University of California San Francisco

Alex Smith, MD, MPH
Alex Smith, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Medicine

Address

3333 California Street, #306
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-221-4810 ext. 24684
Fax: 415-750-6641

ORCID: 0000-0002-9276-0861

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Eprognosis awarded Product of the Decade Reynolds Foundation 2016/2016
PDIA National Leadership Award Project on Death in America 2014/2014
Research Mentor of the Year Medical Students in Aging Research 2013/2013
Paul Beeson Career Development Award In Geriatrics American Federation for Aging Research/NIA 2012/2017
Top Reviewer Annals of Internal Medicine 2012/2012
One of "50 Best Medical Professors on Twitter" OnlineColleges.com 2012/2012
Best Paper of the Year Award Society of General Internal Medicine 2012/2012
Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics Greenwall Foundation 2010/2014
Outstanding Resident Mentor Award Brigham and Women's Hospital 2004/2005
Phi Beta Kappa University of Michigan 1996

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship General Internal Medicine 2008
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

Collaboration Interests

I am interested in:

  • physician scientist

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/NIA | 2018-08-15 - 2022-04-30 | Role: PI
  • Prognostic calculators for patients with Alzheimers disease and related dementias | NIH | 2018-08-15 - 2022-04-30 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  • 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 185
  1. Controlled Trials of "Palliative Care"-Where Do We Go from Here?
    Downar J, Sanders JJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. "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
  5. Should Artificial Intelligence Provide Input in End-of-Life Decision-Making?-Reply.
    Brender TD, Smith AK, Block BL| | PubMed
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. Can Artificial Intelligence Speak for Incapacitated Patients at the End of Life?
    Brender TD, Smith AK, Block BL| | PubMed
  14. "My Mom Is a Fighter": A Qualitative Analysis of the Use of Combat Metaphors in ICU Clinician Notes.
    Kim S, Mills H, Brender T, McGowan S, Widera E, Chapman AC, Harrison KL, Lee S, Smith AK, Bamman D, Gologorskaya O, Cobert J| | PubMed
  15. Music Engagement as Part of Everyday Life in Dementia Caregiving Relationships at Home.
    Allison TA, Gubner JM, Harrison KL, Smith AK, Barnes DE, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Johnson JK| | PubMed
  16. Prognoses Associated With Palliative Performance Scale Scores in Modern Palliative Care Practice.
    Bischoff KE, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Happy 50th birthday to the National Institute on Aging: Where would geriatric medicine and care of older adults be without you?
    Kuchel GA, Smith AK| | PubMed
  22. "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
  23. REGAINing the Freedom to Choose Insensibility for Hip Fracture Surgery.
    Whitlock EL, Smith AK| | PubMed
  24. A Tale of 2 Palliative Care Trials: Developing Sustainable and Transferable Models.
    Kotwal AA, Hunt LJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. The Maelstrom of Medications-Optimization of Prescribing During the Course of Dementia.
    Growdon ME, Smith AK| | PubMed
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. Disparities in advance care planning among older US immigrants.
    Mindo-Panusis D, Sudore RL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Kotwal AA| | PubMed
  37. 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
  38. Improving Clinical Applicability of Mortality Prediction Models Among Persons With Dementia-Reply.
    Deardorff WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ| | PubMed
  39. Hospice Quality, Race, and Disenrollment in Hospice Enrollees With Dementia.
    Hunt LJ, Gan S, Smith AK, Aldridge MD, Boscardin WJ, Harrison KL, James JE, Lee AK, Yaffe K| | PubMed
  40. 'It was a great brain, and I miss it': lay perspectives on postoperative cognitive dysfunction.
    Li L, Dohan D, Smith AK, Whitlock EL| | PubMed
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. Older refugees are struggling.
    Clarfield AM, Smith AK, Ouslander JG| | PubMed
  53. Life expectancy for community-dwelling persons with dementia and severe disability.
