25 US Residency Programs Aimed At Better Preparing Surgical And Other Specialty Residents To Care For Older Patients
Thanks to the generosity of the John A. Hartford Foundation -- which has funded the GSR program since its inception in 2001 and recently provided an additional $5.08 million in funds for the next four years -- AGS was able to award more than twice as many grants as in previous years.
The GSR program supports collaborations between surgical and related medical specialty faculty and geriatrics faculty at medical schools and hospitals. Working as a team, the faculty members develop, initiate, and evaluate model initiatives that integrate geriatrics into surgical and related specialty residency training. Each two-year GSR grant of $40,000 supports curricular innovations at each team's home institution.
"We're extremely pleased to be able to make these awards to a greater number of residency programs for initiatives that offer great promise for improving specialty care for older people," said AGS President Todd Semla, Pharm.D., associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist with the US Department of Veterans Affairs Pharmacy Benefits Management and Strategic Health Group.
The GSR is part of the AGS' larger Geriatrics-for-Specialists' Initiative (GSI), also funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, which aims to help prepare surgeons and other medical specialists provide healthcare tailored to the unique needs of older adults. The AGS' Section for Surgical and Related Medical Specialties oversees the GSI, which targets ten specialties -- anesthesiology; emergency medicine; general surgery; gynecology; ophthalmology; orthopedic surgery; otolaryngology; physical medicine and rehabilitation; thoracic surgery and urology.
Since the GSR was established in 2001, the initiative has supported 41 collaborations that have enhanced training for surgical and related specialty residents in medical schools and hospitals throughout the country. Many U.S. training programs, however, still lack curricula specific to the care of older patients. The goal of the GSR is to change this. The GSR does this in two ways. It fosters the development of geriatric education curricula for specialty trainees, thereby enabling these trainees to acquire the knowledge and skills to provide quality care for older patients. By focusing on these trainees, it also ensures that their knowledge is disseminated further when these individuals then teach colleagues, faculty and students in return.
2007-2009 GSR award recipients, their specialties, their home institutions, and the geriatrics faculty members with whom they will collaborate are:
Leanne Groban, MD; Anesthesiology
Partner Geriatrician: Hal Atkinson, MD
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Fredric M. Hustey, MD; Emergency Medicine
Partner Geriatrician: Robert Palmer, MD, MPH
Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH
Joe Myslinski, MD, and Ron Fuerst, MD; Emergency Medicine
Partner Geriatrician: G. Paul Eleazer, MD
Palmetto Health Allicance/Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC
Elliot Rodriguez, MD; Emergency Medicine
Partner Geriatrician: Gary Johnson, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Michael Stern, MD; Emergency Medicine
Partner Geriatrician: Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH
New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Therese M. Duane, MD; General Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Arline Bohannon, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond, VA
Christopher B. Mills, MD, General Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Joyce Fogel, MD
St. Vincent's Hospital, New York,
Thomas Robinson, MD, General Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Jeffrey Wallace, MD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Travis P. Webb, MD; General Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Edmund Duthie, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI
Chiara Ghetti, MD; Gynecology
Partner Geriatrician: Neil Resnick, MD
University of Pittsburgh; Pittburgh, PA
Leah Kaufman, MD, Gynecology
Partner Geriatrician: Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD, FACP
Long Island Jewish Medical Center; New Hyde Park, NY
Scott W. Cousins, MD; Ophthalmology
Partner Geriatrician: Mitchell T. Heflin, MD, MHS
Duke University; Durham, NC
Susan S. Liang, MD; Ophthalmology
Partner Geriatrician: Sharon A. Levine, MD
Boston University, Boston MA
David C. Ayres, MD; Orthopaedic Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester, MA
Charles N. Cornell, MD; Orthopaedic Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH
Hospital for Special Surgery; New York, NY
Syed Ashfaq Hasan, MD; Orthopaedic Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Anne Riggs, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Little Rock, AR
Jason Hull, MD; Orthopaedic Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Arline D. Bohannon, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond, VA
Michael H. Huo, MD; Orthopaedic Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Vivyenne Marie-Louise Roche, MB, BCc, BAO, LRCP&SI
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; Dallas, TX
Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD: Orthopaedic Surgery
Partner Geriatrician: Daniel Ari Mendelson, MS, MD
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; Rochester, NY
Kourosh Parham, MD, PhD; Otolaryngology
Partner Geriatrician: George Kuchel, MD, FRCP
University of Connecticut Health Center; Farmington, CT
John M. Schweinfurth, MD; Otolaryngology
Partner Geriatrician: Tom Mosley, PhD
The University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson, MS
Clinton Faulk, MD; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Partner Geriatrician: Tae Joon Lee, MD
East Carolina University; Greenville, NC
Valery Lanyi, MD; Rehabilitation Medicine
Partner Geriatrician: Lydia Rolita, MD
NYU School of Medicine; New York, NY
Gregory T. Bales, MD; Urology
Partner Geriatrician: Catherine E. DuBeau, MD
The University of Chicago; Chicago, IL
Charles Walker, MD; Urology
Partner Geriatrician: Lisa M. Walke, MD
Yale University School of Medicine; New Haven, CT
For more information about the GSR, visit http://www.americangeriatrics.org/specialists/gsr/default.asp.
About The AGS
Founded in 1942, the American Geriatrics Society is a nationwide, not-for-profit association of geriatrics health care professionals dedicated to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people. The Society supports this mission through activities in clinical practice, professional and public education, research, and public policy. With an active membership of over 6,700 health care professionals, the Society has become a pivotal force in shaping attitudes, policies, and practices in geriatric medicine.
About The FHA
In 1999, the American Geriatrics Society reached beyond its traditional role as a professional medical society and launched the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA). The FHA aims to build a bridge between geriatrics health care professionals and the public, and advocate on behalf of older adults and their special needs: wellness and preventive care, self-responsibility and independence, and connections to family and community. The FHA champions initiatives in public education, clinical research, and public policy that advance the principles and practice of geriatrics medicine; educate policy makers and the public on the health care needs and concerns of older adults; support aging research that reduces disability and frailty, and improves quality of life and health outcomes; encourage older adults to be effective advocates for their own health care; and help family members and caregivers take better care of their older loved ones and themselves.
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