Meet Tacara Soones, M.D.
Tacara N. Soones, M.D., M.P.H.
Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2009 | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 2009 | Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA, MPH, General Public Health |
| 2003 | Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, USA, BA, Anthropology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2013-2014 | Clinical Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine, The University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| 2012-2013 | Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, The University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| 2010-2012 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, The University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| 2009-2010 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
Board Certifications
| 2014 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 2012 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Soones TN, Lin JL, Wolf MS, O'Conor R, Martynenko M, Wisnivesky JP, Federman AD. Pathways linking health literacy, health beliefs, and cognition to medication adherence in older adults with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 139(3):804-809, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27555454.
- Soones T, Federman A, Leff B, Siu AL, Ornstein K. Two-year mortality among homebound, older adults: an analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 65(1):123-129, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27641001.
- Prioleau PG, Soones TN, Ornstein K, Zhang M, Smith CB, Wajnberg A. Predictors of place of death of individuals in a home-based primary and palliative care program. J Am Geriatr Soc 64(11):2317-2321, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27640817.
- Szanton SL, Roberts L, Leff B, Walker JL, Seplaki CL, Soones T, Thorpe RJ, Ornstein KA. Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound. Qual Life Res 25(8):1913-1920, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26883818.
- Lipska KJ, Krumholz H, Soones T, Lee SJ. Polypharmacy in the aging patient: a review of glycemic control in older adults with type 2 diabetes. JAMA 315(10):1034-45, 2016. PMID: 26954412.
- Wajnberg A, Soones TN, Smith KL, Russell D, Ross JS, Federman A. Identifying sociodemographic characteristics associated with burden among caregivers of the urban homebound: the importance of racial and relationship differences. Gerontol Geriatr Med 2:2333721416667878, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28913372.
- Soones TN, O'Brien BC, Julian KA. Internal medicine residents' perceptions of team-based care and its educational value in the continuity clinic: a qualitative study. J Gen Intern Med 30(9):1279-85, 2015. PMID: 26173512.
- Soones T, Ahalt C, Garrigues S, Faigman D, Williams BA. "My older clients fall through every crack in the system": geriatrics knowledge of legal professionals. J Am Geriatr Soc 62(4):734-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24611718.