Dr. Greg Magarian
Greg Magarian, MD
3rd Year Medicine Clerkship Program Director
Professor of Medicine
OHSU Division of Hospital Medicine
- Degrees:
1970 Doctor of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesvile, FL
- Residency:
1975-1976 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
1973-1975 Resident, Internal Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
1970-1971 Intern, Internal Medicine
Latter-Day Saints Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
- Clinical Interests:
Student Education in Medicine Clerkships
Hyperventilation Syndromes and Responses to Hyperventilation
- Representative Publications:
Magarian GJ: Hyperventilation Syndromes: Infrequently Recognized Common Expressions of Anxiety and Stress.
Medicine 1982;61:219-236.
Magarian GJ, Mazur DJ: Evaluation of Medical Students in Medicine Clerkhsips. Acad Med 1990;65:341-345.
Magarian GJ, Mazur DJ: Grading in Medicine Clerkships: An analysis of Systems Used and Grade Distributions. Acad Med
1990;65:636-639.
Magarian GJ, Mazur DJ: Does Performance in the NBME Part II Medicine Exam Reflect Knowledge Acquired During the
Clerkship When Used as a Medicine Clerkship Exam? J Gen Intern Med 1991;6:145-149.
Magarian GJ, Mazur DJ: The Hyperventilation Challenge Test: Another Means of identifying Coronary Vasospasm in
Patients with Angina-like Chest Pain. Chest 1991:99:199-204.
Magarian GJ: Influence of a Medicine Clerkship Conference Series on Students Acquisition of Knowledge. Acad Med
1993;68:923-926.
Magarian GJ: Evaluation and Grading of Students on Clerkships. In: Fincher R-ME, ed. Handbook for Clerkship Directors.
AAMC, 1996;30-44.
Magarian GJ, Pangaro LN. Converting Evaluations Into Grades. In: Fincher R-ME, ed. Guidebook for Clerkship Directors.
AAMC, 2000;99-104.
- Biosketch:
United States Air Force, Active duty flight surgeon, Travis Air Force Base, CA, 1971-1973.
Faculty Member OHSU - Since 1978. More inpatient ward attending experiences than another faculty member at OHSU.
Hospitalist at OHSU since 1997.
Clerkship Director of Internal - Founding member and organization's first president and national meeting organizer.
OHSU Medicine Clerkship Director since 1984.


