Please provide a brief background of your training and practice setting and years in practice.

I received my medical degree at University of Missouri-Kansas City and trained in internal medicine at Washington University-Barnes Jewish Hospital. I completed my clinical geriatric fellowship at Stanford-VA Palo Alto and then a geriatric clinical-educator fellowship at University of California-San Francisco. I previously worked as a geriatrician and palliative care physician at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for 6 years and served as Chief of Geriatrics. I care for frail, older adults in a variety of settings including skilled nursing facility, hospital, and clinic. I recently joined the Palo Alto Division of Palo Alto Medical Foundation this year and will be lead physician in developing a community palliative care program.