Leah Taffel, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Leah Taffel, MD is an Instructor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She is the assistant director for the Geriatrics Clerkship at BUSM. She attended Tufts University and majored in Child Development and Pre-Medical Sciences. After graduation, she worked for two years doing medical education research at NYU School of Medicine. It was there that she first became interested in medical education. She went on to Albert Einstein College of Medicine to complete her medical degree. At Einstein, Leah studied medical Spanish, spent a summer working in a clinic in Peru, and was on the board of the student-run free clinic. She then became a resident in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. After a personal experience with a family member in hospice and seeing the meaningful impact that palliative care has on patients, she has become increasingly interested in end of life care. She then became a fellow in Geriatric Medicine at Boston Medical Center.
Dr. Taffel is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, and is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, American College of Physicians, American Geriatric Society, and the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Education
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD
- Tufts University, BA
Classes Taught
Publications
- Published on 2/15/2023
Liu CK, Taffel L, Russell M, Wong SPY, Russell H, Vig EK. Decision-making about dialysis: Beyond just dialysis or death. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 May; 71(5):1378-1385. PMID: 36790053.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2011
Sutin D, Rolita L, Yeboah N, Taffel L, Zabar S. A novel longitudinal geriatric medical student experience: using teaching objective structured clinical examinations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Sep; 59(9):1739-43; quiz 1743-4. PMID: 21806562.
Read at: PubMed