James Deardorff, MD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address490 Illinois Street, #81B
San Francisco CA 94158
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    University of California, Los AngelesBS06/2013Biochemistry
    St. Louis University School of MedicineMD05/2017Medicine
    Duke University Medical Center 06/2020Internal Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco06/2021Geriatrics Fellowship
    University of California, San Francisco06/2023T32 Aging Research Fellow

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    James Deardorff is a geriatrician and Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF. Dr. Deardorff attended medical school at Saint Louis University, internal medicine residency at Duke University, and geriatrics fellowship at UCSF. Following a 2-year T32 aging research fellowship at UCSF, he joined the division of Geriatrics as research faculty in July 2023. He received training in epidemiology and biostatistics through the 1-year Advanced Training in Clinical Research certificate program at UCSF.

    Dr. Deardorff’s research interest involves improving clinical care and decision making for medically complex older adults at critical transition points in their lives, such as a skilled nursing facility admission. He has completed two projects focused on the development of clinical prediction models to predict mortality risk and need for nursing home level of care among persons with dementia.

    In his clinical work, Dr. Deardorff provides care for individuals at the Jewish Home skilled nursing facility and in the hospital on the geriatrics-orthopedic surgery co-management service and general geriatrics consult service.

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    1. Development and External Validation of Models to Predict Need for Nursing Home Level of Care in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Jan 01; 184(1):81-91. Deardorff WJ, Jeon SY, Barnes DE, Boscardin WJ, Langa KM, Covinsky KE, Mitchell SL, Lee SJ, Smith AK. PMID: 38048097; PMCID: PMC10696518.
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    2. Around the EQUATOR with Clin-STAR: Prediction modeling opportunities and challenges in aging research. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jun; 72(6):1658-1668. Deardorff WJ, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ. PMID: 38032070; PMCID: PMC11137550.
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    3. Frequency of Screening for Colorectal Cancer by Predicted Life Expectancy Among Adults 76-85 Years. JAMA. 2023 10 03; 330(13):1280-1282. Deardorff WJ, Lu K, Jing B, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Fung KZ, Lee SJ. PMID: 37676665; PMCID: PMC10485741.
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    4. Incorporating Prognosis into Clinical Decision-Making for Older Adults with Diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 10; 38(13):2857-2859. Deardorff WJ, Covinsky K. PMID: 37464148; PMCID: PMC10593647.
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    5. Medication misuse and overuse in community-dwelling persons with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 10; 71(10):3086-3098. Deardorff WJ, Jing B, Growdon ME, Yaffe K, Boscardin WJ, Boockvar KS, Steinman MA. PMID: 37272899; PMCID: PMC10592653.
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    6. Improving Clinical Applicability of Mortality Prediction Models Among Persons With Dementia-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 05 01; 183(5):499. Deardorff WJ, Smith AK, Lee SJ. PMID: 36972064; PMCID: PMC11233193.
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    7. Development and External Validation of a Mortality Prediction Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 11 01; 182(11):1161-1170. Deardorff WJ, Barnes DE, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Langa KM, Covinsky KE, Mitchell SL, Whitlock EL, Smith AK, Lee SJ. PMID: 36156062; PMCID: PMC9513707.
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    8. Fingerstick glucose monitoring by cognitive impairment status in Veterans Affairs nursing home residents with diabetes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 11; 70(11):3176-3184. Nguyen B, Deardorff WJ, Shi Y, Jing B, Lee AK, Lee SJ. PMID: 35924668; PMCID: PMC9705158.
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    9. Do functional status and Medicare claims data improve the predictive accuracy of an electronic health record mortality index? Findings from a national Veterans Affairs cohort. BMC Geriatr. 2022 05 18; 22(1):434. Deardorff WJ, Jing B, Jeon SY, Boscardin WJ, Lee AK, Fung KZ, Lee SJ. PMID: 35585537; PMCID: PMC9118715.
