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Geriatrics Faculty Training for Physicians, Dentists and Behavioral Mental Health Professionals

FY 2004 Funding Opportunities

Geriatrics Faculty Training for Physicians, Dentists and Behavioral Mental Health Professionals grants are awarded to public and private nonprofit schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, teaching hospitals and graduate medical education programs. The grants support fellowships and other training efforts that assist health professionals who plan to teach geriatrics.

  • Emphasize primary care
  • Enable health professionals who plan to teach geriatrics to care for elderly people at different levels of wellness and functioning and from a range of socioeconomic and racial and ethnic backgrounds
  • Offer service rotations, such as geriatric consultation, acute care, dental care, psychiatry, day and home care, rehabilitation, extended care, ambulatory care and community care for older people with mental retardation
  • Support two-year fellowships and one-year retraining programs

Funding History
FY 2003, a total of $5 million was awarded to twelve new programs.
FY 2002, a total of $4.4 million was awarded to two new and seven continuing programs.
FY 2001, a total of $2.9 million was awarded to two new and five continuing programs.

FY 2003 Grantees
Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO
Chairman, Department of Medicine
UMDNJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine
42 E. Laurel Road, Suite 3100
SCC Building
Stratford, NJ 08084
Tel:856-566-7111
cavalita@umdnj.edu

Laura K. Chiodo, MD
University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio
Department of Medicine-Geriatrics
Mail Code 7875
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
Tel: 210-617-5311
chiodo@uthscsa.edu

Carl I. Cohen, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Box 1230
450 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203-2056
Tel: 718-287-4806
Fax: 718-287-0337
E-mail: cohen_c@hscbklyn.edu

Anne R. Fabiny, MD
Division on Aging
Harvard Medical School
164 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: 617-363-8302
fabiny@mail.hrca.harvard.edu  

Arnel M. Joaquin, MD
Division of Geriatrics
Charles R. Drew University
1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Tel: 323-563-9393

Jerry C. Johnson, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine
3615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-898-1548
Fax: 215-573-8684
jcjohnso@mail.med.upenn.edu

Paul R. Katz, MD
University of Rochester
Monroe Community Hospital
435 E. Henrietta Road
Rochester, NY 14260
Tel: 585-760-6354
Fax: 585-760-6376
pkatz@monroehosp.org

Janice A. Knebl, DO
Chief, Division of Geriatrics
University of North Texas Health Science Center
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Tel:817-735-2108
jknebl@hsc.unt.edu

C. Seth Landefeld, MD
Division of Geriatrics
University of California-San Francisco
333 California Street, Suite 380
San Francisco, CA 94143

Sharon A. Levine, MD
Boston University Geriatric Services
Boston Medical Center
88 East Newton Street, F-4
Boston, MA 02118
Tel:617-638-6178
sharon.levine@bmc.org

Kenneth W. Lyles, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3881
Durham, NC 27710
Tel:919-660-7520
lyles002@mc.duke.edu 

David B. Reuben, MD
Chief of Geriatrics
UCLA Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics
10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 2339
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1687
Tel: 310-825-8253
dreuben@mednet.ucla.edu

 


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