David Meltzer, MD PhD

  • Fanny L. Pritzker Professor of Medicine
    Associate Dean for Clinical Science Research, Translational
  • Clinical Interests: Disease Prevention, Medical Ethics, Prostate Cancer
  • Websites: Research Network Profile
  • Contact: dom2@uchicago.edu

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
Boston, MA
Residency - Internal Medicine
1996

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
MD - Medicine
1993

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
PhD - Economics
1992

Yale University
New Haven, CT
BS - Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Economics
1986

Rethinking handoffs to optimize continuity: Four practical lessons from a novel hospitalist model.
Rethinking handoffs to optimize continuity: Four practical lessons from a novel hospitalist model. Healthc (Amst). 2025 May 13; 13(1):100763.
PMID: 40367836

Care Team Attributes Predict Likelihood of Utilizing Pharmacogenomic Information During Inpatient Prescribing.
Care Team Attributes Predict Likelihood of Utilizing Pharmacogenomic Information During Inpatient Prescribing. Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Apr; 18(4):e70193.
PMID: 40259529

Local ancestry informed GWAS of warfarin dose requirement in African Americans identifies a novel CYP2C19 splice QTL.
Local ancestry informed GWAS of warfarin dose requirement in African Americans identifies a novel CYP2C19 splice QTL. medRxiv. 2025 Mar 05.
PMID: 40093246

Investigation of Genomic and Transcriptomic Risk Factors of Clopidogrel Response in African Americans.
Investigation of Genomic and Transcriptomic Risk Factors of Clopidogrel Response in African Americans. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2025 May; 117(5):1313-1324.
PMID: 39868839

Missed opportunities: Lack of a diagnostic workup of anaemia results in a high prevalence of unidentified anaemia.
Missed opportunities: Lack of a diagnostic workup of anaemia results in a high prevalence of unidentified anaemia. Vox Sang. 2025 Feb; 120(2):163-169.
PMID: 39571615

Association of health confidence with hospital length of stay and readmission.
Association of health confidence with hospital length of stay and readmission. J Hosp Med. 2024 Sep; 19(9):794-801.
PMID: 38751348

Association of preadmission insomnia symptoms with objective in-hospital sleep and clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients.
Association of preadmission insomnia symptoms with objective in-hospital sleep and clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 May 01; 20(5):681-687.
PMID: 38156422

The Design and Early Results of a Structured Longitudinal Training Program for Undergraduate Students to Increase Diversity in Aging-Research.
The Design and Early Results of a Structured Longitudinal Training Program for Undergraduate Students to Increase Diversity in Aging-Research. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2024 Dec; 99(4):460-475.
PMID: 38321715

Association of pre-admission insomnia symptoms with objective in-hospital sleep and clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients.
Association of pre-admission insomnia symptoms with objective in-hospital sleep and clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Dec 29.
PMID: 38156422

Investigation of genomic and transcriptomic risk factors in clopidogrel response in African Americans.
Investigation of genomic and transcriptomic risk factors in clopidogrel response in African Americans. medRxiv. 2023 Dec 07.
PMID: 38106031

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Best Research Innovation Oral Abstract Award
Society for Hospital Medicine
2019

Laureate Award
American College of Physicians
2015

Arthur H. Rubenstein Mentorship Award
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
2015

National Academy of Medicine
National Academy of Science
2015

Learning Healthcare System Challenge Award
American Association of Medical Colleges
2014

John Eisenberg Excellence in Mentoring Award
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
2014

Best Clinical Innovation Abstract Award
Society for Hospital Medicine
2013

Master
Society of Hospital Medicine
2013

Fellow
Society of Hospital Medicine
2009

Best Research Abstract Award
American Geriatrics Society
2009

Fellow
American Society of Clinical Investigation
2008

Best Research Abstract Award
Society for Hospital Medicine
2005

Young Investigator Award
National Association of Inpatient Physicians
2003

Leadership in General Internal Medicine Award
Midwest SGIM
2003

Eugene Garfield Award
Research America
2002

Junior Investigator Award
Midwest Society of General Internal Medicine
1998

Award for an Outstanding Paper by a Young Investigator
Society for Medical Decision Making
1998

Health Care Research Award
National Institute for Health Management
1997

Lee Lusted Prize
Society of General Internal Medicine
1996