{"id":3827,"date":"2016-02-02T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/drickamer\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:58:27","slug":"drickamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/drickamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Program Directors: Margaret Drickamer, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Drickamer is Director of the Geriatric Fellowship Program, Service Leader, Inpatient Service Leader, and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 331px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-32076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/05\/drickamer_margaret-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Margaret Drickamer, MD\" width=\"331\" 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MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><em style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">What is your clinical expertise?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Geriatrics: particularly care of frail elderly and home care; <span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\">Palliative Care<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><em>What is your current role in the Department of Medicine?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Physician Service Chief Leader for Med A, <span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\">Program Director for the Geriatrics Fellowship<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><em>What current project or initiative at UNC are you involved in that you are excited about?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Expanding the clinical use of and education about alternate places of care such as home, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living, for complex and frail patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>Dr. Drickamer is Director of the Geriatric Fellowship Program, Service Leader, Inpatient Service Leader, and Professor of Medicine in 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