Geriatrics

Carling Ursem, MD
UCSF Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Division of Hematology/Oncology, UCSF and
the SFVA Medical Center

Learning Objectives: 

• Describe the epidemiology of cancer and aging at the VA
• Identify the reasons to perform Geriatric Assessment in veterans with cancer
• Identify the components of Geriatric Assessment

Disclosure: Neither the speaker nor the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Accreditation: The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

Designation: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 64 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

The above credit is inclusive of all Fiscal year 2022 SFGH Medicine Grand rounds sessions.  You must sign in to Qualtrics to qualify for CME credit.

Zoom Information

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Contact Information
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Clinical Operations
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This presentation will be recorded and is accessible through My Access

https://lecture.ucsf.edu/ets/Catalog/Full/ab21c2921423425398199ec7e0720d6a2

Robert M. Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is the Holly Smith Distinguished Professor in Science and Medicine and the Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine. The department leads the nation in NIH grants and is generally ranked as one of the nation’s best.

Wachter is author of 250 articles and 6 books and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 and is often considered the “father” of the hospitalist field, the fastest growing specialty in the history of modern medicine. He is past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine and past chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

In the safety and quality arenas, he edits the U.S. government’s leading website on patient safety and has written two books on the subject, including Understanding Patient Safety, the world’s top selling safety primer. In 2004, he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. Twelve times, Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked him as one of the 50 most influential physician-executives in the U.S.; he was #1 on the list in 2015. His 2015 book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, was a New York Times science bestseller. In 2016, he chaired a blue-ribbon commission advising England’s National Health Service on its digital strategy.

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