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2014-2015 Geriatric Educational Conference and Geriatric Journal Club
Below you can find the 2014-2015 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.Click the link for a PDF of the 2014-2015 Geriatric Educational Conference and Geriatric Journal Club Schedule.
| Date | Geriatric Journal Club (Time is 8:00 am - 8:30 am unless otherwise noted) |
Geriatric Educational Conference (Time is 8:30 am - 9:30 am unless otherwise noted) |
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| July 4, 2014 | Independence Day Weekend | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| July 11, 2014 | Mary Ann Forciea, MD A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis Summary: Available |
Cross Cultural Communication in Medicine: Looking Within To See The Outside Better Jerry Johnson, MD |
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| July 18, 2014 | Ravi Jayadevappa, PhD Effect of Depression on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Mortality of Men With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Supplemental Material: Prostate cancer, Version 3.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines Summary: Unavailable |
Reducing the Risk of Medication Errors Related to Electronic Medication Systems Laura A. Finn, CGP, FASCP, RPh |
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| July 25, 2014 | Nalaka Gooneratne, MD Is portable monitoring for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome suitable in elderly population? Summary: Unavailable |
Perspectives on the Neuropsychiatry of Parkinson’s Disease Daniel Weintraub, MD |
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| August 1, 2014 | Joan Weinryb, MD Effects of Nurse-Managed Protocols in the Outpatient Management of Adults With Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Supplemental Material: Are Nurses an Answer to New Primary Care Needs? Summary: Unavailable |
Biology of Aging Robert J. Pignolo, MD, PhD |
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| August 8, 2014 | Melissa Livney, PsyD Article: The Use and Utility of Specific Nonpharmacological Interventions for Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia: An Exploratory Study Summary: Available |
The Agitated Nursing Home Patient Steven Huege, MD |
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| August 15, 2014 | Sefi Knoble, MD "Don't Get Weak in Your Compassion": Bereaved Next of Kin's Suggestions for Improving End-of-Life Care in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers PowerPoint: Available |
Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study Raymond Townsend, MD Patient Letter Slides Pamphlet |
Symptom Management at the End of Life (for the on-call practitioner) Deborah Way, MD |
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| August 22, 2014 | David Casarett, MD, MA Article: Association Between Analytic Strategy and Estimates of Treatment Outcomes in Meta-analyses Editorial: Meta-analysis as Evidence Building a Better Pyramid |
Brief History of Geriatric Medicine Mary Ann Forciea, MD |
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| August 29, 2014 | Labor Day Weekend | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| September 5, 2014 | 3 Case Presentations | Lesley Carson, MD; Alysa Krain, MD; TBN | ||
| September 12, 2014 | Albert Giovenella, PhD Identifying Risk of Readmission in Hospitalized Elderly Adults Through Inpatient Medication Exposure |
Year in Review John Bruza, MD |
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| September 19, 2014 | Mary Ann Forciea, MD “Is There a Gun in the Home?” Assessing the Risks of Gun Ownership in Older Adults |
Panel on Elder Abuse David Hoffman; Lesley Carson, MD; Kathy Witta, CRNP |
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| September 26, 2014 | Soumya Bollampally, DO Effects of Home-Based Primary Care on Medicare Costs in High-Risk Elders |
Models of Community-Based Long-Term Care Jeanette Gallagher, LMSW; Bruce Kinosian, MD; Jean Yudin, CRNP |
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| October 3, 2014 | Tejal Dharia, MD Intervention with the Screening Tool of Older Persons Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment Criteria in Elderly Residents of a Chronic Geriatric Facility: A Randomized Clinical Trial |
Life After Fellowship Linsey D. O'Donnell, DO; Seema Dattani, MD; David A. Simpson, MD |
