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Vivek Murthy, MD

Education
B.A., - Public Health Studies, Johns Hopkins University
M.D., - Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
- Rheumatology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
M.Sc., - Pharmacology, University of Oxford
Honors and Awards
  • 2020-2021 ACGME Clinical Fellow of the Year Award for the Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 2021
  • Election to Longcope Firm Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2017
  • Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (TEACH Award), University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 2015
  • Dora and Solomon Shapiro Award for Scholarship, Personality, and Character, New York University School of Medicine, 2013
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, New York University School of Medicine, 2012
  • Medicine Clerkship Award for Outstanding Essay in Medical Humanism, New York University School of Medicine, 2011
  • University and Departmental Distinctions, M.Sc. in Pharmacology, University of Oxford, 2009
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Johns Hopkins University, 2008
Websites
  • UCSF Rheumatology Profile
Publications
  1. Murthy VK, Boscardin C, Cumbler E, Irobunda C, McQuillan MA, Phillips LG, Suneja M, Wright SM, Dhaliwal G. Learning from the early careers of master clinicians. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 2023. PMID: 37555473


  2. Murthy VK, Boscardin C, Cumbler E, Irobunda C, McQuillan MA, Phillips LG, Suneja M, Wright SM, Dhaliwal G.. Murthy VK, Boscardin C, Cumbler E, Irobunda C, McQuillan MA, Phillips LG, Suneja M, Wright SM, Dhaliwal G. Learning from the early careers of master clinicians J Eval Clin Pract. 2023. PMID:


  3. Murthy VK, Fava A.. Murthy VK, Fava A. Connective Tissue is The Issue: Relapsing Polychondritis American Journal of Medicine 2020. PMID:


  4. Boonyasai RT, Murthy VK, Yuen-Gee Liu G, et al.. Boonyasai RT, Murthy VK, Yuen-Gee Liu G, et al. Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Receiving Prophylactic Anticoagulation Mayo Clin Proc 2020. PMID:


  5. Murthy VK, Wright SM.. Murthy VK, Wright SM. Would Sir William Osler be a Role Model for Medical Trainees and Physicians Today? Postgraduate Medical Journal (British Medical Journal). 2019. PMID:


  6. Murthy VK, Wright SM. Osler Centenary Papers: Would Sir William Osler be a role model for medical trainees and physicians today? Postgraduate medical journal 2019. PMID: 31754059


  7. Dudum R, Murthy VK.. Dudum R, Murthy VK. Keeping a Low Profile: Insulinoma American Journal of Medicine. 2019. PMID:


  8. Mukaigawara M, Kinjo M, Olson APJ, Raita Y, Murthy VK.. Mukaigawara M, Kinjo M, Olson APJ, Raita Y, Murthy VK. Past is Prologue Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID:


  9. Murthy VK, Fava A. Connective Tissue is the Issue: Relapsing Polychondritis. The American journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 31299177


  10. Mukaigawara M, Kinjo M, Olson AP, Raita Y, Murthy VK. Past is Prologue. Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID: 31251159


  11. Murthy VK, O'Brien B, Dhaliwal G. An Inquiry Into the Early Careers of Master Clinicians. Journal of graduate medical education 2018. PMID: 30386474


  12. Murthy VK, O’Brien B, Dhaliwal G.. Murthy VK, O’Brien B, Dhaliwal G. An Inquiry into the Early Careers of Master Clinicians Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2018. PMID:


  13. Murthy VK, Horowitz HW, Pham VP, Levis WR.. Murthy VK, Horowitz HW, Pham VP, Levis WR. Giant PPD Reaction with Positive Quantiferon-TB Gold in a Patient with Lepromatous Leprosy Journal of Drugs in Dermatology 2012. PMID:


  14. Ueda SM, Yap KL, Davison B, Tian Y, Murthy V, Wang TL, Visvanathan K, Kuhajda FP, Bristow RE, Shang H, Shih IM.. Ueda SM, Yap KL, Davison B, Tian Y, Murthy V, Wang TL, Visvanathan K, Kuhajda FP, Bristow RE, Shang H, Shih IM. Expression of Fatty Acid Synthase Depends on NAC1 and is Associated with Recurrent Ovarian Serous Carcinomas Journal of Oncology 2010. PMID:


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