Response to COVID-19

Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS spoke at the AHRQ ECHO Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network on strategies to support older adults experiencing loneliness and social isolation. 

UCSF MS4 students under the leadership of Drs.

Matt Miller PT, PhD, Deb Barnes, PhD, MPH and colleagues in UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science published a paper in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal titled: Evaluation of pragmatic telehealth physical therapy implementation during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Louise Aronson, MD is quoted in an article entitled, "'Unpaid part-time job': Older, at-risk Californians still struggling to get vaccine appointments" published in ABC7 News.

Louise Aronson, MD was interviewed for an article entitled, "California to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone over 16" published in The Associated Press.

Louise Aronson, MD published an article entitled, "The Wisdom I Gained From Older Patients in COVID-19" in NextAvenue.

UCSF Division of Geriatrics faculty, Drs. Daphne Lo, Edgar Pierluissi, and Anna Chang, are faculty co-directors of the COVID-19 elective for Medical Students in the Clinical Microsystem Clerkship, which was highlighted i

Carla Perissinotto, MD was interviewed in an article entitled "Bay Area's homebound senior patients, caregivers struggle to access vaccines" by ABC 7 News.

Courtney Gordon, DNP and Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS presented a webinar with AAHCM this week entitled "Social Isolation and Loneliness in the Time of COVID-19 – A Review of Interventions Done and Lessons Learned" with Rebecca Conant, MD serving as the moderator.

Ashwin Kotwal, MD and Carla Perissinotto, MD are quoted in an article entitled "COVID vaccines: Which Bay Area county is doing the best job vaccinating older residents?" in the East Bay Times.