Katherine Ward, M.D.
Katherine Ward, M.D.Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Geriatrics

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