ALEwebtalk Part 37: What Has Been Lost, Learned and Discovered During COVID Time: A Presentation & Conversation with Dr. Louise Aronson
JULY 21 - WHAT WE WILL COVER
As a practicing geriatrician, Dr. Louise Aronson has had a unique perspective from which to observe the impact of the pandemic on older patients and society. As centers now restore their congregate services, Dr. Aronson's insights regarding the multi-faceted ways in which older adults have been affected can help centers to understand why some individuals fared well and others did not. Join our esteemed guest for an insightful presentation and open conversation to explore the impact of Covid-19 and how we can all work to restore our participants’ strength, health and resilience after a most unusual time. We welcome questions in advance!
HOST
Lydia Missaelides, MHA, Executive Director, Alliance for Leadership and Education
PRESENTER
Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, University of California, San Francisco
Louise is a practicing geriatrician and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). A graduate of Harvard Medical School, she has served as director of the Northern California Geriatrics Education Center, the UCSF Pathways to Discovery program, and currently leads the campus-wide Health Humanities and Social Advocacy Initiative. The author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood, she is a regular contributor to the New York Times and the New England Journal of Medicine among other publications. Her numerous awards include a MacDowell fellowship; California Homecare Physician of the Year; the Gold Professorship in Humanism in Medicine; and American Geriatrics Society Clinician-Teacher of the Year.
FEES
CAADS MEMBERS: No Charge
NON MEMBERS: Registration fee waived
