Emergency Medicine Participation in the Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative Organizational Representatives to the Council for Surgical and Related Medical Specialists Participating Organizations Jahnigen Scholars GSR Awards Recipients

Useful Geriatric Emergency Medicine Resources Guidelines for Curriculum Development Geriatric Emergency Medicine Textbooks Useful Websites

Council Representatives
The Council of the Section of Surgical and Related Medical Specialties 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:

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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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• 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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• 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:

• Kennon Heard, MD, University of Colorado (awarded in 2002)
  Acute Drug Toxicity in Elderly Patients: A National Study of Overdoses, Adverse Drug Reactions and Poisoning
  
  
• Stephen Meldon, MD, MetroHealth Medical Center (awarded in 2002)
  An ED-Based Falls Prevention Screening and Referral Program
  
  
• Manish N. Shah, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center (awarded in 2003)
  Prehospital Screening to Prevent Injuries and Illness
  
  
• Scott T. Wilber, MD, Summa Health System/Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (awarded in 2003)
  Prediction of short-term functional decline and service needs in older ED Patients
  
  
• Kevin Terrell, DO, Indiana University School of Medicine (awarded in 2004)
  Computer-Assisted Decision Support to Increase the Safety of Prescribing to Older Adults in the Emergency Department
  
  
• Ula Hwang, MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (awarded in 2005)
  Geriatric Pain Management in the Emergency Department (ED) Setting
  
  
• Christopher Carpenter, MD, Washington University at St. Louis (awarded in 2006)
  Non-Traumatic, Acute Abdominal Pain in ED Elderly, A Series of Systematic Reviews and A Clinical Consensus Conference
  
  
• Fredric Hustey, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (awarded in 2006)
  The Use of a Computerized System to Improve Information Transfer During Patient Transition from Skilled Nursing Facilities to the Emergency Department
  
  
• Benjamin Sun, MD, MPP, University of California, Los Angeles (awarded in 2006)
  Identification of "Low Risk" Older Patients with Syncope
  
  
• Brian J. Blythe, MD, University of Rochester (awarded in 2007)
  Pharmacologic Stabilization of HIF-1 for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
  
  
• Jeffrey Caterino, MD, The Ohio State University (awarded in 2007)
  Predictors of Clinical Course in Infected ED Elders
  

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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. Proposals are due in the AGS Offices on March 29, 2007.

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

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Websites of Interest

• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
  http://www.acep.org/webportal
• Society for Academic Medicine (SAEM)
  http://www.saem.org/
• SAEM Emergency Care of the Elder Person: Instructor's Manual
  http://www.saem.org/model/geriatr.htm#geriatr
• SAEM Geriatrics Module
  http://www.saem.org/services/gerintro.htm

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