Congratulations to our second year Geriatric Medicine fellows on their Research Awards:
Dr. Katherine (Kay) Ritchey has received a VA Special Fellowship and Dr. Joe C. Huang has been awarded a Biology of Aging Training Grant Fellowship.

UW PRAISE Awards:
Dr. Katherine A. Bennett and Dr. May J. Reed have both received the UW PRAISE Awards for Excellence in Patient Care.

Long Term Care Service (LTCS):
The Long Term Care Service under the Directorship of Dr. Wayne C. McCormick continues to lead the way in innovative approaches to transitions of care.
In addition to their other roles, the LTCS is now directing a 10 bed unit on 4E at Harborview Medical Center (HMC).
The unit is designed to provide transitional care services for patients who no longer have acute hospital needs, but are awaiting placement in the community.

Harborview Medical Center (HMC):
Our Harborview Medical Center Senior Care Clinic received "100% willingness to recommend" by our patients at the end of fiscal year 2013.

David A. Gruenewald, MD
Associate Professor
Fellow 1987 - 1990
Faculty 1990 - Present:
Dr. Gruenewald is Project Leader for the nationwide VA initiative “Improving Palliative Care in Intensive Care Units” (2012-present). He led the development of a national cadre of coaches and quality improvement (QI) team leaders. His workgroup is developing innovative approaches to apply principles of distance learning to help coaches facilitate teleconference and phone meetings with their QI team leaders and teams.  He created a 9-module ICU Family Meeting Project Curriculum as a core component of this initiative. His work was recognized in a Certificate of Appreciation awarded in July, 2013 by Dr. Scott Shreve, National Director, Hospice and Palliative Care Program, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Dr. Carol Luhrs, Director, VA Comprehensive End of Life Care Implementation Center.

May J. Reed, MD
Associate Professor
Fellow 1990 - 1992
Faculty 1992 - Present:
Dr. May J. Reed (Geriatrics) and Dr. Itay Bentov (Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) are co-authors on a paper entitled "Anesthesia, Microcirculation and Wound Repair in Aging" in Anesthesiology.

Stephen R. Plymate, MD
Professor
Faculty 1993 - Present:
Dr. Plymate has been awarded a $6.5 million grand by the DOD-CDMRP entitled, “Targeting the Aberrant Androgen Receptor in Advanced Treatment Resistant Prostate Cancer”.

Elizabeth A. Phelan, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Fellow 1998 - 2000
Faculty 2000 - Present:
Dr. Elizabeth Phelan, Associate Professor, Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine is Co-PI on a grant recently funded by the Agency for Health Care Quality and Research (AHRQ), DHHS, titled “Addressing the Personal Health Information Needs of Older Adults.”

Dr. Alvin Matsumoto MD, FACP
Senior Fellow 1979 - 1982
Faculty 1978 - Present:
The New York Times has quoted Dr. Matsumoto in "Middle-Aged Men, Too, Can Blame Estrogen for that Waistline."
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/science/middle-aged-men-can-blame-estrogen-too.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Dr. Angela Hanson, MD
Fellow 2010 - 2011
Senior Fellow / Acting Instructor 2011 - Present:
Is first author of an article in JAMA Neurology, titled, “Effect of Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Diet on Apolipoprotein E Lipidation and Amyloid Peptides: Randomized Clinical Trial.” The article discusses how Alzheimer's disease biomarkers are influenced by APOE genotype and diet. link to article

Dr. Alvin Matsumoto MD, FACP
Senior Fellow 1979 - 1982
Faculty 1978 - Present:
Professor and Acting Division Head received The Endocrine Society 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Recognition Award in recognition of outstanding achievements by reviewers for The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the world’s leading peer-reviewed journal for endocrine clinical research and cutting-edge clinical practice reviews.

Wayne McCormick MD, MPH
Fellow 1989 - 1990
Faculty 1990 - Present:
Professor of Medicine was named President-Elect of the American Geriatrics Society. (http://depts.washington.edu/pallmed/news)

Thuan Ong MD, MPH
Fellow 2008 - 2009
Faculty 2010 - Present:
Assistant Professor of Medicine was awarded a Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA), a prestigious career development award for geriatric clinician educators. 

Eric Coleman
Fellow 1995 - 1998
Geriatrician
Professor, Division of Health Care Policy
and Research
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO:
Awarded the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant for his work in Care Transitions. http://www.macfound.org/fellows/863/

 

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