Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MS
Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

Prior to joining the UCSF faculty in 2011, Dr. Raven completed her residency and a research fellowship at NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center and oversaw one of six New York State Department of Health-funded Chronic Illness Demonstration Projects for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and New York State Medicaid. In addition to working clinically in the ED at UCSF, Maria speaks locally and nationally about caring for complex populations, frequent emergency department users, and the link between homelessness and health. She has published and peer-reviewed extensively on these and other topics. Maria is co-PI for the San Francisco Whole Person Care Pilot evaluation, focused on improving care for chronically homeless high users of health and social care services, leads the EDIE (emergency department information exchange) program in the UCSF ED, and is the lead evaluator for a Santa Clara County Pay for Success program providing permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless frequents users of the County health system and jail. She is co-editor of a forthcoming Social Emergency Medicine textbook and is currently working on multiple initiatives to improve care for individuals with substance use disorders in emergency departments. Since March 2020, her main focus has been on UCSF emergency department operations and preparedness in the face of COVID-19, and related research.

• Hospital variability in adoption of alcohol and drug screening in adult trauma patients.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2023 Silver CM, Visenio MR, Thomas AC, Reddy S, Raven MC, Kanzaria HK, Plevin RE, Stey AM
• Cluster Analysis of the Highest Users of Medical, Behavioral Health, and Social Services in San Francisco.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Hewlett MM, Raven MC, Graham-Squire D, Evans JL, Cawley C, Kushel M, Kanzaria HK
• Extended-Release Naltrexone and Case Management for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in the Emergency Department.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2022 Murphy CE, Coralic Z, Wang RC, Montoy JCC, Ramirez B, Raven MC
• Implementation of a Leave-behind Naloxone Program in San Francisco: A One-year Experience.
  The western journal of emergency medicine 2022 LeSaint KT, Montoy JCC, Silverman EC, Raven MC, Schow SL, Coffin PO, Brown JF, Mercer MP
• Analysis of Emergency Department Encounters Among High Users of Health Care and Social Service Systems Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  JAMA network open 2022 Molina M, Evans J, Montoy JC, Cawley C, Graham-Squire D, Perez K, Raven M, Kanzaria HK
• 202 Drug-Related Arrests Among Frequent Emergency Department Users are Compounded by Housing Status.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2022 V. Eswaran, M. Olson, J. Lacoe, S. Paolillo, A. Skog, H. Kanzaria, M. Raven
• 6 Extended-release Naltrexone and Case Management for Treatment of Alcohol Used Disorder in the Emergency Department.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2022 C. Murphy, R. Wang, J.C. Montoy, Z. Coralic, B. Ramirez, M. Raven
• Association of Shelter-in-Place Hotels With Health Services Use Among People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  JAMA network open 2022 Fleming MD, Evans JL, Graham-Squire D, Cawley C, Kanzaria HK, Kushel MB, Raven MC
• Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  JAMA network open 2022 Cawley C, Kanzaria HK, Zevin B, Doran KM, Kushel M, Raven MC
• Understanding the association between frequent emergency department use and jail incarceration: A cross-sectional analysis.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2022 Eswaran V, Raven MC, Wang RC, Cawley C, Izenberg JM, Kanzaria HK
• Emergency medicine services providers' attitudes toward naloxone distribution and training programs.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2021 Montoy JCC, Mercer MP, Silverman EC, Raven MC, LeSaint KT
• Frequent Emergency Department Use: A Social Emergency Medicine Perspective.
  2021 Maria C. Raven, Hemal K. Kanzaria
• 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
• Using a "Big Events" framework to understand emergency department use among women experiencing homelessness or housing instability in San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The International journal on drug policy 2021 Riley ED, Raven MC, Dilworth SE, Braun C, Imbert E, Doran KM
• Effect of extended-release naltrexone on alcohol consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2021 Murphy CE, Wang RC, Montoy JC, Whittaker E, Raven M
• Understanding the 100 highest users of health and social services in San Francisco.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2021 Cawley C, Raven MC, Martinez MX, Niedzwiecki M, Kushel MB, Kanzaria HK
• Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco 2016-2018.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Cawley CL, Kanzaria HK, Kushel M, Raven MC, Zevin B
• Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness-What Outcomes Matter?
  JAMA network open 2021 Doran KM, Boyer AP, Raven MC
• A randomized trial of permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless persons with high use of publicly funded services.
  Health services research 2020 Raven MC, Niedzwiecki MJ, Kushel M
• Association Between Methamphetamine Use and Psychiatric Hospitalization, Chemical Restraint, and Emergency Department Length of Stay.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2020 Murphy CE, Wang RC, Coralic Z, Lai AR, Raven M
• 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
• Association of Default Electronic Medical Record Settings With Health Care Professional Patterns of Opioid Prescribing in Emergency Departments: A Randomized Quality Improvement Study.
