Brian Patterson, MD, MPH

Clinical information Publications

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Physician Administrative Director for Clinical AI, UW Health
Medical Informatics Director for Predictive Analytics and Clinical Decision Support, UW Health
Informatics Division Chief, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine

AFFILIATE APPOINTMENTS

Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, UW UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, UW College of Engineering
Master of Public Health Program, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Section of Applied Clinical Informatics, Department of Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

EDUCATION & BIOGRAPHY

BS: Pennsylvania State University, Bioengineering
MD/MPH: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chief Resident

Dr. Patterson is a tenured associate professor. He serves as Administrative Director for Clinical AI at UW Health and Medical Director for Predictive Analytics on the UW Health Informatics teams. In these roles, Dr. Patterson works with hospital leadership to define artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, governance, and development. He has led efforts to develop predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms, as well as large language model (LLM) tools that have improved patient care and provider well-being.

In addition to his administrative roles, Dr. Patterson runs an active research program within the Department of Emergency Medicine, where he directs the Emergency Care Systems Lab. His personal research interests are in clinical informatics and geriatric emergency medicine. Through his work, Dr. Patterson aims to generate actionable using routinely collected clinical data to improve the quality and safety of emergency care for older adults. To achieve these goals, Dr. Patterson works in collaboration with investigators across UW–Madison, including the Wisconsin School of Business, College of Engineering, and the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. His current work focuses on automated risk scoring to identify older adults at high risk for falling after emergency department visits and automating referral to interventions to prevent future falls.

SELECT AWARDS & HONORS

• Fellow, American Medical Informatics Association, 2025
• Physician Excellence Award for Clinical Practice, UW Health, 2025
• Board certification, Clinical Informatics, 2019
• Tideswell Emerging Leader in Aging, 2019
• Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine Author Spotlight, 2019
• Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2016
• Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, 2015 & 2019
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Northwestern University, 2009

FUNDING

Currently funded:
• AHRQ R18 (2021-2026): Principal Investigator — Preventing Future Falls in Older Adult ED Patients: Evaluating the Implementation and Effectiveness of a Novel Automated Screening and Referral Intervention
• NIA U19 (2023-2028): Co-Investigator — ED-LEAD: Emergency Departments Leading the Transformation of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
• NIA/NIH P30: Co-Investigator — Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center: Care Research Core

Previously funded:

• UW–Madison American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (2022): Co-Principal Investigator — Quasi-Experimental Designs for Learning Systems
• AHRQ R18 (2018-2022): Collaborator — Engineering Safe Care Journeys for Vulnerable Populations
• AHRQ K08 (2016-2021): Principal Investigator — Preventing Future Falls Among Older Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department
• AHRQ R01 (2014-2018): Co-Investigator
• Wisconsin Partnership Program: Co-Principal Investigator — WIsconsin Real-time Emergency Department Surveillance and Responsive Training (WIRED-RT)