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Dr. Dan Osterweil, professor of medicine at University of California Los Angeles, completed a geriatrics fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Osterweil is the medical director for Silverado Senior Living in Calabasas, California. He is the founder of the Specialized Ambulatory Geriatric Evaluation (S+AGE^TM) Clinic, a community-based, geriatric assessment center in Sherman Oaks.

Dr. Osterweil is the emeritus-editor of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), which he has founded. He is a member of the editorial board of Caring for the Ages. Dr. Osterweil co-authored two editions of Medical Care in the Nursing Home, is the co-editor of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, and has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

His areas of expertise include cognitive and functional assessment, particularly fall assessment, management of dementia, pressure ulcers and continuous quality improvement in the nursing home, planning and implementation of the work processes in the nursing home, in-depth knowledge of nursing home state and federal regulations, and practice innovations. Dr. Osterweil is director of a UCLA training program entitled Leadership and Management in Geriatrics (LMG) and associate director of the Multicampus Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology at UCLA (MPGMG). He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians