Jesse M. Pines MD, MBA, MSCE is the Chief of Clinical Innovation at US Acute Care Solutions. In this role, Dr. Pines leads efforts in alternative payment models, telemedicine, research, artificial intelligence and other innovative programs. He is an elected member of the USACS National Clinical Governance Board. He serves as Director of the USACS Fellowship in Clinical Innovation. Most recently, Dr. Pines was awarded the 2023 Colin Rorie Jr. Award in Health Policy by the American College of Emergency Physicians for his work developing the first ever government-based alternative payment model in the field of emergency medicine.
Dr. Pines is also a practicing emergency physician and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University and a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University (GW).
Prior to joining USACS, Dr. Pines held several University leadership and teaching roles at GW and Penn, including serving as the Director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation & Policy Research (CHIPR) at GW and Director of GW’s Center for Health Care Quality (CHCQ). He was also the principal investigator for Urgent Matters, a program that disseminates information on best practices in emergency care.
Dr. Pines earned a bachelor's in the biological basis of behavior and a master's degree in clinical epidemiology from University of Pennsylvania (1995), and a medical degree and an MBA from Georgetown University (2001). He completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center (2004) and a fellowship in research at the University of Pennsylvania (2006). He has also completed the Master Teacher Leadership Development Certificate Program at GW School of Education & Human Development (2018). Dr. Pines has a newfound interest in wellness and will be completing a fellowship in integrative medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona (2025).
Dr. Pines is author on more than 360 peer-reviewed publications and has seven published books. His most recent book was published by Wiley in March 2023 and is titled Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, 3rd edition, Eds Jesse Pines, Fernanda Bellolio, Christopher Carpenter, and Ali Raja.
He is a regular contributor to Forbes, TIME, Medscape, and MedPage Today. He has also published articles in Slate, Emergency Physicians’ Monthly, Foreign Policy Magazine, ACEPNow, Dallas News and the Wall Street Journal.