Dr. Jatin Dave – Medical Director of Geriatrics, Tufts Health Plan

Dr. Dave, a geriatrician and a hospice and palliative care specialist is a medical director for geriatrics at Tufts Health Plan in Watertown, MA, He is a graduate of Gujarat University B.J. Medical College in India. Dr. Dave completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and subsequently completed a General Internal Medicine fellowship at New York University. Dr. Dave then went on to complete the Harvard Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine and also received a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health.

In addition to patient care, Dr. Dave is committed to clinical education and teaches geriatric medicine to medical students, residents, and fellows, with a goal of improving the care that older patients receive. In 2004, he was selected as a Rabkin Fellow. This one-year fellowship, which was administ”by the Carl J. Shapiro Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, provides Harvard Medical School faculty with an opportunity to advance their academic careers in medical education. He also received the prestigious Geriatric Academic Career Award, a career development award for academic geriatricians.

A particular interest of Dr. Dave’s is improving communication between clinicians and patients. He says, “Like many other things in life patient preferences regarding treatment options are quite variable, and at the Center for Older Adult Health, we strive to provide individualized, patient-centered care suited to each person based on his/her preferences.”