Anna Chodos, MD, MPH

Education
Fellowship, 2014 - Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco
Certificate, 2013 - Medicine (Advance Training in Clinical Research), University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2011 - Department of Medicine - Primary Care, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2011 - Internal Medicine, Primary Care, ZSFG, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 2008 - School of Medicine, Harvard University
M.P.H., 2008 - School of Public Health, Harvard University
Honors and Awards
  • Richard J. Haber Excellence in Teaching in Primary Care Award, Division General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF, 2015
  • Tideswell, Practice Change Leader, University of California, San Francisco, 2014
  • Institute for Incentives in Health Care Award, Division of Geriatrics, Dept of Medicine, UCSF, 2013
  • Excellent Subspecialty Clinical Fellow, Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, UCSF, 2012
  • Hartford Foundation as a Center of Excellence Scholar, John A. Hartford Foundation, 2011-2015
  • Reza Gandjei Humanism Award, UCSF Department of Medicine, 2011
  • Zuckerman Fellow, Harvard Center for Public Leadership, Kennedy School of Government, 2006-2007
Websites
Publications

  1. Borson S, Au R, Chodos AH, Gandy S, Jain H, Alagor A, Cohn K, Kerwin DR, Mintzer J, Monroe S, Robinson D, Mielke MM, Wilcock DM. Opportunities to encourage adoption of a biomarker-enabled care pathway for Alzheimer's in primary care. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025. PMID: 40071061


  2. Sideman AB, Ma M, Hernandez de Jesus A, Alagappan C, Razon N, Dohan D, Chodos A, Al-Rousan T, Alving LI, Segal-Gidan F, Rosen H, Rankin KP, Possin KL, Borson S. Primary Care Pracitioner Perspectives on the Role of Primary Care in Dementia Diagnosis and Care. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37768660


  3. Rosenthal MA, Ranji SR, Kanzaria HK, Ortiz GM, Chase J, Chodos AH, Nguyen OK, Rodriguez EG, Makam AN. Characterizing patients hospitalized without an acute care indication: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of hospital medicine 2023. PMID: 36757173


  4. Shin SY, Goode CA, Bui NM, Premkumar M, Hill-Sakurai LE, Bernstein Sideman A, Kiekhofer RE, Chodos AH, Dulaney S, Wynn MJ, Barreto Chang OL, Possin KL. Addressing gaps in primary care diagnosis of cognitive impairment via a telephone-based nurse consultation. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023. PMID: 36705443


  5. Chodos AH, Hooper S. Context, humility, and caution in guardianship determination. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36282950


  6. Perry L, Scheerens C, Greene M, Shi Y, Onion Z, Bayudan E, Stern RJ, Gilissen J, Chodos AH. Unmet health-related needs of community-dwelling older adults during COVID-19 lockdown in a diverse urban cohort. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36273406


  7. Sideman AB, Chalmer R, Ayers E, Gershon R, Verghese J, Wolf M, Ansari A, Arvanitis M, Bui N, Chen P, Chodos A, Corriveau R, Curtis L, Ehrlich AR, Farias SET, Goode C, Hill-Sakurai L, Nowinski CJ, Premkumar M, Rankin KP, Ritchie CS, Tsoy E, Weiss E, Possin KL. Lessons from Detecting Cognitive Impairment Including Dementia (DetectCID) in Primary Care. "Anemia in Pregnancy," Chapter 74 in Iffy L. and Kaminetzky H. (editors): Textbook of Obstetrics and Perinatology. 1st edition 2022. PMID: 35124639


  8. Portacolone E, Chodos A, Halpern J, Covinsky KE, Keiser S, Fung J, Rivera E, Tran T, Bykhovsky C, Johnson JK. The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lived Experience of Diverse Older Adults Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment. The Gerontologist 2021. PMID: 33404634


  9. Rosenwohl-Mack A, Dubbin L, Chodos A, Dulaney S, Fang ML, Merrilees J, Portacolone E. Use of Services by People Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review. Innovation in Aging 2021. PMID: 33796795


  10. Arg?elles CA, Aurisano AJ, Batell B, Berger J, Bishai M, Boschi T, Byrnes N, Chatterjee A, Chodos A, Coan T, Cui Y, de Gouv?a A, Denton PB, De Roeck A, Flanagan W, Forero DV, Gandrajula RP, Hatzikoutelis A, Hostert M, Jones B, Kayser BJ, Kelly KJ, Kim D, Kopp J, Kubik A, Lang K, Lepetic I, Machado PAN, Moura CA, Olness F, Park JC, Pascoli S, Prakash S, Rogers L, Safa I, Schneider A, Scholberg K, Shin S, Shoemaker IM, Sinev G, Smithers B, Sousa A, Sui Y, Takhistov V, Thomas J, Todd J, Tsai YD, Tsai YT, Yu J, Zhang C. New opportunities at the next-generation neutrino experiments I: BSM neutrino physics and dark matter. Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain) 2020. PMID: 33226008


