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Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, associate professor medicine (Geriatrics) and