Edgar Pierluissi MD is Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and Director of the Acute Care for Elders Unit at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of California San Francisco, and a quality improvement fellowship through the Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Program. He was the Vice President for Quality Improvement for the County of San Mateo, and a Master Clinician at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Pierluissi has cared for vulnerable populations his entre career and is committed to health care quality improvement.