Resident Informaticist Alumni
View past Resident Informaticists listed by academic year below.
| Resident Informaticist | Specialty | Academic Year | Project Mentor | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Rodriguez, MD | Anesthesiology | 2025-2026 | Thomas Kingsley, MD, Abraham Lin, MD, MS | Improving ECMO Triage and Resource Allocation Through a Real-Time EHR-Based Tracking Dashboard |
| Diana Dayal, MD | Emergency Medicine | 2025-2026 | Elijah J. Bell III, MD, MS, Andy H. Lee, MD, MBA, Paul J. Lukac, MD, MBA, MS | Emergency Medicine Nabla Ambient AI Scribe Rollout |
| Edward Wang, MD | IM: Cardiology | 2025-2026 | Magdalena Ptaszny, MD | Optimizing Comprehensive Flowsheets for Cardiology |
| Minji Kim, MD | IM: Infectious Disease | 2025-2026 | Annapoorna R. Chirra, MD, Thalia Nguyen, MD, Tara Vijayan, MD | Duplicative HIV 4th Generation Ag/Ab Alert |
| Monique Almond Antonia Prince, MD, MPH | IM: Infectious Disease | 2025-2026 | Russell Kerbel, MD, MBA, Abraham Lin, MD, MS | Implementing an automated context-aware IV to PO Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention |
| Jonathan Jou, MD | Liver Transplant | 2025-2026 | Jennifer Singer, MD, Aaron Chin, MD | Tac On Track: Improving Immunosuppression Adherence Through EMR Optimization |
| Aleksandr Talishinsky, MD | Medicine | 2025-2026 | Russell Kerbel, MD, MBA | Chest Pain Clinical Care Pathway Admission Order Set |
| Caroline Zuniga Buse, MD | Medicine | 2025-2026 | Hawkin Woo, MD, MPH, Abraham Lin, MD, MS | Implementation of Oncologic/Neutropenic Fever Order Set in the Next Day Clinic |
| Zoee D'Costa, MD | Medicine | 2025-2026 | David J. Cho, MD, MBA | Implementation of a Best Practice Advisory to Increase Sacubitril/Valsartan Use in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction |
| Mahdieh Hosseini, MD | Neurology | 2025-2026 | Eric M. Cheng, MD, MS, FAAN | Implement CDS (order set / smartphrase) for migraine management |
| Farzana Z Ali, MD, MPH, PhD | Nuclear Medicine | 2025-2026 | Lucy Chow, MD | Validation of Reason for Exam to Improve Imaging Workflow and Reporting Quality in Nuclear Medicine |
| Sohum Shah, MD | OBGYN - Maternal-Fetal | 2025-2026 | Tina Nguyen, MD | Identifying Obstetric Outpatient Blood Product Refusal |
| Christopher David Hamad, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2025-2026 | Mauricio Silva, MD, Thalia Nguyen, MD | Automation of Orthopedic Resident Case Logs |
| Melissa Rose Leynes Ada, MD | Ped Gastroenterology | 2025-2026 | Jennifer Singer, MD, Annapoorna R. Chirra, MD, Deepa D. Kulkarni, MD | Improving Enteral Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Ordering in Pediatric Gastroenterology |
| Abraham Isak, MD | Pediatric Critical Care | 2025-2026 | Deepa D. Kulkarni, MD | Creating a PICU Comprehensive Flowsheet |
| Michael Duggan, MD | Pediatrics | 2025-2026 | Ellen Campbell, Deepa D. Kulkarni, MD, Nina Zhu, MD, MS | Pediatric Overweight and Obese Smartset |
| Hieronimus Loho, MD | Psychiatry | 2025-2026 | Jonathan Heldt, MD | Improved Clinical Decision Support for Psychiatric Emergency Consults |
| Kaleab Tessema, MD, PhD | Psychiatry | 2025-2026 | Juliet Edgcomb, MD, PhD, Jonathan Heldt, MD | Implementing CDS to streamline Clinical Workflow for High-risk Psychiatric Medications |
| Jonathan Massachi, MD, MS | Radiation Oncology | 2025-2026 | Ann Raldow, MD, MPH, Abraham Lin, MD, MS | Geriatric Screening (G8) in Radiation Oncology Clinics |
| Miriam Jayne Lane, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2025-2026 | Ann Raldow, MD, MPH | Longitudinal Toxicity Grading in Radiation Oncology |
| Steven Lundi, MD | Radiology - Diagnostic | 2025-2026 | Lucy Chow, MD | Prospective Evaluation of an AI-Based Clinical Chart Summarization Tool |
| Madhu Joshi, MD | Radiology - IR | 2025-2026 | Lucy Chow, MD, Jennifer Singer, MD, Benjamin Tooke, MD | Order panel to select the appropriate CVC |
| Charnise Taylor, MD | Anesthesiology | 2024-2025 | James Moore, MD | Improving Controlled Substance Waste Documentation in Anesthesia |
| Amy Zhang, MD | Diag Radiology | 2024-2025 | Lucy Chow, MD | Improving EHR Workflow of Imaging Contrast Reactions |
| Mark McArthur, MD | Diag Radiology | 2024-2025 | Lucy Chow, MD | CT Brain Order Update |
| Shannon Yoo, MD | Diag Radiology - (Musculoskeletal) | 2024-2025 | Mauricio Silva, MD, Lucy Chow, MD | Using preprocedural instructional video to address the information gap |
| Neil Gandhi, MD MBA | Emergency Medicine | 2024-2025 | Frank Day, MD | Application of MDCalc Coding Tool for Emergency Dept Visits |
| Jacob Roberts, MD | Internal Medicine | 2024-2025 | Igor Kagan, MD | Developing an ASVCD risk tool for HIV patients |
| Kirstin Peters, MD | Internal Medicine | 2024-2025 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS, Anna Chirra, MD | Optimizing the antibiotic-allergy list |
| Graham Treasure, MD | Internal Medicine | 2024-2025 | Russell Kerbel, MD | Leveraging an Epic OurPractice Advisory (OPA) to improve inpatient initiation of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy, a Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Joseph Isaac S. Wong, MD | IM Cardiology | 2024-2025 | Magdalena Ptaszny, MD | Improving Inpatient TTE Orders |
