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Northwestern Medicine Geriatrics Grand Rounds
​Join Lee Lindquist, MD, MPH and guests to discuss current topics and innovations with experts in the field of Geriatrics.

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Real-World Approaches for Frail Older Adults
​Speaker: Jennifer Gabbard, MD
University/Health System: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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Beyond the Walls: Expanding Access to Memory Care Through A Virtual Approach
Speaker: Jennifer Fernandez Woodward, MD
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, and Geriatric Medicine
University/Health System: Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine

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Updates on Older Adults Vaccines
Speaker: Theresa Rowe, DO
Medical Officer, Long-Term Care Unit Lead, Surveillance Branch
University/Health System: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
​Dr. Amanda Leggett an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology at Wayne State University and an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan.  She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Her research program focuses on the dementia caregiver stress process and mental health in late life.  She recently completed a K01 career development award from the National Institute on Aging and currently has associated funding from the Alzheimer’s Association to develop a taxonomy of dementia care management styles and aims to determine how classifying one’s caregiving style might be used to target interventions and optimize care. She also has R01 funding from the National Institute on Aging to examine family and friend caregiving networks more broadly and how they impact health and well-being outcomes for persons living with dementia. She is an Associate Editor of Dementia and Caregiving for the Journal Innovation in Aging and is an eight-year Hospice volunteer.
Who's on your team? Exploring the variability in family caregiver networks for individuals with dementia
​Speaker: Amanda N. Leggett, MS, PhD
University/Health System: Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology

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Kahli Zietlow, MD is interested in medical education, as well as research on capacity determination and surrogate decision-making in patients with cognitive impairment and dementia.

Dr. Zietlow is currently the Associate Fellowship Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship and assistant director of inter-professional education in the School of Medicine. She has authored 23 peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters. Since joining faculty at University of Michigan, she has been the recipient of institutional awards to support my work developing a curriculum on guardianship for house staff.​
Guardianship and Surrogate Decision-Making
Speaker: Kahli Zietlow, MD
University/Health System: Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan

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​​Katie Drago, MD is originally from California and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2011 with her medical degree. She completed residency in Internal Medicine in 2014 and fellowship in Geriatric Medicine in 2015 at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr Drago joined the OHSU Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics in 2015 to develop and run the Inpatient Geriatrics Program, providing consultative geriatrics care for hospitalized older adults in partnership with medical and surgical providers. She has worked as an acute care geriatrician for 7 years.
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Dr. Drago’s academic interest is in systems improvement focused on the care of hospitalized older adults. She has worked to improve the care for adults with delirium, standardize safe prescribing practices and enhance the care of older adults with acute fragility fractures. Dr Drago also spearheads OHSU’s Age Friendly Health Systems program, member of the Equity in Age Friendly Health Systems task force and has been a featured speaker in multiple action communities run through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. ​
The Journey to Age Friendly
Speaker: Katie Drago, MD
University/Health System: Oregon Health & Science University
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Rasheeda Hall, MD, MBA, MHS leads a geriatric nephrology clinic at the Durham Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. As a clinician-investigator, Dr. Hall conducts health services research that focuses on integrating geriatric principles into kidney care settings to target geriatric problems in adults with kidney disease. ​Dr. Hall is a 2018 recipient of the National Institute on Aging’s Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging and the American Society of Nephrology-Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program award. 
Building Capacity to Optimize Health for Older Adults with Kidney Disease
Speaker: Rasheeda Hall, MD, MBA, MHS
University/Health System: Duke University School of Medicine 

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Mariu Duggan, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is also an investigator in the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System in Nashville.
Geriatrics Fellows Learning Online And Together (Geri-a-FLOAT): A Sustainable Model of Learning & Support During a Pandemic 
Speaker: Mariu Duggan, MD, MPH
University/Health System: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Dr. Miller is Associate Professor and Vice Chief of Education in the Division of Geriatrics. Her clinical interests include home care medicine, graduate medical education-focus on aging, transitions of care and community based resources.
Teaching Geriatrics Outside the Hospital
Speaker: Rachel K Miller, MD, MSEd
University/Health System: University of Pennsylvania & Philadelphia CMC-VA Medical Center 

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Dr. Sterling is a board-certified practicing general internist and health services researcher. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. 
Home Health Care Workers’ Contributions to Patient Care in Heart Failure: Leveraging a Previously Overlooked Workforce  
Speaker: Madeline Sterling, MD, MPH, MS
University/Health System: Weill Cornell Medicine 
Twitter: @mad_sters 
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June McKoy, MD, MPH, professor of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine provides an overview and highlights about the McGaw Geriatrics program. ​
Progress Report: Highlights from McGaw Geriatrics
Recording Date: September 23, 2022
Speaker: June McKoy, MD, MPH
University/Health System: Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
​Twitter: @DrJuneJD
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Northwestern Medicine Geriatrics is committed to providing comprehensive, patient-centered geriatric care and innovative clinical research that takes into account the unique set of multifaceted health issues older adults’ face, including physical, emotional and social well-being. The division was recently awarded a prestigious grant through the Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers (OAIC) program and the National Institute on Aging. 
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