Lisa Deng and Christine Ritchie Co-Authored a Study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Former MSTAR student and soon-to-be UCSF resident Lisa Deng and Christine Ritchie, MSTAR mentor and senior author, published with co-authors a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, evaluating the experience of moderate to severe pain in hospitalized older adults. One in 5 older adults admitted to a medicine service had moderate to severe pain; opioids were the mainstay for management. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30095854.