Edgar Pierluissi, MD

Education

2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California

Residency, - Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco

Publications

Chang A, Pierluissi E, Cornes S, Ishizaki A, Teherani A, Davis J, Hauer KE, Lucey CR. The Clinical Microsystems Clerkship at University of California, San Francisco: Integrating Clinical Skills and Health Systems Improvement for Early Medical Students. 2022. PMID: 36222538
O'Brien BC, Zapata J, Chang A, Pierluissi E. Bridging medical education goals and health system outcomes: An instrumental case study of pre-clerkship students' improvement projects. 2022. PMID: 35394613
Gylys R, Rosenwohl-Mack S, Pierluissi E, Hoffman A. Assessing contributions of value-added medical student roles. 2020. PMID: 32375522
Harbell MW, Li D, Boscardin C, Pierluissi E, Hauer KE. Teaching Systems Improvement to Early Medical Students: Strategies and Lessons Learned. 2019. PMID: 31335811
Raffel KE, Gupta N, Vercammen-Grandjean C, Hohman J, Ranji S, Pierluissi E, Mourad M. A Discharge Time-Out: A Case Study on Physician-Nurse Discharge Communication and the Challenge of Sustainability in Resident-Led Quality Improvement. 2018. PMID: 30345785
McNicholl IR, Gandhi M, Hare CB, Greene M, Pierluissi E. A Pharmacist-Led Program to Evaluate and Reduce Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older HIV-Positive Patients. 2017. PMID: 29023938
Makaroun LK, Bowman C, Duan K, Handley N, Wheeler DJ, Pierluissi E, Chen AH. Specialty Care Access in the Safety Net-the Role of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. 2017. PMID: 28239019
Pierluissi E. Hospitalization-Associated Disability in Adults Admitted to a Safety-Net Hospital. 2016. PMID: 26941041
Chodos AH, Kushel MB, Greysen SR, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Sarkar U, Goldman LE, Critchfield JM, Pierluissi E. Hospitalization-Associated Disability in Adults Admitted to a Safety-Net Hospital. 2015. PMID: 25986139
Kellie L. Flood, Katrina Booth, Edgar Pierluissi, Ellen S. Danto-Nocton, Denise M. Kresevic, Robert M. Palmer. Acute Care for Elders. 2015. PMID:
Brown RT, Pierluissi E, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Schneidermann M, Critchfield JM, Kushel MB. Functional disability in late-middle-aged and older adults admitted to a safety-net hospital. 2014. PMID: 25367281
Goldman LE, Sarkar U, Kessell E, Guzman D, Schneidermann M, Pierluissi E, Walter B, Vittinghoff E, Critchfield J, Kushel M. Support from hospital to home for elders: a randomized trial. 2014. PMID: 25285540
Greysen SR, Hoi-Cheung D, Garcia V, Kessell E, Sarkar U, Goldman L, Schneidermann M, Critchfield J, Pierluissi E, Kushel M. "Missing pieces"--functional, social, and environmental barriers to recovery for vulnerable older adults transitioning from hospital to home. 2014. PMID: 24934494
Moy NY, Lee SJ, Chan T, Grovey B, Boscardin WJ, Gonzales R, Pierluissi E. Development and sustainability of an inpatient-to-outpatient discharge handoff tool: a quality improvement project. 2014. PMID: 24919253
Edgar Pierluissi, Deborah C. Francis, Kenneth E. Covinsky. Patient and Hospital Factors That Lead to Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Elders. 2014. PMID:
Pierluissi E. Morbidity and mortality conferences: change you can believe in? 2012. PMID: 24294439
Pierluissi E, Mehta KM, Kirby KA, Boscardin WJ, Fortinsky RH, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS. Depressive symptoms after hospitalization in older adults: function and mortality outcomes. 2012. PMID: 23176725
So C, Pierluissi E. Attitudes and expectations regarding exercise in the hospital of hospitalized older adults: a qualitative study. 2012. PMID: 22429118
Pierluissi E, Mehta KM, Kirby KA, Boscardin WJ, Fortinsky RH, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS. Depressive Symptoms after Hospitalization in Older Adults: Function and Mortality Outcomes. J Amer Ger Soc 2012. PMID:
Covinsky KE, Pierluissi E, Johnston CB. Hospitalization-associated disability: "She was probably able to ambulate, but I'm not sure". 2011. PMID: 22028354
Mehta KM, Pierluissi E, Boscardin WJ, Kirby KA, Walter LC, Chren MM, Palmer RM, Counsell SR, Landefeld CS. A clinical index to stratify hospitalized older adults according to risk for new-onset disability. 2011. PMID: 21649616
Edgar Pierluissi, Melissa A. Fischer, Andre R. Campbell, C. Seth Landefeld. Discussion of Medical Errors in Morbidity and Mortality Conferences. 2004. PMID:
Pierluissi E, Fischer MA, Campbell AR, Landefeld CS. Discussion of medical errors in morbidity and mortality conferences. 2003. PMID: 14657068