Alexia (Lexy) Torke, MD, MS, is a professor of medicine and division head of general internal medicine and geriatrics at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Torke received her MD from Indiana University and completed her primary care-internal medicine residency at Emory University in Atlanta. She completed fellowship training at the University of Chicago in primary care health services research and ethics. Dr. Torke’s research focuses on ethical, communication, and spiritual aspects of medical decision-making for older adults, especially surrogate decision-making for older people living with dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment. She has received funding from the NIH, the Greenwall Foundation and other foundation sources. She practices general internal medicine and palliative medicine.