Acknowledgements

The editors are deeply grateful to our patients, colleagues, mentors, and learners at the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System. They inspire us and teach us every day.

We thank our chapter authors, who are expert clinicians, researchers, educators, and pioneers in our field. It is because of their generosity that we are able to share this collection of the most current, evidence-based, and practical advice with our readers. It is our hope that this work improves the care of older persons globally.

Most importantly, we thank our spectacular editorial project manager, Bryony Mearns, PhD. Over the course of a year, Dr. Mearns's leadership was instrumental in assisting our team of editors and authors toward completion of this book. She did this one step at a time, with great expertise, kindness, and skill. We were fortunate to have Bryony as our partner on this journey.

Chapter 5  We thank Susan E. Hardy, MD, PhD, who worked on this chapter in the previous edition. Her work has tremendously contributed to the content of this updated version.

Chapter 8  The authors acknowledge Dane J. Genther, MD, and Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD, who wrote the original version of this chapter that appeared in the second edition of this textbook and that was revised to create the current chapter.

Chapter 16  With acknowledgment to Carla M. Perissinotto, MD, MHS, and Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, who authored an earlier edition of this chapter.

Chapter 19  The authors recognize Drs. Tessa del Carmen and Mark S. Lachs for their work in producing an earlier version of this chapter that served as a foundation for the current publication.

Chapter 21  We appreciate the work of Bernard Lo, MD, who authored an earlier draft of this work.

Chapter 29  We would like to acknowledge and recognize the contribution of Lawrence Oresanya, MD, who previously co-authored the previous edition of this chapter.

Chapter 30  We would like to acknowledge and recognize the contributions of Jessica Colburn, MD, and Jennifer Hayashi, MD, who previously co-authored the previous edition of this chapter.

Chapter 38  We acknowledge the contributions of Daniel Antoniello, MD, who was a prior author of this chapter.

Chapter 39  We acknowledge Melvin Cheitlin, MD, and Michael Rich, MD, for their contributions to prior editions.

Chapter 40  We acknowledge Dr. Susan Joseph and Dr. Jane Chen for their contributions to this chapter in an earlier edition of this book.

Chapter 41  The authors of this chapter update would like to acknowledge the work of Dr. Quratulain (Annie) Syed and Dr. Barbara Messinger-Rapport, whose work on the previous version of this chapter served as the foundation for this update.

Chapter 43  The authors acknowledge input from the previous chapter author Teresa L. Carman, MD.

Chapter 48  We would like to acknowledge the work of Mariko Koya Wong, MD, and Kellie Hunter Campbell, MD, MA, the authors of this chapter in the previous edition of the book.

Chapter 51  The authors would like to thank Dr. Josette A. Rivera and Dr. Jessamyn Conell-Price for their contributions to earlier edition of this chapter.

Chapter 53  The authors thank Joanne E. Mortimer, MD, FACP, and Janet E. McElhaney, MD, for their contributions to prior editions of this chapter.

Chapter 56  The authors would like to acknowledge the prior authors of this chapter, Christine O. Urman, MD, and Daniel S. Loo, MD.

Chapter 61  The authors acknowledge Alayne Markland, DO, MSc, for work on a previous edition of this chapter.

Chapter 62  The authors would like to acknowledge Serena Chao and Ryan Chippendale for their contributions to the previous version of this chapter.

Chapter 65  We would like to acknowledge Christina Paruthi, MD, who co-authored the version of this chapter included in the previous edition of the book.

Chapter 66  We would like to acknowledge Leslie Kernisan, MD, MPH, for her work on the earlier version of this chapter.

Chapter 72  I would like to acknowledge the work of Sara J. Francois, PT, DPT, MS; Jennifer S. Brach, PhD, PT; and Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH, the authors of the chapter in the previous edition of the book.

Chapter 73  We thank the authors of the previous edition of this chapter, Mark Simone, MD, and Manuel Eskilden, MD, MPH. We acknowledge their contribution to this current version.

Chapter 77  We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of this chapter's previous author, Gerald Charles, MD.