- Hospital Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Patient Safety
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Andrew Lai is a Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine within the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he has been a faculty member since 2009. He provides direct patient care at the Parnassus and Mount Zion campuses and serves on the Hospitalist Procedure Service, while also supervising and teaching medical students and resident physicians. He was among the first hospitalists at St. Mary's Medical Center through the St. Mary's-UCSF Joint Clinical Program established in 2018. Dr. Lai’s research and professional interests center on patient safety , bedside procedural education , clinical reasoning , high-value healthcare , and palliative care . His work emphasizes quality improvement, procedural training, and reducing unnecessary resource utilization. He has led initiatives in ultrasound-guided procedures and performance dashboard development using participatory design. His recent publications (2019–2025) reflect a strong focus on hospital medicine, internal medicine, and health services. Key themes include clinical reasoning, procedural safety, diagnostic imaging appropriateness, and the use of AI in clinical documentation. These works appear in high-impact journals such as JAMA Internal Medicine , New England Journal of Medicine , and Journal of Hospital Medicine . Floyd C. Rector Award for Excellence in Teaching - Nominee (2025) Senate Clinical Excellence Award - Nominee (2024) Council of Master Clinicians (2024) Master Educator-Coach (2023) Exceptional Physician Award (2019) One of 2019's most highly rated peer reviewers (Journal of Hospital Medicine) Dr. Lai has played a significant role in mentoring and education, having served as a RAD (Resident Advising and Development) advisor, faculty interviewer, and co-director of a Quality Improvement/Patient Safety elective for fourth-year medical students. He has also led multiple educational programs, including the UCSF Hospitalist Mini-College CME course session on ultrasound and bedside procedures. He is actively involved in quality improvement through his membership in the Division's Quality Improvement Committee and Unit-Based Leadership Team, and contributed to the Caring Wisely-awarded project on IV albumin stewardship. His early clinical experience includes HIV-related work in India and Kenya, and he volunteered during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic at New York-Presbyterian hospitals.






