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Dr. Carla Perissinotto, MD

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Geriatrician · Physician (MD)

San Francisco, CA

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Carla Perissinotto is a geriatrician at UCSF in San Francisco. She serves as an associate chief in the university's geriatrics division.

About Dr. Carla Perissinotto, MD

Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026

Dr. Carla Perissinotto is a geriatrician and palliative medicine physician at UCSF in San Francisco. She is a Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics and is board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine. She earned her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine and joined the UCSF faculty in 2010.

Much of her clinical work has focused on caring for older adults at home. She has worked with UCSF Care at Home, which serves homebound older adults, and with geriatrics consultation practices. From 2008 to 2017 she was a primary care and consulting geriatrician at the Over 60 Health Center, a community health center in Berkeley, where she also taught UCSF trainees.

She is widely known for research on loneliness in older adults. Her 2012 study linking loneliness to functional decline and death has been cited more than 1,100 times. She served on a National Academies committee on social isolation and loneliness in older adults, testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in June 2020, and co-leads a UCSF lab on social connection and aging.

CMS Open Payments records for 2021 through 2025 show $0 in industry payments to her across 0 records. Payments from drug and device companies are common and legal; none are reported here.

Board certifications
Board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Hospice & Palliative Medicine. profiles.ucsf.edu
Professor at UCSF
Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine. She joined the UCSF faculty in August 2010 as a clinician-educator. medicine.ucsf.edu
Medical school and experience
Medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, with more than 20 years in practice. health.usnews.com
Home-based care for elders
Her clinical work centers on UCSF Care at Home, which provides home-based care for homebound older adults, and on embedded geriatrics consultation. nationalacademies.org
Widely cited loneliness study
Lead author of "Loneliness in Older Persons: A Predictor of Functional Decline and Death" (2012), cited more than 1,100 times. jamanetwork.com
National Academies committee
Served as a committee member for the National Academies consensus study on social isolation and loneliness in older adults and the health care system. nationalacademies.org
U.S. Senate testimony
Gave invited testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on social isolation and loneliness during COVID-19 on June 11, 2020. aging.senate.gov
Nonprofit board service
Board member of the Foundation for Social Connection and its Action Network. social-connection.org
Past geriatrics leadership role
Served as UCSF's first Associate Chief for Geriatrics Clinical Programs from 2017 to 2021, overseeing Care at Home, outpatient geriatrics consultation, the ACE unit, and orthopedic co-management. profiles.ucsf.edu
Teaching award
Received a HRSA Geriatric Academic Career Award (2010-2015) and multiple UCSF teaching awards. prevention.ucsf.edu

Worth knowing

  • Some biographies describe her as currently serving as UCSF Associate Chief for Geriatrics Clinical Programs. UCSF's own profile lists that role as a 2017-2021 term. profiles.ucsf.edu
  • No news coverage was found within the last three years; the media items located date from 2019 and 2020. salon.com

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Sources: npiprofile.com · npino.com · profiles.ucsf.edu · medicine.ucsf.edu · geriatrics.ucsf.edu · ucsfhealth.org · prevention.ucsf.edu · socialconnectionsandaging.ucsf.edu. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.

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