Romain Pirracchio, MD, PhD
Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

628-206-3683

I am a practicing anesthesiologist and critical care physician. I am a Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and the Ronald D. Miller Distinguished Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. In my research I have a specific focus on clinical AI, causal inference, and perioperative outcomes research.

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Since joining the UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care in 2018, I have served in leadership roles both clinically and academically. I am currently the Executive Vice Chair for Adult Anesthesia. I also serve as member of the UCSF AI oversight committee, and executive member for the UCSF-UC Berkeley Computational and Precision Health Program.

I received my medical degree and anesthesia training in France, followed by fellowship training in critical care medicine. I have over 20 years of international clinical and academic experience, with previous appointments in Europe. My academic interests include the design and implementation of machine learning tools for clinical decision support, with a particular emphasis on reinforcement learning and individualized treatment effect modeling. I have led multiple multidisciplinary projects at the intersection of data science and perioperative medicine, including the OVISS study on vasopressor timing in septic shock, which was published in JAMA. I also serve as Associated Editor for JAMA and for Intensive Care Medicine.

Education & Training

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  • PostDoc Biostatistics UC Berkeley 2013
  • PhD Biostatistics Université Paris Diderot 2012
  • MSc MPH Biostatistics Université Paris Diderot 2009
  • Fellowship Critical Care Medicine Université Paris Diderot 2005
  • Residency Anesthesia and Critical Care Université Paris Diderot 2003
  • MD Medcine Université Paris Diderot 1999

Interests

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  • Machine Learning
  • clinical decision support
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • big data
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • data science
  • data analysis
  • Critical Care Medicine

Publications (175)

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AnesthesiologyAcute Kidney InjuryIntensive Care UnitsAnesthesiaHypotensionShock, SepticPneumonia, Ventilator-AssociatedTriagePropensity ScoreMachine LearningVasoconstrictor AgentsCritical IllnessRespiration, ArtificialCritical CareHospital Mortality

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