Aaron Neinstein, MD

VP, Digital Health

Dr. Aaron Neinstein is Vice President of Digital Health for UCSF Health and Associate Professor in the UCSF Division of Endocrinology. He has led the development and implementation of a wide range of health technology, with a focus on digital transformation and improving patient access and empowerment through virtual care models. This includes leading UCSF’s ambulatory Epic EHR implementation and optimization, development and deployment of numerous digital health solutions transforming digital patient experience and virtual care delivery across UCSF, and co-founding of Tidepool, a non-profit creating open-source software to empower people with diabetes.

Dr. Neinstein was an inaugural inductee as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA), and is a federal appointee serving on the United States Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). Board-certified in Endocrinology, Clinical Informatics, and Internal Medicine, he maintains an active clinical practice focused on the care of people with diabetes, and is considered a national expert in diabetes technology. He was named by Marin Magazine to the 2020 Bay Area [415] Top Doctors List and received the UCSF School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching award. Dr. Neinstein is a nationally-invited speaker, peer-reviewed author, advisor to numerous companies, and has appeared in media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC Good Morning America, and NPR. He received his Doctor of Medicine, including the Alpha Omega Alpha honors society, from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, and his undergraduate degree in American Studies from Northwestern University.

Education
03/2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, UCSF
Endocrinology, Fellowship, 2013 - , UCSF
12/2013 - Lean Launchpad with Steve Blank, UCSF
Internal Medicine, Residency, 2010 - , UCSF
MD, 2007 - , Keck School of Medicine
BA, 2003 - , Northwestern University
Honors and Awards
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2022
  • Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation in Information Technology - Honorable Mention, University of California, 2021
  • [415] Top Doctors, Marin Magazine, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA), American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), 2018
  • Helmsley Charitable Trust Abstract Award in Type 1 Diabetes, Endocrine Society, 2014
  • (Nominee) Essential Core Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2014
Websites
Publications

  1. Haynes SC, Sarkisian M, Neinstein AB, Wong JC, Teng PF, Marcin JP, Crossen SS. From Surviving to Thriving: A Qualitative Study of Adapting Telehealth Systems for Specialty Diabetes Care Across Four California Medical Centers. Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association 2024. PMID: 39429444


  2. Ravi A, Neinstein A, Murray SG. Large Language Models and Medical Education: Preparing for a Rapid Transformation in How Trainees Will Learn to Be Doctors. ATS Scholar 2023. PMID: 37795112


  3. Shapiro M, Renly S, Maiorano A, Young J, Medina E, Neinstein A, Odisho AY. Digital Health at Enterprise Scale: Evaluation Framework for Selecting Patient-Facing Software in a Digital-First Health System. JMIR formative research 2023. PMID: 37027184


  4. Grouse CK, Waung MW, Holmgren AJ, Mongan J, Neinstein A, Josephson SA, Khanna RR. Behavioral "nudges" in the electronic health record to reduce waste and misuse: 3 interventions. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2022. PMID: 36519951


  5. Odisho AY, Liu AW, Maiorano AR, Bigazzi MOA, Medina E, Leard LE, Shah R, Venado A, Perez A, Golden J, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Maheshwari J, Trinh BN, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Calabrese D, Neinstein AB, Singer JP, Hays SR. Design and implementation of a digital health home spirometry intervention for remote monitoring of lung transplant function. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023. PMID: 37031033


  6. Arvisais-Anhalt S, Ravi A, Weia B, Aarts J, Ahmad HB, Araj E, Bauml JA, Benham-Hutchins M, Boyd AD, Brecht-Doscher A, Butler-Henderson K, Butte A, Cardillo AB, Chilukuri N, Cho MK, Cohen JK, Craven CK, Crusco SJ, Dadabhoy F, Dash D, DeBolt C, Elkin PL, Fayanju OA, Fochtmann L, Graham JV, Hanna J, Hersh W, Hoffard MR, Hron J, Huang SS, Jackson BR, Kaplan B, Kelly W, Ko K, Koppel R, Kurapati N, Labbad G, Lee J, Lehmann CU, Leitner S, Liao ZC, Medford RJ, Melnick ER, Muniyappa AN, Murray S, Neinstein A, Nichols-Johnson V, Novak L, Ogan WS, Ozeran L, Pageler N, Pandita D, Perumbeti A, Petersen C, Pierce L, Puttagunta R, Ramaswamy P, Rogers KM, Rosenbloom T, Ryan A, Saleh S, Sarabu C, Schreiber R, Shaw KA, Sim I, Sirintrapun SJ, Solomonides A, Spector JD, Starren JB, Stoffel M, Subbian V, Swanson K, Tomes A, Trang K, Unertl KM, Weon JL, Whooley M, Wiley K, Williamson DF, Winkelstein P, Wong J, Xie J, Yarahuan JKW, Yung N, Zera C, Ratanawongsa N, Sadasivaiah S. Paging the Clinical Informatics Community: Respond STAT to Dobbs v Jackson's Women's Health Organization. Applied clinical informatics 2022. PMID: 36535703


