Gabriel J. Escobar, MD, FAAP
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
2000 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 891-3502 (phone)
gabriel.escobar@kp.org
Gabriel J. Escobar, MD, FAAP, is a research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research and the director of the Division of Research Perinatal Research Unit. Dr. Escobar received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine; completed his pediatrics residency at University of California, San Francisco; and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Escobar practices clinical medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek where he works in the neonatal intensive care nursery and as a hospital-based pediatrician. Dr. Escobar’s research interests include the outcome of neonatal intensive care, the epidemiology of neonatal and perinatal care in general, severity of illness scoring, medical informatics, quantification of care processes in obstetrics, and electronic decision support for human-error reduction.
Current Position(s):
- Research Scientist III, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
- Staff Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California
Primary Research Interests:
- Perinatal health services research
- Informatics and electronic decision support
- Guidelines development
- Critical care research
- Severity of illness scoring
- Outcome of high risk newborns
- Human error
- Assessment of prenatal care