Dr. Brian C Hiestand M.D.
Emergency Physician
Medical Center Blvd Winston Salem NC, 27157About
Dr. Brian Hiestand practices Emergency Medicine in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Hiestand assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Hiestand examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1998
Ohio State University College of Medicine And Public Health,Columbus, Ohio, United States 1998
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1998
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The relationship of intraocular pressure to intracranial pressure.
- Quality of care in elder emergency department patients with pneumonia: a prospective cohort study.
- Effects of age, race, and sex on door-to-electrocardiogram time in emergency department non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome patients.
- Circulatory assist devices in heart failure patients.
- Comparison of balance assessment modalities in emergency department elders: a pilot cross-sectional observational study.
- Cocaine chest pain: between a (crack) rock and a hard place...
- Alcohol-related emergency department visits associated with collegiate football games.
- Prognostic utility of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in patients with acute heart failure: the NGAL EvaLuation Along with B-type NaTriuretic Peptide in acutely decompensated heart failure (GALLANT) trial.
- Comparison of an automated algorithm to expert physician interpretation of
- Weekday psychiatry faculty rounds on emergency department psychiatric patients reduces length of stay.
- The diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Medical student electives in wilderness medicine: curriculum guidelines.
- If not us, then who? Palliative care referral from the emergency department.
- Considerations for initial therapy in the treatment of acute heart failure.
- Syncope Risk Stratification in the Emergency Department: Another Step Forward.
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Professional Memberships
- Member Emer Med Cardiac Res & Educ Gr
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