CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Position: Address: Edgar Pierluissi Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Medical Director, Acute Care for Elders Unit, San Francisco General Hospital 1001 Potrero Avenue Room 5H17, UCSF Box 0862 San Francisco, CA 94110 Voice: (415) 206-3913 FAX: (415) 206- Email: epierluissi@medsfg,.ucsf.edu EDUCATION: 1981-85 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL B.A. Magna cum laude, Chemistry 1986-91 Harvard Medical School M.D. 1991-92 University of California, San Francisco Intern Medicine 1992-94 University of California, San Francisco Resident Medicine 1994-95 University of California, San Francisco Chief Resident Medicine 1999-01 Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Fellow Quality Improvement Fellowship, San Francisco, California LICENSES, CERTIFICATION: 2005 Medical Licensure, California 1994 Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine 2004 Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD: 1994-95 University of California, San Francisco Clinical Instructor 1995-97 San Mateo Medical Center. San Mateo, CA Staff Physician 1997-99 North County Health Center. Daly City, CA Medical Director 2001-02 San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center Medical Director Nursing Home Care Unit 2001-06 University of California, San Francisco Assistant Clinical Professor 2002-06 Quality Improvement San Mateo Medical Center Vice-President 2006- University of California Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine 2006- Medical Director, Acute Care for Elders Unit, SFGH HONORS AND AWARDS: 1981 Illinois State Scholar 1981 National Merit Finalist 1984 Richter Fellowship, University of Chicago Research Award 1986-87 National Medical Fellowship 1989 Stanley J. Sarnoff Fellowship, Medical Student Research Fellowship 1990 National Institutes of Health, Medical Student Research Fellowship (declined) 1994 Medical Chief Resident 2008-09 Nominated for SFGH John Murray Award 2008 National Association of Public Hospitals Safety Net Awards Honorable Mention KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST:
Healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, medical errors, medical education, geriatrics, cognitive decline in hospitalized elders, functional decline in hospitalized elders PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Memberships 1992- American College of Physicians 2001- Society for General Internal Medicine 2006- American Geriatrics Society SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS 2001-2007 Ad hoc reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine (18 papers in this 6 year period) 2010 Ad hoc reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine (one paper) 2003-2006 Ad hoc reviewer for JAMA (three papers) 2007-2010 Ad hoc reviewer for JAMA (five papers) 2008 Ad hoc reviewer for JAGS (one paper) INVITED PRESENTATIONS NATIONAL 2001 Society for General Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting; San Diego, poster 2002 Society for General Internal Medicine; Annual Meeting; San Francisco, poster 2004 Association of American Medical Colleges, Council of Academic Societies; Los Angeles, invited presentation on Errors in Medical Residency 2008 American Geriatrics Society, Annual Meeting; Washington, DC, poster and invited talk to the Healthcare for Low-Income Seniors Special Interest Group 2008 Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 2008 Presentation on Acute Care for Elders Unit 2009 American Geriatrics Society, Annual Meeting; Washington, DC, poster 2009 Society for General Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting; Orlando, poster LOCAL 2006 Women Healthcare Executives; Bay Area. Invited presentation on Care for Hospitalized Older Adults 2007 Mayor s Long term Care Coordinating Council, invited presentation on SFGH ACE Unit 2009 Beacon Collaborative Third Annual Patient Safety conference 2009, invited presentation GOVERNMENT and OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2000-05 Examiner for the Veterans Affairs Kenneth Kizer Award 2007 Panel Member, Validation Panels for the AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators 2008-09 Expert Panel Member, Mayor s Alzheimer s Disease Committee UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2002 Grand Rounds, UCSF Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital 2002 Grand Rounds, UCSF Department of Surgery, Moffitt-Long Hospital 2008 Geriatrics Grand Rounds, UCSF Division of Geriatrics, case discussion 2009 Geriatrics Grand Rounds, UCSF Division of Geriatrics, case discussion
