Kai Xu, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician, Good Shepherd Penn Partners Specialty Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Consultant Physician, Penn Medicine Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Fellow, Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Inpatient Lead, Epic Physician Builder Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Core Faculty, Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
Maloney 5019
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Maloney 5019
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3797
Fax: 215-662-6250
Fax: 215-662-6250
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Swarthmore College, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007.
Cert (AMIA 10x10 Course in Biomedical Informatics)
Oregon Health & Science University, 2014.
Cert (Leadership Essentials)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2021.
Cert (AI in Healthcare)
Stanford University School of Medicine, 2022.
Permanent linkBA (Psychology)
Swarthmore College, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007.
Cert (AMIA 10x10 Course in Biomedical Informatics)
Oregon Health & Science University, 2014.
Cert (Leadership Essentials)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2021.
Cert (AI in Healthcare)
Stanford University School of Medicine, 2022.
Selected Publications
Xu K, Renzi N, Serafin LR: Reducing Medication Errors by Improving Compliance with Admission Medication Reconciliation. Patient Safety 2025 Notes: Accepted for Publication.Xu K: A Hospitalist Led Initiative to Improve Medication Reconciliation on Admission. J Hosp Med 19(S1): 246, April 2024.
Xu K, McGreevey III JD, Betesh J: Propagation of an Insidious Error through an EHR Documentation Shortcut. J Hosp Med 18(S1): 352, April 2023.
McCrea N, Xu K, McGreevey III JD: Preparing for Electronic Provider Documentation: A Survey of Physician Preferences about Dictation and Speech Recognition Capabilities at an Academic Medical Center. J Hosp Med 9(S2), March 2014.
Baillie CA, Goren EN, Jacob J, Patel N, Umscheid CA, Xu KT: ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research. The Hospitalist March 2013.
Xu K, Bankova L: A Rare Case of Persistent Otitis Media and Epiglottitis. J Gen Intern Med 25(S3): 484, April 2010.
Xu K: Rapid and Massive Thrombosis following Initiation of Warfarin in a Hypercoagulable Patient. J Hosp Med 5(S1): 196, March 2010.
Xu K: Uncontrolled Diabetes after Discontinuation of Methotrexate. J Hosp Med 5(S1): 196, March 2010.