Professor of Clinical Medicine

San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Ave., 5G1
UCSF Box 0846
San Francisco, CA 94110

Phone: (415) 206-8331
Fax: (415) 206-5100
email: ngoldschlager@medsfgh.ucsf.edu

• Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, 1965
• Residency:
• Internship and Residency (Internal Medicine), Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 1965-1967
• Second year residency (Internal Medicine), Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 1967-1968
• Fellowships:
• Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1968-1969
• Department of Cardiology, Presbyterian Hospital/Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, 1969-1970

Professional Experience

University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, 1971 - present

• Professor of Clinical Medicine, 1988
• Clinical Professor of Medicine, 1983
• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, 1979-1983
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, 1974-1979

San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center

• Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology, 1992-present
• Director, Pacemaker Clinic, 1985-present
• Director, Coronary Care Unit, 1978-present
• Director, Electrocardiography Laboratory, 1978-present
• Staff Cardiologist, 1978-present
• Director, 140.35 Cardiology Consult Elective, 1994-present
• Consulting Staff Cardiologist, 1971-1978

Presbyterian Hospital/Pacific Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, San Francisco, CA

• Director, Coronary Care Unit, 11/76-10/78
• Staff Cardiologist, 1970-1978

Harkness Community Hospital Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

• Acting Co-Chief, Cardiology Division, 1972-1973

Honors & Awards

• Nominee, John Murray Award, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, 2003
• Nominee, Consultant of the Year Award, San Francisco General Hospital Department of Medicine, 2003
• Recipient, Elliot Rapaport Award for Dedication to San Francisco General Hospital, 2003
• Recipient, The Most Outstanding Teacher Award, UCSFWomen in Medicine, 2003
• Cardiovascular Specialist of the Year, American College of Cardiology, California Chapter, 2000
• Recipient, Floyd C. Rector Housestaff Teaching Award, 1998
• Distinguished Teacher, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 1998
• Visiting Professor, Portland Legacy Hospitals, February 10-13, 1998
• Visiting Professor, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, April 1996
• Visiting Professor, Los Angeles Heart Institute, 1993
• Visiting Professor University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1991

Recent Published Articles

• Goldschlager N: Electrocardiography. In: Goldman L, Bennett JC (eds): Cecil textbook of medicine. 21st ed. v. 42. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000. p. 185-191.
• Ho RT, Goldschlager N: Bradycardia and pacemakers. In: Wachter RM, Goldman L, Hollander H (eds): Hospital medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000. p. 297-307.
• Drey EA, Thomas LJ, Benowitz NL, Goldschlager N, Darney PD: Safety of intra-amniotic digoxin administration before late second-trimester abortion by dilation and evacuation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000;182:1063-1066.
• Goldschlager N, Epstein AE, Naccarelli G, Olshansky B, Singh B: Practical guidelines for clinicians who treat patients with amiodarone. Practice Guidelines Subcommittee, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology [NASPE]. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:1741-1748.
• Kusumoto FM, Goldschlager N: Pacemakers: types, function and indications. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2000;4:122-137.
• Kusumoto FM, Goldschlager N: New and emerging indications for cardiac pacing. In their Cardiac pacing for the clinician. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2001. p. 252-269.
• Sohn RH, Goldschlager N: Cardiac pacing in the critical care setting. In: Kusumoto FM, Goldschlager N (eds): Cardiac pacing for the clinician. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. p. 284-310.
• Kusumoto FM, Pedersen S, Goldschlager N: Environmental effects on cardiac pacing systems. In: Kusumoto FM, Goldschlager N (eds): Cardiac pacing for the clinician. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. p. 377-396.
• Goldschlager N: Arrhythmias. In: Foster E (ed): Cardiovascular medicine: Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 11). Philadelphia: American College of Physicians / American Society of Internal Medicine, 2001. p. 23-37.
• Goldschlager N, Epstein A, Friedman P, Gang E, Krol R, Olshansky B: Environmental and drug effects on patients with pacemakers and mplantable cardioverter/defibrillators: a practical guide to patient treatment. North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) Practice Guideline Committee. Arch Intern Med 2001;161:649-655.
• Kusumoto, Fred M, Goldschlager N: Device therapy for cardiac arrhythmias. J Am Med Assoc 2002; 287(14):1848-1852.
• Kusumoto Fred M, Phillips, R Goldschlager N: Pacing Therapy in the Elderly. American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 2002, 11(5):305
• Goldschlager N: Conduction disorders & cardiac pacing. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Cardiology, 2nd Edition, Chapter 21 2002; 292-323. Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill.
• Goldschlager N: Approach to the patient with syncope: History and Physical Examination are key. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Advanced Studies in Medicine. 2003:3(5);265-276.
• Goldschlager N, Epstein AE, Grubb BP, Olshansky B, Prystowsky E, Roberts WC, Scheinman MM: Etiologic considerations in the patient with syncope and an apparently normal heart. For the Practice Guidelines Subcommittee North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. ARCH INTERN MED 2003:163;151-161.
• Sherev DA, Hongo RH, Goldschlager N: Pseudo-Cross-Stimulation due to First Degree AV block. PACE 2003;26:1-3.
• Hayes DL, Naccarelli GV, Furman S, Parsonnet V, Reynolds D, Goldschlager N, Gillette P, Maloney JD, Saxon L, Leon A, Daoud E: NASPE training requirements for cardia implantable electronic devices: Selection, Implantation, and Follow-up. PACE 2003:26;1556-1560.
• Sherev DA, Hongo RH, Goldschlager N: Pseudo-cross stimulation due to first degree AV block. PACE 2003:26;1762-1764.
• Kodali S, Goldschlager N: Managing the patient with stable angina. Resident & Staff Physician 2003:49(12);32-39.
• Goldschlager N: Introduction, Guest Editor, Resident & Staff Physician 2003:49(12);6

Published Books

• Jacobson LB, Goldschlager N: Arrhythmia case studies: 50 case histories related to arrhythmias. Garden City, NY: Excerpta Medica, 1978.
• Jacobson LB, Goldschlager N: Cardiac pacing: principles and case studies. Garden City, NY: Excerpta Medica, 1981.
• Wharton JM, Goldschlager N: Guide to interpreting 12-lead ECGs. Oradell, NJ: Medical Economics Books, 1984.
• Goldschlager N, Goldman MJ: Electrocardiography: essentials of interpretation. Los Altos, CA: Lange Medical Publications, 1984.
• Goldschlager NF (ed): Cardiac pacemakers. Cardiology Clinics, v.3, no. 4. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1985.
• Wharton JM, Goldschlager N: Interpreting cardiac dysrhythmias. Oradell, NJ: Medical Economics Books, 1987.
• Goldschlager N, Goldman MJ: Principles of clinical electrocardiography. 13th ed. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1989.
• Saksena S, Goldschlager NF (eds): Electrical therapy for cardiac arrhythmias: pacing, antitachycardia devices. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1990.
• Goldschlager NF, Hayes DL, Wang PJ: Cardiac pacing. Electrophysiology Self-Assessment Program (EPSAP) II, Book 7. Bethesda, MD: American College of Cardiology / Newton, MA: North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology [ACC/NASPE], 2000.
• Kusumoto FM, Goldschlager N (eds): Cardiac pacing for the clinician. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.