Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Fellowship
Palliative Medicine
2006
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Residency
Primary Care Internal Medicine
2005
Harvard University
MPH
School of Public Health
2005
University of California, San Francisco
M.D.
Medicine
2002
University of California, Berkeley
M.S.
School of Public Health
1999
University of Michigan
BS
Cellular and Molecular Biology
1996
Awards & Honors
Award
Conferred By
Date
Excellence in Scientific Research in Palliative Care
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2025/2025
Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement
American Geriatrics Society
2020/2020
Distinction in Mentoring Award at Associate Professor Level
UCSF Academic Senate
2019/2019
President
UCSF Medical Alumni Association
2017/2017
Best Palliative Care Blogs (GeriPal)
Healthline
2017/2017
Best Poster Award
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2016/2016
Best Abstract Award
National Meeting of the Pepper Centers
2016/2016
Best Poster Award
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2015/2015
PDIA National Leadership Award
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2014/2014
Selected panelist of California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF)
California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF)
2014/2014
Research Mentor Award, Medical Students in Aging Research (MSTAR)
2013/2013
Product of the Year Awardee (for ePrognosis: Cancer Screening App)
2013 Annual Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Grantee Meeting
2013/2013
Nominated as a hospice and palliative care "visionary" who greatly influenced the development and expansion of the field.
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
2013/2013
Research Mentor of the Year Award
Medical Students in Aging Research (MSTAR)
2013/2013
2nd place finisher in UCSF2025, an online game to plan the future of UCSF
UCSF
2013/2013
Top Reviewer
Annals of Internal Medicine
2012/2012
Named one of "The 50 Best Medical Professors on Twitter"
OnlineColleges.com
2012/2012
Best Paper of the Year Award
Society of General Internal Medicine
2012/2012
New Investigator Award
American Geriatrics Society
2010/2010
Greenwall Faculty Scholar
Greenwall Foundation
2010/2010
Best Clinical Weblog (for GeriPal: A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog)
Medgadget
2010/2010
Finalist for the Hamolsky Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty Research
Society of General Internal Medicine
2010/2010
T Franklin Williams Scholar Award in Geriatrics
Society of General Internal Medicine
2010/2010
Scholar of the College of Palliative Care
2007/2007
Outstanding Resident Mentor Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2005/2005
Outstanding Resident Mentor Award
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2002/2002
Janice Kuby Memorial Scholarship
UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program
1999/1999
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Michigan
1996/1996
Angell Scholar
University of Michigan
1993/1993
Branstrom Freshman Prize
University of Michigan
1993/1993
Grants and Funding
Prognostic Indices for Hospitalized Older Adults with and without Alzheimer?s Disease and Related Dementias | NIH | 2023-09-01 - 2028-05-31 | Role: PI (MPI mechanism)
Meaningful Activities and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias | NIH | 2020-09-15 - 2025-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Training in Geriatric Medicine | NIH | 1991-09-01 - 2023-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Prognostic calculators for patients with Alzheimers disease and related dementias | NIH | 2018-08-15 - 2022-04-30 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Prognostic calculators for patients with Alzheimers disease and related dementias | NIH/NIA | 2018-08-15 - 2022-04-30 | Role: PI
Developing prognostic models for life expectancy and geriatric outcomes | NIH | 2015-05-15 - 2020-01-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
P0045982 Late Life Disability: Epidemiology, Symptoms, Quality of Life | NIH | 2012-09-01 - 2017-11-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 213
Referral of patients with cognitive impairment to specialty memory care: associations with patient-centered outcomes and specificity of diagnoses.
Ferguson EL, Miramontes S, White JS, Possin KL, Chodos A, Xia F, Raphael E, Smith AK, Glymour MM| | PubMed
An Updated Mortality and Community Discharge Prognostic Model for Older Adults Admitted to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Post-Acute Care.
Deardorff WJ, Gan S, Jing B, Lam K, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ| | PubMed
"By the Skin of Our Teeth": U.S. Hospital, Regional, and State Experiences of Scarcity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Ennis JS, Riggan KA, Nguyen NV, Smith AK, Kramer DB, Sulmasy DP, Tilburt JC, DeMartino ES| | PubMed
Geriatric Syndromes and Mortality Among Hospitalized Older Adults.
