Robert Baron, MD

Title(s)Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1701 Divisadero, #534
San Francisco CA 94115
Phone415-502-0211
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    University of California, San Francisco Residency School of Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoM.D.1978 Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2017Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

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    Dr. Robert Baron, an internal medicine specialist and primary care doctor, serves as vice chief of the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine. With a special interest in treating obesity, he is founder and director of the UCSF Weight Management Program. He is also interested in nutrition and preventive medicine.

    Baron earned a master's degree in nutrition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his medical degree from UCSF.

    Baron has directed the UCSF Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program since 1989.

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    General Clinical Research Center
    NIH M01RR000079Dec 1, 1974 - Mar 31, 2009
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Complexities of Physician Workforce Projection: Call for a Unified National Healthcare Workforce Policy. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul 29. Pasha AS, Niess MA, Parish DC, Henry T, Krishnamoorthi VR, Baron RB, Wan S. PMID: 39075269.
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    2. Do Resident Unions Improve Graduate Medical Education Training? Benefits and Potential Pitfalls. Acad Med. 2024 Jun 26. Julian KA, Baron RB. PMID: 38924497.
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    3. Engaging GME Learners in Health System-Aligned Improvement Work in the Clinical Learning Environment. Am J Med Qual. 2024 Jan-Feb 01; 39(1):33-41. Rosenbluth G, Choi LW, Boscardin CK, Gonzales R, Green A, Hernandez A, Vidyarthi AR, Julian KA, Baron RB. PMID: 38127672.
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    4. Analysis of the Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environment for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety From Perspectives of Interprofessional Teams. J Grad Med Educ. 2021 Dec; 13(6):822-832. Cheng MKW, Collins S, Baron RB, Boscardin CK. PMID: 35070095; PMCID: PMC8672841.
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    5. CLER Pursuing Excellence: Faculty Development Innovations in Quality, Safety, Equity, and Value. J Grad Med Educ. 2021 Oct; 13(5):746-752. Choi LW, Moriates C, Payne AS, Varaklis K, Gonzales R, Baron RB. PMID: 34721814; PMCID: PMC8527941.
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    6. Pursuing Excellence: Driving GME Integration With Health System Strategic Priorities. J Grad Med Educ. 2021 Feb; 13(1):153-160. Traboulsi EI, Blanchard AK, Passiment M, Agrawal D, Baron RB, Calongne L, Hartmann D, MacClements J, Zaveri P, Varaklis K, Wagner R, Weiss KB. PMID: 33680321; PMCID: PMC7901633.
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    7. CLER Pursuing Excellence: Designing a Collaborative for Innovation. J Grad Med Educ. 2020 Aug; 12(4):512-517. Passiment M, Zaveri P, Traboulsi EI, Varaklis K, Blanchard A, Baron RB, Calongne L, Hartmann D, MacClements J, Agrawal D, Wagner R, Weiss KB. PMID: 32879698; PMCID: PMC7450734.
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    8. Jump-Starting Faculty Development in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education: A Team-Based Approach. Acad Med. 2019 11; 94(11):1728-1732. van Schaik SM, Chang A, Fogh S, Haehn M, Lyndon A, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan P, Ranji S, Rosenbluth G, Sehgal N, Tabas J, Baron RB. PMID: 31663959.
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    9. CE: Breast Cancer Screening: A Review of Current Guidelines. Am J Nurs. 2018 Jul; 118(7):34-41. Baron R, Drucker K, Lagdamen L, Cannon M, Mancini C, Fischer-Cartlidge E. PMID: 29905576.
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    10. Treating Blood Pressure Correctly by Measuring It Correctly. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 06 01; 178(6):860-861. Baron RB. PMID: 29710072.
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    11. Ensuring Resident Competence: A Narrative Review of the Literature on Group Decision Making to Inform the Work of Clinical Competency Committees. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 May; 8(2):156-64. Hauer KE, Cate OT, Boscardin CK, Iobst W, Holmboe ES, Chesluk B, Baron RB, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 27168881; PMCID: PMC4857505.
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    12. Development of an itemwise efficiency scoring method: Concurrent, convergent, discriminant, and neuroimaging-based predictive validity assessed in a large community sample. Psychol Assess. 2016 12; 28(12):1529-1542. Moore TM, Reise SP, Roalf DR, Satterthwaite TD, Davatzikos C, Bilker WB, Port AM, Jackson CT, Ruparel K, Savitt AP, Baron RB, Gur RE, Gur RC. PMID: 26866796; PMCID: PMC4981571.
