Lars Osterberg, MD, MPH
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - General Medical Disciplines
Key Documents
Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Bahij Austin Curriculum Development Manager Email Tel Work 723-1536
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Co-Medical Director, Arbor Free Clinic (1999 - present)
- Director, Hypertension Clinic, VA Hospital, Palo Alto (2001 - present)
- Chief, General Internal Medicine, VA Hospital, Palo Alto (2001 - present)
- Director, Educators-4-CARE, Stanford University School of Medicine (2008 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Lawrence H. Mathers Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (2011)
- Kaiser Clinical Teaching Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (2009)
- Community Award, Cingular Wireless (2006)
- Community Service Award, American College of Physicians (2005)
- Lance Armstong Compassion in Medicine Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (2004)
- Kaiser Award, Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (2001)
Professional Education
| MPH: | UC Berkeley, Public Health (2005) |
| Resident: | Internal Medicine, Stanford University Hospital (1994) |
| MD: | UC Davis, Medicine (1991) |
| BS: | Bioengineering, UC Berkeley (1985) |
| Certificate: | University of Lund, Sweden, Bioengineering (1983) |
Community and International Work
- Arbor Free Clinic, http://arbor.stanford.edu/
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Patient Adherence to Medications
Medical Education
Innovative Methods of Caring for Patients
Publications
- Adherence to medications: insights arising from studies on the unreliable link between prescribed and actual drug dosing histories. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2012: 275-301
- Barriers to care and current medical and social needs of HIV-positive patients in Albania. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2011; (2): 91-7
- Levels of self-reported depression and anxiety among HIV-positive patients in Albania: a cross-sectional study. Croat Med J. 2011; (5): 622-8
- Understanding forgiveness: minding and mining the gaps between pharmacokinetics and therapeutics. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2010; (4): 457-9
- Electronic monitoring of patient adherence to oral antihypertensive medical treatment: a systematic review. J Hypertens. 2009; (8): 1540-51
- Electronic monitors of drug adherence: tools to make rational therapeutic decisions. J Hypertens. 2009; (11): 2295

