Michael Apolinario, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Michael Apolinario is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF. Michael is a graduate of Texas A&M College of Medicine (2019) and completed residency at CPMC in San Francisco (2022) before joining the Division.

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Michael attends on the HBC (hematologic malignancy, bone marrow transplant, and cellular therapy) service. His clinical interests include communication between patients and the medical team, advance care planning, drug and food allergies, and quality improvement. In his free time, Michael enjoys playing the piano, taking photos around San Francisco, and watching horror movies with his friends.

Awards

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• Good Citizen Award, CPMC, 2022

Education & Training

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• Internal Medicine Residency CPMC 06/2022
• MD Texas A&M College of Medicine 05/2019

Publications (4)

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IncomeMiddle AgedRisk FactorsLaser CoagulationAngiogenesis InhibitorsContinuity of Patient CareDiabetic RetinopathyVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityLost to Follow-UpAgedRetrospective StudiesNo-Show PatientsPatient Acceptance of Health CareInsurance Coverage

• Endemic Fungal Infective Endocarditis Caused by Coccidioides, Blastomyces and Histoplasma Species in the United States.
  Cureus 2024 Kasule SN, Grant LM, Apolinario MA, Speiser LJ, Saling CF, Blair JE, Vikram HR
• Loss to Follow-Up Among Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Clinical Practice.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2020 Suresh R, Yu HJ, Thoveson A, Swisher J, Apolinario M, Zhou B, Shah AR, Fish RH, Wykoff CC
• Office-based intravitreal injection of expansile gas for management of macular hole in previously vitrectomized eyes.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2019 Apolinario MA, Lampen SIR, Wong TP, Henry CR, Wykoff CC
• Are patients who call a primary care office referred to the emergency department by non-healthcare personnel without the input of a physician?
  PeerJ 2016 Hill R, Gest A, Smith C, Guardiola JH, Apolinario M, Ha J, Gonzalez JR, Richman PB