Rossana PO Lau-Ng MD, MBA, CMD
Assistant Professor, Geriatrics
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-6100rolau@bu.edu
rossana.lau@bmc.org

Sections
Geriatrics
Biography
Dr. Lau-Ng is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine combined MD/MBA program in Health Management. She completed her Family Medicine and Community Health residency at University of Massachusetts Medical School, and then went on to complete a 2-year Geriatric Medicine clinician-educator track fellowship at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center.
As an attending physician in the Section of Geriatrics at Boston Medical Center, she sees patients in local area skilled nursing facilities, providing care for subacute rehabilitation patients and long-term care residents. She is the medical director of the Nursing Home Program in the Section of Geriatrics, and the medical director of the Decanter Program at Boston Medical Center working with an interprofessional committee on care transitions of un-/underinsured patients from the hospital to appropriate post-acute care facilities.
She serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Previously the Associate Clerkship Director for the Fourth Year Geriatrics Clerkship from 2015 – 2018, she now continues to be a medical student preceptor in the nursing home. She is also a core faculty of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at BUSM and a nursing home longitudinal preceptor for the fellowship. She has a special interest in interprofessional medical education on issues affecting older adults in post-acute care setting. She is a recipient of the prestigious HRSA’s Geriatric Academic Career Advancement award, which supports her research focus on interprofessional education in the post-acute and long-term care setting on the care of older adults with opioid use disorder.
Education
Medicine-Geriatric, MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
MBA, Tufts University
Human Development, BS, Cornell University
Publications
Jones KF, Beiting KJ, Ari M, Lau-Ng R, Landi AJ, Kelly L, Pravodelov V, Han BH. Age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2023 Oct; 4(10):e531-e532. PMID: 37804842.
Published on 3/7/2022Liu CK, Seo J, Pravodelov V, Frazier S, Guy M, Concilio K, Lau-Ng R, Brandeis G, Watson J, van der Velde J, Olesen SW, Budree S, Njenga M, Kassam Z, Osman M. Pilot study of autologous fecal microbiota transplants in nursing home residents: Feasibility and safety. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2022 Jun; 27:100906. PMID: 35299780.
Published on 10/22/2021Scheffler B, Petruccelli K, Baughman AW, Yurkofsky M, Lipsitz LA, Lau-Ng R. Fighting the COVID-19 nursing home crisis: The untold story of the nursing assistants. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Feb; 70(2):379-383. PMID: 34636029.
Published on 12/1/2020Lau-Ng R, Day H, Alford DP. Barriers Facing Older Adults with Substance Use Disorders in Post–Acute Care Settings. Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging. 2020; 44(4).
Published on 10/2/2020Lau-Ng R, Caruso LB, Perls TT. Reply to Comment on COVID-19 Deaths in Long Term Care Facilities - A Critical Piece of the Puzzle. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 12; 68(12):2748. PMID: 32835433.
Published on 7/20/2020Lau-Ng R, Caruso LB, Perls TT. COVID-19 Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Critical Piece of the Pandemic Puzzle. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 09; 68(9):1895-1898. PMID: 32501537.
Media Mentions
Published on 5/13/2021
The Grandkids Are Back, But Pandemic Effects Linger For Some In Long-Term Care
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