Gerald Hom, MD

Gerald Hom, MD, is an internal medicine specialist at BTHealth Campus who is passionate about providing excellent preventive care. He loves developing lasting and trusting relationships with his patients and enjoys taking time at the end of each visit to listen and get to know his patients better.

Dr. Hom has been a practicing cardiologist for most of his career and has treasured these last several years focusing on internal medicine. He considers his wife, primary care specialist Ann Omachi, MD, who practices with him at BTHealth Campus, an invaluable part of his caring and thorough team. A native San Diegan, he and Dr. Omachi raised their three children on the Peninsula where they have lived and worked for the past 40 years. He is active in his church and enjoys spending time with his three grandchildren.

Dr. Hom earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School, completed at residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Diego and a fellowship in cardiology at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of California, San Diego. Earlier in his medical career, Dr. Hom and a fellow physician founded a medical clinic in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood where he was medical director for two years.

An American College of Cardiology fellow, Dr. Hom is also on the board of directors for Vision International University in Ramona, Calif.

“It’s a privilege to care for people, maintain their health, and to be a part of their lives,“ says Dr. Hom.