Stephen Bonasera, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Departmental/Divisional Leadership Roles

• Division Chief, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine 

Academic Appointment

• Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Professor of Healthcare Delivery & Population Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Education and Training

• University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA     
  • Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine (1998-2000)
  • Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine (1995-1998)
• Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
  M.D. (cum laude) (1988-1995)
• Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Atlanta, GA     
  Ph.D. (1988-1995)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
  B.S., Electrical Engineering (1979-1984)

Scholarly Foci

• Models for outpatient care delivery
• Assessment of functional status in community-dwelling adults
• Behavioral neuroscience
• Molecular and systems biology of CNS aging
• Neurodegenerative diseases

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

• Association of Directors of Geriatrics Academic Programs     
  • Member (2022-present)
• American Geriatrics Society
  • Economics and Technology Committee, Health Systems Innovation (2019-2022)
  • Member (2008-present)
• International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment
  • Member (2010-present)
• Society for Neuroscience     
  • Member (1990-present)

Significant Honors and Awards

• Fellow, National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (2008, 2017)
• Joseph P. and Harriet K. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center (2012)
• Excellence in Direct Teaching, The Haile T. Debbas Academy of Medical Educators, University of California, San Francisco (2009)
• Fellow, Brookdale Foundation Group (2001-2003)
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Emory University (1994)

Contact Information

Internal Medicine
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-2481
Stephen.Bonasera@baystatehealth.org

(Updated March 2023)