Christopher Moriates

Dr. Christopher Moriates is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). At UCSF, he currently leads the Center for Healthcare Value's "Caring Wisely" program, the Division of Hospital Medicine High-Value Care Committee, and the Internal Medicine residency's Cost Awareness curriculum.

Dr. Moriates is the Director of Implementation Initiatives at Costs of Care, and he co-chairs the annual Costs of Care/ABIM Foundation Teaching Value & Choosing Wisely Challenge. He regularly speaks nationally on topics related to educating clinicians about healthcare value. He is a Series Editor for the "Teachable Moments" series in JAMA Internal Medicine, and is an Associate Editor for the AHRQ Patient Safety Network.

He coauthored the McGraw-Hill textbook "Understanding Value-Based Care" with Drs. Vineet Arora (University of Chicago) and Neel Shah (Harvard). Dr. Atul Gawande called this book "a masterful primer for all clinicians," and Dr. Don Berwick wrote, "this book is an instant classic."