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Theresa Allison, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Staff Physician, SFVAHCS

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Louise Aronson, MD, MFA

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

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John Boscardin, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Director, Geriatrics Statistical Core

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Anna Chang, MD

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

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Helen Chen, MD

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

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Pei Chen, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Co-Course Director, Life Stages Block, UCSF School of Medicine, Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

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Monica Cheng, MD

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

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Anna Chodos, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Principal Investigator (PI), Dementia Care Aware, Co-PI, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program/Optimizing Aging Collaborative, Director, Geriatrics Outpatient Consult Service & Geriatrics-Neurology Cognitive Clinic,ZSFG

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Rebecca Conant, MD

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

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Kenneth Covinsky, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief, Geriatrics Research, PI, UCSF Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Co-Director of Research, Edmund G. Brown Sr., Distinguished Professorship in Geri, PI, UCSF Older Americans Independence Center

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James Deardorff, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, Inpatient Services, Geriatrician, San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living

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Deepa Dharmarajan, MD

Professor of Medicine, UCSF Care at Home Site Director, Geriatrics Clinical Fellowship, Longitudinal Geriatrics Fellow Panels, UCSF Housecalls Physician, Geriatrician, San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL)

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Kathryn Eubank, MD

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, ACE Unit, SFVAHCS, VA Inpatient Geriatrics Services Site Director, Geriatrics Clinical Fellowship, Medical Student Coach, Bridges, Geriatrician, SFVAMC

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Lynn Flint, MD

Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Integrated Geriatrics and Palliative Care Fellowship, Medical Director, Outpatient Palliative Care, SFVAHCS, Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

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Abdi Ghazinouri, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Meredith Greene, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Matthew Growdon, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

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Michael Harper, MD

Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, SFVAMC, UCSF Housecalls Physician

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Krista Harrison, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Co-lead of the Vulnerable Aging Research Core within the UCSF Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center

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Todd James, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics Co-Lead, Age-Friendly Emergency Department, Educator, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Co-Chair, Professional Development Committee, Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education, Geriatrician

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Evie Kalmar, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

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Helen Kao, MD

Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

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Jacklyn Katz, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF Center for Geriatric Care Site Director, Geriatrics Clinical Fellowship, Longitudinal Geriatrics Fellow Panel, Geriatrician, UCSF Center for Geriatric Care and Inpatient Services

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Candace Kim, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics Co-Lead, Geriatrics Emergency Department ZSFG, Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

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Ashwin Kotwal, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Program Director, T32 Aging Research Fellowship Program, Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

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Kenneth Lam, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL)

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Sei Lee, MD, MAS

Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, SFVAMC, Director/Senior Physician Scholar Emeritus, VA Quality Scholars Fellowship

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Alexandra Lee, PhD, MSPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Anuradha Madhavan, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician

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Ashley Manchanda, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, Inpatient Services, Geriatrician, San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living

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Meredith Mirrer, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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John Newman, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor (Buck Institute), Geriatrician, SFVAMC

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Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, Inpatient Services

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Edgar Pierluissi, MD

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit, ZSFG, Director, Health Systems Leadership Pathway, UCSF DOM, Associate Chief, Geriatrics Clinical Programs, Zuckerberg San Francisco General

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Daniel Pound, MD

Professor of Medicine, Family Community Medicine, Medical Director, UCSF Center for Geriatric Care

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Josette Rivera, MD

Professor of Medicine, UCSF Housecalls Physician, Co-Director, SOM Life Stages Course, Director, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Co-Director, Dementia Care Aware

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Stephanie Rogers, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief, UCSF Clinical Geriatrics Programs, Medical Director, UCSF Parnassus Inpatient (IP) Geri Service, Parnassus IP Geri Services Site Director, Geri Clin Fellowship, Founder/Director, Age-Friendly Health System

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Susan Schneider, MD, MSPH

Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Geriatrician, Executive Health

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Janice Schwartz, MD

Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF, Visiting Research Scientist, Jewish Home of San Francisco

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Alexander Smith, MD, MS, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Director, T32 Aging Research Fellowship Program, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, SFVAMC, Co-Host, GeriPal, Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

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Michael Steinman, MD

Professor of Medicine, Director, Research Training Programs, Co-Director, UCSF Pepper Center for Aging Research, Co-Director, T32 Aging Research Fellowship, VA Director, UCSF National Clinician Scholars Fellowship Program, Geriatrician, SFVAMC

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Rebecca Sudore, MD

Professor of Medicine, Director, Innovation and Implementation Center in Aging & Palliative Care, Geriatrician, SFVAMC

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Victoria Tang, MD, MAS

Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of Geriatric Medicine, Geriatrician, SFVAMC

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Louise Walter, MD

Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Geriatrics, Associate Director, Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging/Clinical & Translational Science Inst. KL2 Program, Director, Health Services Research & Dev. Program, SFVAMC/Eval, Geri Workforce Enhancement

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Carolyn Welty, MD

Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, Center for Geriatric Care, UCSF

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Eric Widera, MD

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Hospice & Palliative Care Service, SFVAMC, VA Palliative Care Inpatient Site Director, Co-Host, GeriPal, Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

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Kaitlin Willham, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Geriatrics Clinic, SFVAHCS, VA Geriatrics Clinic Site Director, Longitudinal Geriatrics Fellow Panels, Geriatrician, SFVAHCS

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Leah Witt, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Associate Chief for Ambulatory Affairs Fellowship, Coach for the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program

