Margaret Fang, MD, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-502-7100

Margaret Fang is the Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health, as well as the director of research and the director of the UCSF Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship. After graduating from the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Fang completed her internal medicine residency training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

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She then obtained additional research training through a General Medicine Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and obtained a Masters of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, and subsequently entered a career as a clinical outcomes researcher. Dr. Fang's research program addresses how to help patients balance the benefits and harms of anticoagulants for stroke and venous thromboembolism. She is the Principal Investigator of the CVRN VTE and ALTERNATIVE Cohort Studies, cohorts of patients with venous thrombosis. She is also a core investigator in the ATRIA Study group, which investigates stroke and hemorrhage outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Her work aligns with her role as Medical Director of the UCSF Anticoagulation Clinic, which manages hundreds of patients taking anticoagulants. Dr. Fang serves on the medical advisory boards of the National Blood Clot Alliance and the North American Thrombosis Forum, two non-profit organizations dedicating to raising awareness of and improving the outcomes of people impacted by blood clots.

Awards

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  • Master of Hospital Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2023
  • Excellence in Research Award, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2010
  • Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award In Aging Research, NIH, AFAR, 2006
  • Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholar, AGS Foundation for Health In Aging, 2005
  • Clinician Investigator of the Year, California Society of General Internal Medicine, 2005
  • Milton W. Hamolsky Award for best research abstract, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2005
  • Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 2004
  • Associate of the Year, Massachusetts American College of Physicians, 2002
  • Joseph E. Johnson National Leadership and Recognition Award, American College of Physicians, 2001
  • Lowell McGee Award for top resident teacher, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2001
  • James Tullis Award for exceptional intellectual enthusiasm, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2000
  • Jonathan Phillip Reder Award for excellence in academic and extracurricular activities, Northwestern University Medical School, 1997
  • A&O Award for Upcoming Student Leader, Northwestern University, 1994

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
  • MPH Harvard School of Public Health 2003
  • General Medicine Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital 2003
  • Internship/Residency Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2001
  • MD Northwestern University School of Medicine 1998
  • BA, Molecular/Cell Biology, Honors Program in Medical Education Northwestern University 1994

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (157)

Top publication keywords:
StrokeVenous ThromboembolismPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsAtrial FibrillationPulmonary EmbolismAspirinAnticoagulantsPatient DischargeInternational Normalized RatioHemorrhageWarfarinVenous ThrombosisFactor Xa InhibitorsThromboembolismFibrinolytic Agents

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