Dr. Busby-Whitehead is a Board Certified Geriatrician and serves as a content expert in the field. In all her roles, she is committed to the preservation and improvement of patient health through research and to funded programs that serve to develop an increase the reach of geriatric education and training of physicians and healthcare professionals in the field of aging. Her research in aging includes preserving musculoskeletal health, mitigating falls in older adults, assessment of racial disparities regarding treatment of urinary incontinence in Southeastern United States nursing homes, and developing & testing a treatment program for fecal incontinence in frail elders.
UndergraduateRice University and Baylor University
Medical SchoolUniversity of Texas Medical Branch
ResidencyJohn Sealy Hospital
FellowshipVeterans Administration Medical Center
FellowshipNational Institute on Aging
2020, Triangle Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Award for Community Outreach: UNC Health Care Dementia Friendly Hospital Initiative (Principle Investigator).
2019-present, Appointee, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging
2017, 2019, UNCH and UNCFP Carolina Care Excellence Award
2017, Visiting Professor. Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
2017, Visiting Professor. School of Aging Studies & Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging, University of South Florida
2015-2016, President, National Association for Geriatric Education/National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
2014-2015, President-Elect, National Association for Geriatric Education/National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
2015, Visiting Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine
2014, Mary and Thomas Hudson Distinguished Professorship in Medicine
2013-2015, Chair, Board of the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs
2013-2014, Explorers Senior Leadership Program, UNC School of Medicine,
2011-2013, President, Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs
2009-present, Chair, Board of the American Geriatrics Society’s Health in Aging Foundation
2007-present, Best Doctors in America
2007-present, Eugene Mayer Community Service Honor Society
2007-present, Founding Fellow and member, UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators
2005, Delegate at-large, White House Conference on Aging
2003-present, America’s Top Doctors, Consumer’s Report
2002, Provost’s Award to Program on Aging’s Hubbard Program/Mobile Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC) for Public Service
2001, John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatrics Leadership Scholars Program
2000, Southern Gerontological Society (SGS) Best Practices Award
1998, Best Doctors in America, Woodward & White
1997-1998, UNC Teaching Scholars Program
1991, Omicron Delta Kappa Men and Women of Merit Award, Baylor University
1985, Samuel D. Harris Faculty Teaching Award, University of Florida College of Medicine
2019-Present, Appointee, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging
2015-2016, President, National Association for Geriatric Education/National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
2014-2015, President Elect, National Association for Geriatric Education/National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
2013-Present Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Geriatric Education/ National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
2013-2015 Chair of the Board, Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs
2014- Present Member, Research Committee, Integrating Geratrics into the Specialties of Internal Medicine Subcommittee, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
2012-2014 Member, Integrating Geriatrics into the Specialties of Internal Medicine Leadership Group, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
2012-2016 Member, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Accreditation Task Force
2011-2013 President, Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs
2008–Present Chair, Board of Directors, AGS Health in Aging Foundation
2006–2011 Chair, Public Education Committee, American Geriatrics Society
2006–2009 Member, Board of Directors, Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs
2006–2007 Member Ad Hoc House Study Committee on State Guardianship Laws, State of North Carolina
2006–Present Member, Long Term Care & Community Based Services Committee, State of North Carolina
2000–2002 Chair, Review and Oversight Committee, Armed Forces Retirement Home Board
1996–1997 Vice Chair, Public Education Committee, American Geriatrics Society
1987–1994 Chair, Education and Research Subcommittee, American Geriatrics Society
1987 Member, Task Force on Education, American Geriatrics Society
