Specialties

About Vineet Gupta, MD, FACP, SFHM

Vineet Gupta, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician who specializes in caring for hospitalized patients, performing diagnostic admissions and treating a variety of acute medical conditions such as acute renal failure and diabetic complications. As a hospitalist, Dr. Gupta is assigned to patients at the time of admission and provides care only during their hospital stay. Upon a patient's hospital discharge, Dr. Gupta communicates with their regular physician to ensure quality transition of care.

As a professor of medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, he trains medical students and residents and his research interests include infection control , hemodialysis, quality improvement/patient safety - especially preventing medical errors, and advocacy in public health policy with focus on under-represented communities. He serves on various committees of significance at national, regional and the institutional levels. He is elected as the governor for American College of Physicians (ACP) Southern California 3 effective 2025.

Prior to joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Gupta was a hospitalist at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and assistant profesor at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

He completed his residency in internal medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and his medical degree from GSVM Medical College in India. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a senior fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Medical DegreeGSVM Medical College, Kanpur, IndiaResidencyUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
GenderMale
Date Joined Staff2014-07-14
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Conditions and Treatments
  • Hospital Medicine

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