Skip to main content
Loading Events

« All Events

  • This event has passed.

Medicine Grand Rounds-Dr. John Batsis presents: “Geriatrics Update.

May 11, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

John Batsis-medications-cause-weight-gain

JOHN A. BATSIS, MD, FACP, FTOS, AGSF, FGSA is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, the Division of Geriatric Medicine. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr. Batsis was previously on the faculty as an Associate Professor at Dartmouth from 2008 to 2020, after which he joined UNC Chapel Hill in September 2020. He provides clinical care in the outpatient and nursing home setting to older adults with obesity, multimorbidity, and frailty. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Geriatrics Society, the Gerontological Society of America, and the Obesity Society
Dr. Batsis is a geriatrician and health services researcher. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Obesity Medicine. His work has focused on understanding the interplay between fat and muscle in older adults in large datasets but also in conducting clinical trials in older adults focusing on improving physical function during weight loss efforts. He is a transdisciplinary team scientist, working collaboratively with engineers and computer scientists in the development, validation, and application of different types of research-grade and commercial technologies for health promotion in older adult populations, including using remote patient monitoring and telemedicine.
Dr. Batsis is funded by the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, and has published over 185 papers. He is heavily involved at the national level in many levels. He is Chair-Elect of The Obesity Society’s Clinical Research Section, a long-standing member of the American Geriatrics Society’s research committee, Co-Chair of its Diversity in Research Subcommittee, and Chair of the Research Methods Subcommittee. In addition, he is co-Chair of the Obesity Section of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Batsis is on the editorial boards of two prominent aging journals, the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and the Journal of Gerontological Medical Sciences. Finally, he is a member of a recently published consensus statement put forth by the European Association for the Study of Obesity and the European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition on the Diagnosis of Sarcopenic Obesity and a member of the Global Initiative for the Study of Sarcopenia Initiative.

Details

Date:
May 11, 2023
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium
Chapel Hill, NC United States + Google Map
Comments are closed.