    Harrison KL, Ritchie CS, Hunt LJ, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, Yaffe K, Smith AK| | PubMed
  54. Should we still believe in advance care planning?
    Smith AK| | PubMed
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. "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
  60. 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
  61. "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
  62. Use of High-risk Medications Among Lonely Older Adults: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample.
    Kotwal AA, Steinman MA, Cenzer I, Smith AK| | PubMed
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. Availability of Palliative Care in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals.
    Sumarsono N, Sudore RL, Smith AK, Pantilat SZ, Anderson WG, Makam AN| | PubMed
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: New Leadership and New Features.
    Ouslander JG, Smith AK| | PubMed
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. Palliative Care for Patients With Noncancer Illnesses.
    Harrison KL, Kotwal AA, Smith AK| | PubMed
  84. Social Isolation and Loneliness Among San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults During the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders.
    Kotwal AA, Holt-Lunstad J, Newmark RL, Cenzer I, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Escueta DP, Lee JM, Perissinotto CM| | PubMed
  85. Family Meetings on Behalf of Patients with Serious Illness.
    Widera E, Anderson WG, Santhosh L, McKee KY, Smith AK, Frank J| | PubMed
  86. A Strategy to Prepare Primary Care Clinicians for Discussing Stopping Cancer Screening With Adults Older Than 75 Years.
    Schonberg MA, Karamourtopoulos M, Jacobson AR, Aliberti GM, Pinheiro A, Smith AK, Davis RB, Schuttner LC, Hamel MB| | PubMed
  87. Pandemic Palliative Care Consultations Spanning State and Institutional Borders.
    Nakagawa S, Berlin A, Widera E, Periyakoil VS, Smith AK, Blinderman CD| | PubMed
  88. During COVID-19, Outpatient Advance Care Planning Is Imperative: We Need All Hands on Deck.
    Block BL, Smith AK, Sudore RL| | PubMed
  89. Transforming Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Dementia through Music and Filmmaking.
    Gubner J, Smith AK, Allison TA| | PubMed
  90. Integration of an Objective Cognitive Assessment Into a Prognostic Index for 5-Year Mortality Prediction.
    Kotwal AA, Lee SJ, Dale W, Boscardin WJ, Waite LJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  91. Patterns and Trends in Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults Who Received Intensive Care at the End of Life.
    Block BL, Jeon SY, Sudore RL, Matthay MA, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  92. 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
  93. Palliative Care in the Nursing Home-Shifting Paradigms.
    Hunt LJ, Stephens CE, Smith AK| | PubMed
  94. "Now I Write Songs": Growth and Reciprocity After Long-Term Nursing Home Placement.
    Allison TA, Smith AK| | PubMed
  95. Key Ingredients of an Ideal System for High-Quality Community Care for Persons With Dementia.
    Oh A, Smith AK, Allison TA| | PubMed
  96. Who Becomes a High Utilizer? A Case-Control Study of Older Adults in the USA.
    Smith GM, Cenzer IS, Covinsky K, Reuben DB, Smith AK| | PubMed
  97. Social Support and Patterns of Institutionalization Among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study.
    Oh A, Patel K, Boscardin WJ, Max W, Stephens C, Ritchie CS, Smith AK| | PubMed
  98. 10-Minute Targeted Geriatric Assessment Predicts Disability and Hospitalization in Fast-Paced Acute Care Settings.
    Aliberti MJR, Covinsky KE, Apolinario D, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Fortes-Filho SQ, Melo JA, Souza NPS, Avelino-Silva TJ, Jacob-Filho W| | PubMed
  99. Rehabbed to Death: Breaking the Cycle.
    Flint LA, David D, Lynn J, Smith AK| | PubMed
  100. Care Settings and Clinical Characteristics of Older Adults with Moderately Severe Dementia.
    Harrison KL, Ritchie CS, Patel K, Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Smith AK| | PubMed
  101. Ethical Challenges in Caring for Unrepresented Adults: A Qualitative Study of Key Stakeholders.
    Verma A, Smith AK, Harrison KL, Chodos AH| | PubMed
  102. Who Will Care for the Caregivers? Increased Needs When Caring for Frail Older Adults With Cancer.
    Huang LW, Smith AK, Wong ML| | PubMed
