Jahan Fahimi, MD, MPH
Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

He serves as medical director of UCSF's adult emergency department and as UCSF Health's medical director for value improvement, a role in which he works with other leaders and teams across the organization to maximize care quality while eliminating inefficiencies and waste.

Fahimi's research and advocacy interests center on firearm violence in the United States. He seeks to better understand its epidemiology, to prevent injury through a public health approach, and to educate other doctors on addressing the firearm injury epidemic at the bedside. He is an affiliated faculty member of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF.

Fahimi earned his master of public health degree at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and his medical degree at New York University. He completed a residency in emergency medicine and a research fellowship at Highland Hospital, part of Alameda Health System.

• Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic: A Novel Multidisciplinary Elective for Preclinical Students.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Joshi M, Schwartz HEM, Teherani A, Fahimi J
• Social Emergency Medicine: History and Principles.
  2021 Harrison J. Alter, Jahan Fahimi, Nancy Ewen Wang
• Patient reported delays in obtaining emergency care during COVID19.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2021 Eswaran V, Wang RC, Vashi AA, Kanzaria HK, Fahimi J, Raven MC
• Trends in Use of Diagnostic Imaging for Abdominal Pain in U.S. Emergency Departments.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2020 Wang RC, Kornblith AE, Grupp-Phelan J, Smith-Bindman R, Kao LS, Fahimi J
• Correlation Between N95 Extended Use and Reuse and Fit Failure in an Emergency Department.
  JAMA 2020 Degesys NF, Wang RC, Kwan E, Fahimi J, Noble JA, Raven MC
• Emergency department preparation for COVID-19: accelerated care units.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2020 Noble J, Degesys NF, Kwan E, Grom E, Brown C, Fahimi J, Raven M
• Principles of Social Emergency Medicine.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2019 Fahimi J, Goldfrank L
• Computed Tomography Use Plateaus Among Children With Emergency Visits for Abdominal Pain.
  Pediatric emergency care 2019 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 2019 Fahimi J, Kanzaria HK, Mongan J, Kahn KL, Wang RC
• Long-term Mortality in Pediatric Firearm Assault Survivors: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Comparative Cohort Study.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2018 Shaahinfar A, Yen IH, Alter HJ, Gildengorin G, Pan SJ, Betts JM, Fahimi J
• Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Events Related to California Wildfires in 2015.
  ISEE Conference Abstracts 2018 Zachary Wettstein, Sumi Hoshiko, Robert Harrison, Jahan Fahimi, Wayne Cascio, Ana G Rappold
• Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits Associated With Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California in 2015.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2018 Wettstein ZS, Hoshiko S, Fahimi J, Harrison RJ, Cascio WE, Rappold AG
• 255 Long-Term Mortality in Pediatric Firearm Assault Survivors: A Retrospective, Multi-Center, Comparative Cohort Study.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2017 A. Shaahinfar, I.H. Yen, H.J. Alter, G. Gildengorin, S.-M.J. Pan, J.M. Betts, J. Fahimi
• Predictors for under-prescribing antibiotics in children with respiratory infections requiring antibiotics.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2017 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 2017 Losonczy LI, Hsieh D, Wang M, Hahn C, Trivedi T, Rodriguez M, Fahimi J, Alter H
• In reply.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2017 Wang RC, Fahimi J
• A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2016 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, ACEP …
• A randomised experiment comparing low-cost ultrasound gel alternative with commercial gel.
  Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2016 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 2016 Wang RC, Rodriguez RM, Fahimi J, Hall MK, Shiboski S, Chi T, Smith-Bindman R
• In reply.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2016 Wang RC, Fahimi J
• 142 Mental Health Emergency Department Visits: 24 Hours and Counting, Characteristics Associated With Prolonged Length of Stay.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2016 S.C. Lippert, A. Nesper, N. Jain, J. Fahimi, E. Pirrotta, N.E. Wang
• 249 Waiting for Care: Differences in Emergency Department Length of Stay and Disposition Between Medical and Psychiatric Patients.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2016 S.C. Lippert, N. Jain, A. Nesper, J. Fahimi, E. Pirrotta, N.E. Wang
