The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is pleased to share that Dr. Laurence M. Solberg has been appointed to the role of National Program Director, VA Track in the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship Program, Geriatrics and Extended Care, Veterans Administration Central Office.
Dr. Solberg is the Associate Director for Clinical Innovations at the Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System in Gainesville, Florida. He is a board-certified geriatrician and implementation science researcher at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. He earned his medical degree from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and completed his internal medicine residency and geriatric medicine fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine.
He is a Health and Aging Policy Program Alumnus from the 2022-2023 cohort and completed his placement work in the Veterans Benefits Administration. In his clinical and research work, Dr. Solberg focuses on quality improvement and implementation initiatives that strengthen care for older adults.
Dr. Solberg’s contributions to geriatrics and gerontology have been recognized through fellowships with both the American Geriatrics Society and the Gerontological Society of America. A U.S. Army veteran, he has served Veterans within the VA Health System for more than 18 years.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Solberg on this new role and welcoming him into this leadership team.
