Glenn Rosenbluth, MD

Glenn Rosenbluth, MD is a pediatrician who specializes in caring for children with medical complexity. He works on the Pediatric Hospitalist team caring for hospitalized children with a wide range of conditions, as well as with the Craniofacial Center, both inpatient and in clinic.

As Director of Quality and Safety Programs for the UCSF Office of Graduate Medical Education, Dr. Rosenbluth has a particular interest in understanding how to engage residents and fellows in hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives. He oversees a Resident and Fellow Quality Improvement Incentive Program which engages over 850 residents and fellows annually.

Dr. Rosenbluth has has been involved in several research projects studying the interface between medical education and patient safety. He had a leadership role in the I-PASS study, which demonstrated significant reductions in medical errors and preventable adverse events after implementation of a handoff communication bundle. He is currently a mentor in the AHRQ-funded mentored implementation of I-PASS in collaboration with the Society of Hospital Medicine. He was the UCSF site director for the PCORI-funded Patient and Family-Centered I-PASS Study.

Dr. Rosenbluth has led workshops on a variety of topics, including soliciting feedback from patients and families, improving patient handoffs, interprofessional team training, patient- and family-centered rounding, and promotion of clinical reasoning skills.

Dr. Rosenbluth completed his internship, residency and chief residency in pediatrics at UCSF. In addition, he has completed a Fellowship in Hospital Medicine through the UCSF Department of Medicine, the UCSF Teaching Scholars Program, and the Intermountain Healthcare Advanced Training Program. This additional training has helping him merge his interests in quality improvement, patient safety, and medical education to develop new educational programs for residents and fellows.
Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Residency, - , University of California, San Francisco
Websites

  1. Baniel CC, Lichter KE, Frick MA, Wu J, Oladipo E, Wu YF, SwamyS A, Hsu IC, Prionas N, Blomain ES, Kidd EA, Buyyounouski MK, Rosenbluth G, Mohamad O, Bagshaw HP. The NorCal brachytherapy waste audit: A simple, validated, toolkit for clinician led waste reduction. Brachytherapy 2025. PMID: 40024828


  2. Crook S, Rosenbluth G, Glidden DV, Fernandez A, Lee CM, Avina L, Magana L, Washington K, Bardach NS. Variations in digital health literacy for pediatric caregivers of hospitalized children: implications for digital health equity. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2024. PMID: 39688734


  3. Shaikh N, House S, Nell Hodo L, Rosenbluth G, Kim JL. The Invisible Weight of Caring for Our Caregivers: Perspectives From Pediatric Hospitalists. Hospital pediatrics 2025. PMID: 39808699


  4. Gallagher ER, Chow P, Mills MR, Perry H, Tam AC, Rosenbluth G, Matthews M, Shamshoni JK, Schweitzer DN, Gutierrez YR, Hing A. Genetic Testing in Craniofacial Care: Development of Algorithms for Testing Patients with Orofacial Clefting, Branchial Arch Anomalies, and Craniosynostosis. The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2024. PMID: 39155612


  5. Khan A, Patel SJ, Anderson M, Baird JD, Johnson TM, Liss I, Graham DA, Calaman S, Fegley AE, Goldstein J, O'Toole JK, Rosenbluth G, Alminde C, Bass EJ, Bismilla Z, Caruth M, Coghlan-McDonald S, Cray S, Destino LA, Dreyer BP, Everhart JL, Good BP, Guiot AB, Haskell H, Hepps JH, Knighton AJ, Kocolas I, Kuzma NC, Lewis K, Litterer KP, Kruvand E, Markle P, Micalizzi DA, Patel A, Rogers JE, Subramony A, Vara T, Yin HS, Sectish TC, Srivastava R, Starmer AJ, West DC, Spector ND, Landrigan CP, Patient and Family Centered I-PASS SCORE Study Group. Implementing a Family-Centered Rounds Intervention Using Novel Mentor-Trios. Pediatrics 2024. PMID: 38164122


  6. Rosenbluth G, Choi LW, Boscardin CK, Gonzales R, Green A, Hernandez A, Vidyarthi AR, Julian KA, Baron RB. Engaging GME Learners in Health System-Aligned Improvement Work in the Clinical Learning Environment. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2023. PMID: 38127672