  103. Making and Measuring an Impact in a Digital World: The Role of Social Media and the Medical Journal.
    Widera E, Trucil DE, Smith AK| | PubMed
  104. A Case for n-of-1 Trials.
    Smith AK| | PubMed
  105. Active Medical Management for Patients With Advanced Kidney Disease.
    Ladin K, Smith AK| | PubMed
  106. Rehabbed to Death.
    Flint LA, David DJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  107. 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
  108. Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners.
    Wallhagen MI, Ritchie CS, Smith AK| | PubMed
  109. Cognitive Change After Cardiac Surgery Versus Cardiac Catheterization: A Population-Based Study.
    Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Avidan MS, Glymour MM| | PubMed
  110. High Symptom Burden in Older Adults: A Clarion Call for Geriatrics and Palliative Care Research and Training.
    Hunt LJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  111. Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition.
    Aliberti MJR, Cenzer IS, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Yaffe K, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
  112. "Planting the Seed": Perceived Benefits of and Strategies for Discussing Long-Term Prognosis with Older Adults.
    Moré JM, Lang-Brown S, Romo RD, Lee SJ, Sudore R, Smith AK| | PubMed
  113. 'Til Death Do Us Part: End-of-Life Experiences of Married Couples in a Nationally Representative Survey.
    Kotwal AA, Abdoler E, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Kelley AS, Ornstein KA, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  114. Pain and Emergency Department Use in the Last Month of Life Among Older Adults With Dementia.
    Hunt LJ, Ritchie CS, Cataldo JK, Patel K, Stephens CE, Smith AK| | PubMed
  115. Relationship Between Expectation of Death and Location of Death Varies by Race/Ethnicity.
    Romo RD, Cenzer IS, Williams BA, Smith AK| | PubMed
  116. Should We Bury "The Good Death"?
    Smith AK, Periyakoil VS| | PubMed
  117. Secondary Analysis of Existing Datasets for Dementia and Palliative Care Research: High-Value Applications and Key Considerations.
    Hunt LJ, Lee SJ, Harrison KL, Smith AK| | PubMed
  118. Serving the Very Sick, Very Frail, and Very Old: Geriatrics, Palliative Care, and Clinical Ethics
    Smith AK
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  119. Prognosis Communication in Late-Life Disability: A Mixed Methods Study.
    Wong TW, Lang-Brown S, Romo RD, Au-Yeung A, Lee SJ, Moran PJ, Karlawish J, Sudore R, Clayton J, Smith AK| | PubMed
  120. Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders.
    Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Glymour MM, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Smith AK| | PubMed
  121. Survival, Functional Status, and Eating Ability After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement for Acute Stroke.
    Meisel K, Arnold RM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Boscardin J, Smith AK| | PubMed
  122. Difficulty Managing Medications and Finances in Older Adults: A 10-year Cohort Study.
    Bleijenberg N, Smith AK, Lee SJ, Cenzer IS, Boscardin JW, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
  123. Serving the Very Sick, Very Frail, and Very Old: Geriatrics, Palliative Care, and Clinical Ethics.
    Smith AK, Micco G| | PubMed
  124. Sense of Control in End-of-Life Decision-Making.
    Romo RD, Allison TA, Smith AK, Wallhagen MI| | PubMed
  125. Low Completion and Disparities in Advance Care Planning Activities Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries.
    Harrison KL, Adrion ER, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL, Smith AK| | PubMed
  126. Prevalence and Outcomes of Breathlessness in Older Adults: A National Population Study.
    Smith AK, Currow DC, Abernethy AP, Johnson MJ, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Ritchie CS| | PubMed
  127. High Levels of Geriatric Palliative Care Needs in Hip Fracture Patients Before the Hip Fracture.
    Ritchie CS, Kelley AS, Stijacic Cenzer I, Smith AK, Wallhagen ML, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
  128. Self-Reported Hearing in the Last 2 Years of Life in Older Adults.
    Smith AK, Ritchie CS, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Wallhagen ML| | PubMed
  129. One-Year Mortality After Hip Fracture: Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index.
