Norman G. Hearst

MD MPH

Family physician
Doctor in San Francisco, researcher around the world

About me

Dr. Norman G. Hearst is a family doctor. He has special interests in HIV and AIDS epidemiology and prevention, expanding research capacity in developing countries and international health.

Hearst earned his medical degree at UCSF and completed a residency in family medicine at UCSF Fresno. He also received fellowship training in clinical epidemiology from UCSF. He earned a master of public health degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Education

UCSF, 1980
Residencies

UCSF Fresno, Family Medicine, 1983
Fellowships

UCSF, Clinical Epidemiology, 1985
Academic Title

Professor
Languages

Portuguese

Spanish

My goal is to manage about 95 percent of my patients' health problems and to make sure they get the right specialty care for the rest.

Where I see patients (1)

Selected research

Revisiting COVID-19 policies: 10 evidence-based recommendations for where to go from here.
BMC public health
November 2021
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Contraception and abortion among migrant women in Changzhou, China.
The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception
October 2020
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Assessment of an HIV-prevention intervention for couples in peri-urban Uganda: pervasive challenges to relationship quality also challenge intervention effectiveness.
African journal of AIDS research : AJAR
September 2020
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