  7. Judson TJ, Pierce L, Tutman A, Mourad M, Neinstein AB, Shuler G, Gonzales R, Odisho AY. Utilization patterns and efficiency gains from use of a fully EHR-integrated COVID-19 self-triage and self-scheduling tool: a retrospective analysis. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2022. PMID: 36029243


  8. Neinstein AB. Our AI future is better than you think. Nature medicine 2022. PMID: 36203002


  9. Liu AW, Odisho AY, Brown Iii W, Gonzales R, Neinstein AB, Judson TJ. Patient Experience and Feedback After Using an Electronic Health Record-Integrated COVID-19 Symptom Checker: Survey Study. JMIR human factors 2022. PMID: 35960593


  10. Kompala T, Wong J, Neinstein A. Diabetes Specialists Value CGM Despite Challenges in Prescribing and Data Review Process. 2022. PMID: 35403469


  11. Haynes SC, Kompala T, Tancredi DJ, Neinstein AB, Crossen SS. Factors Associated With Discontinuation of Subspecialty Diabetes Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multisite Retrospective Cohort Study. 2022. PMID: 35020822


  12. TEJASWI KOMPALA, JENISE C. WONG, AARON B. NEINSTEIN. 636-P: Diabetes Providers Value CGM Data Despite Challenges in Data Review Process. Diabetes 2021. PMID:


  13. AMNA RASHEED, TEJASWI KOMPALA, AARON B. NEINSTEIN. 886-P: Impact of Endocrine E-Consultation on SGLT2i and GLP-1 RA Prescription. Diabetes 2021. PMID:


  14. Myat Han Soe, Chienying Liu, Aaron Barak Neinstein, Elizabeth J Murphy. Biochemical and Genomic Changes of a Devastating Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Journal of the Endocrine Society 2021. PMID:


  15. Haynes SC, Kompala T, Neinstein A, Rosenthal J, Crossen S. Disparities in Telemedicine Use for Subspecialty Diabetes Care During COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place Orders. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2021. PMID: 33719622


  16. Kompala T, Neinstein AB. Telehealth in type 1 diabetes. Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity 2021. PMID: 33332927


  17. Neinstein AB, Masharani U. LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Neinstein et al: Approach to the Patient with Thyrotoxicosis Using Telemedicine. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2020. PMID: 33038240


  18. Kompala T, Neinstein AB. Smart Insulin Pens: Advancing Digital Transformation and a Connected Diabetes Care Ecosystem. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2021. PMID: 33435704


  19. Blow T, Hyde PN, Falcone JN, Neinstein A, Vasan N, Chitkara R, Hurd MA, Sardesai S, Lustberg MB, Flory JH, Volek JS, Goncalves MD. Treating Alpelisib-Induced Hyperglycemia with Very Low Carbohydrate Diets and Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors: A Case Series. Integrative cancer therapies 2021. PMID: 34259084


  20. Odisho AY, Lui H, Yerramsetty R, Bautista F, Gleason N, Martin E, Young JJ, Blum M, Neinstein AB. Design and development of referrals automation, a SMART on FHIR solution to improve patient access to specialty care. JAMIA Open 2020. PMID: 33215075


  21. Kompala T, Neinstein AB. Analysis of "Accuracy of a 14-Day Factory Calibrated Continuous Glucose Monitoring System With Advanced Algorithm in Pediatric and Adult Population with Diabetes". Journal of diabetes science and technology 2020. PMID: 33084373


  22. Judson TJ, Odisho AY, Young JJ, Bigazzi O, Steuer D, Gonzales R, Neinstein AB. Case Report: Implementation of a Digital Chatbot to Screen Health System Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020. PMID: 32531066


