Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics

Paul Fu, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.,F.A.A.P.
Division Chief, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
HS Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and
Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Services
Director, Pediatric Ward

Contact Information:
Phone: (310) 222-8088
Fax: (310) 533-4843
Email: pfu@labiomed.org

Research Focus:
Dr. Paul Fu, Jr. is Director, Clinical Informatics, and Director, Pediatric General Pediatrics Inpatient Service at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He was previously Chief Medical Information Officer at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, one of the largest public health service delivery systems in the country. Dr. Fu also leads the Center for Biomedical and Public Health Informatics at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute.

Dr. Fu completed his undergraduate studies and medical school at Boston University. After residency and chief residency in Pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, he was selected as a Child and Family Health Leadership Training program fellow at the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, where he received his MPH from the UCLA School of Public Health.

Dr. Fu continues to practice pediatrics as faculty as the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and has teaching responsibilities for pediatric and family medicine residents, medical students, and public health students as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Services at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA School of Public Health.

His current research projects focus upon the integration of large clinical and non-clinical data sets to support health determinants-based population health status profiling, as well as both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of health information technology and its impact upon care quality.

He lives in south Orange County and is married to a pediatrician and has three young children.

Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

Training:
Internship and Residency in Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine
Chief Resident, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, CA
Fellowship, General Academic Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine
Maternal/Child Health Training Program, UCLA School of Public Health/Health Services

Education:
Boston University, B.A. Medical Science
Boston University School of Medicine, M.D.
UCLA School of Public Health, M.P.H. Health Services

Selected Publications:

1. Massoudi BL, Goodman KW, Gotham IJ, Holmes JH, Lang L, Miner K, Potenziani DD, Richards J, Turner AM, Fu PC. "An informatics agenda for public health: summarized recommendations from the 2011 AMIA PHI Conference." J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012 Mar 6. PMID: 22395299

2. Jacobs EA, Fu Jr PC, Rathouz PJ. “Does a Video-interpreting Network Improve Delivery of Care in the Emergency Department?” Health Serv Res. In press. PMID: 22092194

3. Jacobs EA, Sanchez-Leos G, Rathouz PJ, Fu Jr PC. Shared Networks of Interpreter Services, At Relatively Low Cost, Can Help Providers Serve Patients with Limited English Skills. Health Aff. 30(10):1930-1938. PMID: 21976337

4. Pevnick JM, Claver M, Dobalian A, Asch SM, Stutman HR, Tomines A, Fu PC Jr. “Provider Stakeholders' Perceived Benefit from a Nascent Health Information Exchange: A Qualitative Analysis. J Med Syst 2010 May 22 Epub PMID: 20703673

5. Dobalian A, Claver ML, Pevnick JM, Stutman HR, Tomines A, Fu PC Jr. “Organizational Challenges in Developing One of the Nationwide Health Information Network Trial Implementation Awardees.” J Med Syst 2010 Jul 20. Epub PMID: 20703640

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