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Kristine Yaffe, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology

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Michi Yukawa, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Short stay rehabilitation unit of San Francisco Center for Jewish Living (SFCJL) Geriatrician, SFCJL, Coach, UCSF School of Medicine coaching program, Director, MS4 Geriatric Medicine Elective UCSF School of Med

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Robbie Zimbroff, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF Housecalls Physician

Staff

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Sarah Bronstein, BA

Program Manager, Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging and Aging Research in Criminal Justice Health Network Director of Marketing and Special Events, Dementia Care Aware

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Jacqueline Buente, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Dementia Care Aware

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Jacqueline Carranza, BS

Patient Navigator, Dementia Care Aware

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Irena Cenzer, PhD

Senior Statistical Scientist

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Missy Cheese, MSW, LCSW, ACM, CCATP

Clinical Social Worker, Dementia Care Aware

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Elaine Chow, BA

Education Programs Specialist

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Grisell Diaz-Ramirez, MS

Senior Statistical Scientist

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Mitch Erickson, NP

Geriatrics Emergency Department Initiative Expert

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Caroline Eskandar, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator, Drs. Michael Steinman, Matthew Growdon, and Melisa Wong Labs

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Edie Espejo, MS

Statistician

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Brenda Fagan, MS

Program Manager, Dementia Care Aware

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Clarissa Ferguson, BS

Program Coordinator, The PREPARE Study

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Dana Fong, BA

Program Coordinator, The PREPARE Study

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Siqi Gan, MPH

Senior Statistician

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Andrea Gonzalez, MPH

Program Coordinator, Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)

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Landon Haller, BS

Research Programs Coordinator, Pepper Center & Dr. Kenny Lam’s lab

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Erika Higuchi, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator, Dr. Meredith Green's Lab

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Anna Hines, FNP, MPH

Nurse Practitioner, Age-Friendly Emergency Department (AFED)

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Katrina Hough, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator, Drs. Carla Perissinotto and Ashwin Kotwal Labs

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Anna Ignatova, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Age-Friendly Emergency Department (AFED)

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Ashley Johnson, DNP, MSN, AGPCNP-C, RN, CCRN

Advance Practice Practitioner/Nurse Practitioner II, Dementia Care Aware

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Jasmine Kang, MPH

Research Assistant, Drs. Alex Smith and Sei Lee's Labs

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Maryam Khan, RN

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Qiao Yu Kuang, MPH

Program Analyst, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) and Dementia Care Aware (DCA)

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Camie Kuo, MS, RN, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner, Age Friendly Emergency Department (AFED)

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Dustin Le, BS

Program Coordinator, Caregivers as Partners in Care Teams (CAP-CT)

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Brookelle Li, BA

Program Coordinator, The PREPARE Study

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Gina Lima, BS

Program Manager, Caregivers As Partners in Care Teams (CAP-CT)

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Angelica Martinez, BA

Research Program Assistant, Drs. Rebecca Sudore and Louise Walter's Labs

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Journey Meadows, MS, RN, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Age Friendly Emergency Department (AFED)

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Maia Miller, MS

San Francisco Health Network Program Manager, Dementia Care Aware

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Sarah Ngo, MLIS, CCRP

Special Projects Manager

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Clara Park, MPA

Director of Strategy, Dementia Care Aware

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Izabel Pisikyan, MA

Program Coordinator, Dementia Care Aware

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Jana Powell, BS

Program Manager, The PREPARE Study

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Megan Rathfon, RN, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Moffitt-Long Hospital Inpatient Geriatric Service/ACE Coordinator

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Raha Shahroodi, MPH

Program Manager, US Deprescribing Research Network

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Paula Sison, MSOD

Senior Administrative Coordinator

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Jada Mylan Smith, MS, BS, BA

Data Analyst, Dementia Care Aware

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Danielle Taylor, BA

Associate Director of Operations, Dementia Care Aware

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Soe Han Tha, BA

Research Supervisor, Drs. Carla Perissinotto and Ashwin Kotwal's Labs

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Mary Tran, BS

Administrative Coordinator

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Gabriela Vanegas, BS

Navigation Supervisor, Dementia Care Aware Care

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Thomas Yu, BS

Senior Finance Specialist

Volunteer Faculty

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Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH

Volunteer Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine

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Charlotte Carlson, MD, MPH

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor

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Laura Collins, MD, MPH

Volunteer Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Virginia Dzul-Church, MD

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Instructor

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Jessica Eng, MD, MS

Volunteer Clinical Professor

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Cathy Eng, MD

Volunteer Clinical Professor

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Janelle Ho, MD

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor

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Leslie Kernisan, MD, MPH

Volunteer Clinical Instructor

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Jocelyn Ko, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

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C. Seth Landefeld, MD

Professor Emeritus

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Dandan Liu, MD

Volunteer Associate Clinical Professor

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Daphne Lo, MD, MAEd

Volunteer Clinical Professor

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Jay Luxenberg, MD

Volunteer Clinical Professor

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Maryam Ziaie Matin, MD

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor

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James Mittelberger, MD, MPH

Volunteer Clinical Professor

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Jessica Neil, MD

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor

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Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH

Volunteer Adjunct Professor of Medicine

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Elana Shpall, MD, MS

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor

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Kaycee Sink, MD

Volunteer Associate Clinical Professor

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Bennett Zier, MD

Volunteer Clinical Professor