| Rachel To, M.S., M.D. | IM Pediatrics | 2024-2025 | Thalia Nguyen, MD, Amie Patel | Admission Order Set for Sickle Cell Vaso-occlusive Crisis |
| Siyuan Cao, MD | IM - Pulmonary & Critical Care | 2024-2025 | Russell Kerbel, MD | Inpatient order set to streamline management following hepatitis C diagnosis |
| Xiaomeng Deng, MD | IM (Quality and Patient Safety) | 2024-2025 | Jennifer Singer, MD | COPD Peri-Discharge Order Set |
| Anuradha Devabhaktuni MD MPH | OBGYN MFM | 2024-2025 | Tina Nguyen, MD | Aspirin for Preeclampsia Prevention: A Clinical Decision Support Tool |
| Bradley Gundlach MD, MS | Ophthalmology | 2024-2025 | John Bartlett, MD, Edmund Tsui, MD, Irena Tsui, MD | Stein Eye Institute Uveitis Order Set |
| Chao Chen, MD | Pathology | 2024-2025 | Lucy Chow, MD, Jitin Makker, MD | Optimizing Post-Transplant Biopsy Result Communication: A Clinical Informatics Intervention for Enhanced Safety and Workflow Efficiency |
| Tyson Hekking, MD | Pediatric Critical Care | 2024-2025 | Deepa Kulkarni, MD, Russ Kerbel, MD | Enhancing inpatient medication chart review |
| Alexandra Gabrielle Kelley, DO | Pediatric Hospital Med | 2024-2025 | Deepa Kulkarni, MD | Improving Accuracy of Language and Interpreter Use Documentation |
| Eliza Mette Kellman, MD | Pediatrics | 2024-2025 | Paul Lukac, MD, MBA, MS, Carlos Lerner, MD, Nina Zhu, MD | Validating Epics GPT-driven Outpatient Note Summarization Tool in the Pediatric Setting |
| David John Adams, MD | Psychiatry | 2024-2025 | Jonathan Heldt, MD | Optimizing NPH Admission Documentation and Pre-rounding Workflows |
| Rojine Ariani, MD, MS | Radiation Oncology | 2024-2025 | Ann Raldow, MD | Streamlining inpatient radiation oncology consult workflow in care connect |
| Sasha Ebrahimi MD PhD | Radiation Oncology | 2024-2025 | Ann Raldow, MD | Enhancing Clinical Decision-Making in Bone and Spine Metastases with MDCalc Integration |
| Benjamin Tooke, MD | Urology | 2024-2025 | Jennifer Singer, MD | Bladder Cancer Surveillance: Health Maintenance Module |
| Maryte Gylys | Anesthesiology | 2023-2024 | Jim Moore | Epic blood product module contains massive blood transfusion |
| Jackson Kloor | Emergency Medicine | 2023-2024 | Elijah Bell | ED Note Optimization for Billing Capture |
| Blanca Loja Yi | Family Medicine | 2023-2024 | Carlos Lerner, Thalia Nguyen | questionnaire: transportation needs |
| Jessica Zhang | Internal Medicine | 2023-2024 | Taylor Martin, Jennifer Singer, Maggie Ptaszny | questionnaire: prioritize PCP needs |
| Joshua Jiang | Internal Medicine | 2023-2024 | Darryl Hiyama | Caregiver Education as a Discharge Milestone: Assessing Needs with a SmartPhrase |
| Kareem A. Osman | Internal Medicine | 2023-2024 | Chidinma Chima Melton | Implementation and Initial Outcomes of a Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients |
| Kaustav P. Shah | Internal Medicine | 2023-2024 | Eric Cheng | Implementing an automated Real Time Prescription Benefits tool at UCLA Health |
| Sophie Rosenmoss | Internal Medicine | 2023-2024 | Russ Kerbel | Developing an Inpatient Buprenorphine Induction Order Set |
| Aaron Burkenroad | Internal Medicine - Hematology Oncology | 2023-2024 | Igor Kagan | Implementing A Financial Toxicity Screening Tool for UCLA Oncology Patients |
| Gavin Hui | Internal Medicine - Hematology Oncology | 2023-2024 | Paul Lukas, Russell Kerbel, Emily Martin | CDS: Immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitors): orderset, storyboard; banner |
| Manan P. Shah | Internal Medicine - Hematology Oncology | 2023-2024 | Anna Chirra, Jessica Liao, Emily Martin | Patient-Reported Performance Status in Advanced Cancer |
| Austin Fan | Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases | 2023-2024 | Jennifer Singer | Addressing Catheter Associated-UTI Rates by Prompting Early Catheter Removal |
| Ramon Durazo | Internal Medicine - Nephrology | 2023-2024 | Eric Cheng, Darryl Hiyama, Maggie Ptaszny | CDS: interval alerts |
| Bayard R Wilson | Neurosurgery | 2023-2024 | Won Kim, Deepa Kulkarni | Optimizing the Neurosurgery Post-Operative Admission Order Set |
| J Ben Margines | Ophthalmology | 2023-2024 | John Bartlett | Retinopathy of Prematurity Examination and Note Template |
| Lauran Evans | Otolaryngology | 2023-2024 | Darryl Hiyama, Emily Martin | Risk Analysis Index (RAI) Frailty Scoring in Head & Neck Surgery Patients |
| Kenechukwu Ojukwu | Pathology | 2023-2024 | Khalda Ibrahim | Pathology Clinic Communication Note |
| Elizabeth Jean Volpicelli | Pediatrics | 2023-2024 | Carlos Lerner, Paul Lukac | Improving Early Identification and Intervention of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Pediatric Primary Care Clinics |
| John H. Hwang | Pediatrics | 2023-2024 | Carlos Lerner, Paul Lukac | Improving Recognition and Management of High Blood Pressure in Outpatient Pediatric Patients |
| Camille Hamilton | Pediatrics - Hematology Oncology | 2023-2024 | Jennifer Singer | Oncofertility Preservation |
| Morgan Quezada-Lopez | Pediatrics - Neonatology | 2023-2024 | Deepa Kulkarni | CareConnect Calorie Calculator Part 1: Enteral Feeds in the NICU |
| Alex Mirman | Psychiatry | 2023-2024 | Jonathan Heldt | Consolidating External Patient Data for Psychiatric Consults in the Emergency Department |
