Aaron Kornblith, MD

Education:
BA: University of California, Santa Barbara
MD: University of Colorado
Fellowship: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Training: University of California, San Francisco, Resident
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine

Research and Academic Interests: 
Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound
Pediatric Trauma and Critical Care

Honors/Awards:
Teaching Fellow of the Year - UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (2015)
Annals of Emergency Medicine Top New Reviewers (2015)
Graduating Resident of the Year - UCSF-SFGH Emergency Medicine (2013)
Honorary Elect AOA UCSF (2012)
Intern of the Year - UCSF-SFGH Emergency Medicine (2010)
Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Colorado (2008)
Robinson-Durst Scholarship for International Service (2008)
Ruskin Family Award for Community Service (2007)
Coulter Foundation Scholarship for Pulmonary Research (2006)

Aaron Kornblith, MD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Kornblith practices clinically at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco and the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH), where he teaches housestaff. He is the Director of Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound, for which he educates faculty, residents and medical students both locally and nationally on the use of point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric emergencies. Likewise, Dr. Kornblith’s research focus is on the development of diagnostic ultrasound in caring for sick and injured children. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Kornblith was a pediatric emergency and pediatric ultrasound fellow at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland where he was awarded Teaching Fellow of the Year. He completed his emergency medicine residency at UCSF-SFGH, during which time he served as chief resident and was awarded Graduating Resident of the Year. 

Dr. Kornblith's research program, funded by the NIH, NSF, the Pediatric Device Consortium, and the University of California, is dedicated to enhancing the diagnostic evaluation of sick and injured children through advanced data analytics, rigorous clinical trial validation, and translational acceleration. His research mission is to advance and deliver timely, expert-level emergency care for injured children, integrating safe, fair, and accurate AI-enhanced diagnostic strategies, driving precision medicine forward and improving access to care across all healthcare settings.