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Steven K. Polevoi, MD

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

Location: UCSF San Francisco & Oakland
Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Biography

Education:
BA: University of California, Berkeley
MD: UCLA School of Medicine
Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Emergency Medicine
Board Certification: Emergency Medicine

Research and Academic Interests: 
Dr. Polevoi's research interests include patients who leave without being seen by a physician, utilization of CT and MR in the Emergency Department, diagnostic errors and potential remedies, and medical education.

University and National Positions:
American College of Emergency Physicians 
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Co-President, San Francisco Emergency Physicians Association

Honors/Awards: 
Essential Core Teaching Award: Outstanding Foundations of Patient Care Preceptor, School of Medicine Class of 2012

Publications

Factors Associated with Patients Who Leave without Being Seen.
Steven K. Polevoi, James V. Quinn, Nathan R. Kramer
Machine Learning as an Adjunct to Traditional Triage in the Emergency Department.
Polevoi SK, Straube S
Decreasing triage time: effects of implementing a step-wise ESI algorithm in an EHR.
Villa S, Weber EJ, Polevoi S, Fee C, Maruoka A, Quon T
Predictors of infection from dog bite wounds: which patients may benefit from prophylactic antibiotics?
Tabaka ME, Quinn JV, Kohn MA, Polevoi SK
Marked reduction in length of stay for patients with psychiatric emergencies after implementation of a comanagement model.
Polevoi SK, Jewel Shim J, McCulloch CE, Grimes B, Govindarajan P
Traumatic lacerations: what are the risks for infection and has the 'golden period' of laceration care disappeared?
Quinn JV, Polevoi SK, Kohn MA
Marked Increase in CT and MR Utilization in the Emergency Department.
S.K. Polevoi, G.S. Hulley
Marked Increase in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Utilization in the Emergency Department.
S. Polevoi, G. Hulley
Factors associated with patients who leave without being seen.
Polevoi SK, Quinn JV, Kramer NR