Liz Goldman

Dr. Liz Goldman is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine. She serves as Medical Director for the CalAIM Enhanced Care Management Program and leads the Emergency Department Case Management team at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. As a Clinical Informaticist, she directs Research and Evaluation Analytics in the DPH Office of Health Informatics. She supervises residents at the Richard Fine People's Clinic and focuses on improving healthcare systems for underserved populations.

Education:

• B.A. in Biology, Amherst College
• M.D., Yale School of Medicine
• M.A.S. in Medicine (Advanced Clinical Research), UCSF
• Clinical Informatics Board Certification

Research Interests: Dr. Goldman specializes in transforming healthcare systems through innovations in care transitions, behavioral health integration, and administrative data analytics. Her work emphasizes quality measurement, policy development, and implementation science to address disparities in safety-net populations. She has pioneered interventions to enhance hepatitis screening and improve hospital-to-home care coordination.

Publications Trends: Her 15 most recent articles focus on healthcare equity, technology-driven interventions, pandemic response, and chronic disease management. Key themes include mobile health applications, diagnostic accuracy, and policy-driven quality improvements.

Awards:

• NIH K08HS018090 Grant (2009-2014) for evaluating Present-on-Admission reporting
• AHRQ grant for administrative data quality research
• Recognition in AHRQ Quality Indicator Expert Panel

Advising & Grants: As Principal Investigator on an NIH grant, she explores performance reporting methodologies. Her work bridges hospital and primary care collaboration, with a focus on Medicaid populations and rural healthcare quality.

Labs/Teams: Active in the UCSF Health Informatics Program and the San Francisco Health Network’s policy initiatives. Leads interdisciplinary teams in case management and emergency department innovations.