CHRISTOPHER LIBBY
MD, MPH, FACEP

Emergency Medicine
Clinical Informatics

Emergency Physician

“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
” ― Hippocrates
Web Designer

"Every child is an artist. The challenge is to remain an artist after you grow up"
- Pablo Picasso
Clinical Informatics Professional

“What we find is that technology is about 20 percent of the solution and 80 percent is more sociological: how the tool fits into the workflow and what type of incentives work best.”
- David A. Dorr, M.D.

Hello, I’m Christopher Libby. I am an emergency medicine and clinical informaticist with a passion for improving healthcare delivery. Technology has tremendous potential to improve the delivery of care, but only if it is skilfully utilized by well trained clinicians.

Since I realized I wanted to enter the field of medicine, I knew that I wanted to find more cost effective, evidence based approaches to delivering higher quality care. I have experience in healthcare information technology, quality improvement, and advocacy.

(774) 644-4357
1801 E Katella Ave, Unit 3060, Anaheim, CA 92805
ChristopherPLibby@gmail.com

I am currently both a board certified clinical informatacist and a board certified emergency physician in the Greater Los Angeles Area where I practice clinically at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. In addition to helping physicians deliver care to patients, I also work on web development, EM/CI research, AI development, and health policy advocacy

I have extensive experience in healthcare informatics with knowledge of HL7, FHIR, and CDA standards. I have done custom programming for the front and back ends of Allscripts/Epic, ETL design, data warehousing in SQL Server, custom programming and application development, AII development, EHR implementation, and conversions between EHR vendors. Most recently I worked to convert a 500+ bed hospital from Cerner to Epic; led the development of a Hospital at Home program; led the development of an emergency medicine observation unit; and improved our health system's SEP-1 compliance by over 15% without increases in antibiotic prescribing or inappropriate fluid administrtion. I also have co-developed real time clinical AI models used in patient care that have improved throughput in the ED and quality metrics

Artificial Intelligence

Emergency Medicine

Clninical Informatics

Advocacy

Teaching

Research

2020 - Present

Cedars-Sinai

EIS Physician Leader, Emergency Physician

Attending emergency physician at Cedars Sinai Medical Center which is a busy Level I trauma center, STEMI recieving Center, ECPR recieving center, comprehensive stroke center, base hospital, and quarternary care recieving center. I am also responsible for optimizing workflows for inpatient physicians and emergency physicians across the Cedars Sinai Health System. I am certified as a Power User, Physician Builder, and Physician Analytics Builder. Projects have included open notes, result release, conversion of hospitals and outpatient practices from various EHRs to Epic EHR, SEP-1 optimization, development of a Hospital at Home, implementation of observation medicine units, and development/optimization of clinical AI support tools.

2020 - Present

Huntington Hospital

Emergency Physician

Provide high quality emergency medicine with Huntington Hospital Emergency Medical Group in a 48 bed ED which is part of the Cedars Sinai Health System. Huntington Hospital is a Level II Trauma Center, base hospital, STEMI recieving center, and comprehensive stroke center.

2014 - Present

Self Employed

Web Developer & Web Designer

Self employed web designer for personal, non-profit, and small business websites. I have experience in HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript as well as CMS solutions such as Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal.

2020 - 2022

Centinela Hospital Medical Center

Emergency Physician

Provide high quality emergency medicine PRN with Emergent Medical Associates in a very busy 50 bed inner city ED. As we are not a STEMI, Stroke, or Trauma center, all stabilization is done in the ED. We also cover procedures and codes on the floors and in the ICU overnight.

2020 - 2021

TimelyMD

Telemedicine Physician

Provide telemedicine services to college students, employees, and their families across the country.

2012 - 2013

Galen Healthcare Solutions

Technical Consultant

Develop custom data analysis solutions for Meaningful Use, NQF, UDS, pay-for-performance programs and custom initiatives. Development was done using SQL, C#, VBS, JavaScript, XML, and HTML

Sat on committees to assist in designing both a pay for performance initiative and the framework behind appropriate data collection for an accountable care organization.

Act as a project manager for large scale reporting extracts and integrations with HIEs and for EHR customizations. Utilized Orion Rhapsody and ConnectR for HL7 integrations and MSSQL, SSRS, SSIS, Crystal Reports, and custom programs for reporting.

2020 - Present

California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

Board of Directors

Elected to serve the emergency physicians and their patients in California. We focus on the governance of the association, prioritizing advocacy in Sacramento and at ACEP, and work on member engagement

2019 - 2021

American Medical Association

Delegate of the Young Physicians Section

Elected to represent the early career physicians of the US in the AMA House of Delegates as well as serve on the Governing Council of the Young Physicians Section of the AMA.

