Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
SFGH Medical Center
1001 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110
Renee.Hsia@emergency.ucsf.edu
Education
BA: Princeton University
MD: Harvard Medical School
MSc: London School of Economics/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Training: Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine
Board Certification: Emergency Medicine
Research and Academic Interests
Dr. Hsia is Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, and is an emergency physician at San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on barriers to access to emergency care for vulnerable populations, as well as reimbursement and financing within health care systems. She has published on health services research both domestically and internationally and has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences. In addition to her research, she is currently developing the areas of concentration of global health within the UCSF Emergency Medicine Residency, and also serves on the Federal Government Legislative Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Her international experience includes work with a wide range of organizations, ranging from private, non-governmental organizations (International Rescue Committee in Rwanda), academic groups (Harvard AIDS Institute in Senegal and South Africa), as well as healthcare consulting (McKinsey & Company as an associate in Brussels, Belgium). She has also spent time with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, as well as conducted basic life support skills training overseas. Clinically, she has worked in Hong Kong, China, Guatemala, Eritrea, the United Kingdom, and France. She speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, and Spanish fluently.
Dr. Hsia holds a bachelor's degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University, her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and her Masters of Science in health policy, planning, and financing from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She completed her residency training in emergency medicine at Stanford.
Research interests include:
- A look at trauma closure data from 1990-2006.
- A look at emergency department and trauma center closures.
- Trends in trauma care in California, 1999-2004 based on discharge data from the California Office of Statewide, Health, Planning, and Development: A look at appropriateness of admission and referral, and implications on regionalization
- Disparities in trauma care for the elderly in California
- A cost-effectiveness analysis of patients with minor head trauma with a history of loss of consciousness who present to the emergency department with a normal neurological exam
- Economic evaluation of emergency and surgical burden of disease in global health
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Hsia RY, Chan J, Baker LC. Belfer ML. Do Mandates Requiring Insurers To Pay For Emergency Care Influence The Use Of The Emergency Department? Health Affairs 2006; 25(4): 1086-1094. PMID: 16835190.
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Hsia RY, MacIsaac D, Baker LC. Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient ED Visits Across Payer Groups from 1996-2004. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2008; 51 (3): 265-274.
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Hsia RY, MacIsaac D, Palm E, Baker LC. Trends in charges and payments for non-hospitalized emergency department pediatric visits, 1996-2003. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008; 15(4): 347-54.
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Hsia RY, Belfer ML. A framework for the economic analysis of child and adolescent mental disorders. International Review of Psychiatry 2008: 20 (3): 251-259. |
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Ozgediz D, Hsia RY, Weiser T, Gosselin R, Spiegel D, Bickler S, Dunbar P, McQueen K. Population Health Metrics for Surgery: Effective Coverage of Surgical Services in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. World Journal of Surgery 2009 Jan;33(1):1-5.
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Shen YC, Hsia RY, Kuzma K. Understanding the Risk Factors of Trauma Center Closures: Do Financial Pressure and Community Characteristics Matter? Medical Care 2009; 47 (9): 968-978.
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Sani R, Nameoua B, Yahaya A, Hassane I, Adamou R, Hsia RY, Hoekman P, Sako A, Habibou A. The impact of launching of surgery at the district level in Niger. World Journal of Surgery 2009; 33:2063-2068.
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Jayaraman S, Mabweijano JR, Lipnick M, Caldwell N, Miyamoto J, Wangoda R, Mijumbi C, Hsia R, Dicker R, Ozgediz D. Current Patterns of Prehospital Trauma Care in Kampala, Uganda and the Feasibility of a Lay-First-Responder Training Program. World Journal of Surgery 2009; 33:2512-2521.
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Jayaraman S, Mabweijano JR, Lipnick M, Caldwell N, Miyamoto J, Wangoda R, Mijumbi C,Hsia R, Dicker R, Ozgediz D. First things first: effectiveness and scalability of a basic prehospital trauma care program for lay first-responders in Kampala, Uganda. PLoS One 2009; 4(9): e6955, 1-7.
