Dr. Carole Baraldi, M.D., is an associate professor in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Utah and a faculty member at the George E. Whalen Veterans Affairs Medical Center Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC). She is board certified in Geriatrics and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Her current clinical role involves optimizing care of frail, geriatric surgical patients. Her academic interests include education of medical students, residents and fellows in the clinical setting, multi-disciplinary care models in the care of geriatric surgical patients, transitions of care and end-of-life care models. Dr. Baraldi completed medical school and internal medicine residency at the The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, then completed fellowship training in Geriatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Since completing her training in 2000, Dr. Baraldi has worked in the Salt Lake City community in skilled nursing care, hospice care and primary care geriatrics. In 2009 she returned to an academic career. She spent over 20 as a medical director in several skilled nursing facilities and hospices in Salt Lake City. She also served as the Geriatric Fellowship Program Director at the University of Utah for 13 years, and as a core faculty educator in the medical school Clinical Methods Curriculum for 4 years. She is currently the medical director for the GRECC demonstration project COGS (Care Coordination in Geriatric Surgery) at the VAMC.
