Nader Najafi, MD, MAS

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Phone415-476-9853
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    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CAResidency06/2011Internal Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CAMAS09/2021Clinical Research

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    Nader Najafi practices medicine on both the teaching and direct care services at UCSF Parnassus. He directs the Department of Medicine’s Data Core, a group of analysts who provide data acquisition and analysis services for research, quality improvement, medical education, and clinical administration. His academic interest is in modeling observational clinical data for the purpose of statistical inference and predictive analytics.

    Nader Najafi completed his Internal Medicine residency training and hospital medicine fellowship training at UCSF. He is the former Associate Director of Quality Improvement for the Division of Hospital Medicine.

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    1. Tell-a provider about tele: Reducing overuse of telemetry across 10 hospitals in a safety net system. J Hosp Med. 2023 02; 18(2):147-153. Krouss M, Israilov S, Alaiev D, Seferi A, Kansara T, Brandeis G, Saladini-Aponte C, Wat M, Talledo J, Tsega S, Chandra K, Zaurova M, Manchego PA, Najafi N, Cho HJ. PMID: 36567609.
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    2. Effectiveness of an Analytics-Based Intervention for Reducing Sleep Interruption in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Feb 01; 182(2):172-177. Najafi N, Robinson A, Pletcher MJ, Patel S. PMID: 34962506; PMCID: PMC8715385.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Applying Machine Learning Across Sites: External Validation of a Surgical Site Infection Detection Algorithm. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 06; 232(6):963-971.e1. Zhu Y, Simon GJ, Wick EC, Abe-Jones Y, Najafi N, Sheka A, Tourani R, Skube SJ, Hu Z, Melton GB. PMID: 33831539; PMCID: PMC8679130.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. A Methodology to Generate Longitudinally Updated Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Prognostication Scores From Electronic Health Record Data. Hepatol Commun. 2021 Jun; 5(6):1069-1080. Ge J, Najafi N, Zhao W, Somsouk M, Fang M, Lai JC. PMID: 34141990; PMCID: PMC8183167.
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    5. Evaluation of a novel metric for personalized opioid prescribing after hospitalization. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0244735. Iverson NR, Lau CY, Abe-Jones Y, Fang MC, Kangelaris KN, Prasad P, Shah SJ, Najafi N. PMID: 33382802; PMCID: PMC7774844.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Clinical features, diagnostics, and outcomes of patients presenting with acute respiratory illness: A retrospective cohort study of patients with and without COVID-19. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Oct; 27:100518. Shah SJ, Barish PN, Prasad PA, Kistler A, Neff N, Kamm J, Li LM, Chiu CY, Babik JM, Fang MC, Abe-Jones Y, Alipanah N, Alvarez FN, Botvinnik OB, Castaneda G, CZB CLIAhub Consortium, Dadasovich RM, Davis J, Deng X, DeRisi JL, Detweiler AM, Federman S, Haliburton J, Hao S, Kerkhoff AD, Kumar GR, Malcolm KB, Mann SA, Martinez S, Mary RK, Mick E, Mwakibete L, Najafi N, Peluso MJ, Phelps M, Pisco AO, Ratnasiri K, Rubio LA, Sellas A, Sherwood KD, Sheu J, Spottiswoode N, Tan M, Yu G, Kangelaris KN, Langelier C. PMID: 32864588; PMCID: PMC7447618.
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    7. Randomized Controlled Trials of Electronic Health Record Interventions: Design, Conduct, and Reporting Considerations. Ann Intern Med. 2020 06 02; 172(11 Suppl):S85-S91. Pletcher MJ, Flaherman V, Najafi N, Patel S, Rushakoff RJ, Hoffman A, Robinson A, Cucina RJ, McCulloch CE, Gonzales R, Auerbach A. PMID: 32479183.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Clinical features, diagnostics, and outcomes of patients presenting with acute respiratory illness: a comparison of patients with and without COVID-19. medRxiv. 2020 May 06. Shah SJ, Barish PN, Prasad PA, Kistler AL, Neff N, Kamm J, Li LM, Chiu CY, Babick JM, Fang MC, Abe-Jones Y, Alipanah N, Alvarez FN, Botvinnik OB, Davis JM, Castenada GD, Consortium C, Dadasovich RM, Deng X, DeRisi JL, Detweiler AM, Federman S, Haliburton JR, Hao SL, Kerkhoff AD, Kumar R, Malcolm K, Mann SA, Martinez SP, Marya R, Mick E, Mwakibete LL, Najafi N, Peluso MJ, Phelps MS, Pisco AO, Ratnasiri K, Rubio LA, Sellas AB, Sherwood KD, Sheu J, Spottiswoode N, Tan M, Yu G, Kangelaris KN, Langelier C. PMID: 32511488; PMCID: PMC7273256.
