Sam Brondfield, MD, MA
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology. My clinical focus is on the care of hospitalized patients with solid tumors as Chief of the Hospital-Based Oncology group. I attend on the solid oncology consult service and the internal medicine teaching service at Moffitt-Long Hospital, working with nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, and students.

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My research focuses on medical education and cognitive load in clinical trainees, as well as the teaching and learning process as trainees perform consults. I am broadly interested in figuring out the best ways for medical students, residents, and fellows to learn oncology.

Awards

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  • Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2023
  • Research Paper Award, AMEE, 2022
  • Outstanding Resident Teaching Award (OBGYN residency program), UCSF, 2022
  • M. Brownell Anderson Award for New and Emerging Educators, WGEA, 2022
  • Academy of Medical Educators Cooke Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, UCSF, 2021
  • Bridges Curriculum Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Award: Commitment to Teaching, UCSF, 2021
  • Education Scholars Program, ASCO, 2019
  • Merit Award, Conquer Cancer Foundation, 2019
  • Merit Award, Conquer Cancer Foundation, 2018
  • Hematology/Oncology Clinical Fellow Award, UCSF, 2018
  • Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff, UCSF, 2018
  • Bechtel Geriatrics Scholarship Award, UCSF, 2014
  • Core Clerkship Teaching Award, UCSF, 2014
  • Dean's Prize in Molecular Medicine, UCSF, 2013
  • Essential Core Teaching Award, Excellence in Small Group Instruction, UCSF, 2013
  • Gold Headed Cane Society inductee, UCSF, 2013
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, UCSF, 2012
  • Quality and Safety Challenge Award, UCSF, 2011

Education & Training

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  • MAEd Education University of California, Berkeley 2019
  • Fellowship Medical Oncology University of California, San Francisco 2019
  • Chief Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2017
  • Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2016
  • MD Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2013
  • Cert Medicine (Certificate in Biomedical Research) University of California, San Francisco 2013

Interests

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  • Consults
  • Hospital medicine
  • Cognitive load
  • Medical education
  • Hospital-based oncology

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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  • Peer Teaching as a Clinical Skill for Early Medical Students: Evaluating The Clinical Microsystems Clerkship Stories Small Group, DOCS Ronald Silvestri Clinical Skills Education Grant, 2023-2025
  • The Hidden Curriculum and Cognitive Load of Inpatient Consultation, UCSF Education Innovations Funding, 2023-2024
  • Transgender, Gender-Expansive, and Non-Binary Medical Student Experiences during Medical School, UCSF Education Innovations Funding, 2022-2023
  • Transgender, Gender-Expansive, and Non-Binary Medical Student Experiences during Medical School, WGEA, 2022-2023
  • Analyzing Letters from Patients with Cancer, UCSF Education Innovations Funding, 2021-2022
  • Immune-Related Adverse Events Requiring Inpatient Admission, UCSF REAC, 2021-2022
  • Online Scaffolds for Oncology Fellows, UCSF Education Innovations Funding, 2021-2022
  • Cognitive Load in Internal Medicine Subspecialty Consult Fellows: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study, UCSF Education Innovations Funding, 2019-2020

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