Since 1993, the Clinician of the Year Award has recognized the great contributions of practitioners to delivering quality healthcare for older people and showcases the importance of the geriatrics clinician in our healthcare system. Through these clinicians' efforts, scientific advances are integrated into the practice of geriatrics, resulting in improved well-being and quality-of-life for older people.
2025 Recipient: Rebecca Conant, MD
Rebecca Conant, MD, is the recipient of the 2025 Clinician of the Year. Dr. Conant is Professor of Medicine in the Geriatrics Division at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Medical Director of the UCSF Care at Home Program.
A pioneering leader in home-based geriatric care, Dr. Conant founded the UCSF Housecalls Program in 2001 to provide primary care, palliative, and end-of-life care to frail, homebound older adults in San Francisco. Under Dr. Conant’s leadership, the program transitioned into UCSF Care at Home in 2015, expanding its reach to serve over 600 older adults in 2024. Both as a clinician and Medical Director, Dr. Conant has spearheaded innovative approaches to improving home-based care, including electronic medical record integration, transitional care programs, and in COVID-19 response efforts. Dr. Conant also played a pivotal role in securing UCSF’s participation in the GUIDE program, a national initiative supporting caregivers of dementia patients.
Beyond clinical practice, Dr. Conant is a dedicated educator and nationally recognized expert, mentoring medical students, fellows, and interdisciplinary teams in home-based geriatric medicine. A Professor of Medicine at UCSF who has devoted over 90% of her effort to clinical care for over 20 years, she is the expert whom others turn to for guidance and support in caring for medically and socially complex older adults. A widely published author and sought-after media expert, Dr. Conant continues to shape the future of home-based geriatric care through research, advocacy, and clinical excellence. She was recognized as a 2022 Master Clinician at UCSF and received the 2024 Housecall Physician of the Year Award by the American Academy of Home Care Medicine.
Dr. Conant received her undergraduate degree from Harvard and Radcliffe College in Massachusetts and her MD from UCSF. She completed residency in Internal Medicine as well as her fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at UCSF. An AGS member since 2000, Dr. Conant has presented at previous AGS Annual meetings, winning the Presidential Poster Award in 2010. AGS is honored to recognize her with the Clinician of the Year Award for her exceptional clinical career dedicated to expanding access to high-quality, person-centered medical care for older adults, pioneering innovations in home-based geriatrics, and mentoring the next generation of clinicians.
Past Recipients of the Clinician of the Year Award
2025 Rebecca Conant, MD
2024 Joyce Fogel, MD
2023 Shelley R. McDonald, DO, PhD, MCG
2022 Helen S. Kao, MD
2021 Faith Atai, MD
2020 James Lin, DO, MS, MHSA
2019 Kellie Flood, MD
2018 J. Eugene Lammers, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF
2017 Fatima Sheikh, MD, CMD, MPH
2016 Lisa Tank, MD, FACP
2015 Ronald S. Duemler, MD, MS, CMD
2014 Pamela S. Tronetti, DO, AGSF
2013 Rosemary D. Laird, MD, MHSA
2012 Niharika N Suchak, MBBS, MHS, FACP
2011 Margaret A. Noel, MD
2010 Jerome Epplin, MD, AGSF
2009 Michelle S. Eslami, MD
2008 Valisa Saunders, MN, APRN, BC, GNP
2007 Rebecca D. Elon, MD, MPH
2006 F. Michael Gloth, II, MD, FACP
2005 Henry Schneiderman, MD, FACP
2004 Roy Bradford Whitney, Jr., MD
2003 Taylor Graves, MD
2002 Jerry M. Earll, MD
2001 Daniel Haimowitz, MD, FACP, CMD
2000 Steven C. Castle, MD
1999 Samuel C. Durso, MD
1998 Mary Ann Forciea, MD
1995 Mary A. Johnson-Crockett, MD
1994 Gary E. Applebaum, MD
1993 Francis Salerno, MD