Drive to Deprescribe: Sharing Key Strategies and Successes (July 2022)

Monica Ott, MD, CMD, currently serves as the market medical director for the Missouri/Illinois/Kansas market of Senior Community Care within Optum.  Dr. Ott currently leads the Medication OPTUMization initiative and works with the education team on clinical topics for the advance practice clinicians such as COVID-19.  She has been active in AMDA for many years and previously served as the Indiana chapter president.

Sabine Von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD, is an Internist and Geriatric Medical Specialist and has practiced in Skilled Nursing Facilities since her fellowship at the University of Washington in 1988. She first became a certified Medical Director in 1992 and has since been enthusiastically engaged in Medical Direction of Skilled Nursing Facilities. In 2011, she was honored by AMDA/Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine as Medical Director of the Year. She is Associate clinical Professor Emerita at the University of Washington and Chief Medical Officer of Avalon Healthcare. As a Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer she is involved in Quality improvement, developing standards and outcomes measures in our facility and the successful translation of medical evidence into clinical care. Her mission is to support the best care possible medical care for all of our patients. Dr. von Preyss-Friedman currently serves as the president of the Washington State Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.