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Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, California, United States

Dr. Kotwal is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine and is dual-board certified in geriatrics and palliative care. He co-leads the Social Connections and Aging lab at UCSF which focuses on the health effects of loneliness and social isolation among older adults, and how interventions which enhance social connection can improve quality of life and health care access. He is funded by a K23 Career Development Award, a CDC Prevention Research Center grant, and a multi-center NIA-funded P01. He is a research scholar in the UCSF Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and has received funding from the National Palliative Care Research Center, Hellman Family Fund, Metta Foundation, and California Department of Public Health. He is a Co-Investigator on the NIA-funded National Social life Health and Aging Project and serves on the scientific leadership council for the Foundation for Social Connection. He is Associate Director of the UCSF Division of Geriatrics NIH-funded T32 Aging Research Fellowship and has a strong interest in mentorship. In addition, he is a core faculty member of UCSF S.O.L.V.E. Tech, a cross-UC campus initiative dedicated to partnering with digital health companies to advance equity for older adults in all phases of the technology development process.

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