Katherine Ward, MD
Katie Ward is the Director of Geriatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She attended college at UCSD and completed medical school at St. Louis University. She also trained at OHSU for Internal Medicine and UCLA for Geriatric Fellowship. Prior to coming to Harbor-UCLA she practiced at UCLA in the Division of Geriatric Medicine. Teaching (*medicine and geriatrics) is her passion. Her other interests include palliative care, skilled nursing facility care, care transitions, safe opioid prescribing, elder mistreatment and neglect, ethno geriatrics, geriatric assessment, and communication skills, medical-legal partnerships
Undergraduate: UCSD
Medical School: Saint Louis University
Residency: Oregon Health and Sciences University
Fellowship: VA-UCLA Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Hospice & Palliative Medicine
GIM, Geriatrics, Palliative Care
Grants: Early, Medical-Based Detection of Elder and Dependent Adults Who Have Been Abused and/or Neglected; An Integrated, Whole-Person Approach to Opioid Addiction in the LA County Agency; Integrating Special Populations – UCLA CTSI
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA