Dr. Stefan Gravenstein is a clinically practicing geriatrician, the Greer Professor of Geriatrics and Director, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Brown University, and Associate Director of the Veterans Administration Medical Center Center on Innovation and Long-Term Services and Supports. He has diverse interests around academic geriatrics, from education to research from the bedside to “big data” environments (health services research). He is competitively funded through the NIH, CDC, and Pharmaceutical industry, and widely published.