  7. Danial E, Rios J, Badiee R, Rosenbluth G, Pomerantz JH. Analyzing Linguistic Disparities in Telehealth Care Outcomes at a Multidisciplinary Craniofacial Center. The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2023. PMID: 37605606


  8. Poncelet A, Collins S, Fiore D, Rosenbluth G, Loeser H, Sawaya GF, Teherani A, Chang A. Identifying Value Factors in Institutional Leaders' Perspectives on Investing in Health Professions Educators. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 36795413


  9. O'Toole JK, Calaman S, Anderson M, Baird J, Fegley A, Goldstein J, Johnson T, Khan A, Patel SJ, Rosenbluth G, Sectish TC, West DC, Landrigan CP, Spector ND, Patient and Family-Centered I-PASS Education Executive and SCORE Program Education and Training Comm. Utilizing co-production to improve patient-centeredness and engagement in healthcare delivery: Lessons from the Patient and Family-Centered I-PASS�studies. Journal of hospital medicine 2023. PMID: 36717094


  10. Wang MD, Rosner BI, Rosenbluth G. Where Is the Digitally Silent Provider? Development and Validation of a Team-Centered Electronic Health Record Attribution Model for Supervising Residents. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 36576768


  11. Starmer AJ, Spector ND, O'Toole JK, Bismilla Z, Calaman S, Campos ML, Coffey M, Destino LA, Everhart JL, Goldstein J, Graham DA, Hepps JH, Howell EE, Kuzma N, Maynard G, Melvin P, Patel SJ, Popa A, Rosenbluth G, Schnipper JL, Sectish TC, Srivastava R, West DC, Yu CE, Landrigan CP, I-PASS SHM Mentored Implementation Study Group. Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: A multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study. Journal of hospital medicine 2022. PMID: 36326255


  12. Patel SJ, Khan A, Bass EJ, Graham D, Baird J, Anderson M, Calaman S, Cray S, Destino L, Fegley A, Goldstein J, Johnson T, Kocolas I, Lewis KD, Liss I, Markle P, O'Toole JK, Rosenbluth G, Srivastava R, Vara T, Landrigan CP, Spector ND, Knighton AJ. Family, nurse, and physician beliefs on family-centered rounds: A 21-site study. Journal of hospital medicine 2022. PMID: 36131598


  13. Badiee RK, Maru J, Yang SC, Alcon A, Rosenbluth G, Pomerantz JH. Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Prompt Craniosynostosis Workup and Treatment. The Journal of craniofacial surgery 2022. PMID: 36409867


  14. Patel PV, Wallach T, Rosenbluth G, Heyman M, Verstraete S. Improving ondansetron use and oral rehydration instructions for pediatric acute gastroenteritis. 2022. PMID: 35347066


  15. Bardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM, Sarkar U, Sharma AE, Boscardin WJ, Avina L, Peralta-Neel C, Rosenbluth G. Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): Using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients. 2022. PMID: 35535946


  16. Badiee RK, Yang SC, Alcon A, Weeks AC, Rosenbluth G, Pomerantz JH. Disparities in Timing of Alveolar Bone Grafting and Dental Reconstruction in Patients With Clefts. 2022. PMID: 35044260


  17. Arora VM, Rosenbluth G, O'Rourke A, Pappas RM, Hamilton AC, Vath RJ, Blanchard AK. Pursuing Excellence: Integrating Clinical Learning Environment Staff and Learners Into the Pursuit of Quality, Safety, Equity, and Value. Journal of graduate medical education 2021. PMID: 33897969


  18. Dairo Oguntebi A, Rosenbluth G. Doctors Also Need Sleep: Is It Time to Take Another Look at Our ROSTERS? Pediatrics 2021. PMID: 33619045


  19. Marbin J, Rosenbluth G, Brim R, Cruz E, Martinez A, McNamara M. Improving Diversity in Pediatric Residency Selection: Using an Equity Framework to Implement Holistic Review. Journal of graduate medical education 2021. PMID: 33897952


  20. Badiee RK, Willsher H, Rorison E, Langham M, Donnelly A, Rosenbluth G, Pomerantz JH. Transitioning Multidisciplinary Craniofacial Care to Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single Center Experience. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 2020. PMID: 33133981


