Lev Malevanchik, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Lev Malevanchik is a hospitalist practicing at UCSF Parnassus. He is dedicated to improving the care of patients with limited English proficiency by working to improve access to interpretation services. In addition, he focuses on point of care ultrasound, teaching medical students and residents, and supervising internal medicine residents in bedside procedures.

Awards

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• Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Mentoring Award for UCSF Teaching Faculty, UCSF AME, 2024
• One of the RAD Advisors of the Year, UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Advising and Development program, 2024
• Floyd C. Rector Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF Internal Medicine Residency, 2023
• Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff, UCSF School of Medicine, 2019

Education & Training

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• Fellowship Academic Hospital Medicine University of California 07/2020
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 12/2019
• Residency Internal Medicine University of California 07/2019
• MD Medical School Thomas Jefferson University 06/2016
• BA Economics University of California 05/2007

Interests

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• Bedside Procedures
• Point of Care Ultrasound
• Medical Education
• Communication with Limited English Proficiency Patients

Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Population SurveillanceSprains and StrainsAftercareHealth Services AccessibilityAthletesSan FranciscoSocial IsolationIncidenceHealthcare DisparitiesPatient DischargePhysician-Patient RelationsPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresAthletic InjuriesCommunication BarriersUniversities

• High-dimensional immune cell profiling of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with metastatic breast cancer and leptomeningeal disease
  NPJ Breast Cancer 2023 K W Im # 1 2, L A Huppert # 3, L Malevanchik 4, H S Rugo 5, A J Combes 6 7 8, M J Campbell 9, M F Krummel 6, M E Melisko 5
• "Long Overdue": Nurse and Resident Physician Perspectives on Implementation of Dual-Handset Interpreter Phones in the Inpatient Setting.
  Health equity 2023 Garcia ME, Mutha S, Napoles AM, Malevanchik L, Williams M, Karliner LS
• Disparities After Discharge: The Association of Limited English Proficiency and Postdischarge Patient-Reported Issues.
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2021 Malevanchik L, Wheeler M, Gagliardi K, Karliner L, Shah SJ
• Stories from COVID-19 Reveal Hospitalized Patients with Limited English Proficiency Have Always Been Uniquely Prone to Social Isolation.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Kucirek NK, Thomas NJ, Norman JS, Athavale P, Jaradeh K, Hsiang EY, Malevanchik L
• Pilot study of the prevalence of binge eating disorder in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients.
  Annals of gastroenterology 2017 Zhang J, Abbasi O, Malevanchik L, Mohan N, Denicola R, Tarangelo N, Marzio DH
• Incidence and descriptive epidemiology of injuries to college ultimate players.
  Journal of athletic training 2014 Swedler DI, Nuwer JM, Nazarov A, Huo SC, Malevanchik L