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Katherine Aragon, MD - Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology

Katherine Aragon, MD

Assistant Professor

Katherine Aragon, MD

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

Palliative Medicine, pain and symptom control and improving quality of life for those living with serious illness. Education and quality improvement interests include serious illness communication skills and improving advance care planning processes.

About

Selected Bibliography:
Aragon K, Gonzales M (2015) Nausea and Vomiting: Evaluation in Hospitalized Patients, in Pantilat, S. et.al. (ed) Hospital-Based Palliative Medicine: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach, Wiley-Blackwell, 49-60.

Aragon K, Covinsky K, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Flint L, Smith AK. Use of the Medicare Posthospitalization Skilled Nursing Benefit in the Last 6 Months of Life. Arch Intern Med. Oct 1 2012:1-7.

 

  • BS

    University of Notre Dame, 2004

  • MD

    Stritch School of Medicine Loyola Chicago, 2008

  • Residency

    University of California San Francisco, 2008-2011

  • Fellowship

    University of California San Francisco, 2011-2012