Geriatrics Care at Boston Medical Center

Geriatrics

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Our Team


Our Physicians
Our Nurses
Our Social Worker

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

Our clinicians are leaders in their field, recognized regionally and nationally for their excellence in geriatric care and teaching. As full-time staff members at Boston Medical Center and faculty members at the Boston University School of Medicine, they provide patient care and 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 distinguished academic journals. As researchers, our physicians 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 - BMC

Rebecca Silliman, MD, PhD, MPH
Chief, Geriatrics Section
Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Professor of Public Health, BUSPH
Researcher, Cancer Care in Older Adults
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Heidi Auerbach MD - BMC

Heidi Auerbach, MD
Director, Outpatient Clinical Services
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Gary Brandeis MD - BMC

Gary Brandeis, MD
Director, Nursing Home Program
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Adam Burrows MD, MPH - BMC

Adam Burrows MD, MPH
Medical Director, Upham's Elder Service Plan
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Lisa Caruso MD, MPH - BMC

Lisa Caruso, MD, MPH
Clinical Director, Inpatient Service Chief
Researcher, Quality Care
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Serena Chao MD, MSc - BMC

Serena Chao, MD, MSc
Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Eric Hardt MD - BMC

Eric Hardt, MD
Director, Home Care Program
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine

Ilona Kopits MD - BMC

Ilona Kopits, MD
Board Certified in Family Medicine and Geriatrics
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BUSM

Won Lee MD - BMC

Won Lee, MD
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Instructor of Medicine, BUSM

Sharon Levine MD - BMC

Sharon Levine, MD
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, BUSM
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Associate Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Program Researcher, Innovation in Geriatrics Education
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Lisa Norton MD - BMC

Lisa Norton, MD
Director, Student Clerkship, Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Daniel Oates MD, MSc - BMC

Daniel Oates, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Thomas Perls MD, MPH - BMC

Thomas Perls, MD, MPH
Researcher, Exceptional Longevity and Anti-aging Interventions http://www.bumc.bu.edu/centenarian/
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Director, New England Centenarian Study

George Rosenthal MD - BMC

George Rosenthal, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Mathew Russell MD, MSc - BMC

Matthew Russell, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care



Winnie Suen, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Dellara Terry MD, MPH - BMC

Dellara Terry, MD, MPH
Researcher, Exceptional Longevity and Anti-aging Interventions
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics


Our Nurses:



Clare Wohlgemuth APRN, BC - BMC

Clare Wohlgemuth GCNS, BC
Director of Nursing, Geriatrics Section
Board Certified Geriatrics Clinical Nurse Specialist

Julia Barbosa, RN, BSN - BMC

Julia Barbosa, RN, BSN
Geriatrics Nurse Case Manager

Kimberly Claude, APRN, BC - BMC

Kimberly Claude, APRN, BC
Board Certified Nurse Practitioner

Katherine Concilio, APRN, BC - BMC

Katherine Concilio, APRN, BC
Board Certified Geriatrics Nurse Practitioner

Katie Creedon, APRN, BC - BMC

Katie Creedon, APRN, BC
Board Certified Nurse Practitioner

Catherine Fabrizi APRN, BC - BMC

Catherine Fabrizi, APRN, BC
Board Certified Geriatrics Clinical Nurse Specialist

Monica Hogan, APRN, BC - BMC

Monica Hogan, APRN, BC
Board Certified Geriatrics Nurse Practicioner

Peggy Kelly RN - BMC

Peggy Kelly, RN
Geriatrics Nurse

Patricia Kimball MS, RN, BC - BMC

Patricia Kimball, MS, RN, BC
Board Certified Geriatrics Nurse

Ann McDonough MS, RN - BMC

Ann McDonough, MS, RN
Geriatrics Nurse

Le Nguyen, RN, BSN - BMC

Le Nguyen, RN, BSN
Geriatrics Resource Nurse

Maureen Russell RN, BC, MPH - BMC

Maureen Russell, RN, BC, MPH
Board Certified Geriatrics Nurse

Patricia Takach MS, RN - BMC

Patricia Takach, MS, RN
Senior Care Options Manager



Julie Wentworth, RD, APRN, NP-C
Board Certified Nurse Practitioner and Registered Dietician

Tim McGrath, NP - BMC

Tim McGrath, APRN, BC
Board Certified Nurse Practitioner

Julie Miller, APRN, BC - BMC

Julie Miller, APRN, BC
Board Certified Nurse Practitioner


Our Social Worker:



Ellen Harrington MSW, LICSW - BMC

Ellen Harrington, MSW, LICSW
Licensed independent social worker with specialty in Geriatrics

Appointments

Call: 617.414.4639
Fax: 617.414.4094


Boston Medical Center
Geriatrics Clinic
Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center
3rd Floor
850 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118


Refer a Patient

Call: 617.414.4639
Fax: 617.414.4094


Home Care & Nursing Home Program Referrals & Information

Call: 617.638.6100
Fax: 617.638.6179


Administration Office

Boston Medical Center
Section of Geriatrics
88 East Newton Street
Robinson 2
Boston, MA 02118-2393
Call: 617.638.8383
Fax: 617.638.8387


Education Program

Call: 617. 638.6112
Fax: 617.638.6152


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