Below you can find the 2012-2013 Geriatric Grand Rounds Schedule,
PowerPoint slides, Journal Club articles, Journal Club summary, and
other supplemental materials within the schedule. Click the hyperlink
for the desired file where available.
| Date |
JOURNAL CLUB
8:00AM - 8:30AM
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DIDACTIC OR RESEARCH PRESENTATION
8:30AM - 9:30AM |
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| July 6, 2012 |
Independence Day Weekend |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| July 13, 2012 |
Joan Weinryb, MD
Article: Cognitive Trajectories after Postoperative Delirium
Summary: Unavailable |
Biology of Aging
Robert Pignolo, MD |
| July 20, 2012 |
Nalaka Gooneratne, MD
Article: Sleep Disordered Breathing with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness is a Risk Factor for Mortality in Older Adults
Summary: Available |
A Brief History of Geriatric Medicine and Grand Rounds
Mary Ann Forciea, MD |
| July 27, 2012 |
Case Presentation: Joshua Uy, MD |
Integrating Telehealth Technology for Chronic Illness and Comorbid Depression Among Homebound Elderly: Tele-HEART Trial
Zvi D. Gellis, PhD
Supplemental article: Outcomes of a Telehealth Intervention for Homebound Older Adults With Heart or Chronic Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| August 3, 2012 |
Ravi Jayadevappa, PhD
Article: Pay-For-Performance Programs to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities: What Might Different Designs Achieve?
Summary: Available |
Cultural Aspects of Geriatric Primary Care
Jerry Johnson, MD
The Provider's Guide to Quality Culture:
Online Quiz
Printer-friendly Quiz
Quiz Answers
Supplemental material:
CAHPS Cultural Competence Item Set 1-31-12 |
| August 10, 2012 |
Lynsey Brandt, MD, PharmD
Article: Effect of a Pharmacist Intervention on Clinically Important Medication Errors After Hospital Discharge: A Randomized Trial
Summary: Available |
EMR and Medications Mistakes
Laura A. Finn, CGP, FASCP, RPh
Supplemental material:
EMR and Medications Mistakes Handout |
| August 17, 2012 |
Melissa Livney, PsyD
Article: Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Nonpharmacological Interventions for Treatment of Behavior Symptoms Associated With Dementia: A Comparison of Physicians, Psychologists, and Nurse Practitioners
Summary: Unavailable |
The Agitated Nursing Home Patient
Steven Huege, MD |
| August 24, 2012 |
3 Journal Clubs |
David Casarett, MD:
Article: Haloperidol prophylaxis decreases delirium incidence in elderly patients after noncardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial
Summary: Unavailable
Sefi Knoble, MD:
Article: Glycosylated Hemoglobin and Functional Decline in Community-Dwelling Nursing Home-Eligible Elderly Adults with Diabetes Mellitus
Summary: Available
Avishek Kumar, MD:
Article: Bisphosphonate Use and the Risk of Subtrochanteric or Femoral Shaft Fractures in Older Women
PowerPoint Slides: Available |
| August 31, 2012 |
Labor Day Weekend |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| September 7, 2012 |
3 Case Presentations |
Charles Spencer, MD; Mary Ann Forciea, MD; Amy Corcoran, MD |
| September 14, 2012 |
Lesley Carson, MD
Article: Association Between Glycemic Control and Hip Fracture
Summary: Available |
Crystal Diseases (Part 2 of "Impact of Arthritis in the Elderly" from March 16, 2012)
Edna Schwab, MD |
| September 21, 2012 |
Journal Club
Carly Lam, MD
Article: Fidaxomicin versus Vancomycin for Clostridium difficileInfection
Summary: Available
Supplement: PowerPoint Slides |
Update on Patient Navigators and GI Service (8:30AM-8:40AM)
Timothy C. Hoops, MD
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Journal Club
Ravi Jayadevappa, PhD
Radical Prostatectomy versus Observation for Localized Prostate Cancer
Summary: Available
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| September 28, 2012 |
Patrick Dostal, MD
Article: Development and Validation of a Coronary Risk Prediction Model for Older U.S. and European Persons in the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Rotterdam Study
Summary: Available |
Year in Review
John Bruza, MD |
| October 5, 2012 |
Joel Streim, MD
Article: Sleep Disturbance and Older Adults' Inflammatory Responses to Acute Stress
Handout: Available |
Updates in EPIC
Colleen Pinder |
| October 12, 2012 |
Oral Medicine Grand Rounds at Ralston
