Kai Xu, MD
Hospital Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Hospital Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Clinical Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Xu is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Xu K, Renzi N, Serafin LR Iterative Interventions to Improve Admission Medication Reconciliation Completion Rates and Reduce Medication Errors at Post-Acute Care Facilities , Patient Safety, 7(2): 2025


Xu K A Hospitalist Led Initiative to Improve Medication Reconciliation on Admission , J Hosp Med, 19(S1): 2024,246


Xu K, McGreevey III JD, Betesh J Propagation of an Insidious Error through an EHR Documentation Shortcut , J Hosp Med, 18(S1): 2023,352


McCrea N, Xu K, McGreevey III JD Preparing for Electronic Provider Documentation: A Survey of Physician Preferences about Dictation and Speech Recognition Capabilities at an Academic Medical Center , J Hosp Med, 9(S2): 2014


Baillie CA, Goren EN, Jacob J, Patel N, Umscheid CA, Xu KT ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research , The Hospitalist: 2013


Xu K, Bankova L A Rare Case of Persistent Otitis Media and Epiglottitis , J Gen Intern Med, 25(S3): 2010,484


Xu K Rapid and Massive Thrombosis following Initiation of Warfarin in a Hypercoagulable Patient , J Hosp Med, 5(S1): 2010,196


Xu K Uncontrolled Diabetes after Discontinuation of Methotrexate , J Hosp Med, 5(S1): 2010,196