    Cenzer IS, Tang V, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Ritchie C, Wallhagen MI, Espaldon R, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
  130. "If You Don't Know, All of a Sudden, They're Gone": Caregiver Perspectives About Prognostic Communication for Disabled Elderly Adults.
    Cagle JG, McClymont KM, Thai JN, Smith AK| | PubMed
  131. How U.S. Doctors Die: A Cohort Study of Healthcare Use at the End of Life.
    Matlock DD, Yamashita TE, Min SJ, Smith AK, Kelley AS, M Fischer S| | PubMed
  132. Discussing Long-term Prognosis in Primary Care: Hard but Necessary.
    Schonberg MA, Smith AK| | PubMed
  133. California's End of Life Option Act: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead.
    Petrillo LA, Dzeng E, Smith AK| | PubMed
  134. Hearing Loss in Hospice and Palliative Care: A National Survey of Providers.
    Smith AK, Ritchie CS, Wallhagen ML| | PubMed
  135. Dealing with Racist Patients.
    Paul-Emile K, Smith AK, Lo B, Fernández A| | PubMed
  136. "Everyone else gets ice cream here more often than I do--It burns me up"--Perspectives on Diabetes Care from Nursing Home Residents and their Doctors.
    Barnhart C, McClymont K, Smith AK, Au-Yeung A, Lee SJ| | PubMed
  137. Subjective, Objective, and Observed Long-term Survival: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
    Romo RD, Lee SJ, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  138. Increase in Disability Prevalence Before Hip Fracture.
    Smith AK, Cenzer IS, John Boscardin W, Ritchie CS, Wallhagen ML, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
  139. Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study.
    Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Stephens CE, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  140. Tools to Promote Shared Decision Making in Serious Illness: A Systematic Review.
    Austin CA, Mohottige D, Sudore RL, Smith AK, Hanson LC| | PubMed
  141. "It Just Consumes Your Life": Quality of Life for Informal Caregivers of Diverse Older Adults With Late-Life Disability.
    Thai JN, Barnhart CE, Cagle J, Smith AK| | PubMed
  142. Hearing loss in palliative care.
    Smith AK, Jain N, Wallhagen ML| | PubMed
  143. Discrimination in Healthcare Settings is Associated with Disability in Older Adults: Health and Retirement Study, 2008-2012.
    Rogers SE, Thrasher AD, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  144. Viewing Hospice Decision Making as a Process.
    Romo RD, Wallhagen MI, Smith AK| | PubMed
  145. Pain behind bars: the epidemiology of pain in older jail inmates in a county jail.
    Williams BA, Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Smith AK, Goldenson J, Ritchie CS| | PubMed
  146. Usefulness and effect of online prognostic calculators.
    McClymont KM, Lee SJ, Schonberg MA, Widera E, Miao Y, Smith AK| | PubMed
  147. Leveraging the health and retirement study to advance palliative care research.
    Kelley AS, Langa KM, Smith AK, Cagle J, Ornstein K, Silveira MJ, Nicholas L, Covinsky KE, Ritchie CS| | PubMed
  148. Elder self-neglect--how can a physician help?
    Smith AK, Lo B, Aronson L| | PubMed
  149. Disability during the last two years of life.
    Smith AK, Walter LC, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
  150. Opening it up for more questions: racial disparities in hospice use.
    Lakin JR, Smith AK| | PubMed
  151. When previously expressed wishes conflict with best interests.
    Smith AK, Lo B, Sudore R| | PubMed
  152. Uncertainty--the other side of prognosis.
    Smith AK, White DB, Arnold RM| | PubMed
  153. The diverse landscape of palliative care clinics.
    Smith AK, Thai JN, Bakitas MA, Meier DE, Spragens LH, Temel JS, Weissman DE, Rabow MW| | PubMed
  154. Palliative care: an approach for all internists: comment on "Early palliative care in advanced lung cancer: a qualitative study".
    Smith AK| | PubMed
  155. Advance care planning and the quality of end-of-life care in older adults.
    Bischoff KE, Sudore R, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  156. Every patient is an individual: clinicians balance individual factors when discussing prognosis with diverse frail elderly adults.
    Thai JN, Walter LC, Eng C, Smith AK| | PubMed
  157. Perceptions of successful aging among diverse elders with late-life disability.
