Sundeep Grandhe, MD, MBBS
Volunteer Clinical Instructor
General Medicine - Fresno
School of Medicine

At age 35, Dr. Grandhe became the youngest physician ever inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM) — the Academy’s highest honor, awarded for outstanding clinical practice, academic contribution, and leadership in the field.

Dr. Grandhe is board-certified in Hospice by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board (HMDCB), highlighting his advanced expertise in hospice leadership and patient care. He is also a Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified (HEC-C), reflecting his dedication to ethical principles in medicine, and a Certified Physician Executive (CPE), showcasing his leadership in healthcare management. As the only board-certified Lifestyle Medicine Intensivist and Diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM) in the Central Valley, he integrates evidence-based lifestyle and preventive strategies into critical and chronic care to optimize patient outcomes.

Deeply connected to California’s Central Valley, where he grew up, Dr. Grandhe has dedicated his career to serving medically underserved and disadvantaged populations. After completing his training at Harvard, he returned to the region with a mission to provide culturally sensitive, compassionate care.

Dr. Grandhe’s academic interests lie at the intersection of palliative care, hematology, and oncology. He has presented his research at national conferences, published abstracts, and authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters. His photographic fillers have been featured in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), showcasing his multifaceted contributions to the field.

Dr. Grandhe’s care philosophy is encapsulated in his mottos:

“You Can’t Spell Hospice Without Hope®” “Sometimes Cure, Often Treat, ALWAYS Care®”

These mottos reflect his holistic approach to improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses. Through compassionate care and innovative solutions, Dr. Grandhe strives to enhance patient satisfaction, reduce unnecessary hospitalizations, and provide meaningful support to patients and their families navigating the complexities of serious illness and end-of-life care.

• Making the Rounds
  Making the Rounds 2020 Erica Easton
• Multivalvular Endocarditis Involving 3 Valves in a Nonsurgical Candidate.
  Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports 2020 Boyer R, Grandhe S, Win T, Ragland A, Heidari A
• A rare case of acute pancreatitis due to very severe hypertriglyceridemia treated with subcutaneous insulin and lipid lowering drugs.
  AME case reports 2019 Bajaj T, Grandhe S, Duong H, Ratnayake SN
• A Rare Case of Stage IV Basaloid Squamous Cell Cancer with Intrapulmonary and Brain Metastases.
  The American journal of case reports 2019 Grandhe S, Bajaj T, Duong H, Ratnayake SN
• Western Section American Federation for Medical Research
  General Internal Medicine and Aging 2019 R Sidhu, A Heidari, G Petersen, S Grandhe, A Sandhu and E Cobos
• Clinical Microbiology made ridiculously simple™
  Clinical Microbiology made ridiculously simple™ 2016 Mark Gladwin, MD William Trattler, MD C. Scott Mahan, MD
• Applying Public Health Principles to the HIV Epidemic — How Are We Doing?
  The New England Journal of Medicine 2015 Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Kathryn E. Foti, M.P.H., and Jonathan Mermin, M.D., M.P.H., Sundeep Grandhe, M.D. (photo filler)
• Age Related Macular Degeneration
  Complications of Intravitreal Injections 2014 Vazquez ML, Gonzalez JM, Sheth V, Bhatt H, Grandhe S, Amara M, Jager R.