Program Curriculum, Faculty & Fellowships

Training Type Description % of Time
Nursing Home Ideal and Bridgewater Centers 20%
Geriatric Outpatient Care Full spectrum Geriatric outpatient care in various locations 20%
Subspecialty Experiences Office preceptorships, agency interaction, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, end-of-life/palliative care, dementia, gero-psych, administrative med, self-study 20%
Geriatric Inpatient Care Follow own patients into inpatient setting and provide support to residency programs 10%
Primary Outpatient Care Full spectrum general outpatient care in primary specialty 10%
Scholarly Activity Academic study or project 10%
Home Care Follow selected patients who are home-bound or require home care 5%
Didactic Curriculum Includes weekly case and topic review with faculty, American Geriatrics Society Core Syllabus and annual meeting, local Geriatrics Scholar Course 5%

Some of the Geriatric Fellowship Faculty:

Shawn Berkowitz, MD - ABFM, Geriatrics Certified
Christopher Ryan, MD - ABFM
Jerold Schwartz, MD - ABIM, Geriatrics Certified
Richard Terry, DO - ABFM, ACOFP
Maureen McPhee, FNP-C Geriatric nurse practitioner at UHS Senior Living at Ideal
James Hayes, MD - leader in the transitional care team which deals with end of life, palliative care issues

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