| Daniel Villavecer | Psychiatry | 2023-2024 | Juliet Edgecomb | develop remote patient monitoring workflow to gather information about patients' wellbeing |
| Cecil M. Benitez | Radiation Oncology | 2023-2024 | Ann Raldow, Lucy Chow | Autopopulation of prior radiation history into consult and follow-up visit notes |
| Eulanca Y. Liu | Radiation Oncology | 2023-2024 | Jessica Liao, Ann Raldow | BREAST-Q Questionnaires to assess Cancer Worry, Radiation Effects, and Reconstruction Satisfaction in Breast Radiation Oncology follow up patients |
| Amarachi Erondu, MD, MS | Internal Medicine - Pediatrics | 2022-2023 | Paul Lukac, MD, MSMagdalena Ptaszny, MD | Enhancing the NICU Feeding Summary in EPIC |
| Aradhana Verma, MD, MTM | Internal Medicine | 2022-2023 | Igor Kagan, MD | Heart Transplant Dashboard |
| Aran Groves, MD, PhD | Pediatrics - Child Neurology | 2022-2023 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Improving the Utility of EEG Reports by Discrete Seizure Data Entry into EPIC |
| Beth K Neilsen, MD, PhD | Radiation Oncology | 2022-2023 | Ann Raldow, MD | Updates to CT Simulation Smart Set |
| Brian Zukotynski, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2022-2023 | Mauricio Silva, MD | Orthopaedic Pediatric Post-Operative Pain Regimen |
| Christina Ma, MD | Anesthesiology | 2022-2023 | James Moore, MD | Improving Blood Product Ordering in the Operating Room |
| Cindy Gu, MD | Urology | 2022-2023 | Jennifer Singer, MD | Optimizing Inpatient Urology Consult Workflow |
| Dov Lerman-Sinkoff MD, PhD | Psychiatry | 2022-2023 | Jonathan Heldt, MD | Sleep timelines, biometrics, and patient wearables as metrics of clinical improvement in an inpatient psychiatric unit |
| Elizabeth Weiner, MD | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 2022-2023 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Identifying Wrong Patient Order Errors |
| Erica Li, MD | Pediatrics - Pediatric Critical Care | 2022-2023 | Deepa Kulkarni, MDJennifer Fang, MD, MS | Building a Pediatric ICU Admission Order Set |
| Hannah Reiser, MD | Obstetrics and Gynecology - Complex Family Planning | 2022-2023 | Tina Nguyen, MD | OB Family Planning SmartSet Update |
| Ian Downs, MD | Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 2022-2023 | Annapoorna Chirra, MDLawrence Dardick, MD | Simplifying GLP1 Receptor Agonist Prescription for Diabetes and Obesity |
| Kevin Truong, MD, MBA | Internal Medicine - Primary Care Track | 2022-2023 | Annapoorna Chirra, MDLawrence Dardick, MD | Improving Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) Management in Primary Care |
| Lucia An, MD | Pediatrics - Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship | 2022-2023 | Deepa Kulkarni, MDPaul Lukac, MD, MS | Using a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Promote Adoption of New Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines |
| Margaret Nguyen, MD | Pediatrics | 2022-2023 | Deepa Kulkarni, MDPaul Lukac, MD, MS | Improving hypoglycemia screening for high risk newborns |
| Megan Rose McLeod, MD, MS | Internal Medicine | 2022-2023 | Hawkin Woo, MD, MPH | Improving FIT order follow-up via patient portal message |
| Precious Ann Fortes, MD, MHS | Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical | 2022-2023 | Khalda Ibrahim, MD | Optimizing Transfusion Reaction Handoffs and Documentation |
| Rakshit Tyagi, MD | Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical | 2022-2023 | Khalda Ibrahim, MD | 24Hr Platelet Audit Evaluation Tool |
| Santano Luis Rosario, MD | Emergency Medicine | 2022-2023 | Elijah Bell, MD, MS | Implementation of Procedure Charge Capture in the Emergency Department |
| Thalia Nguyen, MD | Family Medicine | 2022-2023 | Hawkin Woo, MDCarlos Lerner, MD | Transitioning the Staying Healthy Assessment to an Electronic Format at the UCLA Family Health Center |
| Wendi LeBrett, MD | Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology | 2022-2023 | Magdalena Ptaszny, MD | Inpatient GI Bleed Admission Smart Group |
| Ziwei Wang, MD | Pediatric Allergy & Immunology | 2022-2023 | Russell Kerbel, MDEric Cheng, MD | Inpatient Penicillin Allergy Delabeling Initiative |
| Ankit Singla, MD | Pediatrics/Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship | 2021-2022 | Magdalena Ptaszny, MD | Streamlining De-escalation of Isolation after Negative Infection Test Results using a background Best Practice Advisory |
| Ashkan Ara, MD MPH | Rheumatology | 2021-2022 | Lawrence Dardick | Improving follow-up rates for patients with chronic disorders |
| Catherine Claire Lindsay, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Anna Chirra, MD | Improving Treatment Rates for Osteoporosis Following Acute Hip Fracture |
| Charlene Gaw, MD MPH | Emergency Medicine | 2021-2022 | Frank Day, Elijah Jamie Bell | Standardizing approaches to geriatric care in the Emergency Department using an AMS Order Set |
| Collin M Price, MD | Psychiatry | 2021-2022 | Jonathan Heldt, Erick Cheung | Reducing Suicidality Using Automated Brief Patient Messaging |
| David R Lee, MD MBA | Geriatric Medicine | 2021-2022 | Clara Lin, MD | Using Clinical Decision Support to Document and Track Frailty Status in CareConnect |
