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Category: Geriatric Medicine

  • JAGS | Niznik Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Study in Nursing Home Patients

    Addressing Overmedication in Nursing Home Patients with Severe Dementia

    A recent study from Assistant Professor Joshua Niznik, PhD, PharmD, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society suggests de-prescribing Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors (AChEls) as a reasonable approach to lowering polypharmacy and risk of serious falls or fractures without increasing risk for all-cause negative events in nursing home residents wi … Read more

  • WRAL interviews Meredith Gilliam, MD, MPH, on falls prevention

    Gilliam and Falls Prevention on WRAL

    Meredith Gilliam, MD, MPH, was recently interviewed on WRAL on the topic of falls prevention for older adults. According to NC’s Division of Public Health, one quarter of North Carolinians 65 and over will fall in a year. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in older adults, causing 1,094 deaths, 18,771 hospitalizations, and 78,799 Emergency Department visit … Read more

  • Dementia-friendly training

    Busby-Whitehead, Dale discuss dementia-friendly training in Modern Health Care

    Dementia patients “often forget where they are and that they are not in their home,” says Maureen Dale, MD, in Modern Health Care. “When clinicians are coming in and out of their room to do their job, it can be alarming.” Busby-Whitehead also emphasizes that staff members feel more confident speaking with patients and reorienting them, after this training.

  • Christine Kistler, MD

    Kistler receives pilot award to test feasibility of pharmacogenomics to reduce adverse events to medication

    Christine Kistler, MD, MASc The UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH), which aims to transform patient care through evidence-based precision medicine, and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) have awarded three pilot grants. The pilot grants have direct clinical o … Read more

  • Kittra Felton and Maureen Dale, MD

    Geriatric medicine celebrates three-year anniversary in Hillsborough

    UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus The opening of UNC Hospital’s Hillsborough Campus in 2015 provided a unique opportunity for medicine services to expand. Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine, envisioned a service that could be accessible and comfortable to the geriatric population, combining specialized geriatric care with all of the amenities at UNC Hospital’s new … Read more

  • Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD

    ‘Dementia Friendly Hospitals Day’ recognizes expansion of special training program

    (Republished from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom) Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead speaking at the ‘Dementia Friendly Hospitals Day’ event. Photo Credit: Tom Fuldner Photography Governor Cooper proclaimed Sept. 26, 2019, as ‘Dementia Friendly Hospitals Day’ in North Carolina. UNC Health Care marked this occasion by celebrating the expansion of its special training … Read more

  • Aaron Keck and Maureen Dale, MD

    Dale explains the importance of dementia-friendly training on WCHL Radio

    Maureen Dale, MD, was interviewed by WCHL radio, discussing UNC’s Dementia Friendly Hospitals Initiative and the first year of dementia-friendly training at the Hillsborough campus.

  • September- Grants and Funding

    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: September 1-September 30, 2019

    Division of Geriatric Medicine Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, will lead NIA’s new IMPACT Collaboratory’s Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes (PCRO) Core, funded by a five-year, $1.4 million grant. Learn more. Division of Hematology/Oncology Lisa Carey, MD, will receive $400,000 from Susan G. Komen to study how HER2+ tumors respond to HER2-targeted therapies. She is one of three UNC S … Read more

  • laura-hanson

    Hanson plays key role in NIA’s IMPACT Collaboratory

    Laura Hanson, MD (Republished from the UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom) UNC will play a key role in the National Institute on Aging’s (NIA) newly announced IMPACT Collaboratory, a national research incubator to improve care and quality of life for people living with dementia. Laura Hanson, MD, will lead the collaboratory’s Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcom … Read more

  • Claire Kathryn Larson, MD

    Larson explains how older adults can see the world and stay healthy

    Claire Larson, MD, assistant professor in the division of geriatric medicine, is featured in a new UNC Health Talk article for older adults who travel. She offers 11 tips and suggestions that older adults need to keep in mind to stay healthy during a big trip.

  • Andrew Greganti, MD

    Greganti Retires After Distinguished Career

    Andrew Greganti, MD, the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor, and vice chair of the department of medicine has retired following more than 40 years of distinguished service as faculty at the UNC School of Medicine. Greganti was universally loved and respected by fellow physicians, patients, internal medicine residents, and hospital staff. He is well … Read more

  • Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead

    Center for Aging & Health Receives $3.75 Million Grant to Create Age-Friendly Health Care

    UNC’s Center for Aging and Health has received a five-year, $3.75 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide geriatrics training statewide through the Carolina Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (CGWEP). Read more