Christian Davis Furman, MD, MSPH, AGSF completed a Health and Aging Policy Fellowship in Washington, DC from 2022-23. She worked in the personal office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, focused on hospice and nursing home policy. She is the Chief of the Division of Palliative Medicine at the University of Louisville (UofL) and the Medical Director for the Trager Institute/Optimal Aging Clinic at UofL in Louisville, KY. She is a Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine and holds the Margaret Dorward Smock Endowed Chair for Geriatric Medical Education at UofL. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UofL in 1999 and a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at UofL in 2000. She is board certified in geriatric medicine. She was awarded a Geriatric Academic Career Award to teach palliative medicine to interdisciplinary teams in 2004. She is past-Chair of the American Directors of Geriatrics Academic Programs (ADGAP) Board for the American Geriatrics Society (AGS). She is currently serving as an elected member of Prospect City Council.