| Eric Chang, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2021-2022 | Darryl Hiyama | Development and adoption of Electronic Case Requests |
| Evaline Cheng, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Hawkin Woo, Carlos Lerner | Creating a Medication Adherence Report for Hypertension Management |
| Evan Wiley, MD | Pediatrics/Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship | 2021-2022 | Deepa Kulkarni | Implementing the Newborn Weight Tool to Improve Infant Feeding |
| Huan Vinh Dong, MD MS | Pediatrics | 2021-2022 | Magdalena Ptaszny, MD | Implementing in-order clinical decision support to enhance inpatient pediatric antibiotic dosing |
| Jane Wang, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Russell Kerbel | Streamlining Diabetic Discharge Medication Prior Authorizations |
| Jenny Mei, MD | Obstetrics and Gynecology/Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship | 2021-2022 | Tina Nguyen, MD | Optimizing Glucose Control and User Satisfaction with a Diabetes in Pregnancy Order Set Algorithm |
| Jiwen Li, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Magdalena Ptaszny, MD | Integration of FirstLine into Micro Data as Clinical Decision Support |
| Karen Keniston, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Anna Chirra, MD | Optimizing Advance Care Planning in CareConnect using Strategic Hyperlinks and Dynamic Text |
| Katherine Fero, MD MAS | Urology | 2021-2022 | Jennifer Singer, Igor Kagan | Development and Implementation of a Kidney Transplant Surgical Rounding Report |
| Kunmi Sobowale, MD | Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 2021-2022 | Deepa Kulkarni, Tina Nguyen | Assessing Prenatal Insomnia and Postpartum Depression using a MyChart Questionnaire |
| Maya Harary, MD | Neurological Surgery | 2021-2022 | Jennifer Singer | Improving ventricular shunt management using a specialized SmartForm |
| Michael Ahlers, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Russell Kerbel | Intravenous Fluid Resuscitation in Septic Shock by Stroke Volume: Deployment and Documentation in CareConnect |
| Noah Kojima, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Lawrence Dardick | Optimizing Opioid Risk/Tolerance Category Recommendations for Pain Management Interventions using an ordering smartset |
| Olga Alexeeva, MD | Neurology | 2021-2022 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Streamlining EEG ordering with a new order set |
| Pratyaksh K. Srivastava, MD | Internal Medicine/Cardiology | 2021-2022 | Eric Cheng, Hawkin Woo | Creation of a Smart Order Set for Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction |
| Preeti Prakash, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Hawkin Woo, Sonya Dasharathy, Jenny Sauk | Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Immunosuppressed IBD Patients using Best Practice Alerts |
| Richard Leuchter, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Hawkin Woo, Lawrence Dardick | Replacing Free Text with Structured Indications to Detect Unnecessary Echocardiograms |
| Ricky Savjani, MD PhD | Radiation Oncology | 2021-2022 | John Hegde | Building a Visual Search Database for Brain Metastases |
| Taylor Y. Sadun, MD | Urology | 2021-2022 | Jennifer Singer | Improving Acute Cystitis Care with Correct Antibiotic Choice and Duration |
| Thalia Mok, MD | Obstetrics and Gynecology/Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship | 2021-2022 | Tina Nguyen, MD | Implementation of obstetric-specific VTE risk assessments to improve postpartum thromboprophylaxis |
| Thayne Dalrymple, MD | Pediatric Critical Care | 2021-2022 | Khalda Ibrahim, MD | Reassessment of VTE Prophylaxis for Pediatric Transfers/Changes in Level of Care |
| Yuliya Zektser, MD | Internal Medicine | 2021-2022 | Igor Kagan | Adjusting Medication Dosage for Changes in Renal Function |
| Zubin Mehta, MD MBA | Neonatology | 2021-2022 | Paul Lukac, Deepa Kulkarni | Creating a "NICU Dashboard" to Monitor Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants |
| Abigail Arons MD, MPAff | Internal Medicine-Pediatrics | 2020-2021 | Carlos Lerner, MDCameron Escovedo, MD, MS | Implementing A Pediatric To Adult Transitions Workflow In CareConnect: Year Two |
| Akash A. Shah, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2020-2021 | Darryl Hiyama, MD | Provider prediction of mortality after surgery for spinal metastasis through CareConnect |
| Alexander Nobori, MD | Pathology (Surgical) | 2020-2021 | Susan Bukata, MD | UCLA Digital Pathology Tumor Board Project |
| Calvin Fong, MD | Family Medicine (East-West Medicine) | 2020-2021 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | N/A |
| Dong-han Yao, MD | Emergency Medicine | 2020-2021 | Elijah Bell, MD, MS | Epic Canto for RME of Emergency Department Patients |
| Eliot Dow, MD, PhD | Ophthalmology | 2020-2021 | John Bartlett, MD | JS Phrases: an EHR toolkit for ophthalmologists |
| Eric Tsay, MD | Pediatric Endocrinology | 2020-2021 | Carlos Lerner, MD | Evaluation of the Patient No-Show Model in the Pediatric Diabetes Population |
