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Anna Chang, MD, Director of Tideswell
Dr. Chang is a physician, a teacher, and a leader in the areas of clinical care of older adults with multiple serious illnesses, and in the education of future physicians who will care for aging Americans. She is a Professor of Medicine and holds the Gold-Headed Cane Endowed Education Chair in Internal Medicine, and is a board certified geriatrician and palliative care physician. Nationally, she works with geriatrics teachers through the American Geriatrics Society Education Committee.
Email: Anna.Chang@ucsf.edu | Full bio |
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Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, Associate Director of Tideswell
Dr. Ritchie is the Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). A graduate of Davidson College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, she completed her internal medicine residency, chief residency and geriatric fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She is a board certified geriatrician and palliative care physician and has a long-standing experience in clinical care delivery models, medical home care and advanced illness research. She is a recipient of an NIA-funded Geriatric Academic Leadership Award in Advanced Illness and Multimorbidity.
Email: Christine.Ritchie@ucsf.edu | Full Bio |
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Louise Walter, MD, Associate Director of Tideswell
Dr. Walter is the Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF and the VA Health Care System. She is a geriatrician and a Professor in the Department of Medicine and Associate Director of UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Program. Her focus includes providing patient-oriented research expertise to evaluating the impact of UCSF Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement programs on outcomes important to older adults.
Email: Louise.Walter@ucsf.edu | Full Bio |
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Brie Williams, MD, MS, Director of Discovery
Dr. Williams is a Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics and Medical Director of the San Francisco VA Geriatrics Clinic. She directs Tideswell‘s community training initiatives that design and implement targeted educational programs to address the preparedness of all professionals to provide optimal care and services to our aging population. As a Clinician-Researcher, she collaborates with professionals from the criminal justice, correctional health and legal fields to apply geriatrics and palliative medicine paradigms to transform the care of older adults in the criminal justice system.
Email: Brie.Williams@ucsf.edu | Full bio |
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Suzanne Kawahara, MBA, Deputy Director of Strategy and Outreach
As Deputy Director of Strategy and Outreach, Ms. Kawahara oversees Tideswell’s managerial, financial and strategic functions. She also focuses on Tideswell’s initiatives to educate the community about aging. Tideswell has developed several partnerships with community groups including the SF Institute on Aging, Aging 2.0, the Consumer’s Union, the Jewish Community Center and the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services. Ms. Kawahara brings expertise in leadership development and is involved with developing and implementing the strategic initiatives for the UCSF Department of Medicine.
Email: Suzanne.Kawahara@ucsf.edu | Full bio |
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Sarah Garrigues, Deputy Director of Operations
Ms. Garrigues ensures that Tideswell’s healthcare models are continually developed and rigorously evaluated in order to provide the best care possible and improve the quality of life for patients and their caregivers. She oversees Tideswell’s efforts to develop a robust database infrastructure to facilitate the tracking of health care quality and analysis of innovative clinical care programs for older adults who receive care in their home. Ms. Garrigues’ interest in healthcare for older adults grew out of her interactions working with seriously ill patients in a palliative care research setting.
Email: Sarah.Garrigues@ucsf.edu | Full bio |
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Deb Barnes, PhD, MPH, Senior Investigator
Dr. Barnes is an Epidemiologist and Senior Investigator at UCSF, and her primary role is to provide guidance on issues related to study design, analysis and evaluation of the educational, clinical, and research projects supported by Tideswell. She is passionate about working to help every older adult live the fullest life possible, in sickness and in health, and her personal research focuses on identifying risk factors for cognitive impairment and dementia and developing effective strategies to delay onset, slow progression, and maximize quality of life.
Email: Deborah.Barnes@ucsf.edu | Full bio |
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