Niraj Sehgal, MD, MPH

Professor

Niraj Sehgal is the Vice President & Chief Quality Officer for UCSF Health and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. His academic interests focus on improving healthcare systems by leading initiatives that foster teamwork & communication, promote a culture for learning and improvement, and support workforce development as key strategies to deliver better patient outcomes.
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fellowship, 2009 - Healthcare Leadership Program, California Healthcare Foundation
Fellowship, 2004 - Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University
M.P.H, 2003 - School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Chief Residency, 2002 - Department of Medicine, Stanford University
Residency, 2001 - Department of Medicine, Stanford University
M.D., 1998 - School of Medicine, Rush University
B.A., 1993 - Biology & Business, Washington University (St. Louis)
Honors and Awards
  • Cooke Award for Scholarship in Teaching & Learning, Academy of Medical Educators, 2012
  • Senior Fellow, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2010
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2009
  • Induction into UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2009
  • David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Educator Award, Society for General Internal Medicine, 2007
  • Excellence in Direct Teaching & Mentoring, Academy of Medical Educators, 2007
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Medicine Class of 2007, 2007
  • Leadership Fellow, California Healthcare Foundation, 2007
  • Top Rated Conference Precourse, Society for General Internal Medicine, 2006
Publications

  1. Vidyarthi AR, Bagdasarian N, Esmaili AM, Archuleta S, Monash B, Sehgal NL, Green A, Lim A. Understanding the Singapore COVID-19 Experience: Implications for Hospital Medicine. Journal of hospital medicine 2020. PMID: 32379029


  2. 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. Jump-Starting Faculty Development in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education: A Team-Based Approach. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31663959


  3. Gupta R, Sehgal N, Arora VM. Aligning Delivery System and Training Missions in Academic Medical Centers to Promote High-Value Care. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31460917


  4. 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. Jumpstarting Faculty Development in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education: A Team-Based Approach. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31094725


  5. Gupta R, Sehgal N, Arora VM. Aligning Delivery System and Training Missions in Academic Medical Centers to Promote High-Value Care. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018. PMID: 30608267


  7. Sehgal NL, Neeman N, King TE. Early Experiences After Adopting a Quality Improvement Portfolio Into the Academic Advancement Process. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 27119329


  8. Neeman N, Sehgal NL. Meaningful utilization of after-visit summaries in the ambulatory setting. The American journal of medicine 2015. PMID: 25818497


  9. Neeman N, Sehgal NL. Improving the Ambulatory Patient Experience Within an Academic Department of Medicine. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2014. PMID: 25512951


  10. Dhaliwal G, Sehgal NL. Demystify leadership in order to cultivate it. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2014. PMID: 25350336


  11. Hines JZ, Sewell JL, Sehgal NL, Moriates C, Horton CK, Chen AH. "Choosing wisely" in an academic department of medicine. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2014. PMID: 24970279


  12. Martinez W, Hickson GB, Miller BM, Doukas DJ, Buckley JD, Song J, Sehgal NL, Deitz J, Braddock CH, Lehmann LS. Role-modeling and medical error disclosure: a national survey of trainees. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2014. PMID: 24448052


  13. Mookherjee S, Ranji S, Neeman N, Sehgal N. An advanced quality improvement and patient safety elective. The clinical teacher 2013. PMID: 24219520


  14. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM, Vidyarthi AR. Bringing continuing medical education to the bedside: the University of California, San Francisco Hospitalist Mini-College. Journal of hospital medicine 2013. PMID: 24264936


  15. Bowman C, Neeman N, Sehgal NL. Enculturation of unsafe attitudes and behaviors: student perceptions of safety culture. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013. PMID: 23619067


  16. Neeman N, Quinn K, Shoeb M, Mourad M, Sehgal NL, Sliwka D. Postdischarge focus groups to improve the hospital experience. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2013. PMID: 23687239


  17. Kevin J. O'Leary, Niraj L. Sehgal. Teamwork in Hospital Medicine. Essentials of Hospital Medicine 2013. PMID:


  18. Neeman N, Quinn K, Soni K, Mourad M, Sehgal NL. Reducing radiology use on an inpatient medical service: choosing wisely. Archives of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22928182


  19. Ashbrook L, Mourad M, Sehgal N. Communicating discharge instructions to patients: a survey of nurse, intern, and hospitalist practices. Journal of hospital medicine 2012. PMID: 23071078


  20. Neeman N, Sehgal NL, Davis RB, Aronson MD. Quality improvement and patient safety activities in academic departments of medicine. The American journal of medicine 2012. PMID: 22840669


  21. Tuot DS, Sehgal NL, Neeman N, Auerbach A. Enhancing quality of trainee-written consultation notes. Volume 125 of Issue 7. The American journal of medicine 2012. PMID: 22560812


