LillianGelbergMD

Family Medicine • Santa Monica, CA

Professor, Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

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Office
1920 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone+1 310-319-4700

Fax+1 310-319-4700
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Education & Training

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and ManagementMSPH, Health Services Research, 1984 - 1987
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, 1984 - 1986
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Family Medicine, 1981 - 1984
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 1992 - Present
CA State Medical License 1982 - 2026
NY State Medical License 1983 - 2025
FL State Medical License 1991 - 2017
UT State Medical License 1992 - 2006
AZ State Medical License 1992 - 1999
American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
Elected Member Institute of Medicine, 2003
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

Patient-Directed Lifestyle Change and Health Promotion Program or Usual Care in Low-Income, Uninsured Participants in Los Angeles County, California Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Improving Health Habits in Impoverished Populations Start of enrollment: 2008 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 3
BiNational Quit Using Drugs Intervention Trial Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Preventing Drug Use in Low Income Clinic Populations Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
Development of a Community-based HCV Treatment Completion Intervention Among HCV Positive Homeless Adults Start of enrollment: 2020 Oct 05
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Placement into Scattered-Site or Place-Based Permanent Supportive Housing in Los Angeles County, CA, During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Benjamin F Henwood, Randall Kuhn, Amanda Landrian Gonzalez, Jessie Chien, Yue Tu, Ricky Bluthenthal, Michael Cousineau, Howard Padwa, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Melissa Chi...> ;Administration and Policy in Mental Health. 2024 Mar 14
Testing an implementation package in a housing skills training pilot for homeless-experienced persons with serious mental illness.
Sonya Gabrielian, Alison B Hamilton, Lillian Gelberg, Ella R Koosis, Lauren Hoffmann, David M Carlson, Alexander S Young> ;Implementation Research and Practice. 2024 Mar 6
Nativity and the risk of opioid use disorder among Hispanic/Latinx women in primary care in Los Angeles, CA.
Seamans, M., Javanbakht, M., Shoptaw, S., Takada, S., Bone, C., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Gelberg, L.> ;Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. 2024 Feb 7
Pilot trial results of D-HOMES: a behavioral-activation based intervention for diabetes medication adherence and psychological wellness among people who have been home...
Katherine Diaz Vickery, Lillian Gelberg, Audrey Rose Hyson, Ella Strother, Jill Carter, Oscar Oranday Perez, Moncies Franco, Silvio Kavistan, Susan Gust, Edward Adair,...> ;Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1
Protocol of a mixed method research design to study medical respite programs for persons experiencing homelessness.
Johnson, J., Agans, R., Biederman, D., Daaleman, T., Gelberg, L.> ;Plos One. 2024 Jan 1
Pilot randomized controlled trial of biofeedback on reducing psychological and physiological stress among persons experiencing homelessness.
Nyamathi, A., Salem, B., Garfin, D., Wolitsky-Taylor, K., Shin, S., Yu, Z., Hudson, A., Yadav, K., Clarke, R., Alikhani, M., van Cise, E., Lee, D., Gelberg, L.> ;Stress and Health. 2023 Dec 26
Optimizing Digital Tools for the Field of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders: Backcasting Exercise.
Florian Scheibein, Elsa Caballeria, Md Abu Taher, Sidharth Arya, Angus Bancroft, Lisa Dannatt, Charlotte De Kock, Nazish Idrees Chaudhary, Roberto Perez Gayo, Abhishek...> ;JMIR Human Factors. 2023 Dec 12
Subthreshold opioid use disorder prevention (STOP) trial: a cluster randomized clinical trial: study design and methods.
Jane M Liebschutz, Geetha A Subramaniam, Rebecca Stone, Noa Appleton, Lillian Gelberg, Travis I Lovejoy, Amanda M Bunting, Charles M Cleland, Karen E Lasser, Donna Bee...> ;Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 2023 Nov 18
Temporary Financial Assistance for Housing Expenditures and Mortality and Suicide Outcomes Among US Veterans.
Richard E Nelson, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Ying Suo, Atim Effiong, Warren Pettey, Lillian Gelberg, Stefan G Kertesz, Jack Tsai, Thomas Byrne> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024 Mar 1
A Qualitative Study of Perceptions and Preferences Regarding Social and Behavioral Risk Screening Among Primary Care Patients.
Sae Takada, Zewei Shen, Philippe Bourgois, O Kenrik Duru, Lillian Gelberg, Maria Han, Marjan Javanbakht, Steve Shoptaw, Kenneth Wells, Gery Ryan> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2023 Nov 1
2 citations
A Sanctioned Encampment as a Strategy for Increasing Homeless Veterans' Access to Housing and Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Ippolytos Kalofonos, Matthew McCoy, Lisa Altman, Lillian Gelberg, Alison B Hamilton, Sonya Gabrielian> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2023 Jul 1
1 citations
Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial of 2 Federally Recommended Strategies to Reduce Excess Body Fat in Overweight, Low-Income Patients: MyPlate.gov vs Calorie C...
William J McCarthy, Melvin Rico, Maria Chandler, Dena R Herman, Cindy Chang, Thomas R Belin, Stephanie Love, Evangelina Ramirez, Lillian Gelberg> ;Annals of Family Medicine. 2023 May 22
Bringing Lived Experience to Research on Health and Homelessness: Perspectives of Researchers and Lived Experience Partners.
Howard Padwa, Benjamin F Henwood, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Bikki Tran-Smith, Anna Darby, Ricky Bluthenthal, Melissa Chinchilla, Katherine Diaz Vickery, Randall Kuhn, Alex...> ;Community Mental Health Journal. 2023 Oct 1
2 citations
Provider Perspectives on Sleep as a Determinant of Health and Housing Outcomes among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory, Social-Ecological Study.
Elizabeth M Moore, Lillian Gelberg, Michael Soh, Cathy Alessi, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 May 8
Exploratory assessment: Nurse-led community health worker delivered HCV intervention for people experiencing homelessness.
Adeline Nyamathi, Benissa E Salem, Darlene Lee, Zhaoxia Yu, Angela Hudson, Sammy Saab, Sanghyuk S Shin, Alexandria Jones-Patten, Kartik Yadav, Mitra Alikhani, Richard ...> ;Public Health Nursing. 2023 May 2
1 citations
Investigating the Comparative Effectiveness of Place-Based and Scatter-Site Permanent Supportive Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pande...
Benjamin F Henwood, Randall Kuhn, Howard Padwa, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Gisele Corletto, Alex Lawton, Jessie Chien, Ricky Bluthenthal, Michael R Cousineau, Melissa Chinc...> ;JMIR Research Protocols. 2023 Apr 28
1 citations
Quality of Depression Care for Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients with Experiences of Homelessness.
Audrey L Jones, Karen Chu, Danielle E Rose, Lillian Gelberg, Stefan G Kertesz, Adam J Gordon, Kenneth B Wells, Lucinda Leung> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
"Ancestral recipes": a mixed-methods analysis of MyPlate-based recipe dissemination for Latinos in rural communities.
Ann Marie Cheney, William J McCarthy, María Pozar, Christina Reaves, Gabriela Ortiz, Diana Lopez, Perla A Saldivar, Lillian Gelberg> ;BMC Public Health. 2023 Feb 1
Correlates of SARS-CoV-2 anti-RBD IgG antibody titers among persons experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.
Adeline Nyamathi, Sanghyuk S Shin, Brianna M Doratt, Alexandria Jones-Patten, Benissa Salem, Lillian Gelberg, Darlene Lee, Dana Garfin, Kartik Yadav, Alicia H Chang, K...> ;Public Health Nursing. 2023 Jan 12
2 citations
The development and initial feasibility testing of D-HOMES: a behavioral activation-based intervention for diabetes medication adherence and psychological wellness amo...
Katherine Diaz Vickery, Becky R Ford, Lillian Gelberg, Zobeida Bonilla, Ella Strother, Susan Gust, Edward Adair, Victor M Montori, Mark Linzer, Michael D Evans, John C...> ;Frontiers in Psychology. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Insights for Conducting Large-Scale Surveys with Veterans Who Have Experienced Homelessness.
Aerin J deRussy, Audrey L Jones, Erika L Austin, Adam J Gordon, Lillian Gelberg, Sonya E Gabrielian, Kevin R Riggs, John R Blosnich, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Sally K ...> ;Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. 2023 Jan 1
Facing the Digital Divide: Increasing Video Visits Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness.
Alyson Prince, Ynez Sabio, Leah Effron, Maren Abromowitz, Liesl Reyes, Phillip Chen, Christine Willinger, Damond Ng, Julia Darnell, Kristin Kopelson, Peter Capone-Newt...> ;Annals of Family Medicine. 2022 Oct 13
5 citations
Engaging Same-Day Peer Ambassadors to Increase Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Among People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness in Los Angeles County: A Hybrid ...
Chelsea L Shover, Allison Rosen, José Mata, Brooke Robie, Julissa Alvarado, Ashley Frederes, Ruby Romero, Jacqueline Beltran, Anna Bratcher, Alicia H Chang, Kristen R ...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 7
2 citations
Perceptions of Homeless Adults and Their Providers on Coping With the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Harm Reduction Services.
Adeline M Nyamathi, Lillian Gelberg, Darlene Lee, Nicholas Arce, Alexandria Patten-Jones, Kartik Yadav, Maniyah Goodwine, Mitra Alikhani, Maritas Yao, Alicia H Chang, ...> ;Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 2022 Jul 27
1 citations
What do Veterans with homeless experience want us to know that we are not asking? A qualitative content analysis of comments from a national survey of healthcare exper...
Allyson L Varley, April Hoge, Kevin R Riggs, Aerin deRussy, Audrey L Jones, Erika L Austin, Sonya Gabrielian, Lillian Gelberg, Adam J Gordon, John R Blosnich, Ann Eliz...> ;Health & Social Care in the Community. 2022 Nov 1
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Journal Articles

They Didn’t Believe Her Pain: My Education in Interpersonal Violence
Lillian Gelberg, Amelia Goodfellow, Annals of Family Medicine

Press Mentions

Primary Care Designed for Homeless Veterans Makes a DifferenceApril 22nd, 2021
Lesbians' Sexual History with MenImplications for Taking a Sexual HistoryFebruary 28th, 2017
Intervention, Follow-Ups by Primary Care Doctor Curb Drug UseOctober 16th, 2015
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