  23. TEJASWI KOMPALA, MACKENZIE CLARK, SARAH KIM, LISA KROON, THOMAS A. PETERSON, ROBERT M. MOWERS, PRASANTH SURAMPUDI, MATTHEW FREEBY, MARIA HAN, SYLVIA LAMBRECHTS, THERESE M. OFFER, MARY JEAN CHRISTIAN, LISA DAHM, LISA GIBBS, JUSTIN BOUW, KATHRYN MEDDERS, CASSIE MORN, AYAN PATEL, RACHAEL SAK, MARICEL CABRERA, AARON B. NEINSTEIN. 1239-P: University of California Diabetes Initiative: A Multi-institution Collaboration to Improve Diabetes Care. Diabetes 2020. PMID:


  24. TEJASWI KOMPALA, POLLY FU, ANDREW K. FOLICK, MURIEL BABEY, EILEEN KOH, PARAS MEHTA, LAWRENCE FISHER, UMESH MASHARANI, AARON B. NEINSTEIN. 833-P: Standardized Assessment of Diabetes Distress in Routine Type 1 Diabetes Care. Diabetes 2020. PMID:


  25. Judson TJ, Odisho AY, Neinstein AB, Chao J, Williams A, Miller C, Moriarty T, Gleason N, Intinarelli G, Gonzales R. Rapid Design and Implementation of an Integrated Patient Self-Triage and Self-Scheduling Tool for COVID-19. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020. PMID: 32267928


  26. Kompala T, Neinstein A. Accelerating Transformation to a Digital-First Diabetes Care Model. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2020. PMID: 32468850


  27. Aaron B. Neinstein, Michael Blum, Umesh Masharani. Self-Reported Wearable Heart Rate Data May Be Useful in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyperthyroidism. Clinical Thyroidology 2020. PMID:


  28. Crossen S, Raymond J, Neinstein AB. Top Ten Tips for Successfully Implementing a Diabetes Telehealth Program. Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2020. PMID: 32191141


  29. Neinstein A, Thao C, Savage M, Adler-Milstein J. Early Insights from Health System Deployment of Patient-Facing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs): Progress and Opportunities. Journal of medical Internet research 2020. PMID: 31983680


  30. Hansen Lui*, Ramakrishna Yerramsetty, Nathaniel Gleason, Edwin Martin, Jerry Young, Michael Blum, Aaron B. Neinstein, Anobel Y. Odisho. PD05-01 AUTOMATED, EHR-INTEGRATED REFERRAL PROCESSING USING INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM FAXED IMAGES TO IMPROVE PATIENT ACCESS TO UROLOGIC CARE. The Journal of urology 2020. PMID:


  31. Singh S, Rushakoff RJ, Neinstein AB. A Case Report of Diabetic Ketoacidosis With Combined Use of a Sodium Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitor and Hybrid Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2019. PMID: 30931610


  32. Kompala T, Neinstein A. A new era: increasing continuous glucose monitoring use in type 2 diabetes. The American journal of managed care 2019. PMID: 30933461


  33. Wong JC, Izadi Z, Schroeder S, Nader M, Min J, Neinstein AB, Adi S. A Pilot Study of Use of a Software Platform for the Collection, Integration, and Visualization of Diabetes Device Data by Health Care Providers in a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Setting. Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2018. PMID: 30461307


  34. Auerbach AD, Neinstein A, Khanna R. Balancing Innovation and Safety When Integrating Digital Tools Into Health Care. Annals of internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29582072


  35. Wong JC, Neinstein AB, Look H, Arbiter B, Chokr N, Ross C, Adi S. Pilot Study of a Novel Application for Data Visualization in Type 1 Diabetes. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2017. PMID: 28617628


  36. . Medical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. 2016. PMID:


  37. Neinstein A, Wong J, Look H, Arbiter B, Quirk K, McCanne S, Sun Y, Blum M, Adi S. A case study in open source innovation: developing the Tidepool Platform for interoperability in type 1 diabetes management. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2015. PMID: 26338218


  38. Wong JC, Neinstein AB, Spindler M, Adi S. A Minority of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Routinely Downloads and Retrospectively Reviews Device Data. Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2015. PMID: 26133226


  39. Neinstein A, MacMaster HW, Sullivan MM, Rushakoff R. A detailed description of the implementation of inpatient insulin orders with a commercial electronic health record system. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2014. PMID: 24876450


  40. Neinstein AB. From "pull" to "push": a transformation in medicine. JAMA internal medicine 2013. PMID: 23400521


  41. Neinstein A, Cucina R. An analysis of the usability of inpatient insulin ordering in three computerized provider order entry systems. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2011. PMID: 22226260


  42. Kaufman FR, Austin J, Neinstein A, Jeng L, Halvorson M, Devoe DJ, Pitukcheewanont P. Nocturnal hypoglycemia detected with the Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes. The Journal of pediatrics 2002. PMID: 12410189