Alexander Kazberouk, MD, MBA
Attending Physician
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• UCSF Geriatrics Fellowship 06/2022
• UCSF UCPC/GIM Residency 06/2021
• MBA Harvard Business School 05/2018
• MD Harvard Medical School 05/2018
• BSc Yale University 06/2010

Interests

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• Wilderness Medicine
• Alternative Payment Models
• Home-based Care
• Value-Based Care
• Transitions of Care
• Population Health
• Geriatrics
• Complex Care Management
• Primary Care

Publications (15)

Top publication keywords:
ComprehensionIntestinal NeoplasmsSpinal DiseasesGeriatricsOrthopedic ProceduresModels, EconomicAltitudeFee-for-Service PlansNeurosurgical ProceduresLumbar VertebraeClinical CodingHospital CostsRefugeesNeurosurgeonsSpine

• Integrating a host transcriptomic biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2025 Van Phan H, Spottiswoode N, Lydon EC, Chu VT, Cuesta A, Kazberouk AD, Richmond NL, Deosthale P, Calfee CS, Langelier CR
• Exacerbated inequalities: A scoping review of the experiences of older persons during conflict situations.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Kokorelias KM, Grosse A, Kazberouk A, Sinha SK
• Too old to flee: Addressing the needs of older persons in conflict zones.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Kazberouk A, Sinha SK
• JAGS at altitude.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Kazberouk A
• Tissue, Teamwork, and Timing: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Ahmad TR, Kazberouk A, Santhosh L, Hsu G, Dhaliwal G

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• Preparing health professions students to lead change.
  Leadership in health services (Bradford, England) 2018 Rotenstein L, Perez K, Wohler D, Sanders S, Im D, Kazberouk A, Phillips RS
• Understanding the Extent and Drivers of Interphysician Cost Variation for Spine Procedures.
  Spine 2016 Kazberouk A, Sagy I, Novack V, McGuire K
• A Survey of Innovative Reimbursement Models in Spine Care.
  Spine 2016 Kazberouk A, McGuire K, Landon BE
• Validation of an administrative coding algorithm for classifying surgical indication and operative features of spine surgery.
  Spine 2015 Kazberouk A, Martin BI, Stevens JP, McGuire KJ
• Serotonin and the 5-HT7 receptor: the link between hepatocytes, IGF-1 and small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors.
  Cancer science 2013 Svejda B, Kidd M, Timberlake A, Harry K, Kazberouk A, Schimmack S, Lawrence B, Pfragner R, Modlin IM
• Limitations in small intestinal neuroendocrine tumor therapy by mTor kinase inhibition reflect growth factor-mediated PI3K feedback loop activation via ERK1/2 and AKT.
  Cancer 2011 Svejda B, Kidd M, Kazberouk A, Lawrence B, Pfragner R, Modlin IM
• Intestinal serotonin (5-HT) signalling is hormonally regulated via glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) and PKA/MAPK activation.
  Peptides 2010 M. Kidd, A. Kazberouk, F. Giovinazza, A. Timberlake, R. Pfragner, I.M. Modlin
• 217 The Role of Umami and Glutamate Receptors in the Gastrin-EC Cell Axis and the Implications of a Serotonin-Gastrin Interface in the Regulation of Acid Secretion.
  Gastroenterology 2010 Mark Kidd, Betty De Smet, Francesco Giovinazzo, Alexander D. Kazberouk, Andrew Timberlake, Roswitha Pfragner, Irvin Modlin
• M1713 Mechanisms of Crosstalk Between Intestinal EC and L Cells: the Roles of Serotonin and Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 in Regulating Neuroendocrine Cell Function.
  Gastroenterology 2010 Alexander D. Kazberouk, Francesco Giovinazzo, Andrew Timberlake, Betty De Smet, Roswitha Pfragner, Irvin Modlin, Mark Kidd
• M1730 The Chromogranin a Peptides, Vasostatin and Chromostatin, Differentially Regulate Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Proliferation Through the AKT/mTOR Pathway.
  Gastroenterology 2010 Francesco Giovinazzo, Karim Eltawil, Bernhard Svejda, Erik Solligard, Betty De Smet, Alexander D. Kazberouk, Roswitha Pfragner, Mark Kidd, Irvin Modlin