Dr. Alex Chaitoff
Primary Care Physician & Hospitalist
2 Podcasts on BackTable
Dr. Alex Chaitoff is a physician-researcher and assistant professor specializing in primary care and hospital medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Episode # 517 • 16 Mar 2026
Physical Performance, Fall Risk
Join us as we review and appraise recent practice-changing articles. In this episode, we cover the latest in GLP-1s and GIP agonists for CVD, Type 2 Diabetes, and Obesity, valacyclovir to treat Alzheimer’s, weight regain patterns after medication-induced weight loss, and a deep dive into the data behind deprescribing – and behavioral science to increase deprescribing behavior. Fill your brain hole with a delicious stack of hotcakes!
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About
Dr. Chaitoff is a Research Scientist in the Center for Clinical Management Research at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health System and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. He attended medical school at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and completed both Internal Medicine residency and a research fellowship in implementation science at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. A clinician-researcher, he is interested in re-evaluating the safety and efficacy of medications as adults age and then finding the best ways to get older adults onto the most appropriate treatment regimens. His work has appeared in numerous high-impact journals including JAMA, JAMA Internal Medicine, Diabetes Care, and Annals of Internal Medicine.
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