Brandon Chalfin, MD

Biography: 

Brandon Chalfin, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCSF

Brandon Chalfin, MD is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He completed his undergraduate degree in biology at Cornell University and his medical degree at University of California, San Diego. He completed both his Emergency Medicine Residency and Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, Fresno. He currently works both in the Emergency Department and with the Inpatient Palliative Care team.

Publications: 

Earlier Palliative Care Referrals Associated with Reduced Length of Stay and Hospital Charges.

Journal of palliative medicine

Macmillan PJ, Chalfin B, Soleimani Fard A, Hughes S

Scaling of neuron number and volume of the pulvinar complex in New World primates: comparisons with humans, other primates, and mammals.

The Journal of comparative neurology

Chalfin BP, Cheung DT, Muniz JA, de Lima Silveira LC, Finlay BL