Juan Bugueno, DDS
Patrick Dostal, MD
Thamer Musbah, BDS |
| October 19, 2012 |
Purva Gumaste, MD
Article: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Burden in Nursing Homes Associated with Environmental Contamination of Common Areas
Handout: Available |
Re-Inventing Risk: Classification and Its Consequences for Surgery in the Elderly
Mark D. Neuman, MD |
| October 26, 2012 |
2 Journal Clubs |
Steven Huege, MD:
Article: Relapse Risk after Discontinuation of Risperidone in Alzheimer's Disease (Both presenters unknowingly chose the same article)
Summary: Available
Supplemental material: Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)
Mary Ann Forciea, MD:
Article: Relapse Risk after Discontinuation of Risperidone in Alzheimer's Disease (Both presenters unknowingly chose the same article)
Summary: Available |
| November 2, 2012 |
Nalaka Gooneratne, MD
Article: Short-term effects of daily aspirin on cancer incidence, mortality, and non-vascular death: analysis of the time course of risks and benefits in 51 randomised controlled trials
Summary: Available |
Models of Community Based Long Term Care
Jeanette Gallagher, LMSW; Bruce Kinosian, MD; Jean Yudin, CRNP |
| November 9, 2012 |
Jerry Johnson, MD
Article: Patients' Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy for Advanced Cancer
Summary: Available |
Why We Still Need Narrative to Practice Medicine and Medical Science
Jason Karlawish, MD |
| November 16, 2012 |
2 Case Presentations |
Avishek Kumar, MD; Carly Lam, MD |
| November 23, 2012 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| November 30, 2012 |
Edna Schwab, MD
Article: A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention
Summary: Available |
Is it Worth it?: Utilizing an 8-step Tool for Successful Decision-making in Long Term Care
Amy Corcoran, MD; Josh Uy, MD
Supplemental Materials:
Conceptual Framework Worksheet
Efficacy in Treatment of Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes,
Systolic Congestive Heart Failure, and Osteoporosis |
| December 7, 2012 |
Mary Ann Forciea, MD
Article: Effects of an Intervention to Increase Bed Alarm Use to Prevent Falls in Hospitalized Patients: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Summary: Available |
Management of Hypertension
Raymond R. Townsend, MD |
| December 14, 2012 |
John Bruza, MD
Article: Associations Between Aldosterone Antagonist Therapy and Risks of Mortality and Readmission Among Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
Summary: Unavailable
Supplemental material: Medicare's Role and Future Challenges |
Device Implants and New Concepts of Bacterial Resistance - The Mystery
Albert Giovenella, PhD |
| December 21, 2012 |
Winter Break |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| December 28, 2012 |
Winter Break |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| January 4, 2013 |
Winter Break |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| January 11, 2013 |
3 Case Presentations |
Lynsey Brandt, PharmD; Patrick Dostal, MD; Purva Gumaste, MD |
| January 18, 2013 |
3 Journal Clubs |
Lesley Carson, MD:
Article: Unavailable
Summary: Unavailable
Melissa Livney, PsyD:
Article: The Effect of Subsyndromal Symptoms of Depression and White Matter Lesions on Disability for Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Summary: Available
Joan Weinryb, MD:
Article: Direct Admission to Intermediate Care for Older Adults With Reactivated Chronic
Summary: Unavailable |
| January 25, 2013 |
Philip C. Taylor, MD
Article: Geriatrics and the Triple Aim: Defining Preventable Hospitalizations in the Long-Term Care Population
Supplemental article #1: Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations of Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries from Nursing Facility and Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver Programs
Supplemental article #2:
The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost
Summary: Unavailable |
Hearing Loss in Geriatric Primary Care
Mary Ann Forciea, MD; Josh Uy, MD |
| February 1, 2013 |
Avishek Kumar, MD
Article: Managing sleep disorders in the elderly
Supplemental material: Epworth Sleepiness Scale |
Sleep Disorders in Older Adults
Nalaka Gooneratne, MD |
| February 8, 2013 |
Updates in EPIC
Colleen Pinder
Location: Board Room on 1st floor of Ralston
No Journal Club this morning. Grand Rounds will run from 8am until 9am.
