Dosa is the author of over 15 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters, including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. He is also a Hartford Foundation Scholar and a recipient of a Career Development Award from the Veteran's Administration.ĭr. His research awards and commendations include a Merck New Investigator Award in 2006 through the American Geriatrics Society. Dosa's current research interests include nursing home quality improvement, nursing home response to hurricane disasters, nursing home infections, and medication errors in the elderly. He jointly conducts his research through Brown University's Center for Gerontology and the Providence VA Medical Center's Research Enhancement Award Program. Dosa is a funded researcher with grants from the National Institutes of Aging, the California Health Care Foundation, and the Veteran's Administration. He is also the physician representative to the Rhode Island Senate Long Term Care Committee and a board member of the Nursing Home Alliance for Better Long Term Care.ĭr.
Dosa teaches medical students and residents through Brown University. He is currently a practicing physician in Rhode Island with clinical interests in the area of dementia and the appropriate care of the elderly. Dosa was hired by the division of geriatrics at Rhode Island Hospital with an academic appointment through Brown University. After completing work at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. After training in internal medicine and geriatrics at the University of Pittsburgh, he received a Masters in Public Health from that institution in 2003. Dosa received his BA in Biology from The University of Virginia in 1994 and an MD from The George Washington University School of Medicine in 1998. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat. David Dosa is a geriatrician and health services researcher at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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