Shaw Natsui, MD, MPA

Project Title/Research Interests: Associations between California County-Level Social Spending and Local Health Care Utilization and Variations in Health Outcomes

Background:
Dr. Shaw Natsui is an emergency medicine physician with an interest in urban health, public policy, and the use of data science to improve clinical care and population health. He trained at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. During residency, his research focused on acute stroke care for non-English-preferring patients, predictive analytics and machine learning approaches to improving diagnosis, and the ED patient experience. He also helped organize collaborative efforts to improve the ED care for vulnerable patients, particularly those facing housing insecurity. Dr. Natsui is interested in improving the quality of acute care delivery and access to care for limited-resource populations. He plans to focus on the implementation science of leveraging health services research to inform and lead multidisciplinary interventions and policies on the local, state, and national levels.