Mindy J. Fain, MD

Dr. Fain is passionate about health care, which she believes is a right for everyone. Since joining our faculty in 1985, she has made a remarkable difference in the availability and quality of health care in Arizona, especially among the state’s burgeoning population of elderly. Active in the Arizona medical community, she is committed to developing and disseminating high-value models of health care. Dr. Fain served as medical director of Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System Home-based Primary Care from 1988-2012, and guided this remarkable interprofessional team to provide care for aging veterans in their own homes, combining the best of geriatric medicine with the best of palliative care.

Dr. Fain is the president of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine and a member of the board and editor of the Journal of the Arizona Geriatrics Society. As co-director of two geriatric education grants, the Arizona Geriatric Workforce Education Program and the Arizona Reynolds Program, she contributes to the continuing education of medical colleagues and other health professionals throughout the state. She was appointed chair of the Governor’s Aging and Long Term Care Healthcare Workforce Task Force in 2008 to develop a health care workforce plan to meet the needs of the 21st century, and was a member of the Senior and Aging Issue Advisory Council by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. She currently serves on the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Geriatric Medicine Board and American Academy of Home Care Medicine Board, and is a member of the National Institute on Aging Behavior and Social Science of Aging Review panel.