  JAMA internal medicine 2020 Montoy JCC, Coralic Z, Herring AA, Clattenburg EJ, Raven MC
• Violence and Emergency Department Use among Community-Recruited Women Who Experience Homelessness and Housing Instability.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2020 Riley ED, Vittinghoff E, Kagawa RMC, Raven MC, Eagen KV, Cohee A, Dilworth SE, Shumway M
• Part I: A Quantitative Study of Social Risk Screening Acceptability in Patients and Caregivers.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2019 De Marchis EH, Hessler D, Fichtenberg C, Adler N, Byhoff E, Cohen AJ, Doran KM, Ettinger de Cuba S, Fleegler EW, Lewis CC, Lindau ST, Tung EL, Huebschmann AG, Prather AA, Raven M, Gavin N, Jepson S, …
• Part II: A Qualitative Study of Social Risk Screening Acceptability in Patients and Caregivers.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2019 Byhoff E, De Marchis EH, Hessler D, Fichtenberg C, Adler N, Cohen AJ, Doran KM, Ettinger de Cuba S, Fleegler EW, Gavin N, Huebschmann AG, Lindau ST, Tung EL, Raven M, Jepson S, Johnson W, Olson AL, …
• Frequent Emergency Department Users: Focusing Solely On Medical Utilization Misses The Whole Person.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2019 Kanzaria HK, Niedzwiecki M, Cawley CL, Chapman C, Sabbagh SH, Riggs E, Chen AH, Martinez MX, Raven MC
• Homelessness and the Practice of Emergency Medicine: Challenges, Gaps in Care, and Moral Obligations.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2019 Raven MC
• Past Frequent Emergency Department Use Predicts Mortality.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2019 Niedzwiecki MJ, Kanzaria HK, Montoy JC, Hsia RY, Raven MC
• Mobile Phone, Computer, and Internet Use Among Older Homeless Adults: Results from the HOPE HOME Cohort Study.
  JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2018 Raven MC, Kaplan LM, Rosenberg M, Tieu L, Guzman D, Kushel M
• Policies That Limit Emergency Department Visits and Reimbursements Undermine the Emergency Care System: Instead, Let's Optimize It.
  JAMA network open 2018 Raven MC
• Frequent Users of 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Services: Sign of Success or Symptom of Impending Failure?
  Prehospital emergency care 2018 Brown JF, Raven MC, Tangherlini NL, Kennedy Hall M
• Frequent Emergency Department Users: A Statewide Comparison Before And After Affordable Care Act Implementation.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018 McConville S, Raven MC, Sabbagh SH, Hsia RY
• Homelessness and Emergency Medicine: Where Do We Go From Here?
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2018 Doran KM, Raven MC
• Mobile Phone, Computer, and Internet Use among Older Homeless Adults: Results from the HOPE HOME Study (Preprint).
  JMIR Preprints 2018 Maria Raven, Lauren M. Kaplan, Marina Rosenberg, Lina Tieu, David Guzman, Margot Kushel
• Emergency Psychiatric Care: The Authors Reply.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018 Raven MC, Hsia RY, Kanzaria HK
• A National Study of Outpatient Health Care Providers' Effect on Emergency Department Visit Acuity and Likelihood of Hospitalization.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2017 Raven MC, Steiner F
• Persistent Frequent Emergency Department Use: Core Group Exhibits Extreme Levels Of Use For More Than A Decade.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2017 Kanzaria HK, Niedzwiecki MJ, Montoy JC, Raven MC, Hsia RY
• Development and Validation of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Measures of Potentially Preventable Emergency Department (ED) Visits: The ED Prevention Quality Indicators for General Health Conditions.
  Health services research 2017 Davies S, Schultz E, Raven M, Wang NE, Stocks CL, Delgado MK, McDonald KM
• Emergency Department Use in a Cohort of Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2017 Raven MC, Tieu L, Lee CT, Ponath C, Guzman D, Kushel M
• Out-of-Network Emergency Department Use among Managed Medicaid Beneficiaries.
  Health services research 2016 Raven MC, Guzman D, Chen AH, Kornak J, Kushel M
• Out-of-Network Emergency Department Use Among Managed Medicaid Beneficiaries
  Health Services Research. Forthcoming. 2016 Raven MC, Guzman D, Chen A, Kornak J, Kushel M.
• The Effectiveness of Emergency Department Visit Reduction Programs: A Systematic Review.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2016 Raven MC, Kushel M, Ko MJ, Penko J, Bindman AB
• Predicting cost of care using self-reported health status data.