2023 - Present

Los Angeles County Medical Association Political Action Committee

Chair of the Board

Elected to serve on the PAC responsible for fundraising and endorsing cadidates in the Los Angeles area that advance the values of the physicians and patients of Los Angeles County

2022 - Present

American College of Emergency Physicians

Health Information Technology Committee

Selected to serve on the committee that evaluates the policy and future educational initiatives arount information technology oin emergency medicine

2022 - Present

Los Angeles County Medical Association

Treasurer

Elected as Treasurer on the board of LACMA and help set the policy and advocacy agenda of the association

2021 - 2023

American Medical Association

Council on Constitution & Bylaws

Elected to represent the residents and fellows of the US on the AMA council responsible for drafting bylaws changes and suggesting policy language pertaining to the structure of the AMA.

2019 - 2021

American Medical Association

Delegate of the Resident and Fellow Section

Elected to represent the residents and fellows of the US in the AMA House of Delegates as well as serve on the Governing Council of the Residents and Fellows Section of the AMA.

2017 - 2019

Florida Medical Association

Board of Governors

Elected to represent the residents and fellows in the state of Florida on the board of the FMA. As a fiduciary of the organization, I worked with the board to guide the policy mission of the FMA, increase membership, and promote the health of Floridians.

2015 - 2017

American Medical Association

Chair of the Medical Student Section

Elected to lead the team that represents the 55,000+ medical student members of the organization from June 2016-June 2017 including a six month period as Chair-Elect. During my term I serve as the representative of the Medical Student Section to the Board of Trustees, advocacy team, and outside organizations.

In addition to my work managing the Governing Council, I implemented project management solutions throughout the committees, regions, and councils; developed the section's first use of transition documents to improve institutional memory; implemented a leadership wellness program; improved the decision making process for the Governing Council to ensure transparency to the section; increased representation by speciality societies; reformed the internal operating procedures of the section; and coordinated our first national naloxone training program.

2025

Libby C and Pasichow S. 2025. When is it acceptable to terminate resuscitation in the prehospital setting? AMA Journal of Ethics

2024

Das S, Miller G, Libby C, Gettel C, Rabin E, Lin M. 2024. Why do we Need Quality Measures in Emergency Medicine? Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open

2024

Libby C, Stern E, Hoelle R. 2024. The Whirlpool Sign in Acute Mesenteric Volvulus. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

2023

Melgar M, Abrams J, Godfred-Cato S, Shah A, Garg A, Strunk A, Narasimhan M, Koptyev J, Norden A, Musheyev D, Rashis F, Tannenbaum R, Martin R, Patel B, Karanth S, Achenchach C, Hall G, Hockney S, Caputo M, Abbo L, Beauchamps L, Morris S, Cifuentes R, de St. Maurice A, Bell D, Prabaker K, Vidorreta F, Bryant E, Cohen D, Mohan R, Libby C, SooHoo S, Domingo T, Campbell A, Belay E. 2023. A multicenter retrospective cohort study to characterize patients hospitalized with MIS-A and COVID-19 in the United States, 2020–2021. Clinical Infectious Disease.

2021

Berdahl CT, Nguyen AT, Diniz MA, Henreid AJ, Nuckols TK, Libby CP, Pevnick JM. 2021. Using body temperature and variables commonly available in the EHR to predict acute infection: A proof-of-concept study showing improved pretest probability estimates for acute COVID-19 infection among discharged emergency department patients. Diagnosis.

2021

Libby, C & Ehrenfeld, J. 2021. Facial Recognition Technology in 2021: Masks, Bias, and the Future of Healthcare. Journal of Medical Systems

2019

C Libby MD MPH, A Rawal MD. 2019. EMS, Termination Of Resuscitation And Pronouncement of Death. Statpearls. Treasure Island. Statpearls Publishing

2019

C Libby MD MPH, T Bentley MD. 2019. Scapula Fracture. Statpearls. Treasure Island. Statpearls Publishing

2019

C Libby MD MPH, G Gillette MD. 2019. Competency and Capacity. Statpearls. Treasure Island. Statpearls Publishing

2019

C Libby MD MPH, E Stern MD, D Mora-Montero. 2019. Cardiac chamber air detected by bedside ultrasound as a sign of abdominal catastrophe. Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 16.100587

2017

C Libby MPH, S Assaf MD. 2017. Asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome: Incidental EKG. Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine. Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine. 2:2

2017

C Libby MPH, S Toohey MD. 2017. Appendicitis diagnosed by CT. Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine. 2:1

2016

C Libby, 2016. Medical Student Perspective: Mentorship All Around Us. Worcester Medicine 80:4:20

2011

MP Brandon, AR Bogaard, CP Libby, MA Connery, K Gupta & ME Hasselmo, 2011. Reduction of theta rhythm dissociates grid cell spatial periodicity from directional tuning. Science 332: 595.

