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Attention: Junior Faculty, Fellows-in-Training, Residents and All Students!

Sign up for the One-on-One AGS Mentoring Program!

The One-on-One AGS Mentoring Program returns to the 2013 AGS Annual Meeting in Grapevine, TX. The Mentoring Program matches students, residents and junior faculty with senior geriatrics faculty from across the country. The program mentees the opportunity to meet with mentors during the AGS Annual Meeting and discuss such topics as: starting an academic career, locating research funding, learning more about geriatric practice and administration, and balancing career demands with a successful family life.

At the AGS Annual Meeting for the previous 2 years (2011 & 2012), there were about 100 mentees each year who participated in the program, including medical students interested in the field of geriatrics, residents interested in geriatric fellowships, geriatric fellows contemplating specific research questions and also career advice and junior faculty members interested in mentorship in further career development and advice. Mentors who have participated included experienced geriatric practitioners, administrators, faculty members in divisions of geriatrics who are clinician educators, researchers and experts in specific areas in the field of geriatrics.

To sign up for the 2013 Mentoring Program, please complete the application form by April 3, 2013.

Prior to the Annual Meeting, the AGS will send you the name and contact information of your 2012 Mentor. It will be your responsibility to initiate contact with your assigned Mentor and for arranging a mutually convenient meeting time and place. It is our intention to provide both an interesting and informative opportunity for both Junior and Senior Faculty members.

