She is a geriatrician who provides primary and palliative care to homebound older adults in underserved San Francisco neighborhoods and a writer whose book, A History of the Present Illness, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury. Her scholarly work includes curricular innovations and medical education research on reflective learning, geriatrics education, scholarly concentrations, and public medical communication. Louise is a co-editor of the JAMA "Care of the Aging Patient" Series and director of Public Medical Communication for the Program for the Aging Century.