Joshua Ronen

Assistant Professor

Joshua A. Ronen, M.D., is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Within the Division of Hospital Medicine, he attends nocturnist services where he cross-covers and admits patients to Hospital Medicine, General Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Advanced Lung Disease, and the Cardiology Procedure Service. His clinical homes include UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and St. Mary's Medical Center.

Additionally, Dr. Ronen enjoys bedside and classroom teaching of medical students and internal medicine residents. From July 2021 onwards since completing his residency training, he has also attended the Moffit-Long Teaching Service and presided (as a facilitator) over several courses within the UCSF Bridges Curriculum for medical students within the School of Medicine. Some of his academic interests include Hospital Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Education Leadership, and Point of Care Ultrasound. He is passionate about academic medicine and mentorship of internal medicine house staff, seeing both as a significant part of his professional future.
Education
M.D., 06/2021 - Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at the Permian Basin
M.D., 08/2017 - Doctor of Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine
B.S., 03/2013 - Biomedical Science, Public Health Science, Santa Clara University
Honors and Awards
  • Best PGY-3 Teaching Internal Medicine Resident, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at the Permian Basin, 2020-2021
  • Nomination for Alpha Omega Alpha Induction, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (Lubbock, TX), 2019-2020
Publications
  1. Bakhati B, Sibi VM, Mekala AP, Ronen JA, Mungara SS. Amantadine-Induced Cardiac Arrest in a Patient With COVID-19. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2022. PMID: 35186602


  2. Perez Del Nogal G, Bakhati B, Ronen JA, Garcia Fernandez A. Double Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Systemic Arterial Embolization. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2021. PMID: 34858758


  3. Sidhu MK, Mekala AP, Ronen JA, Hamdan A, Mungara SS. Heroin Relapse "Strikes a Nerve": A Rare Case of Drug-Induced Acute Myelopathy. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2021. PMID: 34327090


  4. Bakhati B, Sibi VM, Mekala AP, Ronen JA, Mungara S. What Is Uncommon Can Be Critical: A Case of Quinolone-Induced Acute Liver Failure. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2021. PMID: 34094745


  5. Ronen JA, Catalasan G, McKenna J, Awtrey S. CHEST 2020 Annual Meeting Supplement "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2020. PMID:


  6. Ronen JA, Oud L. CHEST 2020 Annual Meeting Supplement "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2020. PMID:


  7. Ronen JA, Malik FA, Wiechmann C, Kolli S, Nwojo R. More than Meets the Eye: Aspergillus-Related Orbital Apex Syndrome. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2020. PMID: 32850224


  8. Asim R, Reddy A, Grigorieva Olson O, Ronen JA, Prasad V. Hypertension With Brachydactyly Syndrome: A Case Report. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2020. PMID: 32617206


  9. Ronen JA, Ammu A, Gadiraju G, Vaikuntam A. An Asymptomatic Case of Radiologically Active Neurocysticercosis. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2020. PMID: 32582480


  10. Ronen JA, Mekala A, Wiechmann C, Mungara S. A Flare-up of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Unusual Enteric Predominance. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2020. PMID: 32226670


  11. Ronen JA, Gavin M, Ruppert MD, Peiris AN. Glycemic Disturbances in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2019. PMID: 31275775


  12. Ronen JA, Nguyen A, Mueller JN, Lee H. Intracranial Atherosclerosis Versus Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System: a Case Report. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2018. PMID: 30254820


  13. Ronen JA, Castaneda K, Sadre SY. Early Accreta and Uterine Rupture in the Second Trimester. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2018. PMID: 30186710


  14. Ronen J, Shaheen S, Steinberg D, Justus KR. Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy: A Thorough Examination of a Harmful Obstetrical Syndrome and Its Counterparts. "Are Telehealth Visits Feasible for Vulnerable Patients?" 2018. PMID: 29644153