Rebecca Conant is an Associate Clinical Professor and directs the Housecalls Program.

Rebecca completed her undergraduate work in Neurobiology at Harvard University in 1990 and came to UCSF for her medical school training and residency in the Primary Care Internal Medicine program. She also completed her geriatrics fellowship at UCSF, finishing in 2001. Since joining the faculty, Rebecca has directed the UCSF Housecalls program, which provides primary care in the home to frail homebound elders in San Francisco. She provides clinical care as well as administrative support for the program, which is run as a non-profit through the UCSF Foundation. Housecalls also is a major teaching site for geriatrics at UCSF. Rebecca has received awards for her clinical care as well as her teaching. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics and became board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine in 2008.

Clinical Activities

Rebecca's clinical work is through the UCSF Housecalls program, which provides in-home primary care to frail homebound elders. Since 2001, Housecalls has provided care to over 300 individuals. Housecalls is a unique program that provides outstanding medical and palliative care to elders who otherwise would not be able to access care except through emergency services.

Housecalls is a non-profit program that does not charge any additional fees for providing care in the home. Patients come from all socioeconomic backgrounds and neighborhoods in San Francisco. Eighty percent of the patients are poverty level or low-income. Rebecca has worked to obtain grant funding from local Bay Area Foundations as well as individual donors to support the Housecalls program.