Justin Sewell, MD, PhD, MPH
Dr. Justin Sewell completed his undergraduate, graduate (Master's in Public Health), and medical degrees at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship training at UCSF, and subsequently joined the GI faculty at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Sewell is closely involved in clinical medicine, education of trainees (including medical students, residents and fellows), and health services research. Dr. Sewell's primary research interests are related to the interface between primary care and specialty care. He is specifically interested in the quality of primary-specialty care communication, and developing novel methods for providing specialty care. He is also clinically involved in primary-specialty care coordination. As director of the GI eReferral program, he reviews more than 2,000 patient referrals to the GI clinic annually. Dr. Sewell has been involved with CIAQ since its inception, and serves as an evaluator of CIAQ programs.