@peichenMD

Geriatrician, medical & interprofessional educator. The views and opinions expressed here are my personal views and opinions and do not represent @UCSF

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Joined January 2015
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Ageism is an interesting bias as it is a "bias against your future self" via @LouiseAronson at @UCSF grand rounds with @Bob_Wachter
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Thank you to our Ohana for delivering our first 9000 masks to UCSF. We are working hard across all of our resources & relationships to deliver an additional 5 million masks this week plus additional critical PPE. All of us need to focus on getting PPE to our local hospitals. ❤️
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This is an astonishingly proactive response to #COVID19 in Taiwan (just 81 miles off the coast of mainland China). Their public health decisions limited #coronavirus cases to 45 (latest official count on WHO website) ja.ma/3364r2m #WhatWeCanLearn @JAMA_current

Response to COVID-19 in Taiwan: Big Data Analytics, New Technology, and Proactive Testing

This Viewpoint describes the outbreak response infrastructure developed by the Taiwanese government following the SARS epidemic in 2003 and actions in response to COVID-19, including dedicated...

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Love my co-workers!!!
UCSF Geriatrics@UCSFGeriatrics22 Nov 2019
The UCGC Center for Geriatrics Care celebrated Thanksgiving with a delicious pot luck today! Thanks to our amazing organizers, Gloria Rodriguez-Campos (MA) and Brenda Gonzalez (Practice Manager). #geriatrics thanks @LeahJWitt for sharing the photos! @dochitect @peichenMD
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We made it! Another great @aidswalksf @ACRIAsays @UCSFGeriatrics @UCSF @UCSF_HIVIDGM #AIDSWalkSF
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Imagine a world where #Medicare covers #hearingaids! Perhaps this is a signature bill for @SenWarren to consider? So grateful for her championing of #OTC hearing aids #AGS19 👂👂🏻👂🏼👂🏽👂🏾👂🏿
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Amy Kind: "Many of the diseases and conditions of older age may have their genesis in social disadvantages of childhood and midlife" #geriatrics #AGS19 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Lecture
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. @AshwinKotwalMD: Adding modified MoCA to Lee index improves 5yr mortality prediction. Clinicians need tools like this to make recs about benefits for therapies #AGS19 @UCSFGeriatrics
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Dr. Pei Chen (@peichenMD) is quoted in the Consumer Reports’ article, “How to Ease Joint Pain”. #geriatrics consumerreports.org/joint-pa…
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We spend way too much time training doctors in the hospital. How is it that the hospital team has no idea what a SNF does? #postacute education for all. #AGS18 and better #HomeBasedCare
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From William Applegate: “Geriatricians are the greatest humanitarians that I know in medicine.” #geriatrics #AGS18
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Truth: “The best long-term care insurance in the US is daughters, Bruce Leff.” #AGS18 #Geriatrics – at Florida, USA
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There might be some #RedSox fans in the audience because audience participation really picked up. Or, maybe we all just hate #colonoscopies? #OhOhOh #geriatricslitupdate #ags18 #geriatricsSingAlong
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So honored to be presenting my work on patients perspectives on barriers to #AdvanceCarePlanning in the correctional setting at #AGS18 ! Poster B224
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Excellent article! NYTimes discusses dangers of anti-anxiety/sleep meds (aka benzos, valium, klonapin) in seniors. People need to know this! (and they gave a shout-out to #geriatrics!!!) nytimes.com/2018/03/16/healt…
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Celebrating Dr. Anna Chang @AnnaChangUCSF this Women’s History month leading teaching innovations & making UCSF tops in geriatrics education; see US News & World Reports bit.ly/2EyE9cX @UCSFGeriatrics #UCSFwomen @UCSFMedicine

Focus on Geriatric Training in Medical School

Experts say medical students should learn about both inpatient and outpatient geriatric health care.

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New GOP plan = Old plan (+24M uninsured) w fewer benefits + insurers can charge for pre-existing conditions. Yikes. bit.ly/2pHMpPU
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Thank you to @AmericanGeriatrics Society for opposing executive order on immigration+refugees Immoral UnAmerican americangeriatrics.org/press…
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900 steps to a better outcome! Improving Functional Outcomes of Older Hospitalized Patients ja.ma/2gvAX50 @geri_doc @RyanGreysen
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Once again, Medicare spending increased more slowly than private insurance on a per person basis (1.7% vs 4.5%) content.healthaffairs.org/co…
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