Research

Eric P. Hsieh, MD

Dr. Hsieh received funding from Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA) to study the effects of physician stigma on medical decisions. The study explores resident-physicians’ explicit and implicit stigma toward patients with depression, and how these attitudes influence patient encounters, clinical decisions, and treatment plans. Methods and instruments may be of value for studying other areas where physician biases may exist such as drug addiction, obesity, HIV status, gender, ethnicity, homelessness and others.

Carin van Zyl, MD, FACEP

Dr. van Zyl received funding from the California Health Care Foundation to develop a community based palliative care clinic in end-stage liver disease patients. The clinic is also supported by the Medical Innovations Incubator at Los Angeles General Medical Center. It uses group visits for education and advance care planning, coupled with intensive attention to psychosocial barriers to good care. She is also conducting research to determine how the care in the clinic affects advance care planning completion rates, quality of life and resource utilization.

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Collaborative Information

For people who are interested in collaborating with this division, the research liaison is Michael Hochman, MD.

The division of geriatric, hospital, palliative and general internal medicine (GHPGIM) faculty are engaged in a variety of research and scholarly activities related to the disciplines of primary care, hospital medicine, geriatrics and palliative care, as well as care delivery and quality improvement. Below are descriptions of GHPGIM faculty who are engaged in formal scholarly activities. There is also information about the Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Sciences and Innovation (CHSI), an independent philanthropically funded center at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, which is led by GHPGIM faculty.

Ron Ben-Ari, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Educational Scholar)

Medical education, digital health

Jose Gonzalez, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Safe opioid prescribing and addiction medicine

Kurt Hong, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Research on obesity interventions, tobacco cessation

Eric Hsieh, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical education research

Doug Hutcheon, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Teaching clinical reason and clinical mastery to medical trainees; reduction in 30-day readmission rates

Rishi Mehta, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Appropriate opioid prescribing and education

Sharon Orrange, MD, MHS, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Impact of increased prescription drug price transparency on medication adherence; medical adviser and content provider to GoodRx, the largest health app that allows comparison of prescription drug prices at local pharmacies; use of online health information seeking, before and after medical appointments

Kavita Renduchintala, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Medical student education in Internal Medicine; comanagement of surgical subspecialties

Aaron Storms, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Palliative care and advance care planning for Latino patients

Carin Van Zyl, MD, FACEP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

Access to palliative care for underserved populations

Michael Wang, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Medical education research

Andrew Young, DO, FACP, FHM, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

High-value care in hospital medicine; care for vulnerable populations and addressing health disparities in hospital medicine; quality improvement and patient safety in hospital medicine
The USC Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Sciences and Innovation

The following GHPGIM faculty are part of the USC Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Sciences and Innovation. The Gehr Family Center conducts scholarly work related to health policy, quality measurement and improvement, health economics and team-based care, among other topics. Further details about the Gehr Family Center can be found here.

Michael Hochman, MD, MPH, FACP, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Team-based primary care; health policy; evidence-based medicine

Cameron Kaplan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Insurance and access to care; prescription drugs; tobacco use

Sonali Saluja, MD, MPH, FACP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Access to primary care for vulnerable patients; uninsurance and underinsurance; health disparities

Barbara Turner, MD, MSED, Clinical Professor of Medicine (Part-Time)

Health disparities; hepatitis C virus screening and management in diverse primary care practices; pain management in primary care