Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds - Helen Chen, MD

Objectives:

1. Understand the current challenges facing post-acute organizations
2. Describe opportunities for scholarly and creative work in post-acute settings
3. Identify key skills for effective leadership in post-acute settings

Helen Chen, M.D. Chief Medical Officer at Hebrew SeniorLife
Helen Chen, M.D., is serving as senior clinical advisor and overseeing the organization's Department of Medicine. Dr. Chen brings more than 20 years of experience with evidence-based geriatric clinical care and training to her role along with her longstanding interest in caring for our country's growing senior population to long-term care programs, post-acute rehabilitation, and community-based health care services including home care and adult day health.

Prior to joining HSL, Dr. Chen served as chief medical officer at the Center for Elders’ Independence in Oakland, CA, a nationally recognized, multi-site, non-profit Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) designed for seniors whose health problems make it impossible for them to stay at home without the help of caregivers. A graduate of Brown University Medical School, she completed both her residency in internal medicine and fellowship program in clinical geriatrics at University of California San Francisco. Dr. Chen holds board certifications in geriatric medicine as well as hospice and palliative care.