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| October 10, 2014 | 7:30AM - 9:00AM Four Geriatric Case Presentations with a Focus on Oral Medicine Ralston 241 3615 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa 19104 Mary Ann Forciea, MD Case Topic: Facial defect as a complication of Mohs surgery Jaisri Thoppay, BDS Case Topic: Osteonecrosis of the jaw Joshua D. Uy, MD Case Topic: Full dental extraction of a late-stage dementia patient Sophia Elmuradi, BDS Case Topic: Extraction and root planning in regards to acute myeloid leukemia and extraction |
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| October 17, 2014 | 3 Journal Clubs | Jenaro Hernandez, DO Article: Effects of an Acute Care for Elders Unit on Costs and 30-Day Readmissions Supplemental article: ACE, MACE, and GRACE: Time to Put the Pieces Together Jerry Johnson, MD Article: Prospective Observational Study of Delirium Recovery Trajectories and Associated Short-Term Outcomes in Older Adults Admitted to a Specialized Delirium Unit Supplemental article: A Symptom Rating Scale for Delirium Joshua D. Uy, MD Article: Further Insight Into the Cardiovascular Risk Calculator The Roles of Statins, Revascularizations, and Underascertainment in theWomen’s Health Study |
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| October 24, 2014 | Ming Jang, MD Palliative use of non-invasive ventilation in end-of-life patients with solid tumours: a randomised feasibility trial |
Symptom Management at the End of Life (for the on-call practitioner) - Part 2 Deborah Way, MD |
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| October 31, 2014 | PMDA | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| November 7, 2014 | Linda Clark, MD Olfactory Dysfunction Predicts 5-Year Mortality in Older Adults |
Updates in EPIC Andrea Hopkins |
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| November 14, 2014 | Edna Schwab, MD Too frail for surgery? Initial results of a large multidisciplinary prospective study examining preoperative variables predictive of poor surgical outcomes |
Urinary Incontinence and the Elderly Lily Arya, MD |
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| November 21, 2014 | Jason Karlawish, MD | 2 Case Presentations Nalaka Gooneratne, MD; Jenaro Hernandez, DO |
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| November 28, 2014 | Thanksgiving | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| December, 5, 2014 | Erin Rae Lockard, MD Associations Between Serum Biomarkers and Pain and Pain-Related Function in Older Adults with Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study |
Chronic Pain in the Geriatric Population: Treating the Person Dan Livney, PsyD |
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| December 12, 2014 | Lesley Carson, MD Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and 30-Day Rehospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
Dementia in Patients with Developmental Disabilities Mary Ann Forciea, MD NTG-Early Detection Screen for Dementia |
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| December, 19, 2014 | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| December 26, 2014 | Winter Break | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| January 2, 2015 | Winter Break | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| January 9, 2015 | 2 Journal Clubs | Joan Weinryb, MD Article: Factors Associated with Family Caregiver Dissatisfaction with Acute Hospital Care of Older Cognitively Impaired Relatives Rachel Miller Article topic: Vaping and Cigarette Smoking |
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| January 16, 2015 | Steve Huege, MD Medical student mental health 3.0: improving student wellness through curricular changes |
Teamwork and Delegation in Medical Homes: Primary Care Staff Perspectives in the Veterans Health Administration Jennifer Galadriel True, PhD |
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| January 23, 2015 | David Casarett, MD, MA Article: Association Between the Medicare Hospice Benefit and Health Care Utilization and Costs for Patients With Poor-Prognosis Cancer |
Preference Assessment in Cancer Care Ravi Jayadevappa, PhD |
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| January 30, 2015 | Soumya Bollampally, DO Article: Statin use and decline in gait speed in community-dwelling older adults |
NAFLD: Impacting Longevity Rotonya Carr, MD |
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| February 6, 2015 | 3 Case Presentations | Charles Spencer, MD; Tejal Dharia, MD; TBN | ||
| February 13, 2015 | John Bruza, MD Underlying reasons associated with hospital readmission following surgery in the United States |
HIV and the Older Adult Alysa Krain, MD |
