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Emergency Medicine Participation
in the Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative
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Useful Geriatric
Emergency Medicine Resources
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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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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
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Stephen Meldon, MD, MetroHealth Medical Center (awarded in 2002)
An ED-Based Falls Prevention Screening and Referral Program
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Manish N. Shah, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center (awarded in 2003)
Prehospital Screening to Prevent Injuries and Illness
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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
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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
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Ula Hwang, MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (awarded in 2005)
Geriatric Pain Management in the Emergency Department (ED) Setting
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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
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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
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Benjamin Sun, MD, MPP, University of California, Los Angeles (awarded in 2006)
Identification of "Low Risk" Older Patients with Syncope
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Brian J. Blyth, MD, University of Rochester (awarded in 2007)
Pharmacologic Stabilization of HIF-1 for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
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Jeffrey Caterino, MD, The Ohio State University (awarded in 2007)
Predictors of Clinical Course in Infected ED Elders
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Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (awarded in 2008)
The Effect of Emergency Department Overcrowding on Delirium in Older Adults
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Jeremiah Schuur, MD, MHS, Harvard Medical School (awarded in 2008)
Developing Emergency Department Quality of Care Indicators for Community Dwelling Elders
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Adit Ginde, MD, MPH, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (awarded in 2009)
Vitamin D Supplementation and Acute Respiratory Infection in Older Nursing Home Residents
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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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