David B. Reuben

David B. Reuben, M.D., is director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and chief, Division of Geriatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Health Sciences. He is the Archstone Foundation Chair and Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the UCLA Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program. Dr. Reuben has interests in clinical care, education, research, and administrative aspects of geriatrics, maintaining a clinical primary care practice of frail older persons and attending on inpatient and geriatric psychiatry units at UCLA. His bibliography includes more than 220 peer-reviewed publications in medical journals, 39 books, and numerous chapters.  Dr. Reuben is lead author of the widely distributed book, Geriatrics at Your Fingertips. He is a past president of the American Geriatrics Society and the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs. He served for 11 years on the Geriatrics Test Writing Committee for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and for eight years on the ABIM's board of directors, including as chair from 2010-2011. Dr. Reuben received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine, and did his internship and residency at Rhode Island Hospital.