  21. O'Toole JK, Hepps J, Starmer AJ, Patel SJ, Rosenbluth G, Calaman S, Campos ML, Lopreiato JO, Schnipper JL, Sectish TC, Srivastava R, West DC, Landrigan CP, Spector ND, Yu CE, I-PASS Study Education Executive Committee. I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Frontline Provider Training Materials. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2020. PMID: 32715086


  22. Rosenbluth G, Good BP, Litterer KP, Markle P, Baird JD, Khan A, Landrigan CP, Spector ND, Patel SJ, SHM I-PASS SCORE Study Group. Communicating Effectively With Hospitalized Patients and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of hospital medicine 2020. PMID: 32584245


  23. Rosenbluth G, Tong MS, Condor Montes SY, Boscardin C. Trainee and Program Director Perspectives on Meaningful Patient Attribution and Clinical Outcomes Data. Journal of graduate medical education 2020. PMID: 32595849


  24. van Schaik SM, Chang A, Fogh S, Haehn M, Lyndon A, O'Brien B, O'Sullivan P, Ranji S, Rosenbluth G, Sehgal N, Tabas J, Baron RB. Jump-Starting Faculty Development in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education: A Team-Based Approach. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31663959


  25. Borman-Shoap E, Li ST, St Clair NE, Rosenbluth G, Pitt S, Pitt MB. Knowing Your Personal Brand: What Academics Can Learn From Marketing 101. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 31460918


  26. Bekmezian A, Fiore DM, Long M, Monash BJ, Padrez R, Rosenbluth G, Sun KI. Keeping Time: Implementing Appointment-based Family-centered Rounds. Pediatric quality & safety 2019. PMID: 31572884


  27. Baird J, Ashland M, Rosenbluth G. Interprofessional Teams: Current Trends and Future Directions. Pediatric clinics of North America 2019. PMID: 31230620


  28. O'Toole JK, Starmer AJ, Calaman S, Campos ML, Hepps J, Lopreiato JO, Patel SJ, Rosenbluth G, Schnipper JL, Sectish TC, Srivastava R, West DC, Yu CE, Landrigan CP, Spector ND, I-PASS Study Education Executive Committee. I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Champion Training Materials. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2019. PMID: 30800994


  29. Khan A, Spector ND, Baird JD, Ashland M, Starmer AJ, Rosenbluth G, Garcia BM, Litterer KP, Rogers JE, Dalal AK, Lipsitz S, Yoon CS, Zigmont KR, Guiot A, O'Toole JK, Patel A, Bismilla Z, Coffey M, Langrish K, Blankenburg RL, Destino LA, Everhart JL, Good BP, Kocolas I, Srivastava R, Calaman S, Cray S, Kuzma N, Lewis K, Thompson ED, Hepps JH, Lopreiato JO, Yu CE, Haskell H, Kruvand E, Micalizzi DA, Alvarado-Little W, Dreyer BP, Yin HS, Subramony A, Patel SJ, Sectish TC, West DC, Landrigan CP. Patient safety after implementation of a coproduced family centered communication programme: multicenter before and after intervention study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2018. PMID: 30518517


  30. O'Toole JK, Starmer AJ, Calaman S, Campos ML, Goldstein J, Hepps J, Maynard GA, Owolabi M, Patel SJ, Rosenbluth G, Schnipper JL, Sectish TC, Srivastava R, West DC, Yu CE, Landrigan CP, Spector ND. I-PASS Mentored Implementation Handoff Curriculum: Implementation Guide and Resources. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2018. PMID: 30800936


  31. Rosenbluth G, Destino LA, Starmer AJ, Landrigan CP, Spector ND, Sectish TC, I-PASS Campaign Committee. I-PASS Handoff Program: Use of a Campaign to Effect Transformational Change. Pediatric quality & safety 2018. PMID: 30229199


  32. Rosenbluth G. Improving Handoffs: Teaching beyond "Watch One, Do One". Journal of hospital medicine 2017. PMID: 29236103


  33. Rosenbluth G, Burman NJ, Ranji SR, Boscardin CK. Development of a Multi-Domain Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement Projects. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 28824761


  34. Coffey M, Thomson K, Li SA, Bismilla Z, Starmer AJ, O'Toole JK, Blankenburg RL, Rosenbluth G, Cole FS, Yu CE, Hepps JH, Sectish TC, Spector ND, Srivastava R, Allen AD, Mahant S, Landrigan CP. Resident Experiences With Implementation of the I-PASS Handoff Bundle. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 28638509


