Current staffing by campus
  Pacific Campus: 18 FTEs
  California Campus: 4 FTEs
  Davies Campus: 10 FTEs
  St. Luke's Campus: 8 FTEs

Physician Profiles
  Recruitment of high-level graduates from UCSF, Johns Hopkins and CPMC residency programs, with varied backgrounds and different levels of experience
  Languages spoken: Spanish, Japanese, French, Romanian, Mandarin, German, Taiwanese, Cantonese

Unique Hospitalist program culture
  Emphasis on quality and cost-effective care
  High level of teamwork and camaraderie
  Active member involvement in ongoing program improvement
  Sense of ownership of Hospitalist program amongst members

Hospitalist Retention
  Long-term Hospitalist retention
  Minimal staff turnover since program's inception
  Excellent morale and teamwork
  Outstanding role models for resident trainees


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CPMC California Campus, 3700 California St., San Francisco. The Medical Center is at the corner of Cherry and California Streets. Parking lots at 3698 California, 3838 California, 460 Cherry and 3905 Sacramento. Muni buses 1 California, 4 Sutter and the 33 Stanyan all stop within one block of the hospital.

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Iling Chen, M.D. joined PIMG in January 2009 after working as a Hospitalist with Laguna Honda Hospital. She graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2001. She competed her residency training at UCSF. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and fluent in conversational Mandarin and Taiwanese.

Andrew Giang, M.D. joined IMMG in 2001 and remained with the group when it became PIMG. He graduated from Loma Linda Medical School in 1997. He completed his internal medicine residency at CPMC in 2000. Dr Giang is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. He enjoys traveling, mountain biking and other outdoor activities.

Vernon Giang, M.D. joined IMMG in August 1996 and remained with the group when it became PIMG. He received his medical degree from University of California, Davis in 1992, and completed residency in Internal Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in 1995. Dr. Giang also completed a year as Chief Resident at CPMC in 1996. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Catherine Hu, M.D. graduated from Pennsylvania State University Pre-Medical Program in 1992. She attended Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, in 1996. She completed her internal medicine residency at CPMC in 1999 and was Chief Resident during her last year. She joined IMMG in 1999 and remained with the group when it became PIMG. Dr Hu is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Hu is fluent in Taiwanese.

Emily Lee, M.D. joined IMMG as a full time hospitalist in June 2007 and remained with the group when it became PIMG. She received her medical degree at Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at California Pacific Medical Center in 2004. Dr. Lee then worked as a hospitalist around the Bay Area starting in July of 2004. She is board certified in Internal Medicine.

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