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    13. Observations on the 2016 World Congress on Continuing Professional Development: Advancing Learning and Care in the Health Professions. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2016; 36 Suppl 1:S4-7. Turco MG, Baron RB. PMID: 27584068.
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    14. What's in It for Me? Maintenance of Certification as an Incentive for Faculty Supervision of Resident Quality Improvement Projects. Acad Med. 2016 Jan; 91(1):56-9. Rosenbluth G, Tabas JA, Baron RB. PMID: 26083401.
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    15. In Reply to Oyler et al. Acad Med. 2016 Jan; 91(1):8. Rosenbluth G, Tabas JA, Baron RB. PMID: 26714129.
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    16. Dissemination of Evidence From Systematic Reviews Through Academic CME Providers: A Feasibility Study. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2016; 36(2):104-12. Fordis M, King JE, Bonaduce de Nigris F, Morrow R, Baron RB, Kues JR, Norton JC, Kessler H, Mazmanian PE, Colburn L. PMID: 27262153.
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    17. Is Training in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Associated with a Career in Primary Care Medicine? J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Sep; 30(9):1333-8. Stanley M, O'Brien B, Julian K, Jain S, Cornett P, Hollander H, Baron RB, Kohlwes RJ. PMID: 26173526; PMCID: PMC4539335.
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    18. Reviewing residents' competence: a qualitative study of the role of clinical competency committees in performance assessment. Acad Med. 2015 Aug; 90(8):1084-92. Hauer KE, Chesluk B, Iobst W, Holmboe E, Baron RB, Boscardin CK, Cate OT, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 25901876.
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    19. Achieving Hand Hygiene Success With a Partnership Between Graduate Medical Education, Hospital Leadership, and Physicians. Am J Med Qual. 2016 11; 31(6):577-583. Rosenbluth G, Garritson S, Green AL, Milev D, Vidyarthi AR, Auerbach AD, Baron RB. PMID: 26201665.
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    20. In reply to Sedgh. Acad Med. 2014 Oct; 89(10):1316. Baron RB, Rosenbluth G, Green AL, Vidyarthi AR. PMID: 25247540.
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    21. Nutrition in medical education: from counting hours to measuring competence. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jun; 174(6):843-4. Nestle M, Baron RB. PMID: 24733155.
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    22. In reply to Walsh. Acad Med. 2014 May; 89(5):698. Baron RB. PMID: 24781293.
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    23. Addressing the nation's physician workforce needs: The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) recommendations on graduate medical education reform. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Nov; 29(11):1546-51. Jackson A, Baron RB, Jaeger J, Liebow M, Plews-Ogan M, Schwartz MD, Society of General Internal Medicine Health Policy Committee. PMID: 24733299; PMCID: PMC4238189.
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    24. Teaching for quality: where do we go from here? Am J Med Qual. 2014 May-Jun; 29(3):256-8. Baron RB, Davis NL, Davis DA, Headrick LA. PMID: 24604907.
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    25. Engaging residents and fellows to improve institution-wide quality: the first six years of a novel financial incentive program. Acad Med. 2014 Mar; 89(3):460-8. Vidyarthi AR, Green AL, Rosenbluth G, Baron RB. PMID: 24448041.
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    26. Changing resident test ordering behavior: a multilevel intervention to decrease laboratory utilization at an academic medical center. Am J Med Qual. 2015 Jan-Feb; 30(1):81-7. Vidyarthi AR, Hamill T, Green AL, Rosenbluth G, Baron RB. PMID: 24443317.
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    27. Eat more fibre. BMJ. 2013 Dec 19; 347:f7401. Baron RB. PMID: 24355540.
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    28. Can we achieve public accountability for graduate medical education outcomes? Acad Med. 2013 Sep; 88(9):1199-201. Baron RB. PMID: 23887009.
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    29. Should we all be vegetarians? JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Jul 08; 173(13):1238-9. Baron RB. PMID: 23836265.
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    30. Maintenance of certification. N Engl J Med. 2013 03 28; 368(13):1262-3. Iglehart JK, Baron RB. PMID: 23534577.
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    31. Ensuring physicians' competence--is maintenance of certification the answer? N Engl J Med. 2012 Dec 27; 367(26):2543-9. Iglehart JK, Baron RB. PMID: 23268670.
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    32. Industry support of CME--are we at the tipping point? N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar 22; 366(12):1069-71. Steinman MA, Landefeld CS, Baron RB. PMID: 22435367.