  35. Khan A, Coffey M, Litterer KP, Baird JD, Furtak SL, Garcia BM, Ashland MA, Calaman S, Kuzma NC, O'Toole JK, Patel A, Rosenbluth G, Destino LA, Everhart JL, Good BP, Hepps JH, Dalal AK, Lipsitz SR, Yoon CS, Zigmont KR, Srivastava R, Starmer AJ, Sectish TC, Spector ND, West DC, Landrigan CP, the Patient and Family Centered I-PASS Study Group , Allair BK, Alminde C, Alvarado-Little W, Atsatt M, Aylor ME, Bale JF, Balmer D, Barton KT, Beck C, Bismilla Z, Blankenburg RL, Chandler D, Choudhary A, Christensen E, Coghlan-McDonald S, Cole FS, Corless E, Cray S, Da Silva R, Dahale D, Dreyer B, Growdon AS, Gubler L, Guiot A, Harris R, Haskell H, Kocolas I, Kruvand E, Lane MM, Langrish K, Ledford CJW, Lewis K, Lopreiato JO, Maloney CG, Mangan A, Markle P, Mendoza F, Micalizzi DA, Mittal V, Obermeyer M, O'Donnell KA, Ottolini M, Patel SJ, Pickler R, Rogers JE, Sanders LM, Sauder K, Shah SS, Sharma M, Simpkin A, Subramony A, Thompson ED, Trueman L, Trujillo T, Turmelle MP, Warnick C, Welch C, White AJ, Wien MF, Winn AS, Wintch S, Wolf M, Yin HS, Yu CE. Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance. JAMA pediatrics 2017. PMID: 28241211


  36. Myers JS, Tess AV, McKinney K, Rosenbluth G, Arora VM, Tad-Y D, Vidyarthi AR. Bridging Leadership Roles in Quality and Patient Safety: Experience of 6 US Academic Medical Centers. Journal of graduate medical education 2017. PMID: 28261389


  37. Rosenbluth G, Tabas JA, Baron RB. In Reply to Oyler et al. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016. PMID: 26714129


  38. Rosenbluth G, Tabas JA, Baron RB. What's in It for Me? Maintenance of Certification as an Incentive for Faculty Supervision of Resident Quality Improvement Projects. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016. PMID: 26083401


  39. Vukkadala N, Auerbach A, Maselli JH, Rosenbluth G. Association between ordering patterns and shift-based care in general pediatrics inpatients. Journal of hospital medicine 2015. PMID: 26559789


  40. Rosenbluth G, Jacolbia R, Milev D, Auerbach AD. Half-life of a printed handoff document. BMJ quality & safety 2015. PMID: 26558826


  41. Rosenbluth G, Landrigan CP, I-PASS Study Education Executive Committee. The authors reply "Variation in printed handoff documents: Results and recommendations from a multicenter needs assessment". Journal of hospital medicine 2015. PMID: 26496516


  42. Rosenbluth G, Garritson S, Green AL, Milev D, Vidyarthi AR, Auerbach AD, Baron RB. Achieving Hand Hygiene Success With a Partnership Between Graduate Medical Education, Hospital Leadership, and Physicians. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2015. PMID: 26201665


  43. Rosenbluth G, Bale JF, Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, West DC, Sectish TC, Landrigan CP, I-PASS Study Education Executive Committee. Variation in printed handoff documents: Results and recommendations from a multicenter needs assessment. Journal of hospital medicine 2015. PMID: 26014471


  44. Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, West DC, Rosenbluth G, Allen AD, Noble EL, Tse LL, Dalal AK, Keohane CA, Lipsitz SR, Rothschild JM, Wien MF, Yoon CS, Zigmont KR, Wilson KM, O'Toole JK, Solan LG, Aylor M, Bismilla Z, Coffey M, Mahant S, Blankenburg RL, Destino LA, Everhart JL, Patel SJ, Bale JF, Spackman JB, Stevenson AT, Calaman S, Cole FS, Balmer DF, Hepps JH, Lopreiato JO, Yu CE, Sectish TC, Landrigan CP, I-PASS Study Group. Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program. The New England journal of medicine 2014. PMID: 25372088


