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Christopher Almario

Associate Professor

Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0003-0664-9479
  • Associate Professor
    Medicine
  • Co-Director, Master of Science in Health Systems Program
    Biomedical Sciences
  • Member
    Cancer Institute
  • Assistant Professor
    Health Services Research
  • (310) 423-7785 (Work)
  • (310) 423-0653 (Fax)
  • Cedars-Sinai, Primary Adult Care Clinic, 8723 Alden Dr #290, Los Angeles, CA, 90048

BIO

The research interests of Christopher Almario, MD, MSHPM, include digital medicine, health services research, cost-effectiveness analysis, clinical informatics, and development of technologies that improve health care delivery.

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Medicine1 Jul 2024 - present
  • Co-Director, Master of Science in Health Systems Program
    Cedars-Sinai, Biomedical Sciences19 Oct 2025 - present
  • Member
    Cedars-Sinai, Cancer Institute1 Jul 2015 - present
  • Assistant Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Health Services Research1 Jul 2015 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Co-Director, Master of Science in Health Systems (MSHS) Program
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States2023 - present
  • Co-Director, Cedars-Sinai Center for Virtual Medicine and Health System Innovation
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States2024 - present

DEGREES

  • Certificate in Implementation Science
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States2023
  • MS in Health Policy and Management
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States2015
  • Medical School
    Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University2009
  • Undergraduate
    University of California, Berkeley2004

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Gastroenterology
    American Board of Internal Medicine2015 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Gastroenterology Fellowship
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States2012 - 2015
    Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Internal Medicine Residency
    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States2009 - 2012

LANGUAGES

  • English

TAGS

  • Master of Science in Health Systems
  • Certificate in Applied AI for Health Systems
  • Karsh Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Digital health
  • Clinical sciences
  • Health services and systems
  • Virtual Medicine Program
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship
  • Gastroenterology and hepatology
  • Digestive Diseases Research Center