Education Faculty

Louise Aronson, MD, MFA

Professor of Medicine
Founder, Integrative Aging practice
Director, AGE SELF CARE program
Director, UCSF Health Humanities

Interests:

Primary Care Geriatrics & Healthy Aging
Diverse/Vulnerable Older Adults
Public Medical Communication
Community Aging/Aging in Place

Anna Chang, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Microsystems Clerkship
Director, Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Program
Associate Chief, Geriatrics Education

Interests:

Clinical skills learning, assessment, and remediation
Health systems improvement curriculum
Geriatric medicine and palliative medicine
Leadership development

Helen Chen, MD

Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics, Palliative and Extended Care, San Francisco VA Health Care System

Interests:

Pei Chen, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Coach, UCSF School of Medicine Coaching Program
Program Director, Geriatric Fellowship

Interests:

Academic-community partnership for geriatric education and interprofessional care delivery
Patient safety and quality improvement
Geriatric curriculum development

Anna Chodos, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-Principal Investigator, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program
Director, Geriatrics Outpatient Consult Service, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Interests:

Diverse/Vulnerable Older Adults
Primary Care Geriatrics
Safety Net Systems and Underserved Medicine

Laura Collins, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

Interests:

Long term care
Mental Health
Integrative and Holistic Medicine

Rebecca Conant, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director of Development for Clinical Geriatrics
UCSF Housecalls Physician
Medical Director, UCSF Care at Home

Interests:

Home medical care
End-of-life care
Assisted living and community care

Deepa Dharmarajan, MD

Professor of Medicine
UCSF Housecalls Physician
Geriatrician, San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL)

Interests:

Home based geriatric primary care
Nursing home care
Serve diverse/vulnerable older adults

Kathryn Eubank, MD

Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, ACE Unit, SFVAHCS
Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

Interests:

Improving acute care and transitional care for older adults
Innovations in medical curriculum at all levels of trainees
Medical ethics

Lynn Flint, MD

Professor of Medicine
Co-Program Director, Integrated Geriatrics and Palliative Care Fellowship
Staff Physician, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, SFVAHCS

Interests:

Palliative Care
Nursing Home Care
Integrated Geriatrics and Palliative Care Training

Meredith Greene, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Golden Compass Program at Ward 86

Interests:

Improving care for older adults living with HIV infection
Creating a novel geriatric HIV program at Ward 86 at ZSFG
Streamlining operations and quality improvement projects in Housecalls Program

Michael Harper, MD

Professor of Medicine
Geriatrician, SFVAHCS
UCSF Housecalls Physician

Interests:

Geriatrics Fellowship Training and Education
Geriatrics Workforce
Faculty Development

Todd James, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

Interests:

Program Development for Age-Friendly Health Systems
Interprofessional Education and Practice in the Care of Older Adults
Systematic Approaches for Addressing Geriatric Syndromes

Jacklyn Katz, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Geriatrician, UCSF Center for Geriatric Care
Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

Interests:

Primary Care Geriatrics
Medical Education and Training
Delirium Prevention and Management

Candace Kim, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

Interests:

Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine
Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

Interests:

Caring for Older Adults in Diverse Communities
Improving Training of Internal Medicine Residents
Ambulatory Education

Edgar Pierluissi, MD

Professor of Medicine, Hospital Medicine and Geriatrics
Medical Director, Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit, ZSFG
Co-Director, Clinical Microsystems Clerkship, UCSF SOM
Director, Health Systems Leadership Pathway, UCSF DOM

Interests:

Healthcare quality improvement
Care for vulnerable populations
Acute Care for Elders

Josette Rivera, MD

Professor of Medicine
UCSF Housecalls Physician

Interests:

Interprofessional Education and Practice in the Care of Older Adults
Assessment and Evaluation of Educational Programs
Care of Homebound Older Adults
Faculty Development

Stephanie Rogers, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
Interim Associate Chief of Clinical Geriatrics Programs, UCSF
Medical Director, UCSF's Age-Friendly Health System
Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

Interests:

Health systems and quality improvement
Safe hospitalizations for older adults
Telemedicine for older adults who have difficulty leaving the home

Carolyn Welty, MD

Professor of Medicine
Geriatrician, Center for Geriatric Care, UCSF

Interests:

Geriatric Primary Care and Consultation
Giving talks on geriatric topics to medical professionals and the community
Issue of elder abuse

Eric Widera, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, Hospice & Palliative Care Service, SFVAHCS
Associate Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program, UCSF

Interests:

Care of elderly patients with serious illnesses
Geriatric Fellowship Education and Training
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Education and Training

Leah Witt, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of the Aging-Friendly SFO Program

Interests:

Shared decision making
Telemedicine
Promoting aging-friendly communities

Michi Yukawa, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine
Post-Acute Care Medical Director, UCSF
Geriatrician, San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL)
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Interests:

Interprofessional education
Long term care
Complex medical and social issues