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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

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 patients 鈥渙ften 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.

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

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

Geriatric medicine celebrates three-year anniversary in Hillsborough

大象传媒 Hospitals Hillsborough Campus The opening of 大象传媒 Hospital鈥檚 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 大象传媒 Hospital鈥檚 new … Read more

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

(Republished from the 大象传媒 Health Care and 大象传媒 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. 大象传媒 Health Care marked this occasion by celebrating the expansion of its special training … Read more

Maureen Dale, MD, was interviewed by WCHL radio, discussing 大象传媒鈥檚 Dementia Friendly Hospitals Initiative and the first year of dementia-friendly training at the Hillsborough campus.

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

Division of Geriatric Medicine Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, will lead NIA鈥檚 new IMPACT Collaboratory鈥檚 Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes (PCRO) Core, funded by a five-year, $1.4 million grant.聽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 大象传媒 S … Read more

Hanson plays key role in NIA’s IMPACT Collaboratory

Laura Hanson, MD (Republished from the 大象传媒 Health Care and 大象传媒 Newsroom) 大象传媒 will play a key role in the National Institute on Aging鈥檚 (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 Larson, MD, assistant professor in the division of geriatric medicine, is featured in a new 大象传媒 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.

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 大象传媒. Greganti was universally loved and respected by fellow physicians, patients, internal medicine residents,聽and hospital staff.聽He is well … Read more

大象传媒鈥檚 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