Michael Harper, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine; Advisory College Mentor; Student Faculty Advisor
Dr. Harper is a clinician-educator and sustaining member of the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. He serves as Director of the UCSF Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Program and Consulting Editor for Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. He is a past President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Geriatrics Society.
Throughout his career, Dr. Harper has cared for older adults across the continuum of geriatric care, including ambulatory and home-based primary care, long-term care, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and acute and post-acute care. His current clinical practice spans UCSF and the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). At the SFVAMC, he supervises geriatric medicine fellows in the geriatrics primary care clinic. Through the UCSF Care at Home Program, he provides primary care to homebound older adults in San Francisco. He also serves as Medical Director of The Sequoias San Francisco, a continuing care retirement community.
Throughout his career, Dr. Harper has cared for older adults across the continuum of geriatric care, including ambulatory and home-based primary care, long-term care, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and acute and post-acute care. His current clinical practice spans UCSF and the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). At the SFVAMC, he supervises geriatric medicine fellows in the geriatrics primary care clinic. Through the UCSF Care at Home Program, he provides primary care to homebound older adults in San Francisco. He also serves as Medical Director of The Sequoias San Francisco, a continuing care retirement community.