Avelino-Silva TJ, Roma MFB, Dutra AF, Malheiro A, Speranza ACC, Casale AMC, Lopes BNA, Almada-Filho CM, de Sousa DV, Marques da Silva E, Sepulveda F, Garcez FB, Constantino GT, Keller GS, Braga ILS, Gordilho Souza J, Teixeira JJM, Rodrigues da Silva Martins K, Moraes Dias L, Araujo LMQ, Macedo LAC, de Andrade LG, Prado LKP, Venegas-Sanabria LC, Freitas MPD, Saraiva MDC, Bicalho MAC, Arbex MCFB, Pires ME, Guedes MMV, Borges MMG, Gorzoni ML, Bezerra MR, Garção NIB, Palmeira NGF, Lima NKC, Moreira-Filho OG, Villas Boas PJF, de Almeida PQ, Dip RM, Bandeira de Mello RG, Aruachan SA, Karnakis T, Pintarelli VL, Amorim WWCC, Dieguez Ferreira Y, Covinsky KE, Ferriolli E, Lee SJ, Smith AK, Suemoto CK, Aliberti MJR, CHANGE Study Group| | PubMed
Opioid Prescribing Patterns in US Nursing Homes by Race and Ethnicity.
Muench U, Jura M, Harrison KL, Rodin R, Li L, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Hunt LJ| | PubMed
Development of a Mortality Prediction Model for Incarcerated Adults to Identify Palliative Care Needs.
Deardorff WJ, Lee AK, Lu K, Jing B, Boscardin WJ, DiTomas M, Dunlap J, Williams BA, Lee SJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
Patient Race and Preferred Language Influence the Use of Physical Restraints on Nonintubated Intensive Care Unit Patients.
McGowan SK, Gershengorn HB, Sudler A, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Li L, Smith AK, Ashana DC, Raghunathan K, Kim S, Brender T, Vossler K, Han M, Cobert J| | PubMed
Six-Month Prognostic Tool for Community-Dwelling People With Dementia.
Harrison KL, Jeon SY, Deardorff WJ, Lee AK, Hunt LJ, Ankuda C, Aldridge MD, Covinsky KE, Cenzer I, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
When Missing Out Matters: Associations Between Social Activity Restriction and Caregiver Burden.
Rosenberg M, Cenzer I, Covinsky K, Smith AK, Kotwal AA| | PubMed
Social Participation Among Older Adults Before and After Long-Term Care Facility Entry.
Lam K, Cenzer I, Ankuda CK, Levy CR, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Kotwal AA| | PubMed
"It may cost you your money, it costs you your life": a framework for financial hardship in dementia.
Harrison KL, Adrion ER, Friend J, Garrett SB, Halim M, Terranova M, Sideman AB, Boyd ND, Naasan G, Gilissen J, Chen P, Aldridge MD, Dohan D, Geschwind MD, Smith AK, Ritchie CS| | PubMed
Patients' and Caregivers' Perceptions of Specialty Palliative Care for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Multicenter Evaluation.
Associations of frailty with survival, hospitalization, functional decline, and toxicity among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Lee HJ, Boscardin J, Walter LC, Smith AK, Cohen HJ, Giri S, Williams GR, Presley CJ, Singhal S, Huang LW, Velazquez AI, Gubens MA, Blakely CM, Mulvey CK, Cheng ML, Sakoda LC, Kushi LH, Quesenberry C, Liu R, Fleszar-Pavlovic S, Eskandar C, Cutler E, Mercurio AM, Wong ML| | PubMed
A Multi-Outcome Prognostic Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults Admitted to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Post-Acute Care.
Deardorff WJ, Gan S, Jing B, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ| | PubMed
JAGS Remains Committed to Scientific Principles That Support Better Health and Function for All Older Adults: Disparities, Diversity in Research, and Respectful Discourse.
Smith AK, Saliba D, Abadir PM, Binder E, Borson S, Cobbs EL, Marcantonio ER, Rochon PA, Travers JL, Fernandez HM, Rhodes R, Ouslander JG| | PubMed
Strengths and Opportunities: Clinicians' Perspectives on Palliative Care for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in the United States.
Mortality and Function After Hip Fracture or Pneumonia in People With and Without Dementia.
Hunt LJ, Morrison RS, Gan S, Espejo E, Boscardin WJ, Rodin R, Ornstein KA, Smith AK| | PubMed
Cognitive Trajectory Before and After Cataract Surgery: A Population-Based Approach.