PUBLIC SERVICE 1999-01 Member, Peer Review/Physician Advisory Group/Quality Assurance Committees of the Health Plan of San Mateo 1999-01 Vice Chair, Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine (PCCM) and Chair, Quality Assurance/Improvement Committee of Department of PCCM, County of San Mateo 2002-06 Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, San Mateo Medical Center 2002-06 Member, Quality Improvement Committee, San Mateo Medical Center 2002-06 Member, Medical Executive Committee, San Mateo Medical Center 2002-06 Chair, WELL Oversight Committee (the committee that oversees the medically indigent program for the County of San Mateo) 2006- Chair, Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit Steering Committee, San Francisco General Hospital 2006-09 Physician Leader, Palliative Care Steering Committee, San Francisco General Hospital 2007- Volunteer faculty, Under-represented in Medicine Mentorship Program (12 hours/yr) 2007- Volunteer faculty, UCSF Medical Student-run free clinic, Clinica Martin-Bora (30 hrs/yr) 2007- SFGH Hospitalist Committee member OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE 2007- Presentations at SFGH Nurse orientation-recognizing delirium in hospitalized older adults-6 hrs/yr 2007- Presentations at Annual Nurse Update, Teamwork, Communication, Delirium, Dementia-2 hrs/yr TEACHING AND MENTORING FORMAL SCHEDULED CLASSES FOR UCSF STUDENTS QTR Academic Year Course No. and Title Teaching Contribution Units Class Size W 2002-03 Quality Intersession for 3 rd Discussion Group Leader, 3 hours 16 year medical students W 2003-04 Quality Intersession for 3 rd Discussion Group Leader, 3 hours 12 year medical students F 2006-07 Geriatrics Interest Group Panel Discussant, 1 hour 20 S 2006-07 Medicine II: Transitional Small Group Leader 6 S 2006-07 Medicine IV: CODA Discussion Group Leader 20 W 2006-2007 Medicine III: Transitions in Small Group Leader 6-10 Care S 2006-07 CPX Small Group Preceptor, 4 hours 8 S 2007-08 Mini-CPX 1 Small Group Preceptor, 4 hours 8 W 2008-2009 Life Cycle Training Small Group Preceptor, 6 hours 12 S 2008-09 Medicine II: Transitional Small Group Leader, 4 hours 6 S 2008-09 Medicine II: Transitional Small Group Leader, 4 hours 6 S 2009-10 Medicine II: Transitional Small Group Leader, 4 hours 6 S 2009-10 Medicine II: Transitional Small Group Leader, 4 hours 6 W 2009-10 Mini-CPX 1 Small Group Preceptor, 4 hours 8 All 2009-2010 Didactic session for 3 rd year medical students at SFGH: Care for Hospitalized Older Adults Didactic session, 2 hours, given 4 times each year. 2-6 All 2010-11 Geriatrics Elective for 4 th year medical students Ward-based elective with didactic sessions. ~ 8 students/year 1
MENTORING QTR Academic Year Mentee Program Current position Hours S 2007-08 Katelyn Gamson Medical Student Training in Aging Medical student II 30 Research (MSTAR) Program S 2008-2009 Cynthia So Dean s Summer Research Program Medical student I 50 W 2008-2009 Cynthia So Continuing Research Medical student I 50 S 2010-11 Keith Primeau Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program Medical student II 50 POSTGRADUATE AND OTHER COURSES 2002 Continuing Education, UCSF Division of Geriatrics Gave one lecture 2007 Continuing Education, UCSF Department of Medicine Gave two lectures 2010 Continuing Education, UCSF Department of Medicine Gave one lectures PREDOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED OR MENTORED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS DIRECTLY SUPERVISED OR MENTORED INFORMAL TEACHING 2000-02 Attending, Medical Service, SFVAMC, Attending: I attended 2 months each year from (6 sessions), supervising 6 housestaff and medical students each session. 