UAB Synopsis, Vol. 25, No. 1, January 16, 2006

Richard M. Allman, MD, professor and director of the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, the Center for Aging, and the Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), announces the appointment of Ru-Chien Chi, MD, as assistant professor.

After graduating from the University of California in San Diego, Dr. Chi completed a MD degree at Vanderbilt School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. Following medical school, Dr. Chi’s postgraduate training consisted of an internal medicine internship and residency and a fellowship in geriatric medicine, all at the University of Washington, in Seattle, as well as a geriatric fellowship at Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

Dr. Chi’s clinical interests center on preventive health. She is seeing patients on an urgent or work-in basis and may be reached at 996-2770.