Priya Mendiratta, MD, MPH, AGSF, CMD
Dr. Priya Mendiratta, MD, MPH, AGSF, CMD is the recipient of the 2026 Choosing Wisely Champion Award.
Dr. Priya Mendiratta has advanced Choosing Wisely in clinical practice through her longstanding commitment to deprescribing, fall prevention, and high-value geriatric care across outpatient, inpatient, and long-term care settings. She has played a major role in the development and dissemination of society recommendations and consistently educates clinicians through recurring grand rounds, faculty development sessions, and interprofessional teaching and in long term care.
As Vice Chair of Education and Program Director at UAMS, she has embedded Choosing Wisely recommendations throughout the curricula for fellows, residents, medical students, advanced practice providers, and multiple health-care teams. Dr. Mendiratta has conducted direct measurement of Choosing Wisely recommendations through multiple quality improvement initiatives, including polypharmacy reduction work, the implementation of STEADI within the electronic health record and clinical practice, and structured long-term care medication reviews. She has demonstrated strong leadership of Choosing Wisely efforts across nursing homes, outpatient clinics, and inpatient geriatrics services, and her recent quality improvement project with geriatrics fellows, submitted as an abstract to the American Geriatrics Society, evaluates the education application of these measures across varied clinical settings. Her national engagement with the American Geriatrics Society, AMDA, and ADGAP extends her impact through presentations, dissemination of clinical guidelines, and mentorship of emerging clinicians.
Past Recipients of the Choosing Wisely® Champion Award
2026 Priya Mendiratta, MD, MPH, AGSF, CMD
2025 Omar Amir, MD, MS
2024 Paras Goel, PT, DPT, MEd, MBA, GCS
2023 Lee A. Lindquist, MD MPH MBA
2021 No Awardee
2020 Thomas Finucane, MD
2019 Rebecca Dobert
2018 Alina Sibley, APRN, BC
2017 Eric Anthony Lee, MD
2016 Heidi-Ann Courtney, PA-C
Ariel Green, MD, MPH