T.BrianCallisterMDFACP SFHM

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Professor of Medicine, and Director of Rural Medical Education, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine; Former Governor of Nevada, American College of Physicians

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Office
1155 Mill St, W11
Reno, NV 89502
Phone+1 775-327-5174

Fax+1 775-327-5178

Summary

T. Brian Callister, MD, FACP, SFHM is the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Professor of Medicine, Academic Hospitalist, and the Director of Rural Medical Student Education at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. He is the immediate Past Governor of Nevada for the American College of Physicians. Dr. Callister served as the CMO for LifeCare Hospitals, from 2004 to 2016.

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
University of Utah School of MedicineClass of 1988
Stanford UniversityAB, Economics, Phi Beta Kappa

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1989 - Present
NV State Medical License 1991 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American College of PhysiciansFellow
Society of Hospital MedicineFellow of Hospital Medicine
Society of Hospital MedicineSenior Fellow in Hospital Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Nominated as one of "The 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare" Modern Healthcare, 2012
Outstanding Service to the Community Congress
2018 “Hero for Life” (for work opposing assisted suicide and euthanasia) Friends for Life, 2018
Volunteerism & Community Service Award American College of Physicians - Nevada Chapter, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

19 citations
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo.
B P Abbott, , , R Abbott, T D Abbott
Living Reviews in Relativity. 2016-01-01
The Hospital Course of a Successfully Treated Patient with Respiratory Failure: Beginning to End!
T. Brian Callister
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly. 2017-01-01
Ethical Guidance for Physicians and Health Care Institutions on Grateful Patient Fundraising: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians.
Lois Snyder Sulmasy, T Brian Callister, Isaac O Opole, Noel N Deep,
Annals of Internal Medicine. 2023-10-01

Other

Why the AMA and Everyone Else Should Oppose Assisted Suicide
T Brian Callister, MD, FACP, SFHM, RealClear Health
https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2018/06/14/why_the_ama__everyone_else_should_oppose_assisted_suicide_110794.html

Press Mentions

How Charlie Gard Could Happen in the USJuly 30th, 2017
Doctor: Insurance Wouldn’t Pay for Patients’ Treatments, but Offered Assisted SuicideJune 28th, 2017
Vegas Doctor Vouches for Former Colleague’s Account in Anti-Assisted Suicide AdJune 5th, 2017
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