Joo H, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Chen CL, Sun CQ, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Whitlock EL| | PubMed
"I Aim to Fulfill My Promise": Dementia Caregiving from the Perspective of Spouses and Partners.
Shiff HM, Allison TA, Halim M, Covinsky KE, Smith AK, Barnes DE, Gubner JM, Zamora K| | PubMed
External Validation of the Walter Index for Posthospitalization Mortality Prediction in Older Adults.
Avelino-Silva TJ, Lee SJ, Covinsky KE, Walter LC, Deardorff WJ, Boscardin J, Campora F, Szlejf C, Suemoto CK, Smith AK| | PubMed
Unclear Trajectory and Uncertain Benefit: Creating a Lexicon for Clinical Uncertainty in Patients with Critical or Advanced Illness Using a Delphi Consensus Process.
McGowan SK, Corrales-Martinez MJ, Brender T, Smith AK, Kim S, Harrison KL, Mills H, Lee A, Bamman D, Cobert J| | PubMed
Variation in Mentions of Race and Ethnicity in Notes in Intensive Care Units Across a Health Care System.
Cobert J, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Mills H, Ashana D, Raghunathan K, Heintz TA, Chapman AC, Smith AK, Lee S| | PubMed
The prevalence of lifetime trauma and association with physical and psychosocial health among adults at the end of life.
Duchowny KA, Smith AK, Cenzer I, Brown C, Noppert G, Yaffe K, Byers AL, Perissinotto C, Kotwal AA| | PubMed
Function, cognition, and quality of life among older adults with lung cancer who live alone: A prospective cohort study.
Singhal S, Walter LC, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Shi Y, Cohen HJ, Presley CJ, Kushi LH, Giri S, Magnuson A, Williams GR, Velazquez AI, Lee HJ, Sakoda LC, Quesenberry CP, Falvey JR, Van Dyk KM, Wong ML| | PubMed
Mortality and Function After Widowhood Among Older Adults With Dementia, Cancer, or Organ Failure.
Rodin R, Smith AK, Espejo E, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Hunt LJ, Ornstein KA, Morrison RS| | PubMed
Can Artificial Intelligence Speak for Incapacitated Patients at the End of Life?
Prevalence and Sociodemographic Correlates of Chronic Pain Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults in the United States.
LaRowe LR, Miaskowski C, Miller A, Mayfield A, Keefe FJ, Smith AK, Cooper BA, Wei LJ, Ritchie CS| | PubMed
Resilience, Survival, and Functional Independence in Older Adults Facing Critical Illness.
Cobert J, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Espejo E, Maley JH, Lee S, Smith AK| | PubMed
Psychosocial distress among spouses of persons with dementia before and after their partner's death.
Kotwal AA, Cenzer I, Hunt LJ, Ankuda C, Torres JM, Smith AK, Aldridge M, Harrison KL| | PubMed
The National Prevalence of Supplemental Oxygen Use in Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Comparison of Claims-based and Self-reported Supplemental Oxygen Use.
Suen AO, Cenzer I, Iyer AS, Witt LJ, Smith AK, Kotwal A| | PubMed
Happy 50th birthday to the National Institute on Aging: Where would geriatric medicine and care of older adults be without you?
"Relationships, Very Quickly, Turn to Nothing": Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Adaptation to Changing Social Lives Among Persons Living With Dementia and Care Partners.
Kotwal AA, Allison TA, Halim M, Garrett SB, Perissinotto CM, Ritchie CS, Smith AK, Harrison KL| | PubMed
REGAINing the Freedom to Choose Insensibility for Hip Fracture Surgery.
Long-term cognitive outcome after elective hip or knee total joint arthroplasty: A population-based observational study.
Tang AB, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Ward D, Glymour MM, Whitlock EL| | PubMed
Measuring Implicit Bias in ICU Notes Using Word-Embedding Neural Network Models.
Cobert J, Mills H, Lee A, Gologorskaya O, Espejo E, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Heintz TA, Kennedy CJ, Ashana DC, Chapman AC, Raghunathan K, Smith AK, Lee SJ| | PubMed
Chronic Pain and Pain Management in Older Adults: Protocol and Pilot Results.
LaRowe LR, Miaskowski C, Miller A, Mayfield A, Keefe FJ, Smith AK, Cooper BA, Wei LJ, Ritchie CS| | PubMed
Development and External Validation of Models to Predict Need for Nursing Home Level of Care in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia.
