Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, SFVA Home Based Primary Care

 

Contact Information

Office Address:
4150 Clement Street  
Bldg. 1, 2nd Floor
UCSF Box VA-181G
San Francisco, CA 94121

Phone: 415-221-4810 x4681
Fax: 415-750-6641
Email: sandra.moody@va.gov

Click here to download Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Areas of Specialization/Research Interests

End of life care
Communication
Mentoring

Selected Publications/Presentations

1. Moody-Ayers SY , Stewart AL, Covinsky KE, Inouye SK.  Prevalence and correlates of perceived societal racism among older African-American Adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J of Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 53:2202-2208.
   
   
2. Sands LP, Landefeld S, Moody-Ayers S, Yaffe K, Palmer R, Fortinsky R, Covinsky K.  Racial disparities in functional outcomes after hospitalization for an acute illness.  J of Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 53:1811-1816.
   
   
3. Williams BA, Lindquist K, Moody-Ayers SY, Covinsky KE.  Family expectations of death: The role of functional impairment and race-ethnicity.  JAm Geriatr Soc 2006; 54:1682-1687.
   
   
4. Rodriguez RA, Sen S, Mehta K, Moody-Ayers S, O’Hare AM.  Geography matters:  Relationships among urban residential segregation, dialysis facilities, and patient outcomes.  Ann Intern Med  2007; 146:493-501.
   
   
5. Moody-Ayers SY , Lindquist K, Sen S, Covinsky KE.  Childhood social and economic well-being and health in older age Am J Epidemiol 2007; 166:1059-1067. Epub 2007 Aug 23.  
   
   
6. Lee SJ, Moody-Ayers SY, Landefeld CS, Walter LC, Lindquist K, Segal MR, Covinsky KE. The relationship between self-rated health and mortality in older black and white Americans.  J Am Geriatr Soc 2007; 55: 1624-9. Epub 2007 Aug 14.
   
   
7. Washington DL, Bowles J, Saha S, Horowitz CR, Moody-Ayers S, Brown AF, Stone VE, Cooper LA; Writing Group for the Society of General Internal Medicine, Disparities in Health Task Force.  Transforming clinical practice to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.  JGIM 2008 23:685-691.  Epub 2008 Jan 15.