Core Members
Core Members
Director

Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Health Policy
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development
Director, UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults (CSOA)
Anesthesia

Daniel Burkhardt, MD
Associate Professor
Department Anesthesia
Director, Moffit-Long PREPARE Program

Anne Donovan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Jacqueline Leung, MD, MPH
Professor of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Clinical Pharmacology

Lisa Kroon, PharmD
Professor and Chair
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy
T.A. Oliver Chair in Clinical Pharmacy
Education

Anna Chang, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics
Gold-headed Cane Endowed Education Chair in Internal Medicine
Associate Director, Program for the Aging Century

Roxanne O. Garbez, RN, PhD, CNS, ACNP
Clinical Professor
Department of Physiological Nursing
School of Nursing
Vice Chair,
Clinical Academic Programs & Personnel and Health Sciences

Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Surgery
Director, Office of Research and Development in Medical Education (RaDME)
Endowed Chair in Surgical Education
Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center

Mai-Khanh Bui-Duy, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine

Suzanne Harris, RN, CTTS
Co-Director & Nurse Administrator
Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center (FTTC)
Geriatrics

Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS
Associate Professor
Division of Geriatrics
Department of Medicine
Associate Chief for Geriatrics Clinical Programs at UCSF

Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics
Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging

Stephanie Rogers, MD, MPH, MPAS
Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatrics
Department of Medicine

Rebecca Sudore, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics
Health Policy

Daniel Dohan, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine and Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies,
Associate Director for Training and Development
PRL-IHPS

James Wiley, PhD
Professor
UCSF School of Medicine
Institute for Health Policy Studies
Hospital Medicine

Wendy Gabrielle Anderson, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM)
Palliative Care Program
Nursing

Kelli Cochran, RN
Nurse
UCSF Medical Center

Shirley Darwish, RN
Nurse
UCSF Medical Center
Nutrition

Kaitlyn Attiga, MPH, RD, CNSC
Clinical Dietitian
Palliative Care

Michael W. Rabow, MD
Director, Symptom Management Service, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Symptom Management & Palliative Care Consultation Service, UCSF/Mount Zion Hospital
Helen Diller Family Chair in Palliative Care
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Urology
University of California, San Francisco

Nancy Shepard Lopez, NP
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Physiological Nursing
UCSF School of Nursing
Assistant Director Symptom Management Services
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Rehabilitation Services

Alicia Rivas
Occupational Therapist
UCSF Medical Center
Surgery

Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Health Policy
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development
Director, UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults (CSOA)