Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA, Receives the AJMC’s 2024 Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award

Dr. Rotenstein has been recognized with this prestigious award for the impact of her work on care delivery, burnout, and equity.

Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA, assistant professor in DoC-IT, director of ADAPT, and medical director of ambulatory quality and safety at UCSF Health, has been honored with the 2024 Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award.

Presented by the American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), this award recognizes an individual whose early achievements in managed care research demonstrate the potential for making an exceptional long-term contribution as a leader in the field. It also celebrates the dedication and distinguished contributions of the late AJMC associate editor, Dr. Seema S. Sonnad.

Dr. Rotenstein will be presented the award at AJMC’s Patient-Centered Oncology Care^® conference, in Nashville, TN, on September 12, 2024

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About Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA

Dr. Rotenstein, a primary care physician, researcher, and healthcare leader, specializes in ambulatory care delivery, physician well-being, gender issues in medicine, and the impact of electronic health records on medical practice around these topics. Her research has been widely published, such as her work on physician and trainee mental health – published in JAMA, JAMA Health Forum, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine – has fostered increased awareness of the epidemic of depression and burnout in medical students and physicians and catalyzed action to address this public health burden. Her research on the electronic health record (EHR), published in JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Network Open, and JAMIA, have deepened the field’s understanding of the role of the EHR in physician experience.

Among her many achievements, Dr. Rotenstein has been named a 2022 Modern Healthcare Top 25 Emerging Leader, the 2022 New England Region SGIM Investigator of the Year, and a 2024 member of the New Voices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

About the Center to Advance Digital Physician Practice Transformation (ADAPT)
The UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (DoC-IT) recently launched the UCSF Center to Advance Digital Physician Practice Transformation (ADAPT). The new center will foster a collaborative community of researchers and leaders focused on advancing the understanding of how physicians’ interactions with technology shape practice patterns and patient experiences. By convening researchers and health system leaders, ADAPT will advance studies at the intersection of technology and physician work. The center’s initial efforts will focus on examining how physicians’ interactions with cutting-edge tools impact their practice patterns and patient experiences. Through this focus, the center aims to drive innovative solutions and enhance healthcare delivery.