Peter Sokolove, M.D.

Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
University of California, San Francisco

Fellowship Profile

Fellowship Year: 2012-2013
Fellowship Placement: Senate Committee on Finance (Majority)
Sponsoring Institution: University of California, Davis

Biography

Peter Sokolove is professor and vice chair for academic affairs in the department of emergency medicine at the University of California (UC), Davis, Health System. From 1999–2011, he served as director of the UC Davis Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Sokolove contributed to the UC Davis Health System proposal for the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program, a federal pay-for-performance initiative implemented at California’s 21 public hospitals. He also served on the Operations Committee for the UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation, a University of California Health program designed to advance innovations across the five UC academic medical centers. Throughout his career, he has worked to improve the quality of emergency care through education, research, and health policy development.

Sokolove’s research focuses on improving the accuracy of injury detection among pediatric trauma patients. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications and research abstracts in clinical care, medical education, and health policy. He has lectured widely on a range of topics, and has been recognized with multiple national educational awards for his commitment to excellence in academic emergency medicine. He is past chair of the faculty at UC Davis School of Medicine and serves on the editorial board of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Sokolove currently serves as immediate past president of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Sokolove received his BS from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He completed residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Sokolove is board certified in emergency medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.