Erika Price

Dr. Erika Price is a Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She serves as a hospitalist and consultant with the SFVA anticoagulation/thrombosis service, combining clinical practice with research in health services and patient safety.

• Education: MD (2004) and Advanced Training in Clinical Research certificate (2011) from UCSF, MPH (2005) from UC Berkeley, BA (1994) in English from Carleton College
• Professional Development: Completed Chief Residency (2009) and Internship/Residency (2008) in Internal Medicine at Stanford Hospital and Clinics

Her research focuses on optimizing anticoagulation therapy through comparative effectiveness studies, improving patient self-monitoring systems, and enhancing healthcare communication. She has pioneered digital health interventions for patient education during the COVID-19 pandemic and investigated diagnostic accuracy in thrombosis assessment.

Key research areas include:

• Anticoagulant therapy monitoring
• Health services accessibility
• Medical interpretation modalities
• Geriatric patient decision-making
• Antibiotic stewardship education

Scientific Awards:

• 2009 Outstanding Service from California-Hawaii Society for General Internal Medicine
• 2007 Franklin Ebaugh Award for Outstanding Resident Research at Stanford
• 2007 Outstanding Resident Research Poster Presentation

Dr. Price's work examining communication gaps in electronic preconsultation exchanges and her research on renal function biomarkers in anticoagulated veterans has gained significant attention, with multiple publications featured in PubMed Central and widely discussed in medical literature.