UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Photo of Nelson Schiller, MD, FACC  Nelson Schiller, MD, FACC

Professor in Residence, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), UCSF

Contact

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(415) 353-1744 (voice)
(415) 353-8687 (fax)

Box 0214, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0214

Education

Union College, Schenectady, New York, BS, 1962
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, MD, 1966
Medical Intern, Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA, 1966-1967
Medical Resident, University of California at San Diego, CA, 1967-1971
USPHS Clinical Cardiology Trainee, University of California at San Francisco, CA, 1971-1973

Professional Experience

  • 1973-1975
    Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, UCSF
  • 1973
    Founder and Director, Cardiac Noninvasive Laboratories, Dept. of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Moffitt Hospital, UCSF
  • 1978-1997
    Co-Director and Director, Cardiac Noninvasive Laboratories, Dept. of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Moffitt Hospital, UCSF
  • 1975-1978
    Assistant Professor of Medicine-in-Residence, UCSF
  • 1978
    Assistant Professor of Radiology-in-Residence, UCSF
  • 1977-1981
    Scientific Staff, Cardiovascular Research Institute
  • 1980-1986
    Associate Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF
  • 1985-1997
    Founder and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic, UCSF, Ambulatory Care Center
  • 1986-present
    Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF
  • 1986-present
    Professor of Radiology in Residence, UCSF
  • 1992-present
    Professor of Anethesia in Residence, UCSF
  • 1997-1998
    Preceptor to Physcian Assistant/Nurse Practitioner students, Stanfod Unviersity School of Medicine Primary Care Association Program and the Division of Family and Community Medicine
  • 1977-present
    UCSF Faculty Association Board of Directors
  • 1997-2002
    Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • 2002-present
    Director of Echocardiography Research, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Honors & Awards

  • 1966
    Thesis Honors, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine
  • 1981
    Honorary Member, Venezuelan Society of Cardiology, Elected May 29, 1981
  • 1982
    Gustav Nylin Lecturer, Swedish Society of Medical Sciences, Stockholm
  • 1/21/1983
    Commendation by UC President Saxon and by UCSF Chancellor Krevans for Development of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in "A Report to the Regents"
  • 4/5/1991
    Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Thesis opponent
  • 1994-1998
    The Best Doctors in America (Pacific Region)
  • 1997, 1998, 1999
    The Best Doctors in San Francisco, San Francisco Focus Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner
  • 1997-98
    UCSF Clinical Cardiology Fellows Award for Outstanding Teacher

Updated: September 21, 2010