Aaron Neinstein, MD

Director, Clinical Informatics
Center for Digital Health Innovation
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Dr. Aaron Neinstein is Vice President of Digital Health for UCSF Health and Associate Professor in the UCSF Division of Endocrinology. He has led the development and implementation of a wide range of health technology, with a focus on digital transformation and improving patient access and empowerment through virtual care models. This includes leading UCSF’s ambulatory Epic EHR implementation and optimization, development and deployment of numerous digital health solutions transforming digital patient experience and virtual care delivery across UCSF, and co-founding of Tidepool, a non-profit creating open-source software to empower people with diabetes.

Dr. Neinstein was an inaugural inductee as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA), and is a federal appointee serving on the United States Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). Board-certified in Endocrinology, Clinical Informatics, and Internal Medicine, he maintains an active clinical practice focused on the care of people with diabetes, and is considered a national expert in diabetes technology. He was named by Marin Magazine to the 2020 Bay Area [415] Top Doctors List and received the UCSF School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching award. Dr. Neinstein is a nationally-invited speaker, peer-reviewed author, advisor to numerous companies, and has appeared in media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC Good Morning America, and NPR. He received his Doctor of Medicine, including the Alpha Omega Alpha honors society, from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, and his undergraduate degree in American Studies from Northwestern University.

Publications: 

Digital Health at Enterprise Scale: Evaluation Framework for Selecting Patient-Facing Software in a Digital-First Health System.

JMIR formative research

Shapiro M, Renly S, Maiorano A, Young J, Medina E, Neinstein A, Odisho AY

Behavioral "nudges" in the electronic health record to reduce waste and misuse: 3 interventions.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Grouse CK, Waung MW, Holmgren AJ, Mongan J, Neinstein A, Josephson SA, Khanna RR

Design and implementation of a digital health home spirometry intervention for remote monitoring of lung transplant function.

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation

Odisho AY, Liu AW, Maiorano AR, Bigazzi MOA, Medina E, Leard LE, Shah R, Venado A, Perez A, Golden J, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Maheshwari J, Trinh BN, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Calabrese D, Neinstein AB, Singer JP, Hays SR

Paging the Clinical Informatics Community: Respond STAT to Dobbs v Jackson's Women's Health Organization.

Applied clinical informatics

Arvisais-Anhalt S, Ravi A, Weia B, Aarts J, Ahmad HB, Araj E, Bauml JA, Benham-Hutchins M, Boyd AD, Brecht-Doscher A, Butler-Henderson K, Butte A, Cardillo AB, Chilukuri N, Cho MK, Cohen JK, Craven CK, Crusco SJ, Dadabhoy F, Dash D, DeBolt C, Elkin PL, Fayanju OA, Fochtmann L, Graham JV, Hanna J, Hersh W, Hoffard MR, Hron J, Huang SS, Jackson BR, Kaplan B, Kelly W, Ko K, Koppel R, Kurapati N, Labbad G, Lee J, Lehmann CU, Leitner S, Liao ZC, Medford RJ, Melnick ER, Muniyappa AN, Murray S, Neinstein A, Nichols-Johnson V, Novak L, Ogan WS, Ozeran L, Pageler N, Pandita D, Perumbeti A, Petersen C, Pierce L, Puttagunta R, Ramaswamy P, Rogers KM, Rosenbloom T, Ryan A, Saleh S, Sarabu C, Schreiber R, Shaw KA, Sim I, Sirintrapun SJ, Solomonides A, Spector JD, Starren JB, Stoffel M, Subbian V, Swanson K, Tomes A, Trang K, Unertl KM, Weon JL, Whooley M, Wiley K, Williamson DF, Winkelstein P, Wong J, Xie J, Yarahuan JKW, Yung N, Zera C, Ratanawongsa N, Sadasivaiah S

Utilization patterns and efficiency gains from use of a fully EHR-integrated COVID-19 self-triage and self-scheduling tool: a retrospective analysis.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Judson TJ, Pierce L, Tutman A, Mourad M, Neinstein AB, Shuler G, Gonzales R, Odisho AY

Our AI future is better than you think.

Nature medicine

Neinstein AB

Patient Experience and Feedback After Using an Electronic Health Record-Integrated COVID-19 Symptom Checker: Survey Study.

JMIR human factors

Liu AW, Odisho AY, Brown Iii W, Gonzales R, Neinstein AB, Judson TJ

Diabetes Specialists Value CGM Despite Challenges in Prescribing and Data Review Process.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Kompala T, Wong J, Neinstein A

636-P: Diabetes Providers Value CGM Data Despite Challenges in Data Review Process.

Diabetes

TEJASWI KOMPALA, JENISE C. WONG, AARON B. NEINSTEIN

886-P: Impact of Endocrine E-Consultation on SGLT2i and GLP-1 RA Prescription.

Diabetes

AMNA RASHEED, TEJASWI KOMPALA, AARON B. NEINSTEIN

Biochemical and Genomic Changes of a Devastating Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer.