2024

Libby C, Palakurty S, Tang S, Glennon N, Torbati S. Review of the Value of Emergency Department-Run Observation Units. ACEP Quality Forum

2024

Palakurty S, Libby C, Torbati S. Enhancing DMV Reporting of Loss of Consciousness Events Through a Clinical Decision Support Alert in the Epic EMR System. ACEP Quality Forum

2021

Powell M, Bortlik-Hogdson, Mangaba K, Libby C, Barabas A, Winslow D, Hoelle RM. Ceftriaxone Anaphylaxis: Chance or Cause for Concern? Alachua County Medical Society Graduate Medical Education Research Symposium. Gainesville, FL Poster Presentation.

2021

Libby C, Nguyen N, Stern E. Whirlpool Sign in Acute Mesenteric Volvulus. Alachua County Medical Society Graduate Medical Education Research Symposium. Gainesville, FL Poster Presentation

2016

CP Libby & M Noujaim. Pre-Clinical and Clinical Student Designed Electives in Undergraduate Medical Education. NEGEA Annual Conference

2016

M Noujaim & CP Libby, C Burnham, M Malkani. Student Designed Electives in Medical Education. Massachusetts Medical Society Research Symposium.

2014

P Cruz-Gordillo, R Dalla-Costa, M Gillespie, A Gramann, J Khubchandani, D King, C Libby MPH, B Senman, M Chin MD, J Himmelstein MD, MPH. Access, Quality, and Cost Containment: Massachusetts Healthcare in 2014. University of Massachusetts Medical School. Population Health Clerkship Poster Presentations.

2012

CP Libby. Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis. Boston University School of Public Health Practicum Presentations. Poster presentation.

2011

M.A. Connerney, B.J Kraus, M.P Brandon, C Libby, R.J. Robinson II, S. Eriksson, H. Eichenbaum, M.E. Hasselmo. Time and distance coding by mEC neurons during stationary treadmill running. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Annual Symposium, Poster Presentation

2010

CP Libby. Grid cell firing in the medial entorhinal cortex is dependent on input from the medial septum. 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at Boston University invited speaker.

2010

MP Brandon, C Libby, M Connerney, A Bogaard & ME Hasselmo. Grid cell spiking depends on intact activity in the medial septum. Abstracts of the Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Poster presentation

2010

MP Brandon, M Connerney, C Libby, A Bogaard & ME Hasselmo. Spatial mapping in the rodent entorhinal cortex and hippocampus during exploration of the spiral maze. Abstracts of the Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Poster presentation.

2010

M Connerney, CP Libby, A Bogaard, MP Brandon, & ME Hasselmo. Spatial mapping in the rodent entorhinal cortex and hippocampus during exploration of spiral maze. NSF CELEST Workshop on Functional Connections. Poster presentation.

2025

James C. Brill Award for Patient Experience

Cedars Sinai Department of Emergency Medicine

2025

Teamwork Award

American College of Emergency Physicians

2024

Fellow

American Medical Informatics Association

2024

Informatics Summit Reviewer Award

American Medical Informatics Association

2023

Fellow

American College of Emergency Physicians

2021

Leadership Education for the Advancement of Physicians

Cedars Sinai Health System

2020

Annual Humanism Award

North Florida Regional Medical Center

2018

Resident of the Year

North Florida Regional Medical Center

2018

Resident Clinical Humanism Award

North Florida Regional Medical Center Nursing

2017

40 Under 40

MedTech Boston

2016

Best Research Finalist

NEGEA

2014

Scholarship for Medical Education

J.T. Tai Foundation

2013

Rookie of the Year

Galen Healthcare Solutions

2013

Circle of Excellence

Galen Healthcare Solutions

2012

Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

Federal Emergency Management Agency

2011

Cum Laude

Boston University

2010

Invited Speaker and First Prize Winner

UROP Research Symposium

2010

Research Grant

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

2009

Outstanding Leadership Award

Boston University EMS

2007

Eagle Scout

Boy Scouts of America

2022 - 2023

California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

Advocacy Fellowship

One year fellowship in advocacy learning how to effectively lobby state and federal priorities for physicians and patients

2020 - 2022

UCLA / Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Clinical Informatics Fellowship

Two year fellowship in Clinical Informatics working on optimizing physician workflows, converting EHRs, and enhancing patient access to clinical information

2017 - 2020

The University of Central Florida

Emergency Medicine Residency

Chief resident of the class of 2020 at UCF-Gainesville's North Florida Regional Medical Center's Emergency Medicine Residency Program

2013 - 2017

The University of Massachusetts Medical School

(MD) Medicine

Activities and Societies: Emergency Medicine Interest Group, Internal Medicine Interest Group, Organized Medicine, Kelley Backpacks, Wilderness Medicine, Bioethics, Caring for the Seriously Ill

2011 - 2012

Boston University School of Public Health

(MPH) Health Policy & Management

Activities and Societies: Upsilon Phi Delta, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

2007 - 2011

Boston University

(BA) Biology, Psychology with Distinction

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Red Cross Volunteers, Mind and Brain Society, BUEMS, Residence Life

2003 - 2007

Portsmouth Abbey School

Portsmouth, RI

North Florida EM Residency

Web Development