UPMC Geriatric Care Center Outpatient Office Hours
The Geriatric Care Center is an evaluation and treatment center designed to meet the health needs of people over age 60. The team includes a physician, psychiatrist, neuropsychologist, registered nurse, clinical pharmacist, and licensed clinical social worker. The team provides a thorough geriatric medical assessment, as well as specialized Alzheimer’s disease/dementia care, evaluation of balance and mobility problems, behavioral health and counseling services, and care planning assistance. The fellow spends ½ day each week in this center, paired with an attending, following his/her own panel of patients.
Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Rounds
Each fellow is assigned to one of 3 nursing homes – The Willows of Presbyterian Senior Care in Oakmont, Canterbury Place in Lawrenceville, and Seneca Place in Verona. Resident assessment and management, nursing facility regulatory issues, and rehabilitation therapies are reviewed. Each site has licensed clinical social workers, case management, geriatric psychiatrists, wound care nursing, and the full complement of rehabilitation services providing available to the residents. Fellows spend ½ day each week at their designated site, working along with a clinical pharmacist resident and paired with an attending, following their own panel of both short and long-term residents.
Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Outpatient Office Hours
There are 3 UPMC St. Margaret Family Health Centers (Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, and New Kensington). Fellows will spend a 1/2 day per week practicing outpatient primary care at one of the family health centers.
Opportunity to participate in the Faculty Development Fellowship Program and obtain a Faculty Development Fellowship certificate
For fellows interested in pursuing academics, opportunities are available both through the UPMC St. Margaret Faculty Development Fellowship Program and the UPMC Medical Education community. Fellows are encouraged to consider obtaining the faculty development fellowship certificate concomitant with their geriatrics fellowship. These geriatric fellows would work closely with both faculty development fellows and faculty on scholarly work. They would attend the faculty development seminar series with the goal of developing their skillset as either clinician-educators or clinician-researchers. For more information on the requirements to complete the fellowship, and obtain a certificate, click here!