Deardorff WJ, Jeon SY, Barnes DE, Boscardin WJ, Langa KM, Covinsky KE, Mitchell SL, Lee SJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
The Natural History of Disability and Caregiving Before and After Long-Term Care Entry.
Lam K, Cenzer I, Levy CR, Matlock DD, Smith AK, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
Around the EQUATOR with Clin-STAR: Prediction modeling opportunities and challenges in aging research.
Deardorff WJ, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ| | PubMed
The Maelstrom of Medications-Optimization of Prescribing During the Course of Dementia.
Negativity and Positivity in the ICU: Exploratory Development of Automated Sentiment Capture in the Electronic Health Record.
Kennedy CJ, Chiu C, Chapman AC, Gologorskaya O, Farhan H, Han M, Hodgson M, Lazzareschi D, Ashana D, Lee S, Smith AK, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Pirracchio R, Cobert J| | PubMed
Estimating population impact of state triage policies restricting healthcare access for older adults with chronic conditions.
Nguyen NV, Riggan KA, Ennis JS, Tilburt JC, Smith AK, Kramer DB, Sulmasy DP, DeMartino ES| | PubMed
Detection of Neuroinflammation Induced by Typhoid Vaccine Using Quantitative Magnetization Transfer MR: A Randomized Crossover Study.
Plank JR, Morgan CA, Smith AK, Sundram F, Hoeh NR, Muthukumaraswamy S, Lin JC| | PubMed
The Role of Digital Technologies in Facilitating Psychosocial Resilience to Sudden Social Isolation Among Older Adults: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Newmark RL, Allison TA, Smith AK, Perissinotto CM, Tha SH, Kotwal AA| | PubMed
Triage Procedures for Critical Care Resource Allocation During Scarcity.
Ennis JS, Riggan KA, Nguyen NV, Kramer DB, Smith AK, Sulmasy DP, Tilburt JC, Wolf SM, DeMartino ES| | PubMed
Disparities in advance care planning among older US immigrants.
Mindo-Panusis D, Sudore RL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Kotwal AA| | PubMed
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on meaningful activity engagement in racially and ethnically diverse older adults.
Oh A, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Neilands TB, Stewart AL, Nguyen TT, Smith AK| | PubMed
Improving Clinical Applicability of Mortality Prediction Models Among Persons With Dementia-Reply.
Factors Associated With the Place of Death in Huntington Disease: Analysis of Enroll-HD.
Sokol LL, Nance M, Kluger BM, Yeh C, Paulsen JS, Smith AK, Bega D| | PubMed
Preoperative Factors Predict Memory Decline After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in an Epidemiological Cohort of Older Adults.
Tang AB, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Whitlock EL| | PubMed
Functional and clinical needs of older hospice enrollees with coexisting dementia.
Harrison KL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Hunt LJ, Kelley AS, Aldridge MD, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
End-of-life health care use among socially isolated and cognitively impaired older adults.
Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Yaffe K, Perissinotto C, Smith AK| | PubMed
Development and External Validation of a Mortality Prediction Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia.
Deardorff WJ, Barnes DE, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Langa KM, Covinsky KE, Mitchell SL, Whitlock EL, Smith AK, Lee SJ| | PubMed
The epidemiology of preexisting geriatric and palliative conditions in older adults with poor prognosis cancers.
Tsang M, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Wong ML, Walter LC, Smith AK| | PubMed
Change is coming: Efforts to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Rhodes RL, Saliba D, Brangman SA, Lundebjerg NE, Ouslander JG, Smith AK| | PubMed
Change in four measures of physical function among older adults during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.
Singhal S, Walter LC, Smith AK, Loh KP, Cohen HJ, Zeng S, Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Magnuson A, Mohile SG, Wong ML| | PubMed
A comprehensive prognostic tool for older adults: Predicting death, ADL disability, and walking disability simultaneously.
