Penn Medicine Provider
Geriatric Medicine
Jason Karlawish, MD
4.9
(54)
Sees patients age 65 and up
Penn Memory Center
Make an appointmentCall 215-662-7810

About me

  • Co-Director, Penn Memory Center
  • Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
  • Professor of Medicine in Medical Ethics and Health Policy
  • Professor of Medicine in Neurology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: Francis Scott Key Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

54 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
careful analysis and explanations.
March 2025
5.0
5.0
nice, detailed and thoughtful answers to questions.
March 2025
5.0
5.0
he outlined plans for treatment.
February 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent diagnostic skills and excellent way of providing information

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Karlawish is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Trojanowski JQ, Arnold SE, Karlawish JH, Naylor M, Brunden KR, Lee VM-Y A model for improving the treatment and care of Alzheimer patients through interdisciplinary research , Alzheimers Dement , 8(6): 2012,564-573

Jefferson AL, Carmona H, Gifford K, Sarinana SL, Byerly LK, Cantwell N, Tripodis Y, Karlawish J Clinical research risk assessment among individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment , Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 20(10): 2012,878-886

Naylor MD, Karlawish JH, Arnold SE, Khachaturian AS, Khachaturian ZS, Lee VM-Y, Baumgart M, Banerjee S, Beck C, Blennow K, Brookmeyer R, Brunden KR, Buckwalter KC, Comer M, Covinsky K, Feinberg LF, Frisoni G, Green C, Guimaraes RM, Gwyther LP, Hefti FF, Hutton M, Kawas C, Kent DM, Kuller L, Langa KM, Mahley RW, Maslow K, Masters CL, Meier DE, Neumann PJ, Paul SM, Petersen RC, Sager MA, Sano M, Schenk D, Soares H, Sperling RA, Stahl SM, Van Deerlin V, Stern Y, Weir D, Wolk D, Trojanowski JQ. Advancing Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, treatment, and care: Recommendations from the Ware Invitational Summit , Alzheimers Dement, 8(5): 2012,445-452

Kesselheim AS, Karlawish J Biomarkers Unbound - the Supreme Court's Ruling on Diagnostic-Test Patents , N Engl J Med, 366(25): 2012,2338-2340

Lui WCV, Lam CWL, Chau CMR, Fung WTA, Wong MLB, Leung TYG, Leung KF, Chiu FKH, Karlawish JHT, Appelbaum PS Capacity to Make Decisions on Medication Management in Chinese Older Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer Disease. , Int Psychogeriatr, 24(7): 2012,1103-11

Tsou AY, Karlawish J, McCluskey L, Xie S, Long J Predictors of emergent feeding tubes and tracheostomies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) , Amyotroph Lateral Scler, 13(3): 2012,318-325

Karlawish J What We Talk About When We Talk About Alzheimer’s Disease , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Blog: 2012

Sperling RA, Karlawish J, Johnson KA Preclinical Alzheimer disease—the challenges ahead , Nat Rev Neurol, 9(1): 2013,54-58

Flory J, Karlawish J The Prompted Optional Randomization Trial: A New Design for Comparative Effectiveness Research , Am J Public Health, 102(12): 2012,e8-10

Meisel ZF, Karlawish J Narrative vs Evidence-Based Medicine-- And, Not Or , JAMA, 306(18): 2011,2022-2023