|
| February 15, 2013 |
Deborah Way, MD
Article: Early Palliative Care in Advanced Lung Cancer
Summary: Unavailable |
Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management
Nadia L. Bennett, MD |
| February 22, 2013 |
Steven Huege, MD
Article: Can Medical Students Afford to Choose Primary Care? An Economic Analysis of Physician Education Debt Repayment
Summary: Available |
Quality and Cost of Prostate Cancer Care: Implications for Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Ravi Jayadevappa, PhD |
| March 1, 2013 |
3 Case Presentations |
Jerry Johnson, MD; Charles Spencer, MD; Josh Uy, MD |
| March 8, 2013 |
3 Journal Clubs |
Sefi Knoble, MD
Article: The Psychophysics of Transition to Long Term Care
Summary: Available
Samir Patel, MD
Article: Effect of exercise on depression severity in older people: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Slides: Available
Amy Corcoran, MD
Article: Influence of Hospice on Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia Who Received Medicare-Skilled Nursing Facility Care Near the End of Life
Summary: Unavailable |
| March 15, 2013 |
Oral Medicine Grand Rounds at at University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Juan Bugueno, DDS; Chizobam Idahosa, DDS; Mary Ann Forciea, MD; Purva Gumaste, MD |
| March 22, 2013 |
David Casarett, MD
Article: Change in End-of-Life Care for Medicare BeneficiariesSite of Death, Place of Care, and Health Care Transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009
Summary: Unavailable |
Parkinson's Disease: The Quintessential Neuropsychiatric Illness
Daniel Weintraub, MD |
| March 29, 2013 |
Good Friday |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| April 5, 2013 |
3 Journal Clubs |
Lesley Carson, MD
Articles: Apixaban for Extended Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Extended Use of Dabigatran, Warfarin, or Placebo in Venous Thromboembolism
Summary: Unavailable
Edna Schwab, MD
Article: Uric Acid Measurement Improves Prediction of Cardiovascular Mortality in Later Life
Summary: Available
John Bruza, MD
Article: Long-Term Outcomes in Elderly Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Supplemental Abstracts:
In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Survival in 1 hospital and literature review.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation of adults in the hospital: a report of 14720 cardiac arrests from the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
Duration of resuscitation efforts and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational study
Summary: Unavailable |
| April 12, 2013 |
Purva Gumaste, MD
Article: Long-term Cognitive Impairment and Functional Disability Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis |
From War To Home: The Health Impacts of Military Service and Deployment
Gala True, PhD |
| April 19, 2013 |
Albert Giovenella, PhD
Article: Varicella Zoster Virus – Specific Immune Responses to a Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Elderly Recipients With Major Depression and the Impact of Antidepressant Medications
Summary: Available |
Innovation in Communication - Thoughts for Research and Practice
Laura Hanson, MD, MPH |
| April 26, 2013 |
Stephanie R. Johnson, CRNP
Article: Every Patient Is an Individual: Clinicians Balance Individual Factors When Discussing Prognosis with Diverse Frail Elderly Adults
Slides: Available |
Plasma and CSF Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Importance of Coincident Pathologies
Jon B. Toledo, MD |
| May 3, 2013 |
Case Presentation by
Jason Karlawish, MD
CANCELLED |
Intimacy in LTC
Olga Achildi, MD; Melanie Asbury, MD; Samir Patel, MD
CANCELLED |
| May 10, 2013 |
Rachel Miller, MD
Articles: Conflicting Messages: Examining the Dynamics of Leadership on Interprofessional Teams
Perspective: A Business School View of Medical Interprofessional Rounds: Transforming Rounding Groups Into Rounding Teams
Summary: Unavailable |
Update on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD, FACP, FACR |
| May 17, 2013 |
Mary Ann Forciea, MD
Article: Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
Summary: Unavailable |
Fellows QI Presentations
Patrick Dostal, MD; Purva Gumaste, MD; Avishek Kumar, MD; Carly Lam, MD |
| May 24, 2013 |
Friday Before Memorial Day |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| May 31, 2013 |
CRIT |
NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| June 7, 2013 |
Deborah Way, MD
Article: Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States |
Paget's Disease of Bone
Robert Pignolo, MD |
| June 14, 2013 |
Mary Ann Forciea, MD
Article: Study of the ketogenic agent AC-1202 in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial
Slides: Available |
Is there a Distinct Phenotype to Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease?
David A. Wolk, MD |
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DIDACTIC OR RESEARCH PRESENTATION
8:00AM - 9:00AM |
JOURNAL CLUB
9:00AM - 9:30AM
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| June 21, 2013 |
The Place for Mental Health in Accountable Care
Donovan Maust, MD |
Sefi Knoble, MD
Article: A controlled trial of an intervention to increase resident choice in long term care
Summary: Available
Supplemental Information: QAPI Description and Background |
| June 28, 2013 |
Urologic Oncology in the Geriatric Patient
Thomas J. Guzzo, MD, MPH |
NO JOURNAL CLUB |
