Sheiva Khayam-Bashi, MD

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Sheiva Khayam-Bashi, MD

Shieva Khayam-Bashi, MD, is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF. She graduated from the University of California at Davis School of Medicine in 1993, and completed her residency in Family Medicine in 1996.

Dr. Khayam-Bashi is the Medical Director of the Short-term Skilled Nursing Facility at San Francisco General Hospital. She teaches medical students and residents on the wards of the hospital, in the outpatient Family Health Center, and at UCSF. Her areas of interest include: teaching compassion and humanism in medical education; promoting inter-disciplinary team models of care; improving end-of-life care; spirituality in medicine; care of under-served populations; and international health.