2800 Plymouth Rd. B16-332W
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Dr. Chaitoff is a Research Scientist in the Center for Clinical Management Research at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health System and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. He attended medical school at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and completed both Internal Medicine residency and a research fellowship in implementation science at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. A clinician-researcher, he is interested in re-evaluating the safety and efficacy of medications as adults age and then finding the best ways to get older adults onto the most appropriate treatment regimens. His work has appeared in numerous high-impact journals including JAMA JAMA Internal Medicine, Diabetes Care, and Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Research FellowBrigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2024
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ResidencyBrigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 2022
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InternshipBrigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 2020
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MDCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, 2019
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MPH (with merit)University of Sheffield, Sheffield, 2015
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BSOhio State University, Columbus, OH, 2013
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
His research interests include identifying low-value care and finding the most efficacious methods to deprescribe it.
• Medication optimization in older adults
• Medication safety
• Disparities in medication use
• Implementation science
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Chaitoff A, Bendicksen L, Feldman WB, Zheutlin AR, Lalani HS. Ann Intern Med, 2024 Oct; 177 (10): 1440 - 1442.Journal ArticleEstimating New Eligibility and Maximum Costs of Expanded Medicare Coverage of Semaglutide for Cardiovascular Risk Prevention.
DOI:10.7326/ANNALS-24-00308 PMID: 39186788 -
Chaitoff A. 2024 Jun;PresentationLess is more…sometimes? Maybe? The state of evidence for deprescribing and directions for the future, medical grand rounds
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Chaitoff A. 2024 Jun;Additional ScholarshipThe Main Course – An Update to Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations (Curbsiders Digest)
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Chaitoff A. 2024 Apr;Additional ScholarshipThe Main Course – Cancer Drug Approval – Is There Such a Thing as Too Fast (Curbsiders Digest)
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Haff N, Sreedhara SK, Wood W, Yom-Tov E, Horn DM, Hoover M, Low G, Lauffenburger JC, Chaitoff A, Russo M, Hanken K, Crum KL, Fontanet CP, Choudhry NK. Am Heart J, 2024 Feb; 268: 18 - 28.Journal ArticleTesting interventions to reduce clinical inertia in the treatment of hypertension: rationale and design of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
DOI:10.1016/j.ahj.2023.11.005 PMID: 37967641 -
Chaitoff A, Zheutlin AR. Clin Geriatr Med, 2024 Nov; 40 (4): 515 - 528.Journal ArticleEpidemiology of Hypertension in Older Adults.
DOI:10.1016/j.cger.2024.04.007 PMID: 39349028 -
Chaitoff A, Choudhry NK, Haff N, Lauffenburger JC. J Gen Intern Med, 2024 Jan; 39 (1): 156 - 158.Journal ArticleGabapentinoid Use by Self-Reported Indication and Level of Evidence.
DOI:10.1007/s11606-023-08418-7 PMID: 37794261 -
Chaitoff A. 2024 Jan;Additional ScholarshipThe Main Course – The Business of Healthcare is Changing (Curbsiders Digest)