The Active segment of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) membership recently voted on and approved the Council's recommendation for election of new members. A total of 74 new members will be inducted at this year's ASCI Dinner on April 15 th . Dr. David Lombard, Assistant Professor of Pathology, and Research Assistant
Antipsychotic drugs linked to Increased mortality among Parkinson’s disease patients
Penn, University of Michigan and VA-led study analyzed medical records of 15,000 Parkinson’s patients
Researchers at the University of Michigan, such as Dr. Lona Mody, Amanda Sanford Hickey, Professor of Internal Medicine and Research Associate Professor of the Institute of Gerontology, find that patients are carrying superbugs on their hands, even though hospitals have been cracking down on hand-washing. Healthcare workers are known source of
Dr. Lona Mody has recently received the “Amanda Sanford Hickey Collegiate Professorship in Internal Medicine.” Dr. Sanford Hickey, the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1871, received her diploma with highest honors and became a pioneer in obstetrics, gynecology, surgery as well as general medicine.
Dr. Karen Hall, Professor of Internal Medicine, has recently been elected to the UM Internal Medicine Clinical Excellence Society.
On September 28th and 29th, the University of Michigan Geriatrics Division hosted 21 special guests from Singapore to tour our Geriatric programs.
Dr. Brant Fries, Research Professor of the Institute of Gerontology, was recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal's article: "Nursing-Home Rehab Raises Medicare's Tab".
We are pleased to announce that the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center grant is renewed for another 5 years in the amount of $905,301.
Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine and medical education. He is Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and his photographic work is intended to raise awareness of the aging
Dr. Andrzej Galecki, Research Professor of Internal Medicine and Research Scientist of Biostatistics, has been selected as a 2015 Fellow of the American Statistical Association for his outstanding contributions to the statistical profession.
Research by Dr. Helen Kales, U-M Professor of Psychiatry, shows that antipsychotics are much less effective than nondrug treatments, such as caregiver interventions, in controlling symptoms of dementia.
This year's edition of the U.S. News & World Report medical school rankings again confirms that the U-M Medical School is among the very best in the nation. U-M is listed 10th among research-oriented medical schools, and 5th for primary care training, up three spots from last year.
A recent article written about palliative care says most people associate it with end-of-life care, or hospice care. A poll taken in 2011 revealed that more than 75% of the public lacked knowledge regarding this service.
Dr. Susan Maixner, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and currently Interim Director of the Geropsychiatry Program, has been appointed as Director of the Geropsychiatry Program as of the start of this calendar year.
A multi-disciplinary study, featuring collaboration between the U-M Program for Positive Aging and U-M Geriatrics Center, has been included in an online collection of the most downloaded articles published in Routledge Health and Social Care journals in 2014. The collection highlights the top three most downloaded articles that were published
Susan Maixner, MD, associate professor of Psychiatry, was quoted recently in a HAP Balanced Living article on the anxiety that comes with aging.
Ted Suh, MD, PhD, associate professor in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, has been named an American Geriatrics Society Fellow by the AGS Board of Directors.
Robert Hogikyan, MD, MPH, associate professor of Internal Medicine, has been selected to receive the Spirit of Planetree Physician Champion Award for 2014 for the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
Through the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the University of Michigan has been awarded a fellowship grant from the Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation. The grant is in the amount of $40,000, and will partially support a fellowship position in pediatric palliative care beginning with the 2015 academic year. The U-M
