Priscilla Hsue, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine mail: San Francisco General Hospital 1001 Potrero Ave., 5G1 UCSF Box 0846 San Francisco, CA 94110 phone: (415) 206-8257 fax: (415) 206-5100 email: phsue@medsfgh.ucsf.edu

Education

University of California, San Francisco, MD, 1996, Medicine

Carnegie Mellon University, BS, 1991, Biology

Professional Experience

Dr. Hsue trained in Internal Medicine in the Molecular Medicine Training Program at UC San Francisco and in Cardiovascular Medicine at UC San Francisco. She served as Chief Cardiology Fellow during this time. She has been on the faculty in the Department of Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital since 2002. She started the HIV Cardiology Clinic since March 2004 at the Positive Health Program at Ward 86, which is one of the first subspeciality clinics of its kind in the nation.

Research Interests

1. Cardiovascular complications of cocaine including aortic dissection, myocardial infarction, and cardiac arrest
   
   
2. Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients treated with antiretroviral therapy
   
   
3. Clinical features and outcomes of acute coronary syndromes in HIV-infected patients
   
   
4. Incidence and mechanisms of pulmonary hypertension in HIV-infected patients
   
   
5. Dyslipidemia in HIV-infected patients

Recent Publications

1. Waters DD, Hsue PY. Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol goals for patients with coronary disease: treating between the lines. Circulation 2001;104:2635-7.
2. Waters DD, Hsue PY. What is the role of intensive cholesterol lowering in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes? Am J Cardiol 2001;88(suppl):7J-16J.
3. Hsue PY, Salinas C, Bolger AF, Benowitz NL, Waters DD. Acute aortic dissection related to crack cocaine. Circulation 2002;105:1592-95.
4. Hsue PY, Giri K, Erickson S, MacGregor JS, Younes N, Shergill A, and Waters DD. Clinical Features of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Circulation 2004; 109: 316-319.
5. Hsue PY, Lo J, Franklin A, Bolger AF, Martin JN, Deeks SG, and Waters DD. Progression of Atherosclerosis as Assessed by Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with HIV Infection. Circulation 2004; 109: 1603-1608.
6. Saigo M, Hsue PY, and Waters DD. Role of thrombotic and fibrinolytic factors in acute coronary syndromes. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2004 May-Jun; 46(6); 524-38.