Department of Internal Medicine

2008-2009 Geriatrics Grand Rounds

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August 19, 2008 Gwen McMillin, PhD
Asst. Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Pathology
Emma Eccles Jones Medical Sci.
Pharmacogenetics of Warfarin
September 16, 2008  Cherie Brunker, MD
Chief, LDS Hospital Geriatrics Division
Faculty, School of Medicine
"Surviving in Practice: How Care Coordination Can Help"
October 14, 2008  Neeraj Agarwal, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Utah 
Anemia in the Elderly
November 11, 2008 Karen Miller, MD
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Obstertrics and Gynecology
U of U School of Medicine
"The Female Lower Urinary Tract Gone Wonky: an Update"
December 9, 2008 Thomas Higgins, MD
Assistant Professor
Ortheopedic Surgery Operations
Uof U Orthopaedic Center
Current Treatment and Prognosis of Geriatric
Hip Fracture Patients 
January 6, 2009  Lea Erickson, DDS
Chief, Dental Service
VA SLC MCS
Dry Mouth and Dental Destruction
February 3, 2009   Joshua C. Denny, MD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Informatics Dept.
Vanderbilt University
"Improving Medical Education with Informatics"
March 3, 2009 Randall W. Rupper, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Geriatrics U of U SOM
Physician Investigator
SLC VA Health Care System,
GRECC and IDEAS
"Consumerism in Older Patients"
March 31, 2009 Richard Macko, MD
Professor, Neurology and Medicine,
Divisions of Rehabilitation Medicine
and Gerontology, University of Marland,
School of Medicine Director,
VA Center of Excellence in Exercise
and Robotics & VA Stroke Research
Enhancement Program, Associate Director of Research for the GRECC
"Task-Oriented Exercise after Stroke"
April 28, 2009

Sheri Eisert, PhD
Director of Health Services Research
Denver Health
Associate Professor
Department of Health Systems,
Policy and Management, UC Denver

"Health Services Research Forcused on Vulnerable Populations"
May 26, 2009  Armanda Lund, DO
Adjuvant Analgesics in Pain Management