
Dr. Brian C Hiestand M.D.
Emergency Physician
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Brian Hiestand practices Emergency Medicine in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Hiestand assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Hiestand examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1998
Ohio State University College of Medicine And Public Health,Columbus, Ohio, United States 1998
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1998
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The relationship of intraocular pressure to intracranial pressure.
- Quality of care in elder emergency department patients with pneumonia: a prospective cohort study.
- Effects of age, race, and sex on door-to-electrocardiogram time in emergency department non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome patients.
- Circulatory assist devices in heart failure patients.
- Comparison of balance assessment modalities in emergency department elders: a pilot cross-sectional observational study.
- Cocaine chest pain: between a (crack) rock and a hard place...
- Alcohol-related emergency department visits associated with collegiate football games.
- Prognostic utility of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in patients with acute heart failure: the NGAL EvaLuation Along with B-type NaTriuretic Peptide in acutely decompensated heart failure (GALLANT) trial.
- Comparison of an automated algorithm to expert physician interpretation of
- Weekday psychiatry faculty rounds on emergency department psychiatric patients reduces length of stay.
- The diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Medical student electives in wilderness medicine: curriculum guidelines.
- If not us, then who? Palliative care referral from the emergency department.
- Considerations for initial therapy in the treatment of acute heart failure.
- Syncope Risk Stratification in the Emergency Department: Another Step Forward.
Clinical Trials
Professional Memberships
- Member Emer Med Cardiac Res & Educ Gr
Dr. Brian C Hiestand M.D.'s Practice location
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 -San Francisco, CA 94143Get Direction
Practice At Medical Center Blvd
Medical Center Blvd -Winston Salem, NC 27157Get Direction
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Nearby Providers
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- Dr. Tony Hue-dan Yuan M.D225 North Jackson Avenue Emeryville CA 94608
- Dr. Susan C. Lambe MD505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA 94143
- Dr. Thomas John Peitz MD2333 Buchanan St San Francisco CA 94115
- Dr. Stephen Gerard Anderka MD2333 Buchanan St San Francisco CA 94115
Nearest Hospitals
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450 STANYAN ST SAN FRANCISCO CA 94117CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CTR-DAVIES CAMPUS HOSPl
601 DUBOCE AVE SAN FRANCISCO CA 94117NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTERl
3333 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY WINSTON-SALEM NC 27103NOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL PARK HOSPITALl
1950 S HAWTHORNE RD WINSTON-SALEM NC 27103