Jahan Fahimi, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights

+1 415 353-1238

UCSF School of Medicine
505 Parnassus Avenue, L126
San Francisco, CA 94143

Education:
BA: University of California, San Diego, BS, Biochemistry
MD: Harvard School of Public Health, MPH, Quantitive Methods; NYU School of Medicine, MD, 2006; University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology
Training: Highland Hospital, Emergency Medicine Residency, Social EM Research Fellowship
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine

Research and Academic Interests:
EMS, ED utilization, social epidemiology, skin and soft tissue diseases

University and National Positions:
Member, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Member, American College of Emergency Physicians

Honors/Awards:
AOA - NYU School of Medicine
ACMC - Highland Chief Resident
ACMC - Highland Graduating Resident of the Year
UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine Quarterly Bedside Teaching Award

Publications:

Computed Tomography Use Plateaus Among Children With Emergency Visits for Abdominal Pain.

Pediatric emergency care

Fahimi J, Kornblith AE, Kanzaria H, Herring A, Wang RC

Potential Effect of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act on Use of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: An Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey.

Radiology

Fahimi J, Kanzaria HK, Mongan J, Kahn KL, Wang RC

Long-term mortality in pediatric firearm assault survivors: a multi-center, retrospective, comparative cohort study.

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Shaahinfar A, Yen IH, Alter HJ, Gildengorin G, Pan SJ, Betts JM, Fahimi J

Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits Associated With Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California in 2015.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Wettstein ZS, Hoshiko S, Fahimi J, Harrison RJ, Cascio WE, Rappold AG

Predictors for under-prescribing antibiotics in children with respiratory infections requiring antibiotics.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Kornblith AE, Fahimi J, Kanzaria HK, Wang RC

The Highland Health Advocates: a preliminary evaluation of a novel programme addressing the social needs of emergency department patients.

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Losonczy LI, Hsieh D, Wang M, Hahn C, Trivedi T, Rodriguez M, Fahimi J, Alter H

In reply.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Fahimi J

A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research.

Annals of emergency medicine

Ranney ML, Fletcher J, Alter H, Barsotti C, Bebarta VS, Betz ME, Carter PM, Cerdá M, Cunningham RM, Crane P, Fahimi J, Miller MJ, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Vogel JA, Wintemute GJ, Waseem M, Shah MN

A randomised experiment comparing low-cost ultrasound gel alternative with commercial gel.

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Riguzzi C, Binkowski A, Butterfield M, Sani F, Teismann N, Fahimi J

Derivation of decision rules to predict clinically important outcomes in acute flank pain patients.

The American journal of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Rodriguez RM, Fahimi J, Hall MK, Shiboski S, Chi T, Smith-Bindman R

In reply.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Fahimi J

Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Passage for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Smith-Bindman R, Whitaker E, Neilson J, Allen IE, Stoller ML, Fahimi J

Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage after Emergency Department Discharges for Hypertension.

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association

Navi BB, Parikh NS, Lerario MP, Merkler AE, Lappin RI, Fahimi J, Iadecola C, Kamel H

Point-of-Care Multi-Organ Ultrasound Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Dyspnea.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Mantuani D, Frazee BW, Fahimi J, Nagdev A

The Impact of Clinical Decision Rules on Computed Tomography Use and Yield for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Annals of emergency medicine

Wang RC, Bent S, Weber E, Neilson J, Smith-Bindman R, Fahimi J

Emergency department observation units: Less than we bargained for?

Journal of hospital medicine

Fahimi J, Hsia RY

Long-term mortality of patients surviving firearm violence.

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention

Fahimi J, Larimer E, Hamud-Ahmed W, Anderson E, Schnorr CD, Yen I, Alter HJ

Substance abuse and mental health visits among adolescents presenting to US emergency departments.

Pediatric emergency care

Fahimi J, Aurrecoechea A, Anderson E, Herring A, Alter H

The role of adjunctive antibiotics in the treatment of skin and soft tissue abscesses: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CJEM

Fahimi J, Singh A, Frazee BW

Regional differences in emergency medical services use for patients with acute stroke (findings from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Emergency Department Data File).

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association

Govindarajan P, Gonzales R, Maselli JH, Johnston SC, Fahimi J, Poisson S, Stein JC

Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infection in a Canadian emergency department.

CJEM

Stenstrom R, Grafstein E, Romney M, Fahimi J, Harris D, Hunte G, Innes G, Christenson J

Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation improves certain aspects of postural control in Parkinson's disease, whereas medication does not.

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society

Shivitz N, Koop MM, Fahimi J, Heit G, Bronte-Stewart HM

Drinks during lunch.

The virtual mentor : VM

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Jahan Fahimi, MD, PhD

Computed Tomography Use Plateaus Among Children With Emergency Visits for Abdominal Pain.

Potential Effect of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act on Use of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: An Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey.

Long-term mortality in pediatric firearm assault survivors: a multi-center, retrospective, comparative cohort study.

Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits Associated With Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California in 2015.

Predictors for under-prescribing antibiotics in children with respiratory infections requiring antibiotics.

The Highland Health Advocates: a preliminary evaluation of a novel programme addressing the social needs of emergency department patients.

In reply.

A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research.

A randomised experiment comparing low-cost ultrasound gel alternative with commercial gel.

Derivation of decision rules to predict clinically important outcomes in acute flank pain patients.

In reply.

Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Passage for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage after Emergency Department Discharges for Hypertension.

Point-of-Care Multi-Organ Ultrasound Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Dyspnea.

The Impact of Clinical Decision Rules on Computed Tomography Use and Yield for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Emergency department observation units: Less than we bargained for?

Long-term mortality of patients surviving firearm violence.

Substance abuse and mental health visits among adolescents presenting to US emergency departments.

The role of adjunctive antibiotics in the treatment of skin and soft tissue abscesses: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sevoflurane administration initiated out of the ED for life-threatening status asthmaticus.

The first 500: initial experience with widespread use of low-dose ketamine for acute pain management in the ED.

Pilot study of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid hip injections by emergency physicians.

Evaluation of a cornstarch-based ultrasound gel alternative for low-resource settings.

Real time ultrasound guided endotracheal intubation should strive for identification of esophageal intubation.

Potential misdiagnoses of Bell's palsy in the emergency department.

Increasing critical care admissions from U.S. emergency departments, 2001-2009.

Nationwide patterns of hospitalization after transient ischemic attack.

Computed tomography use among children presenting to emergency departments with abdominal pain.

Factors associated with ambulance use among patients with low-acuity conditions.

Regional differences in emergency medical services use for patients with acute stroke (findings from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Emergency Department Data File).

National trends in ambulance use by patients with stroke, 1997-2008.

Emergency department ultrasonographic probe contamination and experimental model of probe disinfection.

Cervical spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis.

Result categories for ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy.

Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infection in a Canadian emergency department.

Bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation improves certain aspects of postural control in Parkinson's disease, whereas medication does not.

Drinks during lunch.

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