Margarita Sotelo, MD

HS Clinical Professor

After completing Internal Medicine residency in 1998, Dr. Sotelo practiced as Hospitalist in academic- and non- academic- affiliated hospitals in northern California, Washington State, and New Zealand. In 2007, she pursued fellowship training in clinical Geriatrics and joined the Division of Hospital Medicine and Division of Geriatrics in 2009. Her clinical interest is in improving the care of hospitalized elders. She is one of two geriatricians staffing the Acute Care for Elders unit at ZSFG.

Education:
• MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1995

Training:
• Internal Medicine Internship, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 1996
• Internal Medicine Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 1998
• Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, University of California San Francisco, 2008

Certification:
• ABIM Internal Medicine certification, 1998
• ABIM Internal Medicine recertification, 2008
• Geriatric board certification, 2011

Memberships and Affiliations:
• Society of Hospital Medicine
• American Geriatrics Society
• American College of Physicians
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