Alyson Michener MD

Dr. Alyson R. Michener, MD, is a geriatrician and medical educator at the University of Pennsylvania, where she leads initiatives to advance aging-related care and education across medical training and clinical practice. She earned her medical degree from New York Medical College and completed her internal medicine residency at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where she also received a Certificate in Leadership in Medical Education from the Weatherhead School of Management. She then completed her Geriatrics Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by the Measey Fellowship in Medical Education.

Dr. Michener currently serves as Program Director of the Geriatrics Fellowship at Penn, overseeing the training of future geriatricians and leading strategic efforts to enhance fellowship education. She also directs the Aging Theme at the Perelman School of Medicine, integrating geriatrics throughout the undergraduate medical curriculum. Passionate about mentorship and interdisciplinary engagement, she founded GrANDMAS (Geriatrics, Aging, and Neurodegenerative Disease in Medicine and Society), a student interest group she continues to advise.

Her clinical work spans multiple care settings, with a current focus on home-based primary care. She serves as Medical Director of the Truman Schnabel Geriatrics Home-Based Primary Care Program and attends on the Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit. Her previous roles include medical director of a hospital-based subacute rehabilitation facility and consultant on Penn Presbyterian’s Ortho Surgical Co-Management service.