Sajan Patel

Dr. Sajan Patel is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine, serving as Executive Medical Director of Utilization Management for UCSF Health and Director of Quality Improvement for the Division of Hospital Medicine. His academic journey includes an MD from NYU School of Medicine (2011), residency at UCLA Medical Center (2014), and fellowship in Academic Hospital Medicine at UCSF (2016).

His research focuses on healthcare systems improvement with emphasis on:

• Optimizing utilization management protocols
• Designing performance feedback systems
• Implementing data-driven quality interventions
• Developing clinical dashboards for provider engagement
• Reducing unnecessary medical interventions

Dr. Patel's recent publications demonstrate strong focus on operational healthcare research, with recurring themes in:

• EHR-based intervention trials (2020-2024)
• Metrics refinement for hospital performance (2018-2024)
• Patient experience optimization (2019-2022)

Honors include:

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2011)
• Phi Beta Kappa and Honors from UC Berkeley (2006)