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Kenneth Lam, MD, MAS

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address3333 California Street, #435N
San Francisco CA 94118
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    I am a geriatrician, health services researcher, and Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF. My primary research and work interests are on institutionalization; as a geriatrician who regularly counsels persons as they encounter health crises and declining function and are debating whether it is safe to stay at home, I am interested in investigating the experience of disability in late life, how disability threatens independence, methods for objectively measuring the “need” for institutionalization, and what services and equipment can be provided to postpone institutionalization and help people “age in place” instead.

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    University of California, San Francisco, San FranciscoMAS2021Clinical Research
    University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaFellowship2019Geriatric Medicine
    University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaResidency2017Internal Medicine
    Western University, London, CanadaMD2014
    Stanford University, Stanford, CABSc2009Chemical Engineering
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    American Geriatrics Society2022New Investigator Award
    UCSF2019MSTAR Best Clinical Mentor Award
    University of Toronto2017Hollenberg Research Award, Education/Quality Improvement Research
    Western University2014Honours Society

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    The Epidemiology, Experience and Effects of Supports for Disabled Older Adults
    NIH/NCATS KL2TR001870Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2024
    Role: PI of subaward
    Description: The objective of this grant is to describe the supports of disabled and non-disabled older adults and investigate whether supports palliate disability.

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    1. Assessing the feasibility of linking Section G and Section GG measures of function in skilled nursing facilities. Gerontologist. 2026 May 22. Lam K, White EM, McConeghy KW, Scherer LD, Stevens-Lapsley J, Mor V, Smyth H, Gutman R. PMID: 42172600.
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    2. Undiagnosed dementia and mortality among older adults in the United States and Brazil: A cross-national cohort study. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71430. Aliberti MJR, Avelino-Silva TJ, Covinsky KE, Lam K, Lee SJ, Bertola L, Ferri CP, Lima-Costa MF, Mambrini JVM, Miguel ACC, Gross AL, Suemoto CK. PMID: 42056069; PMCID: PMC13128339.
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    3. Social Participation Before and After Long-Term Care Entry-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Mar 01; 186(3):383-384. Lam K, Covinsky KE, Kotwal AA. PMID: 41587067.
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    4. Can I Stay, or Must I Go Now? A Cohort Study of Discharge Appeals in a Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 Apr; 27(4):106108. Deardorff WJ, Tominaga G, Harrison JD, Weerahandi H, Miller MJ, Yukawa M, Lam K. PMID: 41644102; PMCID: PMC13101059.
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    5. An Updated Mortality and Community Discharge Prognostic Model for Older Adults Admitted to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Post-Acute Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 Apr; 27(4):106103. Deardorff WJ, Gan S, Jing B, Lam K, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ. PMID: 41633538; PMCID: PMC13070420.
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    6. What Role Do Medical Professionals Have Supporting Caregivers? JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Nov 03; 8(11):e2544321. Lam K, Tate CE. PMID: 41259031.
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    7. Social Participation Among Older Adults Before and After Long-Term Care Facility Entry. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Oct 01; 185(10):1257-1265. Lam K, Cenzer I, Ankuda CK, Levy CR, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Kotwal AA. PMID: 40758370; PMCID: PMC12322826.
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    8. Towards a Balanced View of Benefits and Harms in Deprescribing Trials. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jun; 73(6):1671-1673. Lam K, Garfield T, Anderson TS. PMID: 40231793; PMCID: PMC12213159.
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    9. Developing an Intervention to Enhance Aging in Place for Older Veterans Living in Permanent Supportive Housing. Gerontologist. 2025 04 09; 65(5). Su K, Maitra MR, Peeples AD, Goodman O, Tsai J, Lee D, Lam K, Lubens P, Zamora K, Shak E, Brown RT. PMID: 39878691; PMCID: PMC13031172.
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    10. "Nobody Can Be Equipped for This": Advice From New Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 May; 73(5):1506-1516. Lam K, Harrison JD, Haller L, Deardorff WJ, Sudore RL, Covinsky KE, Matlock DD, Dohan D. PMID: 40035442; PMCID: PMC12101956.
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    11. Designing a Best Possible Caregiver History to Facilitate Disposition Planning for Older Adults in Emergency Departments. J Geriatr Emerg Med. 2024; 5(3). de Sola-Smith K, Growdon M, Chary AN, Portz JD, Lam K. PMID: 40727537; PMCID: PMC12303133.
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    12. Daily care hours among caregivers of older emergency department patients with dementia and undiagnosed cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Oct; 72(10):3261-3264. Galske J, Chera T, Hwang U, Monin JK, Venkatesh A, Lam K, Leggett AN, Gettel C. PMID: 38970304; PMCID: PMC11461120.
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    13. Long-term outcomes after rehabilitation in Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 06; 72(6):1697-1706. Lam K, Kleijwegt H, Bollens-Lund E, Nicholas LH, Covinsky KE, Ankuda CK. PMID: 38597342; PMCID: PMC11488442.
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    14. The Natural History of Disability and Caregiving Before and After Long-Term Care Entry. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 12 01; 183(12):1295-1303. Lam K, Cenzer I, Levy CR, Matlock DD, Smith AK, Covinsky KE. PMID: 37930717; PMCID: PMC10628843.
