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Intensive Update With Board Review In
Geriatric and Palliative Medicine CME Course

Oakstone Medical in conjunction with Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine

The Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine CME Course provides updates on geriatric syndromes and palliative medicine and the latest research and treatments.

Focused review contains expert presentations from faculty on more than 95 topics and is now available on multimedia formats to fit your schedule and preparation preference.

2011 U.S. News and World Report, Mount Sinai #1 in Nation

“Best Hospitals” & “Best Medical School”

Specialty Rankings: Geriatrics

Course Highlights
  • Case-Based Workshops
  • Latest Evidence-Based Knowledge in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

 
CREDITS Earn up to 77.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
CE RELEASE February 28, 2011
CE EXPIRE February 28, 2014
 
Item No Media (Can't decide on a format?) Price Purchase
GEX759DD
Video - DVD & MP4: Includes 28 DVDs and 5 MP4 digital discs with carrying case, 1 CD-ROM syllabus, and CME information.
$1,395.00
GEX759CD
Audio - CD & MP3: Includes 87 audio CDs and 1 MP3 digital disc with carrying case, 1 CD-ROM syllabus, and CME information.
$1,195.00
GEX759AV
Combo VIDEO/AUDIO Package: Includes 28 DVDs and 5 MP4 digital discs plus 87 audio CDs and 1 MP3 digital disc with carrying case, 1 CD-ROM syllabus, and CME information.
$1,695.00
GEX759ZW
Additional User Package: Includes 1 CD-ROM syllabus and CME information (initial video and/or audio purchase required).
$250.00
 
Special pricing for clinic-wide orders or for group subscriptions/purchases. Minimum order quantities apply for eligible discounts. For further information and pricing estimates, contact Rebecca Sims at 800-633-4743 x3039. For all other sales inquiries, call 1-800-633-4743.
 

Intended Audience


The course is designed for clinicians and those who are taking the geriatric medicine and/or hospice and palliative medicine certification(s) or recertification in geriatric medicine. Additionally, this course is for those physicians and other healthcare professionals who want to update their clinical knowledge in geriatric and palliative medicine.
 
 

