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We’re excited to welcome Dr. Stephanie Cordonnier to the UCSF Division of Geriatrics as an Assistant Professor! 🎉 Starting Jan 1, 2026, she joins our clinician educator faculty at the UCSF Center for Geriatric Care.
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Welcome Dr. Stephanie Cordonnier to the UCSF Division of Geriatrics | Geriatrics
We are excited to welcome Dr. Stephanie Cordonnier to the UCSF Division of Geriatrics as an Assistant Professor, effective January 1, 2026. Dr. Cordonnier completed her MD at the University of Toledo…
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January 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
We’re excited to welcome Dr. Stephanie Cordonnier to the UCSF Division of Geriatrics as an Assistant Professor! 🎉 Starting Jan 1, 2026, she joins our clinician educator faculty at the UCSF Center for Geriatric Care.
#geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf
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#geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf
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🎉 Happy New Year! 🥳 As we welcome a fresh start, let's also prioritize what truly matters. Have those important discussions about your medical preferences with your loved ones. Explore step-by-step planning at PREPAREforYOURcare.org and, for caregivers, PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org #NewYear2026
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January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
🎉 Happy New Year! 🥳 As we welcome a fresh start, let's also prioritize what truly matters. Have those important discussions about your medical preferences with your loved ones. Explore step-by-step planning at PREPAREforYOURcare.org and, for caregivers, PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org #NewYear2026
🎉 Congratulations to Angela Suen, MD, former T32 fellow, on receiving the 2025 ASCI Emerging Generation Award, recognizing outstanding early-career physician–scientists. Well deserved! 👏✨
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Angela Suen, MD, Receives 2025 ASCI Emerging Generation Award | Geriatrics
Angela Suen, MD, a former T32 fellow, has received the 2025 American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Emerging Generation Award, which recognizes outstanding early-career…
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December 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Angela Suen, MD, former T32 fellow, on receiving the 2025 ASCI Emerging Generation Award, recognizing outstanding early-career physician–scientists. Well deserved! 👏✨
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#geriatrics #ucsf
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#geriatrics #ucsf
Anna Chodos, MD, MPH (@annachodos.bsky.social), presents “Medication Review for Cognition (Anticholinergic Burden),” highlighting the importance of systematic medication review to support and optimize brain health.
View the video: bit.ly/3N7uHEB
#geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf
View the video: bit.ly/3N7uHEB
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December 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Anna Chodos, MD, MPH (@annachodos.bsky.social), presents “Medication Review for Cognition (Anticholinergic Burden),” highlighting the importance of systematic medication review to support and optimize brain health.
View the video: bit.ly/3N7uHEB
#geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf
View the video: bit.ly/3N7uHEB
#geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf
Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social presents “Behaviors in Dementia Part 2” in the GERI Videos: Brain Health series—highlighting safe, nonpharmacologic ways to manage dementia-related behaviors. Watch the video + series here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNyp...
GERI Videos: Behaviors in Dementia Part 2
In this continuation, we explore ways to manage dementia-related behaviors. This video discusses how to start with the safest, nonpharmacological interventions to manage behaviors in dementia.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social presents “Behaviors in Dementia Part 2” in the GERI Videos: Brain Health series—highlighting safe, nonpharmacologic ways to manage dementia-related behaviors. Watch the video + series here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNyp...
We’re proud to share that Krista Harrison has been named to the 2026 National Consensus Project Guideline Expert Panel for Quality Palliative Care, one of just 33 experts nationwide. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Krista Harrison on National Guideline Panel Appointment | Geriatrics
We are pleased to share that Krista Harrison, PhD has been selected as one of 33 experts nationwide to serve on the 2026 Guideline Expert Panel for the 5th Edition of the National Consensus Project…
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December 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We’re proud to share that Krista Harrison has been named to the 2026 National Consensus Project Guideline Expert Panel for Quality Palliative Care, one of just 33 experts nationwide. Congratulations!
@kristalynharrison.bsky.social
#geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf
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@kristalynharrison.bsky.social
#geriatrics #HPM #palliativemedicine #ucsf
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Happy Holidays from the PREPARE Team. Give your family and friends the gift of understanding what is most important to you. To learn more, go to PREPAREforYOURcare.org #ACP and caregivers can go to our new resources just for them PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org ❄️
December 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Happy Holidays from the PREPARE Team. Give your family and friends the gift of understanding what is most important to you. To learn more, go to PREPAREforYOURcare.org #ACP and caregivers can go to our new resources just for them PREPAREforTHEIRcare.org ❄️
Congratulations to Dr. Thiago Junqueira Avelino Da Silva (@geritjas.bsky.social) on being named a Multiple Chronic Conditions Scholar in the NIH-funded AGING Initiative and selected for the Grant Catalyst Scholar Program in Deprescribing Research.