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Luboga S, Macfarlane SB, von Schreeb J, Kruk ME, Cherian MN, Bergström S, Bossyns P, Denerville E, Dovlo D, Galukande M, Hsia RY, Jayaraman SP, Lubbock LA, Mock C, Ozgediz D, Sekimpi P, Wladis A, Zakariah A, Dade NB, Donkor P, Gatumbu JK, Hoekman P, IJsselmuiden CB, Jamison DT, Jessani N, Jiskoot P, Kakande I, Mabweijano J, Mbembati N, McCord C, Mijumbi C, de Miranda H, Mkony CA, Mocumbi P, Ndihokubwayo JB, Ngueumachi P, Ogbaselassie G, Okitombahe EL, Toure CT, Vaz F, Zikusooka CM, and Debas HT. Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group. PLoS Medicine 2009; 6 (12): e1000200, 1-5.
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Hsia RY, Wang NE, Torres H, Saynina O, Wise P. Disparities in trauma center access despite increasing utilization: Data from California, 1999-2006. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care 2010; 68(1):217-24.
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Riviello R, Ozgediz D, Hsia RY, Azzie G, Newton M, Tarpley J. The Role of Collaborative Academic Partnerships in Surgical Training, Education and Provision. World Journal of Surgery 2010; 34(3): 459-65.
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Hsia RY, Razzak J, Tsai AC, Hirshon JM. Placing Emergency Care on the Global Health Research Agenda. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2010; 56(2): 142-149. |
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Hsia RY, Shen YC. Are There Geographical Barriers to Trauma Center Access for Underserved Patients in the United States? An Analysis of Urban and Rural Communities? Archives of Surgery (accepted October 28, 2009).
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Shen YC, Hsia RY. Changes in Emergency Department Access Between 2001 and 2005: Are Vulnerable Populations More at Risk for Declines in Access? American Journal of Public Health 2010; 100(8): 1462-1469.
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Ravikumar D, Hsia RY. Do lower socioeconomic areas have less access to emergency department care? Academic Emergency Medicine 2010 17 (5): 508-513. |
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Kruk ME, Wladis A, Mbembati N, Ndao-Brumblay SK, Hsia RY, Galunkande M, Luboga S, Matovu A, de Miranda H, Ozgediz D, Quiñones AR, Rockers PR, von Schreeb J, Vaz F, Debas HR, Macfarlane SM. Human resource and funding constraints for essential surgery in district hospitals in Africa. PLoS Med. 2010 Mar 9;7(3):e1000242.
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Bickler S, Ozgediz D, Gosselin R, Weiser T, Spiegel D, Hsia R, Dunbar P, McQueen K, Jamison D. Key concepts for estimating the burden of surgical conditions and the unmet need for surgical care. World J Surg. 2010 Mar;34(3):374-80.
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Hsia RY, Ozgediz D, Mutto M, Jayaraman S, Kyamanywa P, Kobusingye O. Epidemiology of Injuries Presenting to the National Hospital in Kampala, Uganda: Implications for Research and Policy. International Journal of Emergency Medicine (accepted May 30, 2010). |
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McQueen K, Ozgediz D, Riviello R, Hsia RY, Jayaraman S, Sullivan S, Meara J. Surgery: An integral part of the human right to the highest attainable standard of health. Health and Human Rights 2010; 12(1): 137-152.
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Ning T, Stein J, Hsia RY, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. Trends and Characteristics of U.S. Emergency Department Visits, 1997-2007, JAMA 2010; 304(6): 664-670.
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Book Chapters
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Hsia RY, Tabas J. Pulmonary Embolism. In A.W. Wolfson, G.W. Hendey, P.L. Hendry, C.H. Linden, C.L. Rosen (eds). Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 5th edition. (in press for new edition).
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Hsia, RY. Infections of the Cornea and Conjunctiva. In Chin, R (ed). Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases. Cambridge University Press (in press).
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Hsia, RY. Infections of the Uvea, Vitreous, and Retina. In Chin, R (ed). Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases. Cambridge University Press (in press).
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Hsia, RY. Periocular infections. In Chin, R (ed). Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases. Cambridge University Press (in press).
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Hsia, RY, Dunlop, JH, Cohen, B. Pediatric HIV. In Wang, NE (ed). Manual of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Cambridge University Press (in press).
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Hsia RY. Mosquito-borne Diseases. In Auerbach, P. (ed). Wilderness Medicine. St. Louis: Mosby. 5th edition.
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Hsia RY, Wang NE, Halpern J, deMola, OL. "Pediatric GI Bleeding." In Emedicine.com. Sept 12, 2005.
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Hsia RY, Wang NE, Halpern J. "Leishmaniasis." In Emedicine.com. Sept 13, 2005.
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In the News
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