Critchfield J, Pierluissi E, Kushel M
• Failure of atorvastatin to modulate CSF HIV-1 infection: results of a pilot study.
  Neurology 2008 Probasco JC, Spudich SS, Critchfield J, Lee E, Lollo N, Deeks SG, Price RW
• Interpretation of serologic tests in an HIV-infected patient with kidney disease.
  Nature clinical practice. Nephrology 2006 Hernandez GT, Critchfield JM, Rodriguez RA
• Reducing unnecessary inpatient laboratory testing in a teaching hospital.
  American journal of clinical pathology 2006 May TA, Clancy M, Critchfield J, Ebeling F, Enriquez A, Gallagher C, Genevro J, Kloo J, Lewis P, Smith R, Ng VL
• Treating the latent reservoir of HIV.
  The AIDS reader 2004 Critchfield JM, Deeks SG
• Considering the immune response to botulinum toxin.
  The Clinical journal of pain 2002 Critchfield J