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Anu Madhavan

Anu Madhavan receives recognition for delivering exceptional patient care

Dr. Anu Madhavan received an appreciative note from a UCSF doctor for the care she provided to a patient who died in the hospital this past month. UCSF has a real time centralized mortality case review process in which providers are asked to give real-time feedback for improvements and have the opportunity to share comments about what went well in the care of the patient.  The provider in this case was very appreciative of the care Dr. Madhavan provided.

Carla Perissinotto

Carla Perissinotto Speaks About the Effects of Loneliness on Health

Dr. Carla Perissinotto spoke in Monterey at LeadingAGE national conference together with Amber Carroll from Covia on the effects of loneliness on health and potential solutions.

She also spoke with Louise Hawkley at Annual the American College of Preventive Medicine conference on the effects of Loneliness and Isolation on Health.

Lastly, together with her mother Gloria, they were interviewed for a podcast examining the experience of loneliness and the health effects.  They reflected on the death of her father, and how widowhood and grief intersect with loneliness.  https://safespaceradio.com/can-we-talk-loneliness/