GEMSSTAR
While not a complete list, this illustrates the success of emergency physicians in obtaining funding to investigate a broad range of research topics in the acute care of older adults.
2017
Elizabeth Goldberg, MD, GAPcare: The Geriatric Acute & Post-acute Care Coordination Program for Fall Prevention in the Emergency Department
John Haran, MD, Study of the Intestinal Microbiome, Antimicrobial Use, and Clostridium difficile Infections in Long-term Care Facility Residents
Kei Ouchi, MD, MPH, Identifying and Empowering Older Adults with Serious Illness to Formulate their Goals for Medical Care in the Emergency Department
2016
Scott Dresden, MD, MS: Effects of a Dedicated Nurse Liaison Intervention for Geriatric Patients in the Emergency Department
2015
Kevin Munjal, MD, MPH:Transport PLUS: Improving Transitions of Care By Adding Value to Routine Patient Transports
2014
Tony Rosen, MD, MPH:Improving Recognition of Elder Abuse through Analysis of Highly Adjudicated Cases
Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD: Pilot trial of ED intervention and referral for alcohol misuse in older adults
2011
Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH: Assessment of Emergency Department Patients Who Develop Delirium after Hospital Admission
2009
Adit Ginde, MD, MPH: Vitamin D Supplementation and Acute Respiratory Infection in Older Nursing Home Residents
Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE: The Effect of Emergency Department Overcrowding on Delirium in Older Adults
2008
Jeremiah Schuur, MD, MHS: Developing Emergency Department Quality of Care Indicators for Community Dwelling Elders
2007
Brian J. Blyth, MD: Pharmacologic Stabilization of HIF-1 for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Jeffrey Caterino, MD: Predictors of Clinical Course in Infected ED Elders
2006
Christopher Carpenter, MD: Non-Traumatic, Acute Abdominal Pain in ED Elderly, A Series of Systematic Reviews and A Clinical Consensus Conference
Fredric Hustey, MD: The Use of a Computerized System to Improve Information Transfer During Patient Transition from Skilled Nursing Facilities to the Emergency Department
Benjamin Sun, MD, MPP: Identification of "Low Risk" Older Patients with Syncope
2005
Ula Hwang, MD, MPH: Geriatric Pain Management in the Emergency Department (ED) Setting
2004
Kevin Terrell, DO: Computer-Assisted Decision Support to Increase the Safety of Prescribing to Older Adults in the Emergency Department
2003
Manish N. Shah, MD: Pre-hospital Screening to Prevent Injuries and Illness
Scott T. Wilber, MD: Prediction of Short-Term Functional Decline and Service Needs in Older ED Patients
2002
Kennon Heard, MD: Acute Drug Toxicity in Elderly Patients: A National Study of Overdoses, Adverse -Drug Reactions and Poisoning
Stephen Meldon, MD: An ED-Based Falls Prevention Screening and Referral Program
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