• Effect of Tamsulosin on Stone Passage for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2016 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 2016 Navi BB, Parikh NS, Lerario MP, Merkler AE, Lappin RI, Fahimi J, Iadecola C, Kamel H
• Abstract 167: Intracerebral Hemorrhage After Emergency Department Visits for Hypertension.
  Stroke 2016 Babak B Navi, Neal S Parikh, Michael P Lerario, Alexander E Merkler, Richard I Lappin, Jahan Fahimi, Costantino Iadecola, Hooman Kamel
• 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 2016 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 2015 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 2015 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 2015 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 2015 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 2015 Fahimi J, Singh A, Frazee BW
• Sevoflurane administration initiated out of the ED for life-threatening status asthmaticus.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2015 Ng D, Fahimi J, Hern HG
• The first 500: initial experience with widespread use of low-dose ketamine for acute pain management in the ED.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2014 Ahern TL, Herring AA, Anderson ES, Madia VA, Fahimi J, Frazee BW
• Pilot study of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid hip injections by emergency physicians.
  The western journal of emergency medicine 2014 Anderson ES, Hodell E, Mantuani D, Fahimi J, Pampalone I, Nagdev A
• Evaluation of a cornstarch-based ultrasound gel alternative for low-resource settings.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2013 Binkowski A, Riguzzi C, Price D, Fahimi J
• Real time ultrasound guided endotracheal intubation should strive for identification of esophageal intubation.
  Resuscitation 2013 Miss J, Nagdev A, Fahimi J
• Potential Misdiagnosis of Bell's Palsy in the Emergency Department.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2013 J. Fahimi, S. Lankarani, B.B. Navi, H. Kamel
• The Effect of Change in Insurance Status on Emergency Department Utilization: A Systematic Review.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2013 P.Q. Moore, J. Fahimi, H. Alter
• Potential misdiagnoses of Bell's palsy in the emergency department.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2013 Fahimi J, Navi BB, Kamel H
• Increasing critical care admissions from U.S. emergency departments, 2001-2009.
  Critical care medicine 2013 Herring AA, Ginde AA, Fahimi J, Alter HJ, Maselli JH, Espinola JA, Sullivan AF, Camargo CA
• Nationwide patterns of hospitalization after transient ischemic attack.
  Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 2012 Kamel H, Fahimi J, Govindarajan P, Navi BB
• Computed tomography use among children presenting to emergency departments with abdominal pain.
  Pediatrics 2012 Fahimi J, Herring A, Harries A, Gonzales R, Alter H
• 39 A Cornstarch-based Ultrasonography Gel Alternative for Low Resource Settings.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012 A. Binkowski, C. Riguzzi, J. Fahimi, D. Price
• 421 Comparison of the Multiple-Mini Interview With Traditional Interviewing Techniques For Emergency Medicine Residency Applicants: A Single-Institution Experience.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012 W. Soares, A. Sohoni, J. Fahimi, H. Alter
• Factors associated with ambulance use among patients with low-acuity conditions.
  Prehospital emergency care 2012 Durant E, Fahimi J
• 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 2012 Govindarajan P, Gonzales R, Maselli JH, Johnston SC, Fahimi J, Poisson S, Stein JC
• National trends in ambulance use by patients with stroke, 1997-2008.
  JAMA 2012 Kamel H, Navi BB, Fahimi J
• 195 Factors Associated With Ambulance Use Among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Low-Acuity Conditions.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2011 E. Durant, J. Fahimi
• Emergency department ultrasonographic probe contamination and experimental model of probe disinfection.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2011 Frazee BW, Fahimi J, Lambert L, Nagdev A
• Cervical spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis.
  The western journal of emergency medicine 2009 Carnell J, Fahimi J, Wills CP
• Result categories for ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy.
  Radiology 2009 Kohn MA, Fahimi J, Newman TB, Sostman HD, Stein PD, Hull RD
• Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infection in a Canadian emergency department.
  CJEM 2009 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 2006 Shivitz N, Koop MM, Fahimi J, Heit G, Bronte-Stewart HM
• Drinks during lunch.
  The virtual mentor : VM 2005 Fahimi J