  11. Louie JK, Scott HM, Lu W, Chodos A, DuBois A, Sturtz N, Stoltey J. COVID-19-Associated Deaths in San Francisco: the Important Role of Dementia and Atypical Presentations in Long-term Care Facilities. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32935309


  12. . Subjective cognitive decline and elder mistreatment in Mexican community-dwelling older adults. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2020. PMID: 33010789


  13. Chodos AH, Cassel CK, Ritchie CS. Can the Safety Net be Age-Friendly? How to Address Its Important Role in Caring for Older Adults with Geriatric Conditions. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32632790


  14. Fields J, Cemballi AG, Michalec C, Uchida D, Griffiths K, Cardes H, Cuellar J, Chodos AH, Lyles CR. In-Home Technology Training Among Socially Isolated Older Adults: Findings From the Tech Allies Program. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society 2020. PMID: 32141373


  15. Possin KL, Merrilees JJ, Dulaney S, Bonasera SJ, Chiong W, Lee K, Hooper SM, Allen IE, Braley T, Bernstein A, Rosa TD, Harrison K, Begert-Hellings H, Kornak J, Kahn JG, Naasan G, Lanata S, Clark AM, Chodos A, Gearhart R, Ritchie C, Miller BL. Effect of Collaborative Dementia Care via Telephone and Internet on Quality of Life, Caregiver Well-being, and Health Care Use: The Care Ecosystem Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31566651


  16. Farrell TW, Catlin C, Chodos AH, Naik AD, Widera E, Moye J. Caring for Unbefriended Older Adults and Adult Orphans: A Clinician Survey. Clinical Gerontologist 2019. PMID: 31305222


  17. Verma A, Smith AK, Harrison KL, Chodos AH. Ethical Challenges in Caring for Unrepresented Adults: A Qualitative Study of Key Stakeholders. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019. PMID: 31059129


  18. Borson S, Chodosh J, Cordell C, Kallmyer B, Boustani M, Chodos A, Dave JK, Gwyther L, Reed S, Reuben DB, Stabile S, Willis-Parker M, Thies W. Innovation in care for individuals with cognitive impairment: Can reimbursement policy spread best practices? Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2017. PMID: 28926722


  19. Possin KL, Merrilees J, Bonasera SJ, Bernstein A, Chiong W, Lee K, Wilson L, Hooper SM, Dulaney S, Braley T, Laohavanich S, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Schaffer MW, Schenk AK, Heunis J, Ong P, Cook KM, Bowhay AD, Gearhart R, Chodos A, Naasan G, Bindman AB, Dohan D, Ritchie C, Miller BL. Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem. Volume 14 of Issue 3. PLoS medicine 2017. PMID: 28323819


  20. Chodos AH, Kushel MB, Greysen SR, Guzman D, Kessell ER, Sarkar U, Goldman LE, Critchfield JM, Pierluissi E. Hospitalization-Associated Disability in Adults Admitted to a Safety-Net Hospital. Volume 30 of Issue 12. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25986139


  21. Chodos AH, Lee SJ. Journalists, district attorneys and researchers: why IRBs should get in the middle. BMC medical ethics 2015. PMID: 25889147


  22. Chodos AH, Ahalt C, Cenzer IS, Myers J, Goldenson J, Williams BA. Older jail inmates and community acute care use. American journal of public health 2014. PMID: 25033146


  23. Turchin A, Shubina M, Chodos AH, Einbinder JS, Pendergrass ML. Effect of board certification on antihypertensive treatment intensification in patients with diabetes mellitus. Circulation 2008. PMID: 18212279


  24. Sarween N, Chodos A, Raykundalia C, Khan M, Abbas AK, Walker LS. CD4+CD25+ cells controlling a pathogenic CD4 response inhibit cytokine differentiation, CXCR-3 expression, and tissue invasion. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2004. PMID: 15322152


  25. Eggena MP, Walker LS, Nagabhushanam V, Barron L, Chodos A, Abbas AK. Cooperative roles of CTLA-4 and regulatory T cells in tolerance to an islet cell antigen. The Journal of experimental medicine 2004. PMID: 15210748


  26. Walker LS, Chodos A, Eggena M, Dooms H, Abbas AK. Antigen-dependent proliferation of CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells in vivo. The Journal of experimental medicine 2003. PMID: 12874258


  27. Walker LS, Ausubel LJ, Chodos A, Bekarian N, Abbas AK. CTLA-4 differentially regulates T cell responses to endogenous tissue protein versus exogenous immunogen. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2002. PMID: 12444125


  28. Ausubel LJ, Chodos A, Bekarian N, Abbas AK, Walker LS. Functional tolerance is maintained despite proliferation of CD4 T cells after encounter with tissue-derived antigen. Developmental immunology 2002. PMID: 12885158