Yao Sun

Dr. Yao Sun, MD, PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the UCSF School of Medicine. As Chief of Neonatology and Medical Director of the William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, he combines clinical expertise with Medical Informatics to develop technology-driven solutions for neonatal care. He previously served as Director of Neonatology at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center before joining UCSF.

• Education:
  • M.D. from University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine (1989)
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT (2002)
  • Pediatrics Residency at Boston Children's Hospital (1992)
  • Neonatology Fellowship at Harvard Joint Program (1995)

His research focuses on Clinical Informatics and Mobile Health Informatics, with particular emphasis on:

• Developing clinical decision support tools like the smart TPN calculator
• Creating software infrastructure platforms for mobile health applications
• Building research database interfaces and data repositories
• Designing analytic tools for ICU physiological data
• Implementing family integrated care models through technology
• Predictive modeling for neonatal outcomes using machine learning

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in:

• Applying Artificial Intelligence to NICU clinical outcomes prediction
• Developing mHealth platforms for parental engagement
• Conducting quasi-experimental clinical trials comparing care models
• Creating data dictionaries for standardized NICU data management
• Exploring genetic pathways in preterm complications
• Implementing fuzzy logic control systems for neonatal oxygen therapy