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Michael Brook

Michael Brook

MD

Director, Pediatric Echocardiography, San Francisco
Pediatric cardiologist
Echocardiographer, computer nerd and dog lover

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Dr. Michael Brook is a pediatric cardiologist whose focus is echocardiography (using ultrasound to examine the heart). He is particularly interested in transesophageal and contrast echocardiography, and in using echocardiography to assess the function of the heart's ventricles (the lower chambers). He also is interested in digital echocardiography and in computer applications of cardiology. He serves as director of UCSF's pediatric echocardiography laboratory.

Brook earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He completed a general pediatrics residency at Children's Wisconsin hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric cardiology at UCSF. He joined the UCSF faculty in 1992.

  • Board Certifications

    American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology

  • Fellowships

    UCSF Medical Center House Staff, Pediatric Cardiology

  • Residencies

    Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin GME, Pediatrics

  • Internship

    Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin GME, Pediatrics

  • Degree

    MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School - Madison

  • Languages

    Spanish

My relationships with families and patients – watching them grow from tiny babies into young adults – is one of the things I cherish most in my work.

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