Justin B. Mutter, MD

Justin Mutter, MD, MSc, is a primary care and consultative geriatrician, with expertise in dementia and other memory disorders, polypharmacy and complex medication management, and frailty. He is the founder and medical director of Virginia at Home, UVA’s home-based primary care program for older adults with complex medical concerns and who have significant difficulty leaving their homes to get to a clinic.

Previously, Dr. Mutter was core faculty of the UVA Memory and Aging Care Clinic and UVA Physicians at JABA. He was also the medical director of Continuum Home Health Care.

Dr. Mutter joined the UVA faculty in 2017 and serves as head of Section of Geriatrics. He completed his medical degree at UVA School of Medicine, and his residency training in family medicine at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in North Carolina. He then returned to UVA for his fellowship training in geriatric medicine. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Mutter is active in undergraduate and graduate medical education, serving as director of the UVA Center for Health Humanities & Ethics. Among other grants, he is a recipient of a Geriatric Academic Career Award from the Health Resources and Services Administration, focusing on interprofessional geriatric education in medicine, nursing, and pharmacy.