Topics & Speakers


  • Geriatrics 2010
    Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH
  • Palliative Care 2010
  • Anemia
  • Hematological Malignancies
    Gabrielle Goldberg, MD
  • Principles in Geriatric Rehabilitation
  • Musculoskeletal Medicine
    David C. Thomas, MD, MS
  • Symptom Management
  • Use of Adjuvants for Pain Management
  • Basic Opioids 101
    Emily Chai, MD
  • Nursing Home Billing & Documentation
    Rebecca Chatterjee, MD
  • Emergency Medicine
    Barbara K. Richardson, MD, FACEP
  • Pain Management (Advanced):
    PCA & Methadone Use
    Jay Horton, FNP, ACHPN, MPH
  • Anxiety
    Dennis Popeo, MD
  • Oncology: Breast, Lung & Colon Cancers
  • Palliative Care Emergencies
    Cardinale B. Smith, MD
  • Addressing Your Patients' Spiritual Needs
    Rabbi Edith M. Meyerson, BCC
    & Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
  • Coma and Change in Mental Status
    Mara Lugassy, MD
  • Osteoporosis
    Florida Olivieri, MD, FAAFP
  • Non-Pain Symptom Management
  • Palliative Care in the Nursing Home
  • Medical Decision Making
    Betty Lim, MD
  • Grief, Bereavement & Psychosocial Issues
    Marianne Gelber, GNP, ACHPN
    & Jane Knowles, LCSW, MPH
  • Wound Care
    Oscar M. Alvarez, PhD, CCT, FAPWCA
  • Dermatology I
  • Dermatology II
    Jacob O. Levitt, MD, FAAD
  • Low Back Pain
    Parag Sheth, MD
  • Surgical Emergencies
    Celia M. Divino, MD, FACS
  • Prevention
  • Physiological Changes in Aging
    Nisha Rughwani, MD
  • Hospice
    Cynthia X. Pan, MD, AGSF, FACP
  • Medicare
    Jeffrey I. Farber, MD
  • Stroke
    Steven R. Levine, MD
  • Transitions of Care
    Jeffrey I. Farber, MD,
    Sapina Kirpalani, MSN, RN, ANP-BC
    & Annie Kleinman, LMSW
  • Cardiac Risk Stratification
    Bruce J. Darrow, MD, PhD
  • Hearing
    Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS, FAAO-HNS
  • Family Meetings
    Amy Kelley, MD, MSHS
    & Carolina Collison, MSN, ANP-BC, OCN, ACHPN
  • Management of Behavioral & Psychological
    Symptoms of Dementia
    Christine Chang, MD
    & Shahla Baharlou, MD
  • Falls
  • Peri-Operative Care
    Sara M. Bradley MD
  • Balance & Vertigo
    Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS, FAAO-HNS
    & James Gurley, PT, DPT
  • CHF
    Ajith Nair, MD
  • Geriatric Assessment Tools
    Rainier Patrick Soriano, MD
  • Interventional Pain
    Stelian Serban, MD
  • Love and Sex After 60
    Richard Sadovsky, MD
  • Mind Body Therapies in Older Adults
    J.D. Elder, BS, LMT
    & Deborah Matza, RN, RYT, MPH
  • Anticoagulation
    Andrew Dunn, MD, FACP
  • Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic & Terminal Illness
    Hillel Bodek, MSW, LCSW-R, BCD
  • Pain Management
    R. Sean Morrison, MD
  • Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders
    Winona Tse, MD
  • Update in Dementia
    Mary Sano, PhD
  • Late Life Depression
    Gary J. Kennedy, MD
  • Renal Disease and Disorders
    Mark Swidler, MD
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Valvular Disease
    Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC
  • Capacity Assessment
    Jane Martin, PhD
  • COPD & Asthma
    Patrick M. Chae, MD
  • End of Life Symptoms
    Joanna Sheinfeld, MD
  • Rheumatology
    Leslie D. Kerr, MD
  • Screening for Dementia
  • Delirium
  • Billing & Documentation
    Audrey K. Chun, MD
  • Culture & Palliative Care
  • Falls
    Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
  • Complementary/Alternative Medicine
    Charles Kim, MD, FAAPMR, CAc
  • Gynecology
    Charles Ascher-Walsh, MD
  • Sleep Disorders I
  • Sleep Disorders II: Insomnia
    Debra Ann Pollack, MD
  • Palliative Care in the ICU
    Michael L. Frankenthaler, MD, FCCP
  • Palliative Care & CHF
  • Decision Treatment Approach to Patients
    without Capacity
    Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS
  • Foot Diseases & Disorders
    Bryan C. Markinson, DPM
  • Advance Care Planning
    Susan E. Cohen, MD
  • Hypertension
    Lawrence R. Krakoff, MD, FACP
  • Atrial Fibrillation
    Davendra Mehta, MD, MBBS, FRCP, PhD, FACC
  • Models of Care
  • Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
    Daniel E. Wollman, MD, PhD
  • Frailty
    Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
  • Medication Management
    Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, MD, PhD
  • Prognostication of Chronic Disease
    Evgenia Litrivis, MD
  • Management of Comorbidities in Older Adults
    Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH
  • Infectious Disease: Pneumonia, UTI's & C-Dif
    Michael P. Mullen, MD
  • Feeding & Swallowing Disorders
    Leanne Goldberg, MS, CCC-SLP
  • Weight Management
    Robert T. Yanagisawa, MD
  • Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss
    Rebecca Solomon, MS, RD. CDN
  • Hospice Billing & Documentation
    John M. Carter, MD
  • Urinary Incontinence
    Eileen H. Callahan, MD
  • Depression
    Judith A. Neugroschl, MD
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
    Linda B. Siegel, MD, FAAP
    & Kathryn Scharbach, MD
  • Constipation
    Sita Chokhavatia, MD, FACS, FAAO-HNS
  • Home Care
    Linda V. DeCherrie, MD
  • Hazards of Hospitalization
    Eileen H. Callahan, MD
    & Evgenia Litrivis, MD
  • Hospice
    Cynthia X. Pan, MD, AGSF, FACP
  • Palliative Care in Neuro-Degenerative Disease
    Elizabeth Lindenberger, MD
  • Diabetes
    Tracy L. Breen, MD
  • BPH & Prostate Cancer
  • Urinary Incontinence
    Howard Schiff, MD
  • Thyroid Disease
    Maria Skamagas, MD
  • Vision in the Elderly
    Ebrahim Elahi, MD, FACS
  • Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness
    Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
    & Emily Chai, MD

 
 

Faculty


Course Directors

Emily Chai, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg
Palliative Care Institute; Brookdale Department of
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Audrey K. Chun, MD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair for Clinical Programs
Director, Coffey Geriatrics at the Martha Stewart
Center for Living; Director, Clinical Services,
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Director, Geriatrics Fellowship Program
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics
and Palliative Medicine

