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Emergency Medicine Participation
in the Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative

Useful Geriatric
Emergency Medicine Resources

Council Representatives
The Council of the Section for Enhancing Geriatric Understanding and Expertise among Surgical and Medical Specialists (SEGUE) is a part of the AGS. It is a working unit of national specialty leaders committed to improving the care of geriatric patients. The Section presents an annual educational and research meeting in collaboration with the AGS meeting each May. The meetings are designed to enhance the exchange of information between specialists and geriatricians. The following are members of the Council from emergency medicine:

Lowell W. Gerson, PhD Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
Alternate: Arthur Sanders, MD
Past Representative: Gary Strange, MD
Teresita Hogan, MD American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Alternate: James Espinosa, MD
Past Representative: Richard Slevinski, MD

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Participating Organizations
The American College of Emergency Medicine (ACEP) exists to support quality emergency medical care, and to promote the interests of emergency physicians.
http://www.acep.org/webportal

The mission of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) is to foster emergency medicine's academic environment in research, education, and health policy through forums, publications, inter-organizational collaboration, policy development, and consultation services for teachers, researchers, and students.
http://www.saem.org/


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Resources
  • The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) has developed a curriculum model and principles of geriatric emergency medicine. The 1995 edition of SAEM's Guidelines for Curriculum Development contains a subject area specifically devoted to geriatrics. SAEM/CORD 901 N. Washington Ave.; Lansing, MI 48906-5137; tel. (517) 485-5484; contact: Mary Ann Schropp email: SAEM@SAEM.org.

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Textbooks
  • American College of Emergency Physicians. Meldon, S., Ma, J., & Woolard R. (Eds.). (2004). Geriatric Emergency Medicine. New York: McGraw Hill.
  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force. Sanders, AB (Ed). (1996) Emergency Care of the Elder Person. St. Louis: Beverly Cracom. Publications.

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Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars
These competitive two-year awards of $75,000 per year (plus a required minimum institutional support of $25,000 per year) are designed to support education and research training for specialty faculty who seek to launch academic careers in the geriatric aspect of their specialty. Supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Jahnigen Program is a key component in our efforts to enhance perioperative care of older adults. The Jahnigen awardees and their projects are:


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Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR) Program
This initiative provides important opportunities for residency program directors to enrich their curricula through collaborations with geriatricians from their own institutions. Learn More

2001-2003 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR) Program

  • Lisa Mack, MD, Emory University
    Partner Geriatrician: Joseph Ouslander, MD
  • Darrell Sandel, MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
    Geriatric Mentors: Rosanne Leipzig, MD and Barbara Paris, MD

2003-2005 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR) Program

  • Kennon Heard, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
    Partner Geriatrician: Robert Schwartz, MD
  • Joseph LaMantia, MD, North Shore University Hospital
    Partner Geriatrician: Jesse Roth, MD

2005-2007 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR) Program

  • Deborah Gutman, MD, Brown Medical School
    Partner Geriatrician: Richard Besdine, MD
  • Heather Prendergast, MD, University of Illinois Medical Center
    Partner Geriatrician: Donald Jurivich, DO
  • Michael Wadman, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Partner Geriatrician: William Lyons, MD

2007-2009 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR) Program

  • Fredric M. Hustey, MD, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
    Partner Geriatrician: Robert Palmer, MD, MPH
  • Joe Myslinski, MD & Ron Fuerst, MD, Palmetto Health Alliance (Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital)
    Partner Geriatrician: G. Paul Eleazer, MD
  • Elliot Rodriguez, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Partner Geriatrician: Gary Johnson, MD
  • Michael Stern, MD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Partner Geriatrician: Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH

2008 - 2010 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR Programs)

  • J. Michael Ballester, MD, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University
    Partner Geriatrician: Gordana Gataric, MD
  • Thomas McLaughlin, DO, CHRISTUS Spohn Memorial Hospital
    Partner Geriatrician: Kathleen Soch, MD
  • Jessica Stetz, MD, MS, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
    Partner Geriatrician: Joel R. Gernsheimer, MD
  • Lee Wilbur, MD, Indiana University
    Partner Geriatrician: Glenda Westmorland, MD

2008 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents Dissemination Grant Program (GSR DG Programs)

  • Michael Cassara, DO, North Shore University Hospital

2009 - 2011 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GSR Programs)

  • Kevin Biese, MD, MAT
    University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
    Co-PI Geriatrician: Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD


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Online Geriatric Emergency Medicine Modules. These modules were developed by Fredric M. Hustey, MD, with funds from the GSR program. There are 5 separate modules on the following topics: Inappropriate Prescribing Practices, Altered Mental Status, Geriatric Trauma and Elder Abuse, Pain Management and Procedural Sedation, and Acute Abdominal Pain. Anyone wishing to view the modules must obtain a password first. Please email comet@ccf.org and request access to the Geriatric Emergency Medicine modules. Users are usually able to receive their password via email within 24 hours during the work week.


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Manish Shah, MD, MPH, 2003 Jahnigen Scholar, Chief of the University of Rochester's Division of Prehospital Medicine and Paul Katz, MD, GSI Deputy Director and Director of the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center of Upstate New York and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics/Aging at the University of Rochester, have developed a series of Continuing Mobile Education Vodcasts to train emergency medical service providers.


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Websites of Interest


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