Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal: Healthcare Expert
Diagnostic reasoning keynote speaker and medical educator Gurpreet Dhaliwal helps clinicians and leaders understand how experts think, decide, and continuously improve performance in complex systems.
Quick Facts:
- Professor of Medicine at UCSF and director of internal medicine clerkship
- Global authority on diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making
- Author of 140+ scholarly articles
- Recipient of multiple national and institutional teaching awards
- Formats: Keynote speaker, clinician-educator, and expert facilitator
- Audiences: Physicians, healthcare leaders, educators, safety teams, and organizations focused on decision-making, quality, and performance improvement
- Outcomes:
- Clear frameworks for understanding expert clinical thinking
- Improved diagnostic accuracy and reflective practice
- Insight into building systems that support better decisions
- Travels from: San Francisco, CA
- **Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000
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Talent Short Bio
Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal is a nationally and internationally recognized clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. He practices internal medicine and teaches medical students and residents across emergency, inpatient, and outpatient settings at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, where he also directs the internal medicine clerkship.
Dr. Dhaliwal’s work focuses on how doctors think. He studies diagnostic reasoning, clinical decision-making, and the development of expertise, with a particular interest in how individuals and systems can improve diagnostic accuracy. His teaching bridges cognitive science, real-world clinical cases, and reflective practice, making complex thinking processes visible and actionable.
A member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators and the Department of Medicine Council of Master Clinicians, Dr. Dhaliwal has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed articles and has served as a visiting professor at universities across the United States, as well as in China and Japan. His excellence in education has been recognized with numerous awards, including the UCSF Osler Distinguished Teacher Award and the national Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award.
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