About
Pediatrics
General Pediatrics
Dr. Lukac is a pediatrician, “Double Bruin”, and more recently a graduate of UCLA’s Clinical Informatics Fellowship. As a physician informaticist, Dr. Lukac’s interests include clinical decision support, workflow optimization, revenue cycle and charge capture. He also serves as an artificial intelligence informaticist in of the Office of Health Informatics and Analytics, where he works on the deployment and governance of UCLA Health’s AI/ML portfolio.
Learn more about Paul J. Lukac, MD, MBA, MS.
Clinical Informatics Fellow (2020-2022)
Publications
- An LS, Lukac P, Kulkarni D. Clinical Decision Support Tool to Promote Adoption of New Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines. Appl Clin Inform. 2024 Jun 19. doi: 10.1055/a-2348-3958. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38897228.
- Lee T, Lukac PJ, Vangala S, Kowsari K, Vu V, Fogelman S, Pfeffer MA, Bell DS. Evaluating the predictive ability of natural language processing in identifying tertiary/quaternary cases in prioritization workflows for interhospital transfer. JAMIA Open. 2023 Aug 17;6(3):ooad069. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooad069. PMID: 37600073; PMCID: PMC10435371.
- Lukac PJ, Bell D, Sreedharan P, Gornbein JA, Lerner C. The Application of Dental Fluoride Varnish in Children: A Low Cost, High-Value Implementation Aided by Passive Clinical Decision Support. Appl Clin Inform. 2023 Mar;14(2):245-253. PMID: 36634698