Lee AK, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ| | PubMed
Pain, Analgesic Use, and Patient Satisfaction With Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery : A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Neuman MD, Feng R, Ellenberg SS, Sieber F, Sessler DI, Magaziner J, Elkassabany N, Schwenk ES, Dillane D, Marcantonio ER, Menio D, Ayad S, Hassan M, Stone T, Papp S, Donegan D, Marshall M, Jaffe JD, Luke C, Sharma B, Azim S, Hymes R, Chin KJ, Sheppard R, Perlman B, Sappenfield J, Hauck E, Hoeft MA, Tierney A, Gaskins LJ, Horan AD, Brown T, Dattilo J, Carson JL, REGAIN (Regional versus General Anesthesia for Promoting Independence after Hip Fracture) Investigat, Looke T, Bent S, Franco-Mora A, Hedrick P, Newbern M, Tadros R, Pealer K, Vlassakov K, Buckley C, Gavin L, Gorbatov S, Gosnell J, Steen T, Vafai A, Zeballos J, Hruslinski J, Cardenas L, Berry A, Getchell J, Quercetti N, Bajracharya G, Billow D, Bloomfield M, Cuko E, Elyaderani MK, Hampton R, Honar H, Khoshknabi D, Kim D, Krahe D, Lew MM, Maheshwer CB, Niazi A, Saha P, Salih A, de Swart RJ, Volio A, Bolkus K, DeAngelis M, Dodson G, Gerritsen J, McEniry B, Mitrev L, Kwofie MK, Belliveau A, Bonazza F, Lloyd V, Panek I, Dabiri J, Chavez C, Craig J, Davidson T, Dietrichs C, Fleetwood C, Foley M, Getto C, Hailes S, Hermes S, Hooper A, Koener G, Kohls K, Law L, Lipp A, Losey A, Nelson W, Nieto M, Rogers P, Rutman S, Scales G, Sebastian B, Stanciu T, Lobel G, Giampiccolo M, Herman D, Kaufman M, Murphy B, Pau C, Puzio T, Veselsky M, Apostle K, Boyer D, Fan BC, Lee S, Lemke M, Merchant R, Moola F, Payne K, Perey B, Viskontas D, Poler M, D'Antonio P, O'Neill G, Abdullah A, Fish-Fuhrmann J, Giska M, Fidkowski C, Guthrie ST, Hakeos W, Hayes L, Hoegler J, Nowak K, Beck J, Cuff J, Gaski G, Haaser S, Holzman M, Malekzadeh AS, Ramsey L, Schulman J, Schwartzbach C, Azefor T, Davani A, Jaberi M, Masear C, Haider SB, Chungu C, Ebrahimi A, Fikry K, Marcantonio A, Shelvan A, Sanders D, Clarke C, Lawendy A, Schwartz G, Garg M, Kim J, Caruci J, Commeh E, Cuevas R, Cuff G, Franco L, Furgiuele D, Giuca M, Allman M, Barzideh O, Cossaro J, D'Arduini A, Farhi A, Gould J, Kafel J, Patel A, Peller A, Reshef H, Safur M, Toscano F, Tedore T, Akerman M, Brumberger E, Clark S, Friedlander R, Jegarl A, Lane J, Lyden JP, Mehta N, Murrell MT, Painter N, Ricci W, Sbrollini K, Sharma R, Steel PAD, Steinkamp M, Weinberg R, Wellman DS, Nader A, Fitzgerald P, Ritz M, Bryson G, Craig A, Farhat C, Gammon B, Gofton W, Harris N, Lalonde K, Liew A, Meulenkamp B, Sonnenburg K, Wai E, Wilkin G, Troxell K, Alderfer ME, Brannen J, Cupitt C, Gerhart S, McLin R, Sheidy J, Yurick K, Chen F, Dragert K, Kiss G, Malveaux H, McCloskey D, Mellender S, Mungekar SS, Noveck H, Sagebien C, Biby L, McKelvy G, Richards A, Abola R, Ayala B, Halper D, Mavarez A, Rizwan S, Choi S, Awad I, Flynn B, Henry P, Jenkinson R, Kaustov L, Lappin E, McHardy P, Singh A, Donnelly J, Gonzalez M, Haydel C, Livelsberger J, Pazionis T, Slattery B, Vazquez-Trejo M, Baratta J, Cirullo M, Deiling B, Deschamps L, Glick M, Katz D, Krieg J, Lessin J, Mojica J, Torjman M, Jin R, Salpeter MJ, Powell M, Simmons J, Lawson P, Kukreja P, Graves S, Sturdivant A, Bryant A, Crump SJ, Verrier M, Green J, Menon M, Applegate R, Arias A, Pineiro N, Uppington J, Wolinsky P, Gunnett A, Hagen J, Harris S, Hollen K, Holloway B, Horodyski MB, Pogue T, Ramani R, Smith C, Woods A, Warrick M, Flynn K, Mongan P, Ranganath Y, Fernholz S, Ingersoll-Weng E, Marian A, Seering M, Sibenaller Z, Stout L, Wagner A, Walter A, Wong C, Orwig D, Goud M, Helker C, Mezenghie L, Montgomery B, Preston P, Schwartz JS, Weber R, Fleisher LA, Mehta S, Stephens-Shields AJ, Dinh C, Chelly JE, Goel S, Goncz W, Kawabe T, Khetarpal S, Monroe A, Shick V, Breidenstein M, Dominick T, Friend A, Mathews D, Lennertz R, Sanders R, Akere H, Balweg T, Bo A, Doro C, Goodspeed D, Lang G, Parker M, Rettammel A, Roth M, White M, Whiting P, Allen BFS, Baker T, Craven D, McEvoy M, Turnbo T, Kates S, Morgan M, Willoughby T, Weigel W, Auyong D, Fox E, Welsh T, Cusson B, Dobson S, Edwards C, Harris L, Henshaw D, Johnson K, McKinney G, Miller S, Reynolds J, Segal BS, Turner J, VanEenenaam D, Weller R, Lei J, et al| | PubMed
A national study of disenrollment from hospice among people with dementia.