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    33. Commercial funding of accredited continuing medical education. BMJ. 2012 Feb 16; 344:e810. Tabas JA, Baron RB. PMID: 22344304.
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    34. Perspective: Creating the next generation of general internists: a call for medical education reform. Acad Med. 2011 Nov; 86(11):1443-7. Julian K, Riegels NS, Baron RB. PMID: 21952058.
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    35. Financial incentives for residents and fellows: a disruptive innovation to drive quality improvement. Acad Med. 2011 Nov; 86(11):1338. Vidyarthi AR, Baron RB. PMID: 22030637.
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    36. Clinician attitudes about commercial support of continuing medical education: results of a detailed survey. Arch Intern Med. 2011 May 09; 171(9):840-6. Tabas JA, Boscardin C, Jacobsen DM, Steinman MA, Volberding PA, Baron RB. PMID: 21555662.
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    37. Telling patients they are overweight or obese: an insult or an effective intervention?: comment on "The influence of physician acknowledgment of patients' weight status on patient perceptions of overweight and obesity in the United States". Arch Intern Med. 2011 Feb 28; 171(4):321-2. Baron RB. PMID: 21357808.
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    38. Objective airway monitoring improves asthma control in the cold and flu season: a cluster randomized trial. Chest. 2010 Nov; 138(5):1148-55. Janson SL, McGrath KW, Covington JK, Baron RB, Lazarus SC. PMID: 20538819; PMCID: PMC2972622.
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    39. Potential unintended consequences due to Medicare's "no pay for errors" rule? A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with internal medicine residents. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Oct; 25(10):1097-101. Mookherjee S, Vidyarthi AR, Ranji SR, Maselli J, Wachter RM, Baron RB. PMID: 20532660; PMCID: PMC2955462.
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    40. Commercial influence and learner-perceived bias in continuing medical education. Acad Med. 2010 Jan; 85(1):74-9. Steinman MA, Boscardin CK, Aguayo L, Baron RB. PMID: 20042828; PMCID: PMC2801075.
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    41. Continuing medical education in Vietnam: new legislation and new roles for medical schools. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2010; 30(2):144-8. van der Velden T, Van HN, Quoc HN, Van HN, Baron RB. PMID: 20564715.
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    42. Commentary: CME and its role in the academic medical center: increasing integration, adding value. Acad Med. 2010 Jan; 85(1):12-5. Davis DA, Baron RB, Grichnik K, Topulos GP, Agus ZS, Dorman T. PMID: 20042813.
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    43. Improving chronic care of type 2 diabetes using teams of interprofessional learners. Acad Med. 2009 Nov; 84(11):1540-8. Janson SL, Cooke M, McGrath KW, Kroon LA, Robinson S, Baron RB. PMID: 19858812.
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    44. Does health service use in a diabetes management program contribute to health disparities at a facility level? Optimizing resources with demographic predictors. Popul Health Manag. 2009 Jun; 12(3):139-47. Robinson S, Baron RB, Cooper B, Janson S. PMID: 19534578.
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    45. Factors associated with intern fatigue. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Dec; 23(12):1981-6. Friesen LD, Vidyarthi AR, Baron RB, Katz PP. PMID: 18807096; PMCID: PMC2596494.
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    46. Rebuttal: Is CME a drug-promotion tool?: YES. Can Fam Physician. 2007 Nov; 53(11):1877, 1878-9. Steinman MA, Baron RB. PMID: 18000249; PMCID: PMC2231463.
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    47. Is continuing medical education a drug-promotion tool?: YES. Can Fam Physician. 2007 Oct; 53(10):1650-7. Steinman MA, Baron RB. PMID: 17934022; PMCID: PMC2231419.
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    48. Brief report: Multiprogram evaluation of reading habits of primary care internal medicine residents on ambulatory rotations. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 May; 21(5):486-9. Lai CJ, Aagaard E, Brandenburg S, Nadkarni M, Wei HG, Baron R. PMID: 16704393; PMCID: PMC1484781.
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    49. Teaching chronic disease management to interdisciplinary medical learners. Med Educ. 2005 Nov; 39(11):1162-3. Lai C, Julian K, Baron R. PMID: 16262837.
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    50. Implementation of a voluntary hospitalist service at a community teaching hospital: improved clinical efficiency and patient outcomes. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Dec 03; 137(11):859-65. Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Katz P, Showstack J, Baron RB, Goldman L. PMID: 12458985.
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