  22. Neeman N, Ranji SR, Sehgal NL. Perspective: engaging trainees in performance improvement projects: the Quality and Safety Innovation Challenge. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2012. PMID: 22550347


  23. Neeman N, Sehgal NL. Perspective: a road map for academic departments to promote scholarship in quality improvement and patient safety. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2012. PMID: 22189889


  24. Auerbach AD, Sehgal NL, Blegen MA, Maselli J, Alldredge BK, Vittinghoff E, Wachter RM. Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project. BMJ quality & safety 2011. PMID: 22069113


  25. O'Leary KJ, Sehgal NL, Terrell G, Williams MV. Interdisciplinary teamwork in hospitals: a review and practical recommendations for improvement. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 22042511


  26. Rennke S, Kesh S, Neeman N, Sehgal NL. Complementary telephone strategies to improve postdischarge communication. The American journal of medicine 2011. PMID: 21871596


  28. Sehgal NL, Fox M, Sharpe BA, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen M, Wachter RM. Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time out". Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 21480495


  29. Niraj L. Sehgal, Bradley A. Sharpe, Andrew A. Auerbach, Robert M. Wachter. Erratum: Investing in the future: Building an academic hospitalist faculty development program. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID:


  30. Sehgal NL, Sharpe BA, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM. Investing in the future: building an academic hospitalist faculty development program. Journal of hospital medicine 2011. PMID: 21387552


  31. Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM. Republished paper: Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project. Postgraduate medical journal 2010. PMID: 21106808


  32. Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM. Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project. Quality & safety in health care 2010. PMID: 20693223


  33. Sehgal NL, Green A, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. Patient whiteboards as a communication tool in the hospital setting: a survey of practices and recommendations. Journal of hospital medicine 2010. PMID: 20394030


  34. Blegen MA, Gearhart S, O'Brien R, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK. AHRQ's hospital survey on patient safety culture: psychometric analyses. Journal of patient safety 2009. PMID: 19920453


  35. Lee JH, Vidyarthi AR, Sehgal NL, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. I-CaRe: a case review tool focused on improving inpatient care. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2009. PMID: 19241732


  36. Sehgal NL. Engaging patients at hospital discharge. Journal of hospital medicine 2008. PMID: 19084888


  37. Alexander GC, Sehgal NL, Moloney RM, Stafford RS. National trends in treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, 1994-2007. Archives of internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18955637


  38. Sehgal NL, Fox M, Vidyarthi AR, Sharpe BA, Gearhart S, Bookwalter T, Barker J, Alldredge BK, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18830769


  39. Sehgal NL, Shah HM, Parekh VI, Roy CL, Williams MV. Non-housestaff medicine services in academic centers: models and challenges. Journal of hospital medicine 2008. PMID: 18571780


  40. Bui AL, Sehgal NL. Tuberculosis: in and out of the airways. Journal of hospital medicine 2008. PMID: 18438795


  41. Sehgal NL, Ranji SR, Shojania KG, Cucina RJ, Hartman EE, Zipperer L, Wachter RM. Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD Development of a Web-based Patient Safety Resource: AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) 2008. PMID:


  42. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM. Color-coded wristbands: promoting safety or confusion? Journal of hospital medicine 2007. PMID: 18081179


  43. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM. Identification of inpatient DNR status: a safety hazard begging for standardization. Journal of hospital medicine 2007. PMID: 18080337


  44. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM. Hospitalists: A Field of Growing Opportunity Resident and Staff Physician 2007. PMID:


  45. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM. The expanding role of hospitalists in the United States. Swiss medical weekly 2006. PMID: 17043952


  46. Gratton SB, Sehgal NL.. Consultant Photoclinic: Pyoderma Gangrenosum 2006. PMID:


  47. Ma J, Sehgal NL, Ayanian JZ, Stafford RS. National trends in statin use by coronary heart disease risk category. PLoS medicine 2005. PMID: 15916463


  48. Choi ET, Callow AD, Sehgal NL, Brown DM, Ryan US. Halofuginone, a specific collagen type I inhibitor, reduces anastomotic intimal hyperplasia. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1995. PMID: 7887792


  49. Choi ET, Callow AD, Sehgal NL, Brown D, Ryan US.. A specific inhibitor of alpha-1(I) procollagen mRNA inhibits anastomotic intimal hyperplasia Arch of Surg 1995. PMID:


  50. Choi ET, Sehgal NL, Sun S, Trachtenberg JD, Ryan US, Callow AD. A novel approach to preventing intimal hyperplasia: inhibition of smooth muscle cell migration with enalapril Mod Vasc Surg 1994. PMID: