Nora Goldschlager, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine mail: 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

Education

Barnard College, Columbia University, BA, 1961

New York University School of Medicine, 1965

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

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

Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
1968-1969

Department of Cardiology, Presbyterian Hospital/Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
1969-1970

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.