  45. Starmer AJ, O'Toole JK, Rosenbluth G, Calaman S, Balmer D, West DC, Bale JF, Yu CE, Noble EL, Tse LL, Srivastava R, Landrigan CP, Sectish TC, Spector ND, I-PASS Study Education Executive Committee. Development, implementation, and dissemination of the I-PASS handoff curriculum: A multisite educational intervention to improve patient handoffs. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2014. PMID: 24871238


  46. O'Toole JK, West DC, Starmer AJ, Yu CE, Calaman S, Rosenbluth G, Hepps JH, Lopreiato JO, Landrigan CP, Sectish TC, Spector ND, I-PASS Study Education Executive Committee. Placing faculty development front and center in a multisite educational initiative: lessons from the I-PASS Handoff study. Academic pediatrics 2014. PMID: 24767774


  47. Kaiser SV, Asteria-Penaloza R, Vittinghoff E, Rosenbluth G, Cabana MD, Bardach NS. National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency department. Pediatrics 2014. PMID: 24753533


  48. Schumacher DJ, Spector ND, Calaman S, West DC, Cruz M, Frohna JG, Gonzalez Del Rey J, Gustafson KK, Poynter SE, Rosenbluth G, Southgate WM, Vinci RJ, Sectish TC. Putting the pediatrics milestones into practice: a consensus roadmap and resource analysis. Pediatrics 2014. PMID: 24733873


  49. Vidyarthi AR, Green AL, Rosenbluth G, Baron RB. Engaging residents and fellows to improve institution-wide quality: the first six years of a novel financial incentive program. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2014. PMID: 24448041


  50. Rosenbluth G, O'Brien B, Asher EM, Cho CS. The "zing factor"-how do faculty describe the best pediatrics residents? Journal of graduate medical education 2014. PMID: 24701319


  51. Rosenbluth G, Tsang L, Vittinghoff E, Wilson S, Wilson-Ganz J, Auerbach A. Impact of decreased heparin dose for flush-lock of implanted venous access ports in pediatric oncology patients. Pediatric blood & cancer 2014. PMID: 24464964


  52. Vidyarthi AR, Hamill T, Green AL, Rosenbluth G, Baron RB. Changing resident test ordering behavior: a multilevel intervention to decrease laboratory utilization at an academic medical center. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2014. PMID: 24443317


  53. O'Toole JK, Stevenson AT, Good BP, Guiot AB, Solan LG, Tse LL, Landrigan CP, Sectish TC, Srivastava R, Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Initiative for Innovation in Pediatric Education-Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Accelerati. Closing the gap: a needs assessment of medical students and handoff training. The Journal of pediatrics 2013. PMID: 23617969


  54. Rosenbluth G, Fiore DM, Maselli JH, Vittinghoff E, Wilson SD, Auerbach AD. Association between adaptations to ACGME duty hour requirements, length of stay, and costs. Sleep 2013. PMID: 23372272


  55. Rosenbluth G, Landrigan CP. Sleep science, schedules, and safety in hospitals: challenges and solutions for pediatric providers. Pediatric clinics of North America 2012. PMID: 23116528


  56. Starmer AJ, Spector ND, Srivastava R, Allen AD, Landrigan CP, Sectish TC, I-PASS Study Group. I-pass, a mnemonic to standardize verbal handoffs. Pediatrics 2012. PMID: 22232313


  57. Rosenbluth G, Wilson SD, Maselli JH, Auerbach AD. Analgesic prescribing practices can be improved by low-cost point-of-care decision support. Journal of pain and symptom management 2011. PMID: 21458223


  58. Rosenbluth G, Wilson SD. Pediatric and neonatal patients are particularly vulnerable to epinephrine dosing errors. Annals of emergency medicine 2010. PMID: 21111257


  59. Sectish TC, Starmer AJ, Landrigan CP, Spector ND, I-PASS Study Group. Establishing a multisite education and research project requires leadership, expertise, collaboration, and an important aim. Pediatrics 2010. PMID: 20876168


  60. Tam EW, Rosenbluth G, Rogers EE, Ferriero DM, Glidden D, Goldstein RB, Glass HC, Piecuch RE, Barkovich AJ. Cerebellar hemorrhage on magnetic resonance imaging in preterm newborns associated with abnormal neurologic outcome. The Journal of pediatrics 2010. PMID: 20833401