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| February 20, 2015 | Jenaro Hernandez, DO Cumulative Use of Strong Anticholinergics and Incident Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study |
Sleep and the Older Adult Nalaka Gooneratne, MD |
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| February 27, 2015 | JOURNAL CLUB CANCELED | Home Care Case Presentation Mary Ann Forciea, MD Jean Yudin, CRNP |
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| March 6, 2015 | 7:30AM - 9:00AM Oral Medicine Grand Rounds at University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Evans Building, 2nd Floor, Sig Seigel Conference Room 4001 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19104 Sophia Elmuradi, BDS Case Topic: Oral ulcers/uncertain diagnosis Jaisri Thoppay, BDS Case Topic: Pain consultation/medications for trigeminal neuralgia Mary Ann Forciea, MD Case Topic: Decisional capacity determination |
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| March 13, 2015 | Lesley Carson, MD Overuse of testing in preoperative evaluation and syncope: a survey of hospitalists |
Fecal Incontinence in Women Uduak Andy, MD |
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| March 20, 2015 | Josh Uy, MD Frailty and outcomes after implantation of left ventricular assist device as destination therapy |
Heart Failure in the Geriatric Population Ross Zimmer, MD |
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| March 27, 2015 | 2 Journal Clubs | Edna Schwab, MD Article: Adverse events in mobility-limited and chronically ill elderly adults participating in an exercise intervention study supported by general practitioner practices Ravi Jayadevappa, PhD Article: Population-Based Assessment of Determining Treatments for Prostate Cancer |
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| April 3, 2015 | Good Friday | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | ||
| April 10, 2015 | Ming Jang, MD Preventive Effects of Ramelteon on Delirium- A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial |
Findings of the IOM Dying in America Report Salimah H. Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN |
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| April 17, 2015 | 2 Case Presentations | Lynsey Brandt, PharmD; Rachel Miller, MD | ||
| April 24, 2015 | Joan Weinryb, MD Article: Effectiveness of Multicomponent Nonpharmacological Delirium Interventions: A Meta-analysis Accompanying editorial: Delirium and the “Know-Do” Gap in Acute Care for Elders |
Building a Safety Culture at Penn Medicine Jennifer S. Myers, MD; Ann Honebrink, MD |
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| May 1, 2015 | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | Department of Medicine Research Day | ||
| May 8, 2015 | Steve Huege, MD Article: Resilience and well-being in palliative care staff: a qualitative study of hospice nurses' experience of work |
The Veteran at the End of Life Gloria “Pat” Chriss, CRNP; Woon-Ok Kim, CRNP; Stephanie Long, BA, MSW; Deborah Way, MD |
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| May 15, 2015 | 8:00AM - 9:00AM | Updates in EPIC Andréa Hopkins |
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| May 22, 2015 | No Geriatric Journal Club or Geriatric Educational Conference | Memorial Day Weekend | ||
| May 29, 2015 | Jerry Johnson, MD Article: Stability of postoperative delirium psychomotor subtypes in individuals with hip fracture |
Cholesterol Management in Elderly Patients: A Case Based Approach Douglas Jacoby, MD |
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| June 5, 2015 | Bruce Kinosian, MD Article: Home-Based Primary Care Practices in the United States: Current State and Quality Improvement Approaches Supplement article: The Invisible Homebound: Setting Quality-Of-Care Standards For Home-Based Primary And Palliative Care |
Geriatric Medicine Fellows' QI Projects Soumya Bollampally, DO; Tejal Dharia, MD & Ming Jang, MD |
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| June 12, 2015 | Fellow QI Presentation: Erin Rae Lockard, MD | Prostate Cancer Disparities: From Nucleotide to Neighborhood Timothy R. Rebbeck, PhD |
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| June 19, 2015 | Alysa Krain, MD Article: A randomized, double-blind phase 2 clinical trial of blosozumab, a sclerostin antibody, in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density |
Osteoporosis: Myths & Legends Robert J. Pignolo, MD, PhD |
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| June 26, 2015 | Fellow QI Presentation: Jenaro Hernandez, DO | Guidelines for Detection and Assessment TBN |
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