Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
School of Medicine

Geriatric oncology,palliative care,dementia

Top overall score, 2009 In-Training Exam in FM Residency Program
Top overall score, 2008 In-Training Exam in FM Residency Program

Recognition for National Doctor’s day in 3/30/2019

Katy Khalighi, MD went to medical school in Tehran/Iran. She has completed 3 years of internal residency before she moved to US in 2001.She was born in France where her father was working on his PHD degree, but she was raised and grown up in IRAN. she lived in university campus where her parents were working in academic field. After she moved to US and passed medical board exams, she trained for family Medicine Residency in St. Joaquin General hospital which was an affiliated program of UC DAVIS. Then she continued residency program in USC-California Hospital, located in Downtown LA. After graduation, she got her first job in community health center in Riverside County and practiced in underserved community for almost 2 years. At that time, she has noticed that she is extremely interested taking care of elderly and focusing on their need, so she decided to join Geriatric Fellowship in Kaiser Permanente/Fontana. Dr. Khalighi joined Pomona Valley Medical Center as primary care and geriatric attending after fellowship graduation. She enjoyed working in another community clinic as well as working in PVMC Hospital. She also gained some experience working in Long Term care facilities for 6 months before joining UCI Senior Health Center. Her practice in UCI Senior Health Center has been started since March 2017 till now. Currently, Dr. Khalighi holds certifications from American Board of Family Medicine and American Board of Geriatric. She is going to join UCI School Of Medicine Women’s Leadership Academy in Summer of 2021.She is also has a specialty clinic which is “Geriatric assessment for oncology patients”. Her goal is including improving quality of life and survival of cancer patients and also providing them social support.

Correlation between Lace Score and outcome in elderly patients in skilled nursing facility.

American Academy Of Family Physician

American Geriatric Sociaty

Primary care physician
CHSI in Riverside County 2010—2012

primary care physician
Premier Family practice associate Inc in PVMC 2013—2015

skilled nursing facility physician(SNFist)
Healthcare partners in Orange County 2015—2016

Family Practice

Geriatric Medicine (IM)

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Last updated
11/04/2021