April

Supporting the Abrass Family Endowed fellowship in
                    Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

          
A transformational scientist, educator and clinician, Dr. Abrass is beloved by many trainees who benefitted from his outstanding leadership.

In 1984, he became the head of the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine at UW Medicine, where he initiated a research program, a geriatric evaluation unit, an active consultation service and an ambulatory senior care clinic. Under his leadership, the division experienced tremendous growth in faculty, staff and fellows.

We are nearly ¾ of the way to funding the Abrass Family Endowed Fellowship in Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. This fund was recently established by Dr. May Reed as a way to honor Itamar’s exceptional leadership during his tenure as division head, and to provide much-needed support for our talented research fellows.  Please join us in honoring Itamar and his legacy with a donation to the Abrass Family Fund. You can do so by clicking on the following link to the Donation Webpage.

Dr. Elizabeth Phelan, professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is senior author of: “Emergency information management needs and practices of older adults: A descriptive study” in the International Journal of Medical Informatics. This paper was highlighted in the recent Department of Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Newsletter.

Drs. Sabeena Setia, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine), Joe Huang, clinical instructor, Katherine Bennett, assistant professor, Thuan Ong, assistant professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) and Divya Gollapudi, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of: “Recommendations for Preoperative Management of Frailty from the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI)” in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.

March

Dr. William Banks, professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) had his paper: “From blood–brain barrier to blood–brain interface: new opportunities for CNS drug delivery” (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery) listed as a hot paper on web of science. A “hot paper” is defined as a paper published in the past two years that received enough citations in November/December 2017 to place it in the top 0.1% of papers in its academic field.

Dr. Michelle Erickson, research assistant professor, is lead author, and Dr. William Banks, professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is senior author of: “Neuroimmune Axes of the Blood–Brain Barriers and Blood–Brain Interfaces: Bases for Physiological Regulation, Disease States, and Pharmacological Interventions” in Pharmacological Reviews.

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