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    9. Prevalence and Predictability of Low-Yield Inpatient Laboratory Diagnostic Tests. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 09 04; 2(9):e1910967. Xu S, Hom J, Balasubramanian S, Schroeder LF, Najafi N, Roy S, Chen JH. PMID: 31509205; PMCID: PMC6739729.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Effectiveness of a Best Practice Alert to Reduce Telemetry Orders-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 06 01; 179(6):844-845. Najafi N, Cucina R, Khanna R. PMID: 31157847.
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    11. Reducing Unnecessary Treatment of Asymptomatic Elevated Blood Pressure with Intravenous Medications on the General Internal Medicine Wards: A Quality Improvement Initiative. J Hosp Med. 2019 03; 14(3):144-150. Jacobs ZG, Najafi N, Fang MC, Prasad PA, Abe-Jones Y, Auerbach AD, Patel S. PMID: 30811319.
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    12. Assessment of a Targeted Electronic Health Record Intervention to Reduce Telemetry Duration: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 01 01; 179(1):11-15. Najafi N, Cucina R, Pierre B, Khanna R. PMID: 30535345; PMCID: PMC6583411.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Electronic Order Volume as a Meaningful Component in Estimating Patient Complexity and Resident Physician Workload. J Hosp Med. 2018 12 01; 13(12):829-835. Groningen NV, Prasad PA, Najafi N, Rajkomar A, Khanna RR, Fang MC. PMID: 30156577.
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    14. Characterizing the Source of Text in Electronic Health Record Progress Notes. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 08 01; 177(8):1212-1213. Wang MD, Khanna R, Najafi N. PMID: 28558106; PMCID: PMC5818790.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 31     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. It All Just Clicks: Development of an Inpatient E-Consult Program. J Hosp Med. 2017 05; 12(5):332-334. Najafi N, Harrison JD, Duong J, Greenberg A, Cheng HQ. PMID: 28459902.
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    16. Standardized Attending Rounds to Improve the Patient Experience: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. J Hosp Med. 2017 03; 12(3):143-149. Monash B, Najafi N, Mourad M, Rajkomar A, Ranji SR, Fang MC, Glass M, Milev D, Ding Y, Shen A, Sharpe BA, Harrison JD. PMID: 28272589.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Improving attending rounds: Qualitative reflections from multidisciplinary providers. Hosp Pract (1995). 2015; 43(3):186-90. Najafi N, Monash B, Mourad M, Ding Y, Glass M, Burrell GJ, Harrison JD. PMID: 25936415.
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    18. A call for evidence-based telemetry monitoring: the beep goes on. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Nov; 174(11):1855-6. Najafi N. PMID: 25243346.
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    19. Arch Intern Med. Use and Outcomes of Telemetry Monitoring on a Medicine Service. 2012; 1-2(13). Najafi N, Auerbach A.
    20. Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) 13th Annual National Meeting. Use of Electrocardiographic Telemetry Monitoring on a Medicine Service. 2010. Najafi N, Auerbach A.
    21. Islet 1 is expressed in distinct cardiovascular lineages, including pacemaker and coronary vascular cells. Dev Biol. 2007 Apr 01; 304(1):286-96. Sun Y, Liang X, Najafi N, Cass M, Lin L, Cai CL, Chen J, Evans SM. PMID: 17258700; PMCID: PMC2582044.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 161     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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