  BMC health services research 2015 Boscardin CK, Gonzales R, Bradley KL, Raven MC
• Medicaid dental coverage alone may not lower rates of dental emergency department visits.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2015 Fingar KR, Smith MW, Davies S, McDonald KM, Stocks C, Raven MC
• Patient-centered medical homes may reduce emergency department use: what does this tell us?
  Annals of emergency medicine 2015 Raven MC
• Reasons for emergency department use: do frequent users differ?
  The American journal of managed care 2014 Doran KM, Colucci AC, Wall SP, Williams ND, Hessler RA, Goldfrank LR, Raven MC
• EMS-STARS: Emergency Medical Services "Superuser" Transport Associations: An Adult Retrospective Study.
  Prehospital emergency care 2014 Hall MK, Raven MC, Hall J, Yeh C, Allen E, Rodriguez RM, Tangherlini NL, Sporer KA, Brown JF
• Capsule commentary on Capp et al., National study of health insurance type and reasons for emergency department use.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2014 Raven MC
• Presenting quality data to vulnerable groups: charts, summaries or behavioral economic nudges?
  Journal of health services research & policy 2014 Elbel B, Gillespie C, Raven MC
• Emergency department use: the authors reply.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2014 Billings J, Raven MC
• Barriers to utilization of pre-hospital emergency medical services among residents in Libreville, Gabon: A qualitative study
  African Journal of Emergency Medicine 2013 Bosson N, Redlener MA, Foltin GL, Raven MC, Foran MP, Wall SP
• Barriers to utilization of pre-hospital emergency medical services among residents in Libreville, Gabon: A qualitative study Obstacles à l’utilisation des services d’urgence médicale préhospitaliers parmi les habitants de Libreville, Gabon : une étude qualitative.
  African Journal of Emergency Medicine 2013 Nichole Bosson, Michael A. Redlener, George L. Foltin, Maria C. Raven, Mark P Foran, Stephen P. Wall
• Dispelling an urban legend: frequent emergency department users have substantial burden of disease.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2013 Billings J, Raven MC
• Reducing emergency department utilization: is this the answer?
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2013 Foley M, Legome E, Raven M
• What drives frequent emergency department use in an integrated health system? National data from the Veterans Health Administration.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2013 Doran KM, Raven MC, Rosenheck RA
• Comparison of presenting complaint vs discharge diagnosis for identifying " nonemergency" emergency department visits.
  JAMA 2013 Raven MC, Lowe RA, Maselli J, Hsia RY
• Can targeted messaging encourage PCP contact before ED visits?
  The American journal of managed care 2013 Raven MC, Kotchko SM, Gould DA
• 394 EMS-STARS: Emergency Medical Services Superuser Transport Association: A Retrospective Study.
  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012 M.K. Hall, M. Raven, R. Rodriguez, J. Brown, K. Sporer, N. Tangherlini
• Time and Again: Frequent Users of Emergency Department Services in New York City
  Issue Brief: United Hospital Fund 2012 Raven, MC and Gould, DA.
• Vulnerable patients' perceptions of health care quality and quality data.
  Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 2011 Raven MC, Gillespie CC, DiBennardo R, Van Busum K, Elbel B
• An intervention to improve care and reduce costs for high-risk patients with frequent hospital admissions: a pilot study.
  BMC health services research 2011 Raven MC, Doran KM, Kostrowski S, Gillespie CC, Elbel BD
• What we don't know may hurt us: interventions for frequent emergency department users.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2011 Raven MC
• Frequent users of emergency department services: gaps in knowledge and a proposed research agenda.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2011 Pines JM, Asplin BR, Kaji AH, Lowe RA, Magid DJ, Raven M, Weber EJ, Yealy DM
• Factors associated with frequent utilization of crisis substance use detoxification services.
  Journal of addictive diseases 2011 Carrier E, McNeely J, Lobach I, Tay S, Gourevitch MN, Raven MC
• Substance use treatment barriers for patients with frequent hospital admissions.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2009 Raven MC, Carrier ER, Lee J, Billings JC, Marr M, Gourevitch MN
• Medicaid patients at high risk for frequent hospital admission: real-time identification and remediable risks.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2008 Raven MC, Billings JC, Goldfrank LR, Manheimer ED, Gourevitch MN
• Images in emergency medicine. Acute left-sided rectus sheath hematoma.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2005 Raven MC, Hoffman RS
• Emergency physicians' perspectives on smallpox vaccination.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2003 Kwon N, Raven MC, Chiang WK, Moran GJ, Jui J, Carter RA, Goldfrank L, EMERGEncy ID Net Study Group