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Geriatrics

Clinical Staff

Our doctors are board-certified in internal medicine and most have additional qualifications in geriatrics. Our nurses are clinical nurse specialists or nurse practitioners with board certification in the field of gerontological nursing. Our social services are managed by a licensed geriatrics social worker.

Our clinicians are full-time staff members at Boston Medical Center and faculty members at the Boston University School of Medicine. As leaders in the field, they provide direct care and also train doctors and other clinicians who wish to specialize in geriatrics. They serve on professional committees, community boards, deliver presentations and lectures locally and nationally, and publish in academic journals. As scientists, our doctors lead investigations in many areas of geriatrics research, such as successful aging and exceptional longevity, breast cancer care in older women, innovations in geriatrics clinical care delivery to vulnerable elders, and basic mechanisms of aging. Our program has been designated and funded as a Center of Excellence in Geriatrics by the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York.

Our Physicians:

Rebecca Silliman MD, PhD, MPH

Chief, Geriatrics Section
Researcher, Cancer Care in Older Adults
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Heidi Auerbach MD

Director, Outpatient Clinical Services
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Erica Bernstein MD, PhD

Researcher, Cardiovascular Aging
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Gary Brandeis MD

Director, Nursing Home Program
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Adam Burrows MD, MPH

Director, PACE Program
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Lisa Caruso MD, MPH

Inpatient Service Chief

Researcher, Quality Care
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Serena Chao MD, MSc

Associate Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Eric Hardt MD

Clinical Director,
Director, Home Care Program
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine

Ilona Kopits MD

Board Certified in Family Medicine

Won Lee MD

Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Sharon Levine MD

   Director, Education Programs and Geriatric Medicine Fellowships
   Program Researcher, Innovation in Geriatrics Education
   Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics