ThomasYoshikawaMD

Professor, Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

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I am a board-certified physician practicing academic medicine in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and infectious diseases, currently at VA Medical Center in West Los Angeles. I am a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Research Professor at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. I have previously held positions of Chief of Division of Geriatric Medicine; Chairman, Dept. of Medicine;Interim Dean, College of Medicine; Interim President of a Health Science University; and national Director of VA Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care in VA Central Office, Washington, DC. My field of interest is in infectious diseases in older adults. I have published over 200 scientific articles and 18 books/monographs.

Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1967 - 1970
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1966 - 1967
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1966
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease

David Solomon Memorial Award for Advancement of Knowledge of Caring for Older Adults American Geriatrics Society, 2016
Thomas & Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation (naming of award ) American Geriatrics Society, 2016
Marsha Goodwin-Beck for Outstanding Leadership in Geriatrics (VA) Department of Veterans Affairs, 2012

PubMed

1 citations
Germs, geriatrics, and grandpa: Generations of gaps, goals, and goodness.
Thomas T. Yoshikawa
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021-10-01
Disproportionate attack rates of COVID-19 among older black adults.
Thomas T. Yoshikawa
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021-08-23
Coordinated outreach for veterans in long-term care facilities by an integrated Veterans Affairs healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alexander Winnett, Lauren P Jatt, Linda Sohn, Marcia Lysaght, Thomas T. Yoshikawa
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021-06-01

Delayed Recognition May Account for High COVID Death Rate in Black Seniors, Doc WarnsAugust 24th, 2021
Children, Elders Hit by Common Virus That Can Turn DeadlyMarch 2nd, 2016
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Welcomes Dr. William B. Applegate as New Editor-in-Chief > Press / in the Media > the American Geriatrics SocietyDecember 4th, 2015