Michelle Renee Abueg

Biography

Michelle Renee Abueg, M.D., is a Health Science Clinical Assistant Professor in Geriatric Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. She completed her medical degree at Far Eastern University Institute of Medicine, Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in 2015, and subsequently completed a Family Medicine residency with a Tropical Medicine Track at PIH Health Whittier Family Medicine Residency, where she served as Junior Chief Resident and Chief Resident. She completed a Geriatric Medicine fellowship at UC Irvine in 2024.

Abueg is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. Her clinical and educational work focuses on geriatric functional assessment, substance use disorders in older adults, hearing loss, falls prevention, and infection prevention in geriatric populations. She has contributed to research on aging-in-place among LGBT community members living with and without HIV, serving as a moderator for focus group studies conducted by The San Diego LGBT Community Center and UC San Diego AntiViral Research Center.

Abueg is a member of the American Geriatrics Society, the Gerontological Society of America, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Medical Association. She has participated in the American Geriatrics Society/Association of Directors of Geriatrics Academic Programs Leadership and Life Skills Curriculum. She is fluent in English and Spanish, with intermediate proficiency in Tagalog.

Education

• M.D., Far Eastern University Institute of Medicine, Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, 2015
• B.A. in International Studies - Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 2011