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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New Division name: "Geriatrics & Gerontology".  We have changd our division name! We are no longer just the Division of Geriatrics. Instead, we have expanded our name - encompassing not only the efforts of our division in geriatrics, but also gerontology! What is Gerontology?

New Faculty members have joined our team as the Division continues to grow!  We welcome Chris Kaufmann, PhD, and Maile Karris, MD, who have joined our research faculty.  We are also excited to have EB Sladek, MD and Josh Bollan, MD, who are great additions to our clinical faculty.

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! 

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 Rising Price of Medicare Part D's 10 Most Costly Medications.  Recently published article by one of our Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) researchers, looking at how the costs of certain drugs have risen despite there being fewer patients taking them.

The UC San Diego Geriatrics Fellowship Program trains up to three fellows per year. Our fellow for 2018-19 is Sadaf Farasat! (above pic shows our new fellow along with our graduating fellows)  

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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