Hunt LJ, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Yaffe K, Ritchie CS, Aldridge MD, Smith AK| | PubMed
Strategies for discussing long-term prognosis when deciding on cancer screening for adults over age 75.
Jindal SK, Karamourtopoulos M, Jacobson AR, Pinheiro A, Smith AK, Hamel MB, Schonberg MA| | PubMed
Long-term functional outcomes and mortality after hospitalization for extracranial hemorrhage.
Parks AL, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Fang MC, Shah SJ| | PubMed
A single question assessment of loneliness in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally-representative study.
Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Waite LJ, Smith AK, Perissinotto CM, Hawkley LC| | PubMed
Incidence of potentially disruptive medical and social events in older adults with and without dementia.
Hunt LJ, Morrison RS, Gan S, Espejo E, Ornstein KA, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
"You have to be sure that the patient has the full picture": Adaptation of the Best Case/Worst Case communication tool for geriatric oncology.
Wong ML, Nicosia FM, Smith AK, Walter LC, Lam V, Cohen HJ, Loh KP, Mohile SG, Ursem CJ, Schwarze ML| | PubMed
Trends in Geriatric Conditions Among Older Adults Admitted to US ICUs Between 1998 and 2015.
Cobert J, Jeon SY, Boscardin J, Chapman AC, Ferrante LE, Lee S, Smith AK| | PubMed
"I Didn't Sign Up for This": Perspectives from Persons Living with Dementia and Care Partners on Challenges, Supports, and Opportunities to Add Geriatric Neuropalliative Care to Dementia Specialty Care.
Harrison KL, Garrett SB, Halim M, Bernstein Sideman A, Allison TA, Dohan D, Naasan G, Miller BL, Smith AK, Ritchie CS| | PubMed
Use of High-risk Medications Among Lonely Older Adults: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample.
Kotwal AA, Steinman MA, Cenzer I, Smith AK| | PubMed
Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.
Wong ML, Shi Y, Smith AK, Miaskowski C, Boscardin WJ, Cohen HJ, Lam V, Mazor M, Metzger L, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Loh KP, Ursem CJ, Friedlander TW, Blakely CM, Gubens MA, Allen G, Shumay D, Walter LC| | PubMed
A peer intervention reduces loneliness and improves social well-being in low-income older adults: A mixed-methods study.
Kotwal AA, Fuller SM, Myers JJ, Hill D, Tha SH, Smith AK, M Perissinotto C| | PubMed
Meaningful Activities and Sources of Meaning for Community-Dwelling People Living with Dementia.
Allison TA, Gubner JM, Oh A, Harrison KL, Pham K, Barnes DE, Johnson JK, Covinsky KE, Smith AK| | PubMed
The epidemiology of social isolation and loneliness among older adults during the last years of life.
Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Waite LJ, Covinsky KE, Perissinotto CM, Boscardin WJ, Hawkley LC, Dale W, Smith AK| | PubMed
Virtual Interinstitutional Palliative Care Consultation during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City.
Asprec L, Blinderman CD, Berlin A, Callahan ME, Widera E, Periyakoil VS, Smith AK, Nakagawa S| | PubMed
Association of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Memory Decline in Older Adults Undergoing Coronary Revascularization.
Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Avidan MS, Glymour MM| | PubMed
Pre-estimating subsets: A new approach for unavailable predictors in prognostic modeling.
Aliberti MJR, Kotwal AA, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Banda S, Boscardin WJ| | PubMed
Availability of Palliative Care in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals.
Sumarsono N, Sudore RL, Smith AK, Pantilat SZ, Anderson WG, Makam AN| | PubMed
A Novel Metric for Developing Easy-to-Use and Accurate Clinical Prediction Models: The Time-cost Information Criterion.
Lee SJ, Smith AK, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Covinsky KE, Gan S, Chen CL, Boscardin WJ| | PubMed
Engagement in Meaningful Activities Among Older Adults With Disability, Dementia, and Depression.
Oh A, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Allison TA, Barnes DE, Covinsky KE, Smith AK| | PubMed
Individualizing Surveillance Mammography for Older Patients After Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Multidisciplinary Expert Panel and International Society of Geriatric Oncology Consensus Statement.
Freedman RA, Minami CA, Winer EP, Morrow M, Smith AK, Walter LC, Sedrak MS, Gagnon H, Perilla-Glen A, Wildiers H, Wildes TM, Lichtman SM, Loh KP, Brain EGC, Ganschow PS, Hunt KK, Mayer DK, Ruddy KJ, Jagsi R, Lin NU, Canin B, LeStage BK, Revette AC, Schonberg MA, Keating NL| | PubMed
Patient Factors Associated With Parathyroidectomy in Older Adults With Primary Hyperparathyroidism.
Seib CD, Suh I, Meng T, Trickey A, Smith AK, Finlayson E, Covinsky KE, Kurella Tamura M, Kebebew E| | PubMed
Variation in COVID-19 Mortality Across 117 US Hospitals in High- and Low-Burden Settings.
Block BL, Martin TM, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Mourad M, Hu LL, Smith AK| | PubMed
A Novel Method for Identifying a Parsimonious and Accurate Predictive Model for Multiple Clinical Outcomes.
Diaz-Ramirez LG, Lee SJ, Smith AK, Gan S, Boscardin WJ| | PubMed
Long-term individual and population functional outcomes in older adults with atrial fibrillation.
Parks AL, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA, Smith AK, Fang MC, Shah SJ| | PubMed
Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis.
Yourman LC, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Nguyen BT, Smith AK, Schonberg MA, Schoenborn NL, Widera EW, Orkaby A, Rodriguez A, Lee SJ| | PubMed
A fuller picture of COVID-19 prognosis: the added value of vulnerability measures to predict mortality in hospitalised older adults.
Aliberti MJR, Covinsky KE, Garcez FB, Smith AK, Curiati PK, Lee SJ, Dias MB, Melo VJD, Rego-Júnior OFD, Richinho VP, Jacob-Filho W, Avelino-Silva TJ| | PubMed
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: New Leadership and New Features.
Scripts and Strategies for Discussing Stopping Cancer Screening with Adults > 75 Years: a Qualitative Study.
Schonberg MA, Jacobson AR, Karamourtopoulos M, Aliberti GM, Pinheiro A, Smith AK, Schuttner LC, Park ER, Hamel MB| | PubMed
Does the magnetization transfer effect bias chemical exchange saturation transfer effects? Quantifying chemical exchange saturation transfer in the presence of magnetization transfer.
Smith AK, Ray KJ, Larkin JR, Craig M, Smith SA, Chappell MA| | PubMed
Palliative Care in the Nursing Home-Shifting Paradigms.
Models and Studies of Aging: Executive Summary of a Report from the U13 Conference Series.
Hurria A, Carpenter CR, McFarland F, Lundebjerg NE, de Cabo R, Ferrucci L, Studenski SA, Barzilai N, Briggs JP, Ix JH, Kitzman DW, Kuchel GA, Musi N, Newman JC, Rando TA, Smith AK, Walston JD, Kirkland JL, Yung R| | PubMed
Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners.
Racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning among patients with cancer: impact of terminal illness acknowledgment, religiousness, and treatment preferences.
Smith AK, McCarthy EP, Paulk E, Balboni TA, Maciejewski PK, Block SD, Prigerson HG| | PubMed
Racial/ethnic disparities in liver transplant surgery and hospice use: parallels, differences, and unanswered questions.
Differences in the quality of the patient-physician relationship among terminally ill African-American and white patients: impact on advance care planning and treatment preferences.
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