UC San Diego Geriatrics is ranked 29th out of more than 1500 national programs in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2019-20".

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In celebration of National Senior Citizens Day, we’re applauding our team of geriatricians and nurses who deliver care for older adults. They focus on the 4Ms to provide age-friendly health care • Mentation • Mobility • Medication • What Matters Learn more  http://go.ucsd.edu/2XlApr2 

We are currently working to make UC San Diego an Age-Friendly Health System! Dr. Khai Nguyen recently traveled to Boston to meet with other institutions as part of this national effort and met with Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, CEO of the John A Hartford Foundation!

What are seven tips for fall prevention? Find out more in this podcast with our own Dr. Lindsey Yourman!

Congratulations to Chris Kaufmann, who received funding from the Alzheimer's Association to study the role culture plays in the link between use of alcohol and dementia and cognitive decline, and was recently featured in their newsletter. 

Welcome Anthony Molina - our Vice-Chief of Research.  FInd out more about his work and lab here.

In a collaboration between Geriatrics and Engineering, we hosted a challenge at the recent hackathon, "SD Hacks".  Many innovative products were designed, but the winning prize was awarded to "Trippy", a miniture robot that helps prevent falls.  We were impressed with the number of different gadgets that were designed - details of them can be found here.

San Diego Top Doctors!  It is with pleasure that we announce our Division Chief, Dr. Alison Moore, was voted one of San Diego's Top Doctors in the annual "Physicians of Exceptional Excellence" survey.

Join the Club! On Friday, August 9, Division members and fellows met for their first Book Club meeting to discuss Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson. We are excited to have Dr. Aronson visiting us on campus January 8, 2020!

Congratulations to Leslie Chang, graduating medical student, who received the Ruth Covell Award in Geriatrics for 2019!

Congratulations to Roopali Gupta and EB Sladek, who received 2019 Chief Medical Resident Teaching Awards!   

New Center! Our Division has established a new San Diego Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research! 

Newly approved drug Xofluza adds to flu-fighting arsenal.  Article published by the San Diego Union-Tribune, with important contributions from Dr. Khai Nguyen. 

Congratulations to Dr. Maile Karris, who was awarded a GEMSSTAR grant from NIA to research how behavior can positively impact pain management for chronic pain in patients with HIV, in an attempt to move away from high doses of opioid treatments.

Fellowship: Applications are now being accepted through ERAS for the 2020-21 academic year! The UC San Diego Geriatrics Fellowship Program trains up to three fellows per year. Our 2019-20 fellows are Shannon Devlin, Jean Guan and Humberto Raul Saenz Chavez! 

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