| Esther Jun-Ihn, MD | Pediatric Hospital Medicine | 2020-2021 | Carlos Lerner, MD | Pediatric Withdrawal Clinical Interface and Eat, Sleep Console Scoring System |
| Jeffrey Fujimoto, MD | Internal Medicine | 2020-2021 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Real Time Prescription Benefit Pilot |
| Juliet Edgcomb, MD, PhD | Psychiatry (Child and Adolescent) | 2020-2021 | Jonathan Heldt, MD | Improving Inpatient Mental Health Physician Counseling on Firearm Safety via SmartData Element-informed Clinical Decision Support |
| Lawrence F. Kuklinski MD | Dermatology | 2020-2021 | Hawkin Woo, MD | Provider use and experience of a new dermatology module in the electronic medical record |
| Luca Valle, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2020-2021 | Jennifer Singer, MD | Cancer Survivorship Orders in Radiation Oncology |
| Margaret Mongare, MD | Internal Medicine | 2020-2021 | Clara Lin, MD | Using the EMR to enhance screening for SDOH |
| Nina Capiro, MD | Radiology (Breast Imaging) | 2020-2021 | Anna Chirra, MD | Breast Imaging Order Panel - Improved Guidance for Ordering Providers |
| Patrick Holman, MD | Internal Medicine-Pediatrics | 2020-2021 | James Moore, MD | Pediatric Infusion Order Set |
| Pratyaksh Srivastava, MD | Cardiology | 2020-2021 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Use of a Dynamic EMR Decision Tool to Optimize Pharmacologic Therapy In Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients |
| Richard Leuchter, MD | Internal Medicine | 2020-2021 | Hawkin Woo, MD,Lawrence Dardick, MD | Non-Interruptive CDS Tool to Reduce Rarely Appropriate TTEs |
| Sir Norman Melancon, MD | Psychiatry | 2020-2021 | Jonathan Heldt, MD | An Auto-page Consult Order for Med-Surg Consults to Psychiatry |
| Teresa C Liu, MD, MPH | Internal Medicine | 2020-2021 | Lawrence Dardick, MD, Arash Naeim, MD | Multimodal Navigation Approach to COVID Clinical Trials |
| Timothy Ryan, MD | Neurology | 2020-2021 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | California and LA County Lapse of Consciousness Form |
| Trang Lollie, MD | Pathology | 2020-2021 | Annapoorna Chirra, MD, Jianyu Rao, MD,Esteban Gnass, MD | Notification of Molecular Sendout Test Results for Pathologists |
| Wesley T. Kerr, MD, PhD | Neurology | 2020-2021 | Eric Cheng, MD, Martina Wiedau, MD | Previsit myChart Questionnaires in Neurology |
| Xuezhi Dong, MD, MPH | Anesthesiology | 2020-2021 | Lawrence Dardick, MD | Health System-wide Pain Management Agreement in CareConnect |
| Yevgeniy Freyvert, MD | Neurosurgery | 2020-2021 | Jennifer Singer, MD | Improving Neurosurgical Operative Work Flow Through Optimized Order Sets and Reporting (Freyvert) |
| Zachary Weitzner, MD | General Surgery | 2020-2021 | Darryl Hiyama, MD, Anne Lin, MD | A SmartData-Based Tool for Analyzing Postoperative Length of Stay |
| Abigail Arons | Internal Medicine-Pediatrics | 2019-2020 | Cameron Escovedo | Implementing a Pediatric to Adult Care Transition Workflow in EPIC |
| Adam Singer | Internal Medicine | 2019-2020 | Hawkin Woo, MD | Right antibiotics, right time: Building an antimicrobial stewardship module in the medicine admission order set |
| Alan Kuo | Cardiology | 2019-2020 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Developing a Cardiology Snapshot Chart Navigator |
| Alex Lambi | Plastic Surgery | 2019-2020 | Jennifer SingerCarlos Lerner | did not present at Symposium |
| Caleb Wilson | Internal Medicine | 2019-2020 | Eric ChengRussel KerbelElijah Jamie Bell | Reducing Inpatient Use of Cardiac Monitoring |
| Dane Brodke | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2019-2020 | Susan Bukata, MD | Implementing PROMIS in CareConnect |
| Glen Huang | Infectious Diseases | 2019-2020 | Hawkin Woo, MD | Building the Amphotericin B Order Panel |
| Jacquelyn Crane | Pediatric Hematology Oncology | 2019-2020 | Carlos LernerArash Naeim | did not present at Symposium |
| Jason Singer | Emergency Medicine | 2019-2020 | Frank Day | Optimizing the Emergency Department Dictation Workflow |
| Jonathan Barthelet | Internal Medicine | 2019-2020 | Eric ChengRussel KerbelElijah Jamie Bell | Reducing Inpatient Use of Cardiac Monitoring |
| Luca Valle | Radiation Oncology | 2019-2020 | Arash Naeim | Implementing a Smart Note for Documenting Tumor Board Recommendations |
| Max Schumm | General Surgery | 2019-2020 | Darryl HiyamaMichael Yeh | Measuring the Patient Experience of Postoperative Telemedicine Visits in an Academic Endocrine Surgery Program |
| Maxwell Kroloff | Hematology/Oncology | 2019-2020 | Arash Naeim | Developing Electronic PROMIS-29 Surveys at UCLA |
| Melissa Brizuela | Family Medicine | 2019-2020 | Annapoorna Chirra | Designing Antibiotic Dosing Guidance in the Setting of Kidney Dysfunction |
| Michael Drew Bedgood | Pediatrics | 2019-2020 | Cameron EscovedoCarlos Lerner | Designing a Pediatric Sports Clearance Form |
| Nicole Andonian | Anesthesiology | 2019-2020 | James Moore, MD | Applying Changes to Administered Medications in the Anesthetic Record |
| Patrick Holman | Internal Medicine-Pediatrics | 2019-2020 | Cameron Escovedo | Implementing a Pediatric to Adult Care Transition Workflow in EPIC |
| Rani Berry | Internal Medicine | 2019-2020 | Annapoorna Chirra | Using Colonoscopy Order-sets to Automate Workflow and Reduce Procedure-Related Delays in Discharge |