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    15. Older Adults Receiving Rehabilitation Services Are More Likely to Get Bathing and Toileting Equipment Installed. Am J Occup Ther. 2023 Jan 01; 77(1). Simning A, Caprio TV, Lam K. PMID: 36791425; PMCID: PMC9969985.
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    16. Return to community living and mortality after moving to a long-term care facility: A nationally representative cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 02; 71(2):569-576. Lam K, Cenzer I, Covinsky KE. PMID: 36420717; PMCID: PMC9957796.
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    17. Ensuring Assisted Living Provides the Assistance Residents Need. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 09 01; 5(9):e2233877. Lam K, Covinsky KE. PMID: 36173635; PMCID: PMC10173950.
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    18. More POLST forms are being completed in nursing homes, but is this meaningful? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 07; 70(7):1950-1953. Lam K, Haddock L, Yukawa M. PMID: 35642687; PMCID: PMC9283298.
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    19. Sliding scale insulin use in a national cohort study of nursing home residents with type 2 diabetes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 07; 70(7):2008-2018. Lam K, Gan S, Nguyen B, Jing B, Lee SJ. PMID: 35357692; PMCID: PMC9283241.
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    20. How an Interdisciplinary Care Team Reduces Prolonged Admissions Among Older Patients with Complex Needs. NEJM Catalyst. 2021; 2(9). Lam K, Price EL, Garg M, Baskin N, Dunchak M, Hooper S, Fabiny A, Eng JA. View Publication.
    21. Perspectives on ageing: a qualitative study of the expectations, priorities, needs and values of older people from two Canadian provinces. Age Ageing. 2021 09 11; 50(5):1811-1819. Savage RD, Hardacre K, Bashi AM, Bronskill SE, Faulkner C, Grieve J, Gruneir A, McCarthy LM, Chamberlain SA, Lam K, Stall NM, Zhu L, Rochon PA. PMID: 34228777; PMCID: PMC8522684.
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    22. Unmet Need for Equipment to Help With Bathing and Toileting Among Older US Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 05 01; 181(5):662-670. Lam K, Shi Y, Boscardin J, Covinsky KE. PMID: 33749707; PMCID: PMC7985819.
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    23. Prediabetes-A Risk Factor Twice Removed. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 04 01; 181(4):520-521. Lam K, Lee SJ. PMID: 33555307; PMCID: PMC10103789.
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    24. Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Oct 01; 180(10):1389-1391. Lam K, Lu AD, Shi Y, Covinsky KE. PMID: 32744593; PMCID: PMC7400189.
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    25. Health Forums and Twitter for Dementia Research: Opportunities and Considerations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 12; 68(12):2881-2889. Mehta N, Zhu L, Lam K, Stall NM, Savage R, Read SH, Wu W, Pop P, Faulkner C, Bronskill SE, Rochon PA. PMID: 32894780.
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    26. Comment on: Antipsychotics and the Risk of Mortality or Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Hospitalized Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 08; 68(8):1880-1881. Lam K. PMID: 32462736.
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    27. Evaluation of a Common Prescribing Cascade of Calcium Channel Blockers and Diuretics in Older Adults With Hypertension. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 05 01; 180(5):643-651. Savage RD, Visentin JD, Bronskill SE, Wang X, Gruneir A, Giannakeas V, Guan J, Lam K, Luke MJ, Read SH, Stall NM, Wu W, Zhu L, Rochon PA, McCarthy LM. PMID: 32091538; PMCID: PMC7042805.
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    28. Does Physician Retirement Affect Patients? A Systematic Review. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 03; 68(3):641-649. Lam K, Arnold CG, Savage RD, Stall NM, Zhu L, Wu W, Piggott K, Bronskill SE, Rochon PA. PMID: 31647590.
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    29. Often Off-label: Questionable Gabapentinoid Use Noted at Hospital Admission Warrants Deprescribing. J Hosp Med. 2019 09; 14(9):579-580. Lam K, Rochon PA, Steinman MA. PMID: 31507352; PMCID: PMC6716494.
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    30. Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and risk of genital mycotic and urinary tract infection: A population-based study of older women and men with diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 11; 21(11):2394-2404. Lega IC, Bronskill SE, Campitelli MA, Guan J, Stall NM, Lam K, McCarthy LM, Gruneir A, Rochon PA. PMID: 31264755.
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    31. Factors associated with attendance at primary care appointments after discharge from hospital: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2018 Oct-Dec; 6(4):E587-E593. Lam K, Abrams HB, Matelski J, Okrainec K. PMID: 30510042; PMCID: PMC6277252.
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    32. The Top Articles in Geriatrics 2016-2017. Can Geriatr J. 2018 Sep; 21(3):210-217. Lam K, Gandell D. PMID: 30271509; PMCID: PMC6136911.
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    33. Impact of patient-centered discharge tools: A systematic review. J Hosp Med. 2017 02; 12(2):110-117. Okrainec K, Lau D, Abrams HB, Hahn-Goldberg S, Brahmbhatt R, Huynh T, Lam K, Bell CM. PMID: 28182809.
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    34. Toxic Alcohol Calculations and Misinterpretation Of Laboratory Results-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 08 01; 176(8):1229-30. Fralick M, Lam K, Himmel ME. PMID: 27479670.
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    35. Hemodialysis in a Healthy Patient--A Case of an Erroneous Laboratory Result: A Teachable Moment. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr; 176(4):431-2. Himmel ME, Lam K, Fralick M. PMID: 26903235.
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    36. "And you, my father, there on the sad height". CMAJ. 2014 Feb 18; 186(3):214. Lam K. PMID: 24446458; PMCID: PMC3928221.
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    37. Creating the right evidence for system change. Healthc Q. 2013; 16(3):22-6. Lam K, Hwang SW, Dhalla IA, Hota S, Thorpe K, Palda VA, Brown A, Klein DJ. PMID: 24034773.
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