About Us
The mission of the Division of Geriatric Medicine is to enhance the health of older adults while training others to do the same, ensuring tomorrow’s care is better than today’s.
Research
The Division conducts transformative research that improves the health and healthcare of seniors, utilizing a multisystem, multidisciplinary, and translational perspective that integrates biology, physiology, clinical medicine, behavior, social support, community, and health systems. >> Read more
Education and Training
From a one-year clinical fellowship to research training in collaborative clinical, translational, and aging biology research methods, the Division of Geriatric Medicine offers an award-winning, innovative curriculum with hands-on training in every clinical and research setting.
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>> Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
>>IM-Geriatrics Integrated Training Program
>> Geriatric Medicine Research Training
Patient Care
Our geriatrics faculty is not only one of the nation’s largest, but nearly half are dually-trained in both geriatrics and another medical specialty, enabling them to provide a unique perspective, with 15 named as Best Doctors in America. >> Read more
News and Events
Integrated Training, Earlier Exposure: Growing the Geriatrics Pipeline
L to R: Minjie (Jessica) Guo, MD; Mary Connolly, MD; Angela Heysel, MD; Kelley Bellia, DO; Celestine Chistensen, MDThe United States faces an unprecedented shortage of geriatricians at the very moment older adults represent the fastest-growing segment of the...
New Federal Grant Launches Veteran Elder Safety Program Led by Dr. Lena Makaroun
A $231,589 federal grant will support a new Western Pennsylvania partnership model to better protect older veterans, led by VA Pittsburgh researcher and faculty member Lena Makaroun, MD, MS.
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