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Gabrielle Goldberg, MD
Assistant Professor
Education Director, Lilian and Benjamin
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and
Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Departmental Chair
Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH
Ellen and Howard C. Katz Professor and Chair
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Guest Faculty

Oscar M. Alvarez, PhD, CCT, FAPWCA
Associate Professor
Director, Wound Care Program
Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Hillel Bodek, MSW, LCSW-R, BCD
Chairperson, Committees on Palliative & End-of-Life Care
Ethics and Professional Standards
and Continuing Professional Education of the
New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
New York, NY

Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Center on Aging and Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

John M. Carter, MD
Medical Director
Visiting Nurse Service of New York - Hospice Care
New York, NY

Susan E. Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine
Director/Medical Director, Palliative Care Program
Division of General Internal Medicine
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY

Michael L. Frankenthaler, MD, FCCP
Medical Director
Hospice Care Network
Attending, Section of Palliative Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
DeLamar Professor and Dean, Mailman School of Public Health
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
New York, NY

James Gurley, PT, DPT
Vestibular Rehab Program Director
Department of Otolaryngology
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY
H&D Physical Therapy
New York, NY

Gary J. Kennedy, MD
Professor
Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY


Charles Kim, MD, FAAPMR, CAc
Integrative Pain Medicine
Gateway Physician Group, PLLC
New York, NY
Voluntary Clinical Instructor
NYU Langone School of Medicine
New York, NY

Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Associate Attending
Chief, Geriatrics Service, Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Steven R. Levine, MD
Professor & Vice Chair, Neurology
Chief of Neurology, University Hospital of Brooklyn
Associate Dean for Clinical Research & Faculty Development
State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center
Brooklyn, NY

Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Divisions of Geriatrics and Cardiology
Associate Director, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics
Chief, Bioethics Consultation Service
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
Clinical Care Coordinator
Palliative Care, New York Hospital Queens
Flushing, NY

Cynthia X. Pan, MD, AGSF, FACP
Adjunct Associate Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director, Palliative Care, New York Hospital Queens
Flushing, NY

Debra Ann Pollack, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine
Medical Director, Physicians Ancillary Services/Sleep Section
Mansfield Center, CT
Director, Sleep Medicine
Center for Comprehensive Care, LLC
Shelton, CT

Richard Sadovsky, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Family Practice
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Kathryn Scharbach, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Social Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Linda B. Siegel, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Daniel E. Wollman, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Connecticut
Medical Director, Palliative Medicine
St. Vincent's Medical Center
Bridgeport, CT

Mount Sinai School of Medicine Faculty

Charles Ascher-Walsh, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Shahla Baharlou, MD
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Sara M. Bradley, MD
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Coffey Geriatrics at the
Martha Stewart Center for Living
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Tracy L. Breen, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
Clinical Director, Mount Sinai Diabetes Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Eileen H. Callahan, MD
Associate Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Patrick M. Chae, MD
Park Avenue Pulmonary Care
Clinical Instructor
Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Emily Chai, MD
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Medical Director,
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS, FAAO-HNS
Director, Neurotology,
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Director, New York Otology
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Christine Chang, MD
Assistant Professor
Firm Chief, Quality Improvement Director
Coffey Geriatrics at the Martha Stewart Center for Living
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Rebecca Chatterjee, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Jewish Home Lifecare
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Sita Chokhavatia, MD, FACS, FAAO-HNS
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Audrey K. Chun, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Coffey Geriatrics at the Martha Stewart Center for Living
Director, Clinical Services
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Carolina Collison, MSN, ANP-BC, OCN, ACHPN
Nursing Clinical Specialty Coordinator
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Bruce J. Darrow, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Director of Telemetry Services
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Linda V. DeCherrie, MD
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Associate Director, Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program
Director of Education, Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Celia M. Divino, MD, FACS
The Stanley Edelman, MD, Professor of General Surgery
Vice Chair, Education & Quality
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Andrew Dunn MD, FACP
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
Director, Hospitalist Service
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Ebrahim Elahi, MD, FACS
Director, Fifth Avenue Eye Associates
New York, NY
Associate Clinical Professor
Ophthalmic and Oculofacial Surgery
Department of Ophthalmology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

