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Deborah Kado, MD

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Deborah Kado, MD
Specialty
Geriatric Medicine
Gender Language Spoken
Female English, medical Spanish
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License Number
G76662
Contact
(310) 319-3838 Information and referral
PRACTICE LOCATION

Westwood
200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 420
Los Angeles, Ca 90095

Santa Monica
1245 16th Street, Suite 202
Santa Monica, CA 90404

MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
Geriatric Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2000
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1994
EDUCATION
Fellowship
Geriatric Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 1998 - 2000
Geriatric Medicine, UCSF Department of Medicine & Med Specialties, 1996 - 1998
Residency
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Harbor - UCLA Medical Center, 1994 - 1996
Internal Medicine, Harbor - UCLA Medical Center, 1992 - 1994
Internship
Internal Medicine, Harbor - UCLA Medical Center, 1991 - 1992
Medical Degree
MD, Cornell University Medical College, 1991
CLINICAL INTEREST
Dowager's Hump, Osteoporosis, Vertebral Fractures
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery, Geriatric Medicine Practice at UCLA, Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease
MORE INFORMATION
Research Interest

Clinical and social epidemiology

Grants:
1. Causes and consequences of hyperkyphosis in older women - 5 RO1 AG24246:02 NIH/NIA
2. CD8 T cell replicative senescence: impact on aging humans - 1 R01 AG 023720-01 NIH/NIA
3. Folic acid and B vitamins to prevent fractures in women - 1 R01 AR052817-01 NIH/NIAMS
4. Gender Differences in Bone Loss and Incident Fractures - 4 R37 AG07181-18 NIH
5. Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Field Centers - 1 NHLBI-HC-08-11 NIH
6. Enhancement of Medical Referral referral for osteoporosis treatment after fragility fractures - Proctor and Gamble

Additional Information

Deborah Kado, MD, MS is Associate Professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is a specialist in the fields of geriatric and internal medicine with an emphasis on the evaluation and treatment of osteoporosis. Dr. Kado is a native of Northern California. For her undergraduate education, she attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, followed by medical school at Cornell University Medical College where she graduated with a M.D. degree and went on to complete her residency training in internal medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

After staying on at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for an additional two years, first as chief medical resident and then clinical instructor, Dr. Kado completed an additional four years of fellowship training, first specializing in clinical epidemiological research on osteoporosis at UCSF, then obtaining a Masters of Science Degree in Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, followed by a final year of clinical training in geriatrics at UCLA. Since joining the faculty in the School of Medicine in 2000, her primary research interests have focused on the understanding the pathogenesis and adverse health outcomes associated with age-related changes in spinal posture. She is a successfully funded NIH researcher who has first authored multiple publications on the epidemiology of hyperkyphosis (known commonly as the dowager's hump), and is internationally recognized in her field of expertise.

Dr. Kado sees patients at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood for geriatric specialty care and at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease Center located in Santa Monica across the street from the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital.

Awards & Recognition

Honors

  • 1994-95 Selected Chief Medical Resident, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • 1990-91 Jane V. Meyers Memorial Medical Scholarship
  • 1987-89 Bryn Mawr College Medical Scholarship
  • 1987 Cum laude graduate of Bryn Mawr College
Publications
Link to my PubMed publications.
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