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Anna Chodos, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics
We need timely, compassionate, and comprehensive diagnosis for everyone with symptoms - no matter their background or primary language.
Current Work
Anna is a clinician, educator, and health systems leader in geriatrics for underserved older adults. As the Director of Whole Person Geriatrics for the San Francisco Health Network, she leads efforts to improve the care of older adults across ambulatory care in the safety net.
Personal Hero
Ashton Applewhite, Tina Fey
Words of Strength
Excellent puns
Vision
Anna believes we need timely, compassionate, and comprehensive diagnosis for everyone with symptoms - no matter their background or primary language - and thorough counseling and connection to resources for the person living with dementia and their support systems.
Strategy
Anna is a geriatrician working in the safety net to develop clinical programs for older adults with cognitive complaints to support these patients and tools and resources for the primary care teams that continue to manage them throughout their disease progression.
Motivation
Anna seeks to redesign and improve outpatient safety net care to be more competent in serving older adults, particularly those with dementia. She is passionate about teaching colleagues and trainees about the care of those with dementia and its social determinants.
Education & Experience
Anna attended medical and public health school at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed an Internal Medicine Primary Care residency at UCSF-Zuckerberg San Francisco General and then a Geriatrics clinical and research fellowship at UCSF. She joined the UCSF faculty in 2014 after her fellowship. She is board certified in Geriatrics and Internal Medicine.
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