Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Fellowship | General Internal Medicine | 2008 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Fellowship | Palliative Medicine | 2006 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Residency | Primary Care Internal Medicine | 2005 |
| Harvard University | MPH | School of Public Health | 2005 |
| University of California, San Francisco | M.D. | Medicine | 2002 |
| University of California, Berkeley | M.S. | School of Public Health | 1999 |
| University of Michigan | BS | Cellular and Molecular Biology | 1996 |
Awards & Honors
| Award | Conferred By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Scientific Research in Palliative Care | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 2025/2025 |
| Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement | American Geriatrics Society | 2020/2020 |
| Distinction in Mentoring Award at Associate Professor Level | UCSF Academic Senate | 2019/2019 |
| President | UCSF Medical Alumni Association | 2017/2017 |
| Best Palliative Care Blogs (GeriPal) | Healthline | 2017/2017 |
| Best Poster Award | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 2016/2016 |
| Best Abstract Award | National Meeting of the Pepper Centers | 2016/2016 |
| Best Poster Award | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 2015/2015 |
| PDIA National Leadership Award | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 2014/2014 |
| Selected panelist of California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) | California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) | 2014/2014 |
| Research Mentor Award, Medical Students in Aging Research (MSTAR) | 2013/2013 | |
| Product of the Year Awardee (for ePrognosis: Cancer Screening App) | 2013 Annual Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Grantee Meeting | 2013/2013 |
| Nominated as a hospice and palliative care "visionary" who greatly influenced the development and expansion of the field. | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 2013/2013 |
| Research Mentor of the Year Award | Medical Students in Aging Research (MSTAR) | 2013/2013 |
| 2nd place finisher in UCSF2025, an online game to plan the future of UCSF | UCSF | 2013/2013 |
| Top Reviewer | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2012/2012 |
| Named one of "The 50 Best Medical Professors on Twitter" | OnlineColleges.com | 2012/2012 |
| Best Paper of the Year Award | Society of General Internal Medicine | 2012/2012 |
| New Investigator Award | American Geriatrics Society | 2010/2010 |
| Greenwall Faculty Scholar | Greenwall Foundation | 2010/2010 |
| Best Clinical Weblog (for GeriPal: A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog) | Medgadget | 2010/2010 |
| Finalist for the Hamolsky Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty Research | Society of General Internal Medicine | 2010/2010 |
| T Franklin Williams Scholar Award in Geriatrics | Society of General Internal Medicine | 2010/2010 |
| Scholar of the College of Palliative Care | 2007/2007 | |
| Outstanding Resident Mentor Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital | 2005/2005 | |
| Outstanding Resident Mentor Award | Brigham and Women's Hospital | 2002/2002 |
| Janice Kuby Memorial Scholarship | UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program | 1999/1999 |
| Phi Beta Kappa | University of Michigan | 1996/1996 |
| Angell Scholar | University of Michigan | 1993/1993 |
| Branstrom Freshman Prize | University of Michigan | 1993/1993 |
Collaboration Interests
I am interested in:
- physician scientist
Grants and Funding
- Prognostic Indices for Hospitalized Older Adults with and without Alzheimer?s Disease and Related Dementias | NIH | 2023-09-01 - 2028-05-31 | Role: PI (MPI mechanism)
- Meaningful Activities and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias | NIH | 2020-09-15 - 2025-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Research Training in Geriatric Medicine | NIH | 1991-09-01 - 2023-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Prognostic calculators for patients with Alzheimers disease and related dementias | NIH/NIA | 2018-08-15 - 2022-04-30 | Role: PI
- Prognostic calculators for patients with Alzheimers disease and related dementias | NIH | 2018-08-15 - 2022-04-30 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Developing prognostic models for life expectancy and geriatric outcomes | NIH | 2015-05-15 - 2020-01-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
- P0045982 Late Life Disability: Epidemiology, Symptoms, Quality of Life | NIH | 2012-09-01 - 2017-11-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 186
- Should Artificial Intelligence Provide Input in End-of-Life Decision-Making?-Reply.| | PubMed
- "By the Time We Knew …": Poetic Analysis of End-of-Life Caregiving Experiences for Rapidly Progressive and Slower-Duration Dementia Syndromes.| | PubMed
- Controlled Trials of "Palliative Care"-Where Do We Go from Here?| | PubMed
- Mortality and Function After Hip Fracture or Pneumonia in People With and Without Dementia.| | PubMed
- Cognitive Trajectory Before and After Cataract Surgery: A Population-Based Approach.| | PubMed
- "I Aim to Fulfill My Promise": Dementia Caregiving from the Perspective of Spouses and Partners.| | PubMed
- External Validation of the Walter Index for Posthospitalization Mortality Prediction in Older Adults.| | PubMed
- Associations of frailty with survival, hospitalization, functional decline, and toxicity among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Unclear Trajectory and Uncertain Benefit: Creating a Lexicon for Clinical Uncertainty in Patients with Critical or Advanced Illness Using a Delphi Consensus Process.| | PubMed
- Variation in Mentions of Race and Ethnicity in Notes in Intensive Care Units Across a Health Care System.| | PubMed