Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Staff Physician (SFVAMC)

Contact Information

Office Address:
SFVAMC Nursing Home
4150 Clement Street  
Bldg. 208, Rm. 1A-121
UCSF Box VA-181NH
San Francisco, CA 94121

Phone: 415-221-4810x4273
Fax: 415-750-6979
Email: heather.cousins@ucsf.edu

Click here to download Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Areas of Specialization & Scholarly Interest

Geriatrics

long-term care

medical education

graduate medical education

dementia, quality improvement

mobility impairment

polypharmacy

medical ethics

end-of-life

Selected Publications/Presentation

Poster, abstract : “Beyond Work Hours: Major, Difficult Events in the Personal Lives of Resident Physicians at an Academic Medical Center .” Cousins HT, McPhee SJ, Gildengorin GL. Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles CA , April 2006. Also SGIM Regional Meeting, Stanford CA , March 2006.

Book chapter : Sachs GA, Baron AR, and Cousins HT: “Truth Telling in Dementia Care and Genetic Testing” in Improving Medical Care of Persons with Alzheimer Disease Through Clinical Teaching: The IMPACT Program. Edited by Sachs GA and Baron AR. University of Chicago , Chicago IL , 2001, pp 13-19.

Article: Lietz EJ, Truher [Cousins] H, Kahn D, Hokenson MJ, Fink AL: Lysine-73 Is Involved in the Acylation and Deacylation of β-Lactamase. Biochemistry 39(17): 4971-81, May 2000.

Paper presentation: “Teaching about Dementia, Primary Care, and Ethics: The IMPACT Program.” Sachs G, Brauner D, Cook S, Cousins H, Cox-Hayley D. American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting. Nashville TN, May 2000.

Poster, abstract: “Improving Teaching Skills of Residents at the University of Chicago.” Rubin DT, Cousins HT, Woodruff JN, Wood LDH. AAMC Annual Meeting. Washington DC, October 1999.

Presentation, abstract : “The Ethics of Dementia Care: An Educational Program for General Internal Medicine Residents.” Cousins HT and Sachs GA. Summer Research Forum, University of Chicago . Chicago IL , September 1998.