Steven Jay Bernstein, MD, MPH

 Steven J. Bernstein
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center
Taubman Health Center
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI SPC 5376
[email protected]
Available to mentor
Steven Jay Bernstein, MD, MPH
Steven J. Bernstein
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    Dr. Bernstein received his medical degree from the University of Rochester in New York and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.* He also completed his master's of public health at the University of California-Los Angeles and a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program fellowship at the UCLA School of Medicine. His special interests include patient-physician decision-making and the appropriate use of medical technology.

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute

    Research Overview

    Appropriateness of use of medical technology, quality of care, outcomes, and doctor-patient decision making.

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Protocol for a parallel cluster randomized trial of a participatory tailored approach to reduce overuse of antibiotics at hospital discharge: the ROAD home trial
      Szymczak JE, Petty LA, Gandhi TN, Neetz RA, Hersh A, Presson AP, Lindenauer PK, Bernstein SJ, Muller BM, White AT, Horowitz JK, Flanders SA, Smith JD, Vaughn VM. Implementation Science, 2024 Dec 1; 19 (1): DOI:10.1186/s13012-024-01348-w
      PMID: 38439076
    • Journal Article
      C22-02 Management and Outcomes of SIRS-Negative Versus SIRS-Positive Sepsis
      Deshpande B, Weinstein J, Seelye S, Horowitz J, Bernstein SJ, Bozyk P, Cahill M, Dayal L, Gupta A, Kaatz S, Paje DG, McLaughlin E, Flanders S, Posa P, Prescott HC. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2026 May 20; 212 (Supplement_1): aamag162.6195 DOI:10.1093/ajrccm/aamag162.6195
    • Journal Article
      Outcomes associated with empiric azithromycin use among patients hospitalized with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia: emulation of a target trial.
      Gupta AB, Walzl E, Ratz D, Horowitz JK, McLaughlin E, Pearlman T, Czilok T, Gandhi T, Petty LA, Malani AN, Paje D, Misra P, Kaatz S, Bernstein S, Younas M, Flanders SA, Vaughn VM. Clin Infect Dis, 2026 Apr 3; DOI:10.1093/cid/ciag222
      PMID: 41931457
    • Journal Article
      Defining Expanded Episode-Based Surgical Quality Measurement
      Mott NM, Benitez TM, Connochie DM, Klamerus ML, Bernstein SJ, Kerr EA, Ibrahim AM, Harris AHS, Rosen AK, Howard RA, Meddings JA, Klag EA, Laidlaw AT, Amanatullah DF, Hope WW, Sears ED. JAMA Network Open, 2026 Apr 1; 9 (4): e266176 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.6176
      PMID: 41961506
    • Journal Article
      Developing appropriateness criteria for arterial catheters in adult intensive care unit patients.
      Levido A, Bernstein SJ, Laupland KB, Edwards F, Alizadehsani R, Horowitz JK, Ullman AJ, Keogh S. Aust Crit Care, 2026 Mar 28; 39 (3): 101568 DOI:10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101568
      PMID: 41905331
    • Journal Article
      Identifying gaps in surgical quality measurement using an episodes of care framework.
      Mott NM, Benitez TM, Connochie D, Ortolan V, Alessio D, Bernstein SJ, Kerr EA, Sears ED. Surgery, 2026 Mar 24; 194: 110160 DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2026.110160
      PMID: 41880744
    • Journal Article
      Ann Arbor Guide to Triaging Adults With Suspected Urinary Tract Infection for In-Person and Telehealth Settings
      Meddings J, Chrouser K, Fowler KE, Ameling J, Engle JM, Saint S, Bernstein SJ. JAMA Network Open, 2026 Jan 29; 9 (1): DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.56135
      PMID: 41609831
    • Journal Article
      376. A Target Trial Emulation of Short vs Long Antibiotic Duration for the New Definition of Uncomplicated UTI
      Steinberger M, Gandhi TN, Ratz D, Czilok T, Pearlman T, Horowitz J, McLaughlin E, Gupta A, Bernstein SJ, Malani A, Osterholzer D, Vaughn VM, Flanders SA, Petty LA. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2026 Jan 13; 13 (Supplement_1): ofaf695.123 DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofaf695.123
      PMID: PMC12792007

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