Content by Dr. Michael Steinman

Dr. Michael Steinman is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center. A geriatrician-researcher, he cares for older adults in outpatient and inpatient settings and conducts research evaluating how older adults use medications, the problems that arise from medication overuse and misuse, and strategies for improving pharmaceutical care for older adults. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and he is co-principal investigator of the US Deprescribing Research Network, Associate Director of the UCSF Pepper Center for Aging Research, and co-chair of the American Geriatrics Society BEERS Criteria of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Adults.