Caroline Park, MD, PhD

Caroline Park, MD, PhD, is a board-certified geriatrician and scientist who specializes in providing exceptional care for older adults. She has fellowship training in geriatric medicine and is passionate about helping each patient achieve healthy longevity.

Dr. Park prioritizes offering culturally sensitive care that keeps the patient’s specific needs and goals front and center. She works collaboratively with her patients and their family members to design treatment plans that make the most sense for them.

Dr. Park has also been deeply invested in research and has focused on increasing our understanding of the basic biology of aging, and clinically, she is also interested in studying the impact of age-friendly care across different practice settings. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and she regularly presents her findings at conferences around the United States.

Outside of work, Dr. Park loves spending quality time with her husband, daughter and dog.

• Correlation of Ultraviolet Radiation Levels With the Incidence of Cutaneous Squamous Cell and Merkel Cell Carcinomas in Non-sunbelt Locales in the United States: 2010-2017 Cureus. 2023 Jun; 15(6):e40099. . View in PubMed
• Immunotherapy for keratinocyte cancersPart I: Immune-related epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, and immunotherapy management of keratinocyte cancers. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 06; 88(6):1225-1240. . View in PubMed
• Incorporating the “4Ms” framework to improve outpatient geriatric dermatology care J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 02; 71(2):665-668. . View in PubMed
• Implementation of a Geriatric Trauma Clinical Pathway-Reply JAMA Surg. 2023 01 01; 158(1):105. . View in PubMed
• Association Between Implementation of a Geriatric Trauma Clinical Pathway and Changes in Rates of Delirium in Older Adults With Traumatic Injury JAMA Surg. 2022 08 01; 157(8):676-683. . View in PubMed
• A shared decision-making communications workshop improves internal medicine resident skill, risk-benefit education, and counseling attitude Patient Educ Couns. 2022 04; 105(4):1018-1024. . View in PubMed
• The Science of Frailty: Sex Differences Clin Geriatr Med. 2021 11; 37(4):625-638. . View in PubMed
• Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2019; 3(26):110-112. . View in PubMed
• Regulated degradation of Chk1 by chaperone-mediated autophagy in response to DNA damage Nat Commun. 2015 Apr 16; 6:6823. . View in PubMed
• Selective autophagy: talking with the UPS Cell Biochem Biophys. 2013 Sep; 67(1):3-13. . View in PubMed
• Evidence of perturbations of cell cycle and DNA repair pathways as a consequence of human and murine NF1-haploinsufficiency BMC Genomics. 2010 Mar 22; 11:194. . View in PubMed
• Glomus tumors in neurofibromatosis type 1: genetic, functional, and clinical evidence of a novel association Cancer Res. 2009 Sep 15; 69(18):7393-401. . View in PubMed
• Mek1 kinase is regulated to suppress double-strand break repair between sister chromatids during budding yeast meiosis Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Aug; 27(15):5456-67. . View in PubMed

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