JD Elder, BS, LMT
Massage Therapy Program Coordinator
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Jeffrey I. Farber, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Mobile Acute Care for the Elderly (MACE) Service
Medical Director, Appeals Management and
Clinical Documentation Improvement Departments
Mount Sinai Hospital
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Director, Geriatrics Fellowship Program
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Marianne Gelber, GNP, ACHPN
Clinical Coordinator, Palliative Care Service
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Gabrielle Goldberg, MD
Assistant Professor
Education Director, Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg
Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Leanne Goldberg, MS, CCC-SLP
Senior Speech/Language Pathologist
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Jay Horton, FNP, ACHPN, MPH
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Nursing
Columbia University School of Nursing
Clinical Program Manager
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Amy S. Kelley, MD, MSHS
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Leslie D. Kerr, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Sapina Kirpalani, MSN, RN, ANP-BC
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Coordinator
Mobile Acute Care for the Elderly (MACE) Service
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Annie Kleinman, LMSW
Social Work Services
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Jane Knowles, LCSW, MPH
Clinical Social Worker
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Lawrence R. Krakoff, MD, FACP
Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Center for Cardiovascular Health
Director, Hypertension Program, Cardiovascular Institute -
Mount Sinai Heart
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Faculty Practice
Mount Sinai School of Medicine


Jacob O. Levitt, MD, FAAD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Dermatology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Betty Lim, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Palliative Care Project
Jewish Home Lifecare
Program Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Elizabeth Lindenberger, MD
Assistant Professor
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Evgenia Litrivis, MD
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Assistant Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mara Lugassy, MD
Former Palliative Care Fellow
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Bryan C. Markinson, DPM
Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Jane Martin, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Neuropsychology Training
Co-Director, Neuropsychological Testing & Evaluation Center
Department of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Deborah Matza, RN, RYT, MPH
Yoga Therapist
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Medical Director, Cardiac Health Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Davendra Mehta, MD, MBBS, FRCP, PhD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Rabbi Edith M. Meyerson, BCC 
Palliative Care Chaplain
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

R. Sean Morrison, MD
Hermann Merkin Professor of Palliative Care
Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine
President, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Director, National Palliative Care Research Center
Vice-Chair for Research
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Michael P. Mullen, MD
Associate Professor
Interim Division Chief
Department of Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Ajith Nair, MD
Instructor
Department of Medicine - Division of Cardiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Judith A. Neugroschl, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Florida Olivieri, MD, FAAFP
Assistant Professor
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dennis Popeo, MD
Assistant Professor
Director & Unit Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic
Director, Medical Student Education
Department of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Barbara K. Richardson, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education in Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Nisha Rughwani, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Concurrent Service
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mary Sano, PhD
Associate Dean of Clinical Research
Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Research & Development  
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Howard Schiff, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Urology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Assistant Attending
Urology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Stelian Serban, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Management
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Joanna Sheinfeld, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Parag Sheth, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Spinal Intervention
Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH
Ellen and Howard C. Katz Professor and Chair
Director, Geriatric Research, Education and
Clinical Center (GRECC)
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Maria Skamagas, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Divisions of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Cardinale B. Smith, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
The Tisch Cancer Institute
Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine


Rebecca Solomon, MS, RD, CDN
Nutrition Coordinator
Epic Clinical Transformation Group
Clinical Nutrition/Information Technology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Rainier P. Soriano, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Medical Student Education
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mark Swidler, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

David C. Thomas, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine
Director, Ambulatory Care and Training
Samuel M. Bronfman Department of Medicine
Center for Advanced Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Winona Tse, MD
Assistant Professor
Mount Sinai Movement Disorders Center
Department of Neurology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Robert T. Yanagisawa, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director
Clinical Fellowship Program in Endocrinology
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine


 
 

Learning Objectives


Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Describe the latest evidence-based geriatric and palliative medicine
  • Recognize the promises and pitfalls of new treatments for older adults
  • Comprehend major geriatric syndromes and effectively manage these syndromes
  • Apply knowledge to older adults across all sites of care
  • Identify psychosocial and ethical issues as they pertain to older adults and formulate a treatment approach
  • Prepare for the ABIM Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Board Exams
  • Critically assess and guide medical interventions to improve a patient’s quality of life
  • Confidently assess and manage pain and non-pain symptoms
  • Provide patients and families with the highest level of medical care that is consistent with their goals

 
 

Accreditation


Oakstone Medical Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
 

Designation


Oakstone Medical Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 77.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release: February 28, 2011
Date Credits Expire: February 28, 2014

CME credit is awarded upon completion of a course evaluation.