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Louise Aronson, MD, Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, UCSF Medical Center

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Geriatrics • San Francisco, CA

Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine Chief of Geriatrics Education

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Education & Training

  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 1996 - 1998
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1995
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1994 - 2025

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Age, Complexity, and Crisis — A Prescription for Progress in Pandemic  
    Louise Aronson, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine
  • Story as Evidence, Evidence as Story  
    Aronson, L, JAMA, 7/14/2015

Authored Content

  • Age, Complexity, and Crisis — A Prescription for Progress in PandemicApril 2020
  • Age, Complexity, and Crisis — A Prescription for Progress in PandemicApril 2020
  • Louise Aronson: ‘COVID-19 Kills Only Old People.’ Only?March 2020
  • ‘Covid-19 Kills Only Old People.’ Only?March 2020
  • ‘Covid-19 Kills Only Old People.’ Only?March 2020
  • Her CAT Scan Looked like Someone Had Spilled InkOctober 2019
  • Her CAT Scan Looked like Someone Had Spilled InkOctober 2019
  • A New NIH Rule Won’t Be Enough to Make Clinical Research More InclusiveJanuary 2019
  • A New NIH Rule Won’t Be Enough to Make Clinical Research More InclusiveJanuary 2019
  • A New NIH Rule Won’t Be Enough to Make Clinical Research More InclusiveJanuary 2019
  • Elder Care Improvements Ignored in U.S. HospitalsNovember 2018
  • Elder Care Improvements Ignored in U.S. HospitalsNovember 2018
  • U.S. Hospitals Ignore Improving Elder Care. That’s a MistakeNovember 2018
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Press Mentions

  • The Rate of Older Californians Dying of Malnutrition Has Accelerated
    The Rate of Older Californians Dying of Malnutrition Has AcceleratedApril 14th, 2023
  • Matthew Defeo for the New York Times
    Matthew Defeo for the New York TimesMay 14th, 2022
  • Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism
    Exploring the Health Effects of AgeismApril 23rd, 2022
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Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Louise Aronson, Dr. Louise Aronson, MD, Dr. L Aronson