Contact Sonja L. RosenDr. Sonja Rosen MD, FACP, AGSF is a national leader in geriatrics. She serves as both the Medical Director and Chief of Geriatrics at Cedars-Sinai. She is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai. She was previously Chief of Geriatric Medicine at UCLA Medical Center, SM and Medical Director of UCLA Medical Center, SM Geriatric Inpatient Unit. Dr. Rosen completed her fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at UCLA, residency in Internal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA, and medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society. Dr Rosen’s research and clinical interests include safe transitions of care and safe prescribing in older persons, population health strategies in Medicare Advantage, geriatric assessment, combatting social isolation, and fall prevention. She is the author of multiple chapters and research publications in these areas, and is a national and internal speaker on her original research and geriatric models of care. Dr. Rosen developed the pre-discharge pharmacy medication reconciliation program at UCLA-SM, which successfully reduced all cause 30-day readmissions and became an Advisory Council best practice recommendation. Most recently, she helped develop the Geriatric Fracture Program at Cedars-Sinai, a model of care as an Age-Friendly Health System Committed to Care Excellence. Dr. Rosen is currently a Co-Investigator for an AARP Foundation Grant titled Leveraging Exercise to Age in Place (LEAP), which has successfully helped combat social isolation through evidence-based community exercise classes, and serves as Geriatrician Leader for a Cedars-Sinai NIA grant multicenter RCT to reduce post-hospital utilization. She is also Co-Chair of the working group for social engagement for Purposeful Aging Los Angeles (PALA) for LA County and LA City.
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Medical School: Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Graduation Year: 2001
Professional Webpage: bio.csmc.edu/view/18372/Sonja-Rosen.aspx
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Board Certified, Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine, ABIM
Board Certified, Geriatric Medicine, ABIM
Board Certified, Internal Medicine, ABIM
Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Section Chief, Geriatric Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Medical Director, Geriatric Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Network
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai
AGS Quality & Performance Measurement Committee
Chair, Patient Safety Committee, CSMCF
August 2013–2018 WISE & Healthy Aging, Board of Directors
2018 – present Social Isolation Impact Coalition
2019 Critical Supports Program Leadership Council, Jewish Federation of Los Angeles
July 2019 - present Purposeful Aging Los Angeles (PALA) Advisory Board, LA City Dept of Aging
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1LU6iuj8muvEsh/bibliography/public/
Geriatric Pharmacy Pilot’s Effect on Reducing 30-Day Readmission Rates. UHC Annual Meeting (now Vizient), invited Podium Presentation. Las Vegas, Nevada. October 2014.
Hospital Care of Older Patients: Setting New Standards for Excellence. UCLA DOM Grand Rounds, Tamkin Auditorium. March 2015.
Safe Medication Transitions in Frailty Patients. Paper Presentation. IAGG World Congress July 2017. San Francisco, CA.
Successful strategies for caring for a Medicare Advantage Population: Total Care Management (TCM) at Cedars-Sinai. UCSD DOM Grand Rounds, September 5, 2018. San Diego, CA.
The Care Extender Program for a Medicare Advantage Population: Strategies for a Medicare Advantage Population. Keynote speaker, National Readmission Prevention Collaborative. September 27, 2018. Oakland, CA.
Geriatric Medicine & Geriatric Models of Care. Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Department of Medicine, Harvey Morse Auditorium, March 1, 2019. Los Angeles, CA.
Implementing a Geriatric Fracture Program within a complex environment. British Society of Gerontology (BSG) Annual Meeting, University of Liverpool. Symposium Podium Presentation. July 11, 2019. Liverpool, UK
Leveraging Exercise to Age in Place (LEAP): Engaging Older Adults in Community-Based Exercise to Combat Social Isolation. British Society of Gerontology (BSG) Annual Meeting, University of Liverpool. Podium Presentation. July 11, 2019. Liverpool, UK
AARP Foundation Financial Resilience Poverty Solutions Forum. AV Irvine, Irvine. CA. Invited Speaker / Panelist. October 23, 2019.
Implementing a Geriatric Fracture Program within a complex environment. Gerontological Society of American (GSA) 71rst Annual Scientific Meeting. Podium Presentation. November 16, 2019. Austin, Texas.
Leveraging Exercise to Age in Place (LEAP): Engaging Older Adults in Community-Based Exercise to Combat Social Isolation, Focus Group findings. Gerontological Society of American (GSA) 71rst Annual Scientific Meeting. Podium Presentation. November 16, 2019. Austin, Texas.
Publications:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1LU6iuj8muvEsh/bibliography/public/
Reuben DB, Rosen S., Schickendanz H. Principles of Geriatric Assessment. Hazzard’s Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 7th McGraw Hill 2017.
DB, Rosen S. Principles of Geriatric Assessment. Hazzard’s Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 6th McGraw Hill 2009.
Garcia, M. Rosen S, Koretz B, Reuben DB. Chapter 25: Presentation of Disease in Old Age. Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatrics and Clinical , 8th Elsevier Health Sciences 2016.
Rosen S, Koretz B, Reuben DB. Chapter 25: Presentation of Disease in Old Age. Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7th Elsevier Health Sciences 2010.
Rosen S, Mariano J. Geriatric Principles for the AMA Geriatric Care by Design e-book 2011.
Rosen S (Editor), Chen G. Geriatric Principles for the AMA Geriatric Care by Design e-book 2015
Rosen S (Author), Whiteman E, Mays A. Wellness In Older Individuals. The Handbook of Wellness Medicine, Cambridge University Press. 2020.
Rosen S (Author). Geriatrics Review Syllabus (GRS) 11. Assessment chapter. July 2020.
BOOKS
Rosen S (Editor) Geriatric Medicine: A Person Centered Evidence-Based Approach, 5th Springer 2020.
Reviews
Rosen S, Weintraub N. The efficacy of performing screening mammograms in the frail elderly population. Journal of the American Medical Directors' Association. 2006 May; 7(4):230-3.
Rosen S. Delirium in the Elderly. A case report. Proceedings of UCLA Healthcare 2006, Vol 10.
Rosen SL, Reuben DB. Geriatric Assessment. Mt Sinai J Med. 2011 Jul-Aug;78(4):489-97. doi: 10.1002/msj.20277.
Tran, HP, Rosen S. Renal Cysts in Geriatric Outpatient Primary Care" Proceedings of UCLA Healthcare 2016, Vol. 20.
McGalliard B, Shane R, Rosen S. A pill organizing plight [Spotlight]. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2016.
Co-Investigator for awarded NIA grant A MultiCenter RCTvof Pharmacist-Directed Transitional Care to Reduce Post-Hospitalization Utilization
Co-investigator in our AARP Grant for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Network,with help from community partners, will provide additional older adult opportunities to engagein evidenced based community exercise programs to improve their wellness, decrease their risk of falling, and improve social connectedness.
M.D., University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
2001
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