Journal of the Endocrine Society

Myat Han Soe, Chienying Liu, Aaron Barak Neinstein, Elizabeth J Murphy

Disparities in Telemedicine Use for Subspecialty Diabetes Care During COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place Orders.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Haynes SC, Kompala T, Neinstein A, Rosenthal J, Crossen S

Telehealth in type 1 diabetes.

Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity

Kompala T, Neinstein AB

LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Neinstein et al: Approach to the Patient with Thyrotoxicosis Using Telemedicine.

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Neinstein AB, Masharani U

Smart Insulin Pens: Advancing Digital Transformation and a Connected Diabetes Care Ecosystem.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Kompala T, Neinstein AB

Treating Alpelisib-Induced Hyperglycemia with Very Low Carbohydrate Diets and Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors: A Case Series.

Integrative cancer therapies

Blow T, Hyde PN, Falcone JN, Neinstein A, Vasan N, Chitkara R, Hurd MA, Sardesai S, Lustberg MB, Flory JH, Volek JS, Goncalves MD

Design and development of referrals automation, a SMART on FHIR solution to improve patient access to specialty care.

JAMIA open

Odisho AY, Lui H, Yerramsetty R, Bautista F, Gleason N, Martin E, Young JJ, Blum M, Neinstein AB

Case Report: Implementation of a Digital Chatbot to Screen Health System Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Judson TJ, Odisho AY, Young JJ, Bigazzi O, Steuer D, Gonzales R, Neinstein AB

1239-P: University of California Diabetes Initiative: A Multi-institution Collaboration to Improve Diabetes Care.

Diabetes

TEJASWI KOMPALA, MACKENZIE CLARK, SARAH KIM, LISA KROON, THOMAS A. PETERSON, ROBERT M. MOWERS, PRASANTH SURAMPUDI, MATTHEW FREEBY, MARIA HAN, SYLVIA LAMBRECHTS, THERESE M. OFFER, MARY JEAN CHRISTIAN, LISA DAHM, LISA GIBBS, JUSTIN BOUW, KATHRYN MEDDERS, CASSIE MORN, AYAN PATEL, RACHAEL SAK, MARICEL CABRERA, AARON B. NEINSTEIN

833-P: Standardized Assessment of Diabetes Distress in Routine Type 1 Diabetes Care.

Diabetes

TEJASWI KOMPALA, POLLY FU, ANDREW K. FOLICK, MURIEL BABEY, EILEEN KOH, PARAS MEHTA, LAWRENCE FISHER, UMESH MASHARANI, AARON B. NEINSTEIN

Rapid Design and Implementation of an Integrated Patient Self-Triage and Self-Scheduling Tool for COVID-19.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Judson TJ, Odisho AY, Neinstein AB, Chao J, Williams A, Miller C, Moriarty T, Gleason N, Intinarelli G, Gonzales R

Accelerating Transformation to a Digital-First Diabetes Care Model.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Kompala T, Neinstein A

Self-Reported Wearable Heart Rate Data May Be Useful in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyperthyroidism.

Clinical Thyroidology

Aaron B. Neinstein, Michael Blum, Umesh Masharani

Top Ten Tips for Successfully Implementing a Diabetes Telehealth Program.

Diabetes technology & therapeutics

Crossen S, Raymond J, Neinstein AB

PD05-01 AUTOMATED, EHR-INTEGRATED REFERRAL PROCESSING USING INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM FAXED IMAGES TO IMPROVE PATIENT ACCESS TO UROLOGIC CARE.

The Journal of Urology

Hansen Lui*, Ramakrishna Yerramsetty, Nathaniel Gleason, Edwin Martin, Jerry Young, Michael Blum, Aaron B. Neinstein, Anobel Y. Odisho

A new era: increasing continuous glucose monitoring use in type 2 diabetes.

The American journal of managed care

Kompala T, Neinstein A

Balancing Innovation and Safety When Integrating Digital Tools Into Health Care.

Annals of internal medicine

Auerbach AD, Neinstein A, Khanna R

Pilot Study of a Novel Application for Data Visualization in Type 1 Diabetes.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Wong JC, Neinstein AB, Look H, Arbiter B, Chokr N, Ross C, Adi S

Medical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

Aaron Neinstein,Dolores Shoback

A case study in open source innovation: developing the Tidepool Platform for interoperability in type 1 diabetes management.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA

Neinstein A, Wong J, Look H, Arbiter B, Quirk K, McCanne S, Sun Y, Blum M, Adi S

A Minority of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Routinely Downloads and Retrospectively Reviews Device Data.

Diabetes technology & therapeutics

Wong JC, Neinstein AB, Spindler M, Adi S

A detailed description of the implementation of inpatient insulin orders with a commercial electronic health record system.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Neinstein A, MacMaster HW, Sullivan MM, Rushakoff R

From "pull" to "push": a transformation in medicine.

JAMA internal medicine

Neinstein AB

Nocturnal hypoglycemia detected with the Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes.

The Journal of pediatrics

Kaufman FR, Austin J, Neinstein A, Jeng L, Halvorson M, Devoe DJ, Pitukcheewanont P