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    10. Comparing Machine Learning to Regression Methods for Mortality Prediction Using Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Clinical Data. Med Care. 2022 06 01; 60(6):470-479. Jing B, Boscardin WJ, Deardorff WJ, Jeon SY, Lee AK, Donovan AL, Lee SJ. PMID: 35352701; PMCID: PMC9106858.
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    11. Mild cognitive impairment as a clinical and research outcome: Ready for prime time? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 05; 70(5):1361-1364. Deardorff WJ, Lee SJ. PMID: 35293612; PMCID: PMC9714338.
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    12. Time to Benefit of Bisphosphonate Therapy for the Prevention of Fractures Among Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 01 01; 182(1):33-41. Deardorff WJ, Cenzer I, Nguyen B, Lee SJ. PMID: 34807231; PMCID: PMC8609461.
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    13. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Oct; 69(10):2783-2785. Deardorff WJ, Binford SS, Cole I, James T, Rathfon M, Rennke S, Wallhagen M. PMID: 34228350; PMCID: PMC8447172.
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    14. Hospitalization Risk Among Older Adults with Sensory Impairments: Development of a Prognostic Model. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 11; 68(11):2650-2655. Deardorff WJ, Sloane RJ, Pavon JM, Hastings SN, Whitson HE. PMID: 32852787; PMCID: PMC7988218.
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    15. Regulation of Iron Homeostasis through Parkin-Mediated Lactoferrin Ubiquitylation. Biochemistry. 2020 08 18; 59(32):2916-2921. Gholkar AA, Schmollinger S, Velasquez EF, Lo YC, Cohn W, Capri J, Dharmarajan H, Deardorff WJ, Gao LW, Abdusamad M, Whitelegge JP, Torres JZ. PMID: 32786404; PMCID: PMC7803182.
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    16. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 08; 67(8):1617-1624. Deardorff WJ, Liu PL, Sloane R, Van Houtven C, Pieper CF, Hastings SN, Cohen HJ, Whitson HE. PMID: 30924932; PMCID: PMC6684393.
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    17. Behavioral and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's dementia and vascular dementia. Handb Clin Neurol. 2019; 165:5-32. Deardorff WJ, Grossberg GT. PMID: 31727229.
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    18. A fixed-dose combination of memantine extended-release and donepezil in the treatment of moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2016; 10:3267-3279. Deardorff WJ, Grossberg GT. PMID: 27757016; PMCID: PMC5055113.
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    19. Pharmacotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of severe Alzheimer's disease. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2016 Sep; 17(13):1789-800. Deardorff WJ, Grossberg GT. PMID: 27450461.
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    20. Targeting neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: evidence for NSAIDs and novel therapeutics. Expert Rev Neurother. 2017 01; 17(1):17-32. Deardorff WJ, Grossberg GT. PMID: 27293026.
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    21. Efficacy of rivastigmine tartrate, transdermal system, in Alzheimer's disease. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2016; 17(6):861-70. Nieto RA, Deardorff WJ, Grossberg GT. PMID: 26918774.
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    22. The Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors Across All Stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Drugs Aging. 2015 Jul; 32(7):537-47. Deardorff WJ, Feen E, Grossberg GT. PMID: 26033268.
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    23. Tctex1d2 associates with short-rib polydactyly syndrome proteins and is required for ciliogenesis. Cell Cycle. 2015; 14(7):1116-25. Gholkar AA, Senese S, Lo YC, Capri J, Deardorff WJ, Dharmarajan H, Contreras E, Hodara E, Whitelegge JP, Jackson PK, Torres JZ. PMID: 25830415; PMCID: PMC4614626.
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    24. Safety and clinical effects of EVP-6124 in subjects with Alzheimer's disease currently or previously receiving an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor medication. Expert Rev Neurother. 2015 Jan; 15(1):7-17. Deardorff WJ, Shobassy A, Grossberg GT. PMID: 25495510.
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    25. A review of the clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability of the antidepressants vilazodone, levomilnacipran and vortioxetine. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2014 Dec; 15(17):2525-42. Deardorff WJ, Grossberg GT. PMID: 25224953.
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