Ziad Obermeyer

Ziad Obermeyer, M.D., M.Phil.

Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Department of Emergency MedicineBrigham & Women's HospitalNeville House75 Francis StreetBoston, MA 02115
617-525-3133

Ziad Obermeyer is an Acting Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, where he does research at the intersection of machine learning, medicine, and health policy. He previously was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, where he received the Early Independence Award, the National Institutes of Health’s most prestigious award for exceptional junior scientists. He continues to practice emergency medicine in underserved parts of the US. Prior to his career in medicine, he worked as a consultant to pharmaceutical and global health clients at McKinsey & Co. in New Jersey, Geneva, and Tokyo.

Websites

http://zolab.org

Honors & Awards

2015              Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Young Investigator Award

2014              Certificate of Excellence in Tutoring, Harvard Medical School

2012              Early Independence Award, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

2010              Quality & Patient Safety research award, Partners Healthcare

2010              Richard C. Wuerz Award for research, Brigham & Women's Hospital

2008              Rose Seegal Prize for research, Harvard Medical School

2004              Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard College

2001              Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College

2001              Rothschild Award, best senior thesis (History and Science), Harvard College

2001              Frank Knox Scholarship for graduate study, Harvard College

1998-2000   John Harvard & Harvard College Scholarships (academic excellence), Harvard College

Early Death after Discharge from Emergency Departments: Analysis of National US Insurance Claims Data
Authors: Obermeyer Z, Cohn B, Wilson M, Jena AB, Cutler DM
BMJ
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Predicting the Future--Big Data, Machine Learning, and Clinical Medicine
Authors: Obermeyer Z, Emanuel EJ
New England Journal of Medicine
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Short-term Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries After Low-acuity Visits to Emergency Departments and Clinics
Authors: Niedzwiecki M, Baicker K, Wilson M, Cutler DM, Obermeyer Z
Medical Care
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Physician Characteristics Strongly Predict Patient Enrollment in Hospice
Authors: Obermeyer Z, Powers BW, Makar M, Keating NL, Cutler DM
Health Affairs
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Cause-Specific Risk of Hospital Admission Related to Extreme Heat in Older Adults
Authors: Bobb JF, Obermeyer Z, Wang Y, Dominici F
JAMA
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Association Between the Medicare Hospice Benefit and Health Care Utilization and Costs for Patients with Poor-Prognosis Cancer
Authors: Obermeyer Z, Makar M, Abujaber S, Dominici F, Block S, Cutler DM
JAMA
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