Victoria Hsiao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Hsiao, originally from Boulder, Colorado, received her B.A. magna cum laude in Biology from Harvard University, her Ph.D. in Pathobiology from Columbia University, and her M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.

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She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and completed her fellowship training in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes at the University of Michigan Hospital. She served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center from 2010-2016. She joined the University of California – San Francisco as an Associate Clinical Professor in December 2016.

Dr. Hsiao's clinical interests are in diabetes and lipid disorders. Dr. Hsiao's research interests include patient, provider, and health plan factors affecting delivery of diabetes care and health outcomes. Her research findings have been published in the Journal of Cell Science, Diabetes Care, American Journal of Managed Care, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. She was also the recipient of the 2009 Lilly Endocrine Scholars Award from The Endocrine Society for her research on how high blood glucose levels affect bone marrow transplantation outcomes.

Awards

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• Board Certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2010
• Lilly Endocrine Scholars Award Winner, The Endocrine Society, 2009-2010
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007-2017

Education & Training

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• MD Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• PhD Pathobiology Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• BA magna cum laude Biology Harvard University
• Internal Medicine (internship and residency) Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (fellowship) University of Michigan Hospital

Interests

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• Diabetes (all types)
• Lipid disorders

Websites

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• UCSF Health website (ucsfhealth.org)

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1ThiazolidinedionesVimentinAlexander DiseaseCOS CellsManaged Care ProgramsGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectOctoxynolBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringData AccuracyHypoglycemic AgentsBlood GlucoseBone Marrow TransplantationNeutropenia

• Diabetes Technology Meeting 2022.
  Journal of diabetes science and technology 2023 Huang J, Yeung AM, DuBord AY, Wolpert H, Jacobs PG, Lee WA, Drincic A, Spanakis EK, Sherr JL, Prahalad P, Fleming A, Hsiao VC, Kompala T, Lal RA, Fayfman M, Ginsberg BH, Galindo RJ, Stuhr A, Chase JG,…
• A Review of Blood Glucose Monitor Accuracy.
  Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2018 King F, Ahn D, Hsiao V, Porco T, Klonoff DC
• Thiazolidinediones and fractures: evidence from translating research into action for diabetes.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2010 Bilik D, McEwen LN, Brown MB, Pomeroy NE, Kim C, Asao K, Crosson JC, Duru OK, Ferrara A, Hsiao VC, Karter AJ, Lee PG, Marrero DG, Selby JV, Subramanian U, Herman WH
• Thiazolidinediones, cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality: translating research into action for diabetes (TRIAD).
  Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2010 Bilik D, McEwen LN, Brown MB, Selby JV, Karter AJ, Marrero DG, Hsiao VC, Tseng CW, Mangione CM, Lasser NL, Crosson JC, Herman WH
• Effect of a managed care disease management program on diabetes care.
  The American journal of managed care 2009 McEwen LN, Hsiao VC, Nota-Kirby EM, Kulpa GJ, Schmidt KG, Herman WH
• Antecedent hyperglycemia is associated with an increased risk of neutropenic infections during bone marrow transplantation.
  Diabetes care 2008 Derr RL, Hsiao VC, Saudek CD
• Alexander-disease mutation of GFAP causes filament disorganization and decreased solubility of GFAP.
  Journal of cell science 2005 Hsiao VC, Tian R, Long H, Der Perng M, Brenner M, Quinlan RA, Goldman JE