Department of Medicine

Dr. Clay

Brian Clay, MD
Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Medicine

Telephone (619) 471-9186

Mail Code 8485

Academic Profile

Dr. Brian Clay has been a member of the Division of Hospital Medicine faculty since 2003.

He coordinates and participates in numerous quality improvement projects, including projects related to medication reconciliation, hospital discharge processes, resident handoffs, and documentation in the electronic medical record.

Dr. Clay serves as one of the associate program directors for the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program, and as the UCSD Hillcrest site director for the School of Medicine Core Clerkship in Internal Medicine.

He also serves as the associate medical director for clinical information services at UCSD. He is one of the physician champions and designers for UCSD's enterprise electronic medical record system, and is a member of the IT Task Force for the Society of Hospital Medicine

Dr. Clay received his MD degree from the UCSD School of Medicine in 2000. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2003.

Highlighted Publications

• Clay BJ, Lee J, Zelazny Z, Maynard G. Indication-Based Ordering: A New Paradigm for Glycemic Control in Hospitalized Patients. Abstract, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, April 3-5, 2008, San Diego. J Hospital Med 2008; 3(S1):55.   PDF (see PDF document p. 7)
• Clay BJ, Martin-Armstrong L. Contributing Factors to Short-Term Readmissions to an Academic Center Hospital Medicine Program. Abstract, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, April 3-5, 2008, San Diego. J Hospital Med 2008; 3(S1):54-55.   PDF (see PDF document pp. 6-7)