    Romo RD, Wallhagen MI, Yourman L, Yeung CC, Eng C, Micco G, Pérez-Stable EJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  158. Use of the Medicare posthospitalization skilled nursing benefit in the last 6 months of life.
    Aragon K, Covinsky K, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Flint L, Smith AK| | PubMed
  159. The problem with actually tattooing DNR across your chest.
    Smith AK, Lo B| | PubMed
  160. Half of older Americans seen in emergency department in last month of life; most admitted to hospital, and many die there.
    Smith AK, McCarthy E, Weber E, Cenzer IS, Boscardin J, Fisher J, Covinsky K| | PubMed
  161. Quality of life in late-life disability: "I don't feel bitter because I am in a wheelchair".
    King J, Yourman L, Ahalt C, Eng C, Knight SJ, Pérez-Stable EJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  162. Prognostic indices for older adults: a systematic review.
    Yourman LC, Lee SJ, Schonberg MA, Widera EW, Smith AK| | PubMed
  163. Discussing overall prognosis with the very elderly.
    Smith AK, Williams BA, Lo B| | PubMed
  164. "Knowing is better": preferences of diverse older adults for discussing prognosis.
    Ahalt C, Walter LC, Yourman L, Eng C, Pérez-Stable EJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  165. "Her husband doesn't speak much English": conducting a family meeting with an interpreter.
    Schenker Y, Smith AK, Arnold RM, Fernandez A| | PubMed
  166. Conducting high-value secondary dataset analysis: an introductory guide and resources.
    Smith AK, Ayanian JZ, Covinsky KE, Landon BE, McCarthy EP, Wee CC, Steinman MA| | PubMed
  167. The epidemiology of pain during the last 2 years of life.
    Smith AK, Cenzer IS, Knight SJ, Puntillo KA, Widera E, Williams BA, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
  168. African Americans and end-of-life care #204.
    Raghavan M, Smith AK, Arnold RM| | PubMed
  169. Length of stay for older adults residing in nursing homes at the end of life.
    Kelly A, Conell-Price J, Covinsky K, Cenzer IS, Chang A, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK| | PubMed
  170. Update in palliative medicine.
    Fromme EK, Smith AK, Hughes MT, Brokaw FC, Rosenfeld KE, Arnold RM| | PubMed
  171. Emergency department experiences of acutely symptomatic patients with terminal illness and their family caregivers.
    Smith AK, Schonberg MA, Fisher J, Pallin DJ, Block SD, Forrow L, McCarthy EP| | PubMed
  172. Outpatient palliative care practices.
    Rabow MW, Smith AK, Braun JL, Weissman DE| | PubMed
  173. The death of Ivan Ilyich and pain relief at the end of life.
    Micco G, Villars P, Smith AK| | PubMed
  174. Crying: experiences and attitudes of third-year medical students and interns.
    Sung AD, Collins ME, Smith AK, Sanders AM, Quinn MA, Block SD, Arnold RM| | PubMed
  175. Palliative care for Latino patients and their families: whenever we prayed, she wept.
    Smith AK, Sudore RL, Pérez-Stable EJ| | PubMed
  176. Racial and ethnic differences in end-of-life care in fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with advanced cancer.
    Smith AK, Earle CC, McCarthy EP| | PubMed
  177. Am I doing the right thing? Provider perspectives on improving palliative care in the emergency department.
    Smith AK, Fisher J, Schonberg MA, Pallin DJ, Block SD, Forrow L, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP| | PubMed
  178. 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
  179. Racial/ethnic disparities in liver transplant surgery and hospice use: parallels, differences, and unanswered questions.
    Smith AK, Ladner D, McCarthy EP| | PubMed
  180. 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.
    Smith AK, Davis RB, Krakauer EL| | PubMed
  181. On being fired: experiences of patient-initiated termination of the patient-physician relationship in palliative medicine.
    Smith AK, Buss MK, Giansiracusa DF, Block SD| | PubMed
  182. Resident approaches to advance care planning on the day of hospital admission.
    Smith AK, Ries AP, Zhang B, Tulsky JA, Prigerson HG, Block SD| | PubMed
  183. CT and MRI of retroperitoneal edema associated with large uterine leiomyomas.
    Smith AK, Coakley FV, Jackson R, Gordon RL| | PubMed
  184. Formation of transient complexes in the glutamate dehydrogenase catalyzed reaction.
    Sanner T| | PubMed
  185. Coronary vascular and myocardial responses to carotid body stimulation in the dog.
    Ehrhart IC, Parker PE, Weidner WJ, Dabney JM, Scott JB, Haddy FJ| | PubMed