Michael Kohn, MD, MPP

Co-Investigator
Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Dr. Kohn's primary research interest is in diagnostic and prognostic testing for COVID-19, stroke, myocardial infarction, sepsis, and other emergency conditions. However, he has also been involved in several treatment trials.

He also provides study design consultations to clinical investigators through the CTSI Consulting Service and created the UCSF CTSI’s online sample size calculators (www.sample-size.net). He is an expert on database management for clinical research, both setting up study databases and extracting data from the electronic health record.

Dr. Kohn has been teaching in the Training in Clinical Research (TICR) Program since 2000, including 10 years (until 2012) as co-director, lecturer, and section leader in the program's flagship "Designing Clinical Research" course. He directs the courses on data management for clinical research (Epi 218) and clinical epidemiology (Epi 204), leads one of the two second-year master’s seminars, and directs the UCSF Workshop on Evidence-Based Diagnosis. With Thomas B. Newman, he co-authored the clinical epidemiology textbook “Evidence-Based Diagnosis” and is a contributing author to Hulley et al, “Designing Clinical Research.”

Featured Publications: 

The Diabetes Technology Society Error Grid and Trend Accuracy Matrix for Glucose Monitors.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Klonoff DC, Freckmann G, Pleus S, Kovatchev BP, Kerr D, Tse CC, Li C, Agus MSD, Dungan K, Voglová Hagerf B, Krouwer JS, Lee WA, Misra S, Rhee SY, Sabharwal A, Seley JJ, Shah VN, Tran NK, Waki K, Worth C, Tian T, Aaron RE, Rutledge K, Ho CN, Ayers AT, Adler A, Ahn DT, Aktürk HK, Al-Sofiani ME, Bailey TS, Baker M, Bally L, Bannuru RR, Bauer EM, Bee YM, Blanchette JE, Cengiz E, Chase JG, Y Chen K, Cherñavvsky D, Clements M, Cote GL, Dhatariya KK, Drincic A, Ejskjaer N, Espinoza J, Fabris C, Fleming GA, Gabbay MAL, Galindo RJ, Gómez-Medina AM, Heinemann L, Hermanns N, Hoang T, Hussain S, Jacobs PG, Jendle J, Joshi SR, Koliwad SK, Lal RA, Leiter LA, Lind M, Mader JK, Maran A, Masharani U, Mathioudakis N, McShane M, Mehta C, Moon SJ, Nichols JH, O'Neal DN, Pasquel FJ, Peters AL, Pfützner A, Pop-Busui R, Ranjitkar P, Rhee CM, Sacks DB, Schmidt S, Schwaighofer SM, Sheng B, Simonson GD, Sode K, Spanakis EK, Spartano NL, Umpierrez GE, Vareth M, Vesper HW, Wang J, Wright E, Wu AHB, Yeshiwas S, Zilbermint M, Kohn MA

Time to Moderate and Severe Hyperglycemia and Ketonemia Following an Insulin Pump Occlusion.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Klonoff DC, Ayers AT, Ho CN, Fabris C, Villa-Tamayo MF, Allen E, Cengiz E, Ekhlaspour L, Wong JC, Heineman L, Kohn MA

Accuracy and Feasibility of Real-time Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients After Abdominal Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation.

Diabetes care

Voglová Hagerf B, Protus M, Nemetova L, Mraz M, Kieslichova E, Uchytilova E, Indrova V, Lelito J, Girman P, Haluzík M, Franekova J, Svirlochova V, Klonoff DC, Kohn MA, Jabor A

Novel Automated Self-adjusting Subcutaneous Insulin Algorithm Improves Glycemic Control and Physician Efficiency in Hospitalized Patients.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Mehta PB, Kohn MA, Rov-Ikpah E, San Luis C, Johnson C, Lee G, Koliwad S, Rushakoff RJ

The Need for a Modern Error Grid for Clinical Accuracy of Blood Glucose Monitors and Continuous Glucose Monitors.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Tian T, Aaron RE, Kohn MA, Klonoff DC

A Glycemia Risk Index (GRI) of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Validated by Clinician Ratings.

Journal of diabetes science and technology

Klonoff DC, Wang J, Rodbard D, Kohn MA, Li C, Liepmann D, Kerr D, Ahn D, Peters AL, Umpierrez GE, Seley JJ, Xu NY, Nguyen KT, Simonson G, Agus MSD, Al-Sofiani ME, Armaiz-Pena G, Bailey TS, Basu A, Battelino T, Bekele SY, Benhamou PY, Bequette BW, Blevins T, Breton MD, Castle JR, Chase JG, Chen KY, Choudhary P, Clements MA, Close KL, Cook CB, Danne T, Doyle FJ, Drincic A, Dungan KM, Edelman SV, Ejskjaer N, Espinoza JC, Fleming GA, Forlenza GP, Freckmann G, Galindo RJ, Gomez AM, Gutow HA, Heinemann L, Hirsch IB, Hoang TD, Hovorka R, Jendle JH, Ji L, Joshi SR, Joubert M, Koliwad SK, Lal RA, Lansang MC, Lee WA, Leelarathna L, Leiter LA, Lind M, Litchman ML, Mader JK, Mahoney KM, Mankovsky B, Masharani U, Mathioudakis NN, Mayorov A, Messler J, Miller JD, Mohan V, Nichols JH, Nørgaard K, O'Neal DN, Pasquel FJ, Philis-Tsimikas A, Pieber T, Phillip M, Polonsky WH, Pop-Busui R, Rayman G, Rhee EJ, Russell SJ, Shah VN, Sherr JL, Sode K, Spanakis EK, Wake DJ, Waki K, Wallia A, Weinberg ME, Wolpert H, Wright EE, Zilbermint M, Kovatchev B

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