Alex Smith, MD

@AlexSmithMD

Co-founder: GeriPal Podcast, ePrognosis | Work: Professor UCSF palliative & geriatrics | Exec Editor JAGS | Personal: father, cyclist, backpacker, Warriors fan

San Francisco GeriPal.org Joined July 2009

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Alex Smith, MD @AlexSmithMD Jul 8, 2024

The Palliative Performance Scale (or PPS) is the MOST used prognostic index on ePrognosis but poorly calibrated (likely b/c developed when PC was "brink of death"). @kara_bischoff published modern validation in JAMA NO and updated ePrognosis.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

eprognosis.ucsf.edu/pps.php?p=pall…

jamanetwork.com Prognoses Associated With Palliative Performance Scale Scores in Modern Practice This prognostic study assessed associations of scores on the Palliative Performance Scale with short- and long-term survival to provide updated prognosis estimates for patients with cancer and other...

Alex Smith, MD @AlexSmithMD Jan 7

What a list! Much listening to do. Bioethics podcasts, curated by @GreenwallFdn greenwall.org/news/bioethics…

greenwall.org Bioethics on the Air: 2025 Podcasts with the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Community

Alex Smith, MD @AlexSmithMD Jul 14, 2025

Many thanks to contributions from all authors and others who provided valuable feedback on drafts. @AmerGeriatrics #geriatrics #DEImatters

JAGS @AGSJournal Jul 14, 2025

JAGS Remains Committed to Scientific Principles That Support Better Health and Function for All Older Adults: Disparities, Diversity in Research, and Respectful Discourse. # geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

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Alex Smith, MD @AlexSmithMD Jul 4, 2025

Son Renn and friend Evan on hike to Stubai glacier in the Tyrollean alps, Austria. (Look closely for @GeriPalBlog)

Alex Smith, MD @AlexSmithMD Mar 26, 2025

So honored to have the inimitable Dr. Mike Malone give his last lecture, and last slide of his academic career with us at @uscf