December 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Thiago Junqueira Avelino Da Silva (@geritjas.bsky.social) on being named a Multiple Chronic Conditions Scholar in the NIH-funded AGING Initiative and selected for the Grant Catalyst Scholar Program in Deprescribing Research.
Congratulations to Dr. Robbie Zimbroff on successfully completing the Improvement and Leadership Development Program teach-back and being officially recognized as a UCSF Lean Champion! He joins a dynamic group of Geriatric Medicine physicians who have earned this distinction.
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Robbie Zimbroff on successfully completing the Improvement and Leadership Development Program teach-back and being officially recognized as a UCSF Lean Champion! He joins a dynamic group of Geriatric Medicine physicians who have earned this distinction.
Grateful to Dr. Jennifer Lai and Haim Zaltzman for their generous gift to the UCSF Pepper Center for Aging Research. Dr. Lai’s leadership, mentorship, and impact continue to shape our aging research community.
December 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Grateful to Dr. Jennifer Lai and Haim Zaltzman for their generous gift to the UCSF Pepper Center for Aging Research. Dr. Lai’s leadership, mentorship, and impact continue to shape our aging research community.
Drs. @wjdeardorff.bsky.social @alexleephd.bsky.social @briesf.bsky.social @seijlee.bsky.social & @alexsmithmd.bsky.social developed a mortality prediction model used by CA Corrections to identify palliative care, ACP & compassionate release needs link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Development of a Mortality Prediction Model for Incarcerated Adults to Identify Palliative Care Needs - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Background Estimating mortality risk in incarcerated adults is important for identifying individuals who may benefit from palliative care and compassionate release referrals. Objective To develop and…
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December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Drs. @wjdeardorff.bsky.social @alexleephd.bsky.social @briesf.bsky.social @seijlee.bsky.social & @alexsmithmd.bsky.social developed a mortality prediction model used by CA Corrections to identify palliative care, ACP & compassionate release needs link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congratulations to Niousha Moini, MD, MPH, selected as one of 16 scholars in the NIH-funded AGING Initiative Clinical Scholars Program, supporting research to improve care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions.
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congratulations to Niousha Moini, MD, MPH, selected as one of 16 scholars in the NIH-funded AGING Initiative Clinical Scholars Program, supporting research to improve care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions.
Congratulations to Dr. @mararosenberg.bsky.social, for being selected as a receipt of the 2026 Judith D. Tamkin Scholar Award, an award given to recognize early career investigators who demonstrate a strong interest in elder abuse research.
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Congratulations to Dr. @mararosenberg.bsky.social, for being selected as a receipt of the 2026 Judith D. Tamkin Scholar Award, an award given to recognize early career investigators who demonstrate a strong interest in elder abuse research.
Congratulations to Ryan McMahan, MD, T32 Aging Research Fellow, for receiving a CTSI FAST-CaR seed grant to study how depression and anxiety affect advance care planning outcomes.
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congratulations to Ryan McMahan, MD, T32 Aging Research Fellow, for receiving a CTSI FAST-CaR seed grant to study how depression and anxiety affect advance care planning outcomes.
Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social presents the 11th video in the GERI Brain Health series, “Behaviors in Dementia Part 1,” introducing common behavioral symptoms and how to understand them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=30vS...
GERI Videos: Behaviors in Dementia Part 1
Changes in behavior are common for people with dementia. This video introduces common behavioral symptoms that may appear in dementia, as understanding these behaviors is the first step towards…
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December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Dr. @annachodos.bsky.social presents the 11th video in the GERI Brain Health series, “Behaviors in Dementia Part 1,” introducing common behavioral symptoms and how to understand them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=30vS...
Dr. Daniel Pound and Joel Sanchez Correa joined 190 participants for Cable Car Caroling on Dec 6, singing across SF to support older adults and raise funds for the IOA Friendship Line.
December 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dr. Daniel Pound and Joel Sanchez Correa joined 190 participants for Cable Car Caroling on Dec 6, singing across SF to support older adults and raise funds for the IOA Friendship Line.
Congratulations to Camie Kuo, MS, RN, FNP-C for passing her Gerontological Specialist Exam (GS-C) this weekend!
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Congratulations to Camie Kuo, MS, RN, FNP-C for passing her Gerontological Specialist Exam (GS-C) this weekend!
Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social presented at UCSF Critical Care Grand Rounds on how hospital norms and systems influence high-intensity, potentially non-beneficial life-sustaining treatments near the end of life.
December 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social presented at UCSF Critical Care Grand Rounds on how hospital norms and systems influence high-intensity, potentially non-beneficial life-sustaining treatments near the end of life.
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Improve your patient care in older adults by learning with @acpimphysicians.bsky.social full-day #Geriatrics and #Palliative Medicine course intensive on Wednesday, April 15 in San Francisco! Learn more here - annualmeeting.acponline.org/educational-...
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Improve your patient care in older adults by learning with @acpimphysicians.bsky.social full-day #Geriatrics and #Palliative Medicine course intensive on Wednesday, April 15 in San Francisco! Learn more here - annualmeeting.acponline.org/educational-...
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To what extent is it our job as consultants to manage or attend to clinician distress? What happens when that clinician distress leads to conflict? #medsky
Guests Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly.
👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp385
😀 Hosts: @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social
Guests Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly.
👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp385
😀 Hosts: @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
To what extent is it our job as consultants to manage or attend to clinician distress? What happens when that clinician distress leads to conflict? #medsky
Guests Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly.
👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp385
😀 Hosts: @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social
Guests Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly.
👉 Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp385
😀 Hosts: @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social
Drs. @anumadhavan.bsky.social and Kendall Beck are quoted in the @sfchronicle.com on rising chronic disease in older adults and the launch of a new UCSF clinic to meet this growing need. www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
UCSF doctors see more cases of this chronic disease in older adults. So they opened a new clinic
This new San Francisco clinic for older adults signals a growing recognition that the aging population with chronic health conditions faces unique medical challenges and needs specialized care.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Drs. @anumadhavan.bsky.social and Kendall Beck are quoted in the @sfchronicle.com on rising chronic disease in older adults and the launch of a new UCSF clinic to meet this growing need. www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
On Dec 9, @annachodos.bsky.social gave Grand Rounds at Northwestern Geriatrics on *Caregivers as Partners*, highlighting innovative work training care teams to meaningfully include family caregivers. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/anna-ch...
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On Dec 9, @annachodos.bsky.social gave Grand Rounds at Northwestern Geriatrics on *Caregivers as Partners*, highlighting innovative work training care teams to meaningfully include family caregivers. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/anna-ch...
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Pound on his retirement after 29 years at UCSF! Thank you for your incredible leadership of the Center for Geriatric Care. We look forward to welcoming you back as recall faculty in 2026! geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/daniel-...
Daniel Pound Retires After Transforming UCSF Geriatrics Since 1995; Will Return as Recall Faculty in 2026 | Geriatrics
Congratulations to Daniel Pound, MD who is retiring from UCSF at the end of December. Dr. Pound has led the UCSF Center for Geriatric Care for many years. He describes below some of his experiences…
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December 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Pound on his retirement after 29 years at UCSF! Thank you for your incredible leadership of the Center for Geriatric Care. We look forward to welcoming you back as recall faculty in 2026! geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/daniel-...
Rebecca Sudore, MD (@prepareforyourcare.org), presented at CMS Grand Rounds on improving care planning workflows and measurement, and later spoke at the AWV Roundtable on advancing care planning during wellness visits. #geriatrics
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Rebecca Sudore, MD (@prepareforyourcare.org), presented at CMS Grand Rounds on improving care planning workflows and measurement, and later spoke at the AWV Roundtable on advancing care planning during wellness visits. #geriatrics
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Thrilled to announce our latest ACP study, conducted across 50 clinics in the UC health systems. We found that adding health navigator outreach to PREPAREforYourCare.org and mailed materials substantially increased AD/POLST documentation for seriously ill patients.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41285010/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41285010/
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thrilled to announce our latest ACP study, conducted across 50 clinics in the UC health systems. We found that adding health navigator outreach to PREPAREforYourCare.org and mailed materials substantially increased AD/POLST documentation for seriously ill patients.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41285010/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41285010/