Honors and Awards
- Chair, Self Evaluation Process for Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2012)
- Editor-in-Chief, AAHPM Quarterly, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2012)
- Member of the Program Planning Committee, American Geriatrics Society (2012)
- Senior Associate Editor for Social Media, Journal of Palliative Medicine (2011)
- Member, Primary Palliative Care Committee, American Board of Internal Medicine (2011)
- Member of the National Planning Committee on end of life care, Institute of Medicine (2011)
- Member, National Priorities Partnership (NPP) Palliative and end-of-life Convening Workshop, National Quality Forum (2010)
- Clinical Teaching Award, Division of General Internal Medicine (2010)
- Certificate of Merit for service, American Cancer Society Santa Clara Chapter (2010)
- Waltzing with the Bears Award, VA Palo Alto Extended care Service (2009)
- Award for Outstanding Service to Palliative Care, Department of Veterans Affairs (2008)
- Outstanding service award:, American Geriatrics Society: Ethnogeriatrics committee (2008)
- Young investigator award, American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2007)