UC San Diego Geriatrics is ranked 34th out of more than 1500 national programs in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2017-18".

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Congratulations to Stephanie Diana Garcia and Courtney Cyril Hsu! They are both graduating medical students and the 2018 recipients of the Ruth Covell Award in Geriatrics, in recognition of their demonstrated commitment to geriatrics! This award was established in 2017 thanks to the generous support of Dr. Ruth Covell. 

Congratulations to faculty members, Dr. Diane Chau and Dr. Arnold Gass on their new book addressing the importance of Homeless Older Populations!

Dr. Roopali Gupta  was recently selected for the 2018-2019 Tideswell, AGS and ADGAP Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholars Program!

Dr. Alison Moore has been elected to serve on the American Geriatrics Society Board of Directors! 

Dr. Colin Thomas and his team at the VA were recognized by the VHA Office of Systems Redesign and Improvement for their presentation entitled "RPIW: Improving the Discharge Process". The presentation demonstrated that standardizing the discharge process reduces confusion and enhances efficiency. 

What's Age Got to Do With It? Our senior medicine clinic and the value of a geriatrician were recently highlighted in the UCSD Focus on Health news! Click here to read more.

West Health and the UCSD Division of Geriatrics have partnered to support one of our recent geriatrics fellowship graduates, Dr. Lindsey Yourman, to be trained in a two- year fellowship focused on Quality Improvement and Implementation Science.  We are excited about this partnership to train geriatrics health professionals to improve the care of older adults.

The UC San Diego Geriatrics Fellowship Program trains three fellows per year. Our fellows for 2017-18 are (L-R) Mohammed Shaker, Angeline Pai and Josh Bollan!  

The goal of our ACGME-accredited Geriatrics Fellowship Program is to develop geriatricians who desire to work in an academic environment and become leaders in the field.

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