About
Steven R. Counsell, MD is the Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Professor and Chair in Geriatrics at Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine and Founding Director of IU Geriatrics, a John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine. He is the Geriatrics Service Line Chief for IU Health Physicians and Chief of Geriatrics at Eskenazi Health, a public safety-net health care system in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Counsell traveled to Australia, where, as a 2008-2009 Australian-American Health Policy Fellow, he studied “Innovative Models of Coordinating Care for Older Adults.” Prior to his sabbatical, he served as Geriatrician Consultant to the Indiana Medicaid Office of Policy and Planning. He is a fellow of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), past Chair of the AGS Public Policy Committee, and currently serves as President-Elect and member of the AGS Board of Directors. Dr. Counsell has conducted large-scale clinical trials that tested system level interventions aimed at improving quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of health care for older adults. He was the principal investigator for the NIH-funded trial of the Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE) care management intervention. GRACE was shown to improve quality and outcomes of care in low-income seniors and reduce hospital utilization in a high risk group. Dr. Counsell was a 2009-2010 Health and Aging Policy Fellow and is currently leading GRACE Team Care™ dissemination initiatives, while working to influence health policy to improve integration of medical and social care for vulnerable elders.