2001-02 Attending, Geriatrics Clinic, SFVAMC: I attended a one-half day a week session supervising 4 Attending, SFVAMC Nursing Home Care Unit: I attended throughout the year, supervising 2 fellows 2003-04 Attending, San Mateo Medical Center Emergency Department: I attended 2 half-day sessions 2005-06 Attending, North County Health Center: I attend in this clinic 3 half-days a week 2006-07 Attending Medical Wards, San Francisco General Hospital: I attended 3 months this year, supervising 3 medicine residents, 12 interns housestaff, 8 medical students. 2006-07 Attending, General Medical Clinics, San Francisco General Hospital, supervising 8 medical residents 2007- Acute Care for Elders Attending. I attend on this service 10 months a year and give lectures throughout the year to medical housestaff and students on a variety of topics including delirium, incontinence, and falls. 2007-08 Attending Medical Wards, San Francisco General Hospital: I attended 2 months this year, supervising 2 medicine residents, 8 interns housestaff, 6 medical students. 2008-09 Attending Medical Wards, San Francisco General Hospital: I attended 2 months this year, supervising 2 medicine residents, 8 interns housestaff, 6 medical students. 2009-10 Attending Medical Wards, San Francisco General Hospital: I attended 1 month this year, supervising 2 medicine residents, 8 interns housestaff, 6 medical students. This year we started a new program on the Acute Care for Elders Unit for Family Medicine Interns. An intern is with us for 8 months a year, ~8-12 days/ month for ½ day. We provide bedside teaching and didactic sessions (6 hours/month). 2010-2011 Attending Medical Wards, San Francisco General Hospital: I attended 1 month this year, supervising 2 medicine residents, 8 interns housestaff, 6 medical students. Our program on the Acute Care for Elders Unit for Family Medicine Interns expanded to 12 months a year, ~8-12 days/ month for ½ day. We provide bedside teaching and didactic sessions (6 hours/month). FACULTY MENTORING W 2008-2009 Josette Rivera Mentorship program, Division of Junior faculty 2 Geriatrics W 2008-2009 Margarita Sotelo New faculty mentorship Junior faculty 30
OTHER VISITING FACULTY SUPERVISED TEACHING AIDS OTHER TEACHING AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS SUMMARY OF TEACHING HOURS: 2006-07 Total anticipated hours of teaching: 410 hours Attending, Medicine Wards, three months, 300 hours Attending, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, five months, 40 hours Attending, General Medicine Clinics, precepting medical residents 50 2007-08 Total hours of teaching: 450 hours Attending, Medicine Wards, three months, 300 hours Attending, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, ten months, 80 hours Mentoring Fellows, medical students, 50 hours 2008-2009 Total hours of teaching: 350 hours Attending, Medicine Wards, two months, 220 hours Attending, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, ten months, 100 hours Mentoring Fellows, medical students, 50 hours 2009-2010 Total hours of teaching 410 hours Attending, Medicine Wards, one month, 110 hours Attending, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, ten months, 200 hours Mentoring Fellows, medical students, 80 hours 2010-2011 Total hours anticipated teaching hours, 410 hours Attending, Medicine Wards, one month, 110 hours Attending, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, ten months, 200 hours Mentoring Fellows, medical students, 80 hours RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS Ongoing Research Support 3R01AG029233-02S1 SETH C. LANDEFELD, MD (PI) 09/01/2006 08/31/2009
Depression Symptoms among Hospitalized Older Persons, a prospective cohort study of the prevalence and correlates of depression in hospitalized older adults over a one year period after hospital discharge. Role: Investigator Bechtel New Investigator Award 01/01/2009-01/01/2010 Investigate and identify risk factors and preventive strategies for Alzheimer s Disease. Role: Investigator PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Pierluissi E, Fischer MA, Campbell AR, Landefeld CS. Discussion of Medical Errors in Morbidity and Mortality Conferences. JAMA 2003;290: 2838-2842 OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES SUMMARY OF RESEARCH PROGRAM