Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD, is Chief Medical Officer for Mariner Health Care Central and has served as a nursing facility and hospice medical director since 1995. He has served on the Society's Board of Directors and currently chairs their Public Policy Committee. Dr. Steinberg is also the Editor-in-Chief of AMDA’s monthly periodical, Caring for the Ages. He also serves as adviser to the National POLST Paradigm Task Force. Dr. Steinberg has an active nursing home, assisted living and home visit practice in San Diego County and feels he is best known for taking his dogs on rounds with him most days.