Joshua Chodosh MD, MSHS, FACP

Dr. Joshua Chodosh is Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care in the Department of Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the NYU Langone Healthcare System in New York City. Dr. Chodosh holds the inaugural endowed Michael L. Freedman Professor of Geriatric Research and founded the Freedman Center on Aging Technology and Cognitive Health, supported by over $10 million in NIH funding.

Dr. Chodosh is also a staff physician and health services researcher in the New York Harbor VA Healthcare System. Along with faculty in nursing and dentistry, Dr. Chodosh co-founded the Aging Incubator, a University-wide collaborative that supports innovative enterprises in aging-focused education, research, and community engagement. Under Dr. Chodosh’s leadership, geriatric medicine and palliative care have a system-wide presence in NYU Langone Health that is poised for rapid expansion in the next few years, meeting the needs of NYU patients.

Dr. Chodosh’s NIH and VA research includes several innovative programs in dementia detection and care, hearing loss, and recruitment and retention of older research participants from underrepresented groups. He has led the development of community-engaged research activities for older persons and directs the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Chodosh is also PI of the NYU CDC BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence (PHCOE) on Early Detection of Dementia, the only CDC-funded Center focused on early detection. Dr. Chodosh came to NYU in 2015 after a productive research career at UCLA and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.