| Rebecca Levin-Epstein | Radiation Oncology | 2019-2020 | Allan Wu | Optimizing MyChart Patient-Reported Outcomes |
| Samuel Ahn | Neurology | 2019-2020 | Lawrence DardickCameron Escovedo | Enhancing Language Services CareConnect Access |
| Saumitra Thakur | Internal Medicine | 2019-2020 | Annapoorna Chirra | Enhancing the Intensivist Workflow with the FASTHUGSBID Sidebar Report |
| Vinh Lam | Family Medicine | 2019-2020 | Clara Lin, MD | Increasing Appropriate Substance Use Disorder Diagnoses and Referrals Using Electronic Health Record (EHR) Best Practice Advisories (BPAs) |
| Wesley Kerr | Neurology | 2019-2020 | Eric ChengAllan Wu | Implementing Pre-Visit Questionnaires in Neurology |
| Alden Smith MD | Head & Neck Surgery | 2018-2019 | Susan BukataDarryl Hiyama | Use of Online Questionnaires in Collecting Sinonasal Patient-Reported Outcome Measures |
| Alex G. Lambi, MD, PhD | Plastic Surgery | 2018-2019 | Jennifer Singer | Improving VTE Prophylaxis for UCLA Health Admissions |
| Alex Nobori, MD | Pathology | 2018-2019 | Dean Wallace | Creation of a Digital Slide Library for Education in UCLA Pathology |
| Dane Saksa, MD, MBA | Anesthesiology | 2018-2019 | Theodora Wingert, James Moore | Development of a Care Connect Screening Tool Identifying Patients at High Risk for Post-Operative Delirium |
| Drew Bedgood, MD | Pediatrics | 2018-2019 | Mindy Ross | Neonatal Early Onset Sepsis Calculator |
| Emily T. Wood, MD, PhD | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 2018-2019 | Ariel SeroussiJonathan Heldt | Semi-Quantitative Implementation of the Psychiatric MSE for Longitudinal and Statistical Analysis |
| Jonathan Barthelet, MD | Internal Medicine | 2018-2019 | Douglas Bell Annapoorna ChirraElijah Jamie Bell | Inpatient Use of Cardiac Monitoring: Time to Turn Off the Tele! |
| Juliet Edgcomb, MD, PhD | Psychiatry | 2018-2019 | Jonathan Heldt | Cardiometabolic risk screening during antipsychotic treatment |
| Matthew Flynn, MD | Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine | 2018-2019 | Annapoorna Chirra | Optimization of Care Connect for the Inpatient Pulmonologist |
| Michael Troy, MD | Med-Peds | 2018-2019 | Bingnan Zhang Cameron Escovedo | Design and Implementation of a Better Handoff Tool |
| Mitchell Moosavi, MD | Pathology | 2018-2019 | Chris DennyDawn Ward Andrea McGonigle Alyssa Ziman Thomas Chong | Transfusion Medicine Dashboard |
| Neil R. Parikh, MD MBA | Radiation Oncology | 2018-2019 | Allan Wu | RadOnc "Smart Schedule" |
| Rebecca Levin-Epstein, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2018-2019 | Allan Wu | Improved Access to Treatment-Related Toxicity and Patient Symptom Recording for Cancer Patients within the Electronic Health Record |
| Sean Delshad, MD, MBA | Internal Medicine | 2018-2019 | Cameron Escovedo | Improving Home Health Order Efficiency and Accuracy |
| Sidharth Anand, MD, MBA | Hematology Oncology | 2018-2019 | Arash Naeim | Improving Clinical Trial Accrual through Enhanced Provider Awareness |
| Tyler Larsen, MD | Internal Medicine | 2018-2019 | Bingnan ZhangHawkin Woo | PCP Division in the Patient Header |
| Vishal Chauhan, MD | Cardiology | 2018-2019 | Eric ChengGabriel Vorobiof | Redesign Workflow for Ordering Echocardiograms in CareConnect |
| Aws Al-Abdullah, MD | Emergency Medicine | 2017-2018 | Frank C. Day | Emergency Department Haiku/Canto Optimization |
| Brian Cash, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2017-2018 | Darryl HiyamaJames Moore | Implementing a Clinical Pathway for Total Hip Arthroplasty |
| Daniel Croymans, MD, MBA, MS | Internal Medicine | 2017-2018 | Hawkin WooAnna Chirra, MD | MyLife Program and Patient Entered Flowsheet |
| Elizabeth Moore, MD | Psychiatry | 2017-2018 | Clara Lin, MD | Improving Usability of the Behavioral Health Checkup |
| Emily T. Wood, MD, PhD | Psychiatry | 2017-2018 | Ariel Seroussi | SmartBlock SmartForm Implementation of the Psychiatric Mental Status Exam |
| John D. Petersen, MD | Pediatrics | 2017-2018 | Mindy Ross | Clinical decision support forhyperbilirubinemia |
| John Hegde, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2017-2018 | ||
| John Shen, MD | Hematology/Oncology, Geriatric Medicine | 2017-2018 | Arash NaeimCarlos Lerner | Pilot Study of Implementing Patient Questionnaires through myUCLAhealth |
| Julie Kim, MD | Endocrinology | 2017-2018 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Reduce unnecessary T3 laboratory testing in patients with hypothyroidism |
| Kyle Kern, MD | Neurology | 2017-2018 | Carlos Lerner | Neurology Handoff |
| Logan Pierce, MD | Internal Medicine | 2017-2018 | Douglas Bell | Cost Displays for Send-Out Laboratory tests |
| Lydia Lo, MD, MPH | OB/GYN | 2017-2018 | Tina Nguyen, MD | Bringing Enhanced Recovery Protocols and Other Updates to OB Order Sets |
| Narek Shaverdian, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2017-2018 | Allan Wu | Impact of Open Access to Physician Notes on Oncology Patients |
| Nicholas A. Smith, MD | Urologic Surgery | 2017-2018 | Jennifer Singer | Reducing 30-day ED Visits and Calls at UCLA through Standardized Discharge Instructions |
| Sidharth Anand, MD, MBA | Hematology Oncology | 2017-2018 | Jennifer Singer | A Digital Patient Reported Outcomes Platform: Using Epic MyChart to Improve the Quality of Life and Survival of Patients with Advanced Cancer |
| Vishal Chauhan, MD | Cardiology | 2017-2018 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Designing a Heart Failure Report |
| Aaron Lisberg, MD | Hematology/ Oncology | 2016-2017 | Arash Naeim | Why is My Clinical Trial Not Open for Enrollment Yet Creating a Dashboard for Investigators |
| Amar U. Kishan, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2016-2017 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Utilizing the Electronic Medical Record to Facilitate Intervention for Patients with Rising PSAs after Radical Prostatectomy: A Feasibility Study |
| Cameron Escovedo, MD | Pediatrics | 2016-2017 | Clara Lin, MD | Revamping CareConnects Medication and Laboratory SmartLinks |
| Curtis Darling, MD | Anesthesiology | 2016-2017 | James MooreJennifer Singer | Intraoperative Tidal Volume Selection Tool |
| Daniel Croymans, MD | Internal Medicine - primary care | 2016-2017 | Annapoorna ChirraHawkin Woo | The Diabetes Primary Care SmartSet |
| Daniel Kozman, MD | Internal Medicine - Pediatrics | 2016-2017 | Mindy Ross | Direct Paging of Consultants from the EHR: Optimizing inpatient consult request workflow |
| Eric Kuo, MD | General Surgery | 2016-2017 | Jennifer Singer | Point of Care Antimicrobial Clinical Decision Support |
| J Daniel Pennington, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2016-2017 | Allan Wu | Communication Auto Routing |
| Jennifer Phung, MD | Med-Peds | 2016-2017 | Frank Day | My Big Heart: A Heart Failure Management iOS Mobile App to Prevent Heart Failure Exacerbation |
| Jennifer S. Woo, MD | Pathology | 2016-2017 | Lawrence Dardick | Addiction Medicine and Chronic Pain SmartSet |
| Jonathan Heldt, MD | Psychiatry | 2016-2017 | Ariel Seroussi | 1. Implementing a Clinical Decision Support System for Mood Stabilizers and Antipsychotics2. Improving the Physician Workflow for Psychiatry Consults in the Emergency Setting |
| Logan Pierce, MD | Internal Medicine | 2016-2017 | Douglas Bell | Cost Displays for Inpatient Antimicrobials |
| Matthew Stutz, MD | Internal Medicine and Pediatrics | 2016-2017 | Mindy Ross | Clinical Decision Support: Increase POLST Completion |
| Paul Bixenstine, MD | Med-Peds | 2016-2017 | Annapoorna ChirraHawkin Woo | The Diabetes Primary Care SmartSet |
| Thomas Heineman, MD | Head and Neck | 2016-2017 | Darryl Hiyama | Thyroid Cancer Snapshot |
| Timothy Chang, MD | Neurology | 2016-2017 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Implementation and Evaluation of Smart Phrase Decision Support |
| Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD | Pathology | 2016-2017 | Allan WuLawrence Dardick | The Landscape of Genetic and Genomic Testing at UCLA |
| Aaron Lisberg, MD | Hematology / Oncology | 2015-2016 | Arash Naeim | Assessing the Compliance of UCLAs EPIC with FDA 21 CFR P11 |
| Amar U. Kishan, MD | Radiation Oncology | 2015-2016 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Utilizing the Electronic Medical Record to Screen for Patients Who Might Benefit From Postoperative Radiotherapy Following Radical Prostatectomy |
| Amy Cummings, MD | Internal Medicine | 2015-2016 | Daniel Vigil | Incorporating Gender Identity into CareConnect |
| Chris Katsura, MD | Emergency Medicine | 2015-2016 | Frank Day | Relevant Data Support Tools in the Emergency Department: Infections in immunocompromised patients |
| Danilo Bernardo, MD | Child Neurology | 2015-2016 | Allan Wu | Improvement of UCLA CareConnect Inbasket Utilization |
| Elizabeth Lord, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2015-2016 | Jennifer Singer | Surgical Case Logging for Residents |
| Eric T. Miller, MD | Urology | 2015-2016 | Darryl Hiyama | Building an Effective Prostate Cancer Snapshot |
| Frederick Yoo, MD | Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery | 2015-2016 | Carlos Lerner | Improving Sign Out and Rounding Lists in CareConnect |
| Jason Ghodasra, MD, MSCI | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2015-2016 | Jennifer Singer | Improvement of Procedural Documentation (ProcDoc) |
| Priya Batra, MD, MS | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2015-2016 | Eric ChengTina Nguyen | The UCLA Baby-Friendly Health Initiative: Using Patient-Facing Epic Tools for Health Education and Engagement |
| Raymond Tsai, MD | Family Medicine | 2015-2016 | Hawkin Woo, MD | myUCLAhealth Usage and Diabetic Control: Analysis of Patient Portal Usage |
| Rusha Modi, MD, MPH | Gastroenterology | 2015-2016 | ||
| Russell Buhr, MD | Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine | 2015-2016 | Douglas Bell | Utilizing MyChart questionnaires to improve care for patients with COPD |
| Shelley Chang, MD, PhD | Transfusion Medicine, Pathology | 2015-2016 | Darryl Hiyama | Improving Blood Transfusions Safety and Monitoring through CPOE Assistive Texts and Transfusion Synoptic Dashboard |
| Theodora Wingert, MD | Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine | 2015-2016 | James Moore, MD | Association between BMI and post-operative oxygen saturation at Ambulatory Surgery Centers |
| Valerie A. Arboleda MD, PhD | Clinical Pathology | 2015-2016 | Chris Denny | Integration of Pathology Results in disease-specific manner |
| Aaron Laviana | Urology | 2014-2015 | Tina NguyenJennifer Singer | Introducing Quality Care Indicators for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia into CareConnect to Improve the Value of Care Delivery |
| Andrew Wilson | Neurology | 2014-2015 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Using E-Calculators to Improve Care in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
| Ariel Seroussi | Psychiatry | 2014-2015 | John Luo | Electronic Involuntary Holds for Psychiatry: The e5150 |
| Caitlin Gomez | Radiation Oncology | 2014-2015 | Darryl HiyamaArash Naeim | Cancer Care Summary |
| Chester Chan | Anesthesiology | 2014-2015 | James Moore, MD | CareConnect Training Tools for Anesthesia Providers |
| Chonghua Wang | Anesthesiology | 2014-2015 | James Moore, MD | Optimization of the PACU Status Board |
| Chris Katsura | Emergency Medicine | 2014-2015 | Frank DayLynnell Mccullough | Design and Implementation of Relevant Data Report Tools |
| Eli Kupperman | Orthopaedic Surgery | 2014-2015 | Daniel Vigil | E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances |
| Jennifer Macdonald | Family Medicine | 2014-2015 | Hawkin Woo, MD | Billing Education Initiative, UCLA Family Health Center |
| Judy M. Choi | Urology | 2014-2015 | Frank Day | SMS Text Messages Following Discharge from the UCLA Emergency Department |
| Neha Datta | Surgery | 2014-2015 | Jennifer Singer | iPad consent - Tablets for mobile documentation of surgical consent |
| Raymond Tsai, MD | Family Medicine | 2014-2015 | Hawkin Woo, MD | How Patients Use MyChart: An Analysis of the Demographics and Usage Patterns for UCLAs Patient Portal |
| Roy Kao | Pediatric Hematology / Oncology | 2014-2015 | Douglas BellChristopher Denny, MD | Developing Problem List Quality Metrics for Clinical Care, Research, and Quality Improvement |
| Vishal Patel | Radiology | 2014-2015 | Lynne McCullough | Automated Quantification of Radiology Report Discrepancies |
| Xuejing Chen | Ophthalmology | 2014-2015 | John Bartlett, MD | Best Practice Advisories in Ophthalmology For the Stein Eye Institute |
| Yang Shen | Medicine / Endocrinology | 2014-2015 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Developing A Diabetes Care Health Maintenance Module |
| Alexander Chiang | Ob/Gyn | 2013-2014 | Tina Nguyen, MD | Labor and Delivery Orders and Documentation Workflow Optimization |
| Ariel Seroussi | Psychiatry | 2013-2014 | John Luo | Electronic Health Records and Legal Status |
| Ausaf Bari | Neurosurgery | 2013-2014 | Allan Wu | Use of Mobile EHR Computing to Improve Communication Between Physicians and Prevent Signout Errors |
| Benjamin Bluth | Orthopedics | 2013-2014 | James Hoffman | Resident E-Learning Courses |
| Brian Lichtenstein | Medicine-Pediatrics | 2013-2014 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Implementation of Best Practice Advisories for the Identification of Chronic Kidney Disease |
| Caitlin Gomez | Radiation Oncology | 2013-2014 | Darryl Hiyama | Conversion of the Initial Intake Survey to an Online Format |
| Chester Chan | Anesthesiology | 2013-2014 | Ira Hofer | A CareConnect Dashboard for Administrators to Track Anesthesiology Resident Progress Towards ACGME Competencies |
| Chonghua Wang | Anesthesiology | 2013-2014 | Jennifer Singer | CareConnect Training Through Case-Based Learning |
| Daniel Franc | Neurology | 2013-2014 | Douglas Bell | Development of natural language processing tools for the identification of stroke quality measures |
| James O'Keefe | Internal Medicine | 2013-2014 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Applying health maintenance features of CareConnect within the Internal Medicine residency |
| Justin Graham Laube | Internal Medicine - Primary Care Track | 2013-2014 | Arash Naeim | Developing an electronic patient health history questionnaire (HHQ) for use within Care Connect: Initial stages and future directions |
| Justin Wagner | General Surgery | 2013-2014 | Arash Naeim | Individualizing Signout Reports for Specific Surgical Services |
| Kristina Vander Wall | Hematology-Oncology (STAR) | 2013-2014 | Arash Naeim | CareConnect and Cancer Registry Data: Meaningful Use and Compatibility with Quality Metrics |
| Marco Fossati-Bellani | Emergency Medicine | 2013-2014 | Lynne McCullough Frank Day | Improving ED efficiency with a diagnosis-driven SmartSet |
| Nelly Tan | Radiology | 2013-2014 | Jennifer Singer | Using Epic to facilitate the protocoling and ordering of radiopharmaceuticals involving Nuclear Medicine studies |
| Paul Toste | General Surgery | 2013-2014 | Jennifer Singer | Optimizing the CareConnect SCIP Interface* |
| Sue Chang | Pathology | 2013-2014 | Donna Wellbaum | Pathology Testing Orders Interface - Cytology |
| Warren Chang | Radiology | 2013-2014 | Allan Wu Arash Naeim | Optimizing Protocoling of Radiology Studies for Research Purposes |
| Yang Shen | Medicine/ Endocrinology | 2013-2014 | Eric Cheng, MD, MS | Design of a User-Friendly Tracking System for DM |