2013 Mentor List and Career Focus

Cathy Alessi, MD VA Greater Los Angeles/UCLA Geriatric Administration and Research focused on Sleep problems in older adults	Richard Allman, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham/Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Administration and Research focused on Mobility, CV Disease, Health Disparities
Louise Aronson, MD UC San Francisco Education and research focused on public medical communication; reflective learning; geriatrics education.	Richard Besdine, MD Brown University Research Focused on health services and aging.
Barrett Bowling MD, MSPH Birmingham VA, University of Alabama at Birmingham Research focused on progression and complications of chronic kidney disease and chronic disease management	Cynthia Boyd, MD Johns Hopkins University Clinical Practice and Research focused on multimorbidity
Christine Bradway, PhD, RN University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Clinical Practice and Education focused on urinary incontinence in older women/urologic issues for older adults; transitional care; obesity in NHs	Ursula Braun, MD, MPH Baylor College of Medicine and VA Medical Center Research focused on palliative care and end-of-life decision making
Maura Brennan, MD Baystate Medical Center Clinical Practice and Education.	Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH University of Alabama at Birmingham Education and Research focused on Mobility and Fall Prevention
Charles Cefalu, MD, MS LSU-HSC Geriatric Administration and Clinical Practice	Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD, MHS Duke and the Durham VA Medical Centers Clinical Practice and Research focused on fall and fracture prevention
Steven R. Counsell, MD Indiana University Geriatric Administration focused on GRACE and ACE models, Geriatrics in ACO/MA Plan, Integration of Medical and Social Care, Dual Eligible/Low-Income Seniors, Clinical Administration Research	Andrew Dentino, MD The University of Oklahoma Education and Geriatric Administration
Samuel Durso, MD, MBA Johns Hopkins University Education focused on academic administration, clinical program development, academic career development	Mindy Fain, MD University of Arizona Education and Geriatric Administration
Jonathan (Nathan) Flacker, MD Emory University Clinical Practice and Education	Joyce Fogel, MD Beth Israel Medical Center Clinical Practice and Geriatric Administration
Moira Fordyce, MD Stanford University School of Medicine Education and Geriatric Administration ;racial disparities in (end-of-life) care, dementia	Andrea Fox, MD Squirrel Hill Health Center Clinical Practice and Geriatric Administration
Susan Friedman, MD, MPH University of Rochester Clinical Practice and Research focused on health services	Thomas Gill, MD Yale University Research focused on Epidemiology and Prevention of Disability
F. Michael Gloth III, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/Moorings Park Health Living Clinical Practice and Research focused on Senior Fitness Programs, IT to improve health care delivery, Vitamin D	James Goodwin, MD University of Texas Medical Branch Research focused on comparative effectiveness research and cancer care
Evelyn Granieri, MD, MPH, MSEd Columbia University Geriatric Administration and Education	Shelly Gray, PharmD, MS University of Washington Research and Education focused on Pharmacoepidemiology Education
Jeffrey B. Halter, MD University of Michigan Geriatric Administration and Research focused on diabetes and aging.	Susan Hastings, MD Duke University Research focused on transitions of care involving ED and hospital mobility programs for older adultsResearch focused on transitions of care involving ED and hospital mobility programs for older adults
William Hazzard, MD University of Washington and VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Research focused on Prevention of chronic disease	William Hung, MD, MPH Mt. Sinai Hospital
Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH Harvard Medical School Research focused on Cognitive functioning/delirium;	Laurie Jacobs, MD Montefiore Medical Center & Albert Einstein College of Medicine Geriatric Administration and Education;
Ted Johnson, MD, MPH Emory University/Atlanta VA Medical Center Geriatric Administration and Research focused on Urinary incontinence, Aging in place	Amy Kelley, MD, MSHS Mount Sinai Clinical Practice and Research focused on health services, palliative medicine
Douglas Kiel, MD, MPH Harvard Medical School and Hebrew Senior Life Research focused on Musculoskeletal Disease	Sei Lee, MD, MAS UCSF/San Francisco VA Research focused on diabetes in the nursing home; individualizing prevention, life expectancy and lagtime to benefit for prevention
Michael Lerch, MD, MBA Protestant Hospital Bethanien Iserlohn Education and Clinical Practice	Sharon Levine, MD Boston University School of Medicine Focus on geriatrics education: students, residents, chief residents, faculty, practicing physicians geri ed, medical education administration, personal/professional balance, home care;
Rosario Martinez, Geriatrician Hospital Juárez de México Clinical Practice and Education	William Matteson, PhD Soundminds Institute Psychology and Geriatric Administration
Wayne McCormick, MD, MPH University of Washington Geriatric Administration and Education	Douglas K. Miller, MD Indiana University Clinical Practice and Research focused on Frailty, fatigability, geriatric ED issues
Lona Mody, MD, MSc University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Research focused on a) Clinical and molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in older adults; b) Designing multicomponent interventions to reduce infections in high risk older adults focused on	Sandra Moody, MD UCSF and Kameda Medical Center (Japan) Clinical Practice and Education
Alison Moore, MD, MPH UCLA Research focused on alcohol and aging and health disparities	Irene Moore, MSW, AGSF University of Cincinnati Education and Geriatric Administration
Laura Mosqueda, MD, AGSF University of California, Irvine Research focused on Elder Mistreatment	Aanand D. Naik, MD Houston VA HSR&D and Baylor College of Medicine Research focused on interventions for multiple morbidities including cancer survivorship
Michelle Ong, MD Carolinas Healthcare System Clinical Practice and Research focused on Dementia	James Pacala, MD University of Minnesota School of Medicine Research focused on care systems for older adult populations.
Robert Palmer, MD Eastern Virginia Medical School Geriatric Administration and Research focused on Acute Hospital care, Quality improvement and patient safety in hospital	James Powers, MD Vanderbilt University Clinical Practice and Research focused on Biology of Aging
Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP University of Maryland Research and Education focus: I combine clinical work, teaching and research in motivating older adults to engage in function and physical activity across all settings	Vivyenne Roche, MD UT Southwestern at Dallas Clinical Practice and Education
Marc Rothman, MD Kindred Healthcare Geriatric Administration	Sunil Roy, MD Kaiser Permanente Clinical Practice and Education
Craig Rubin, MD UT Southwestern Education and Research focused on medical education, Alzheimer’s disease, osteoporosis	Marco Ruiz, MD, MPH Louisiana State University Education focused on Frailty Syndrome, Geriatrics Oncology, Palliative Care and hospice, Academic Clinical Practice
Debra Saliba, MD, MPH UCLA/ JH Borun Center for Gerontological Research Research focused on Quality of long-term care; Geriatric Assessment	Kenneth Schmader, MD Duke University and Durham VA Medical Centers Clinical Practice and Research Focused on: Vaccines, drugs, herpes zoster, infections Clinical Practice
Joseph Shega, MD University of Chicago Research focused on Pain Education	Ron Shorr, MD, MS University of Florida Research focused on Quality of hospital care Geriatric Administration
Michael Steinman, MD UCSF and San Francisco VAMC Research focused on quality of care, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmaceutical marketing	Gail Sullivan, MD, MPH University of Connecticut School of Medicine Education and Research focused on writing skills, publications, also education editing
George Taffet, MD Baylor College of Medicine Education and Research focused on Cardiovascular Aging	Mary Tinetti, MD Yale University Geriatric Administration and Research focused on geriatric syndromes, multiple chronic conditions.
Caroline Vitale, MD University of Michigan Education and Research focused on decisions regarding life sustaining treatments / ethics / palliative care	Louise Walter, MD University of California, San Francisco Clinical Practice and Research focused on Outcomes research on cancer screening
Heather Whitson, MD, MHS Duke University Clinical Practice and Research focused on Comorbidity, Cognitive Impairment, Low Vision Rehabilitation, Disability	Heidi Wierman, MD Maine Medical Center Geriatric Administration and Education
Michi Yukawa, MD, MPH University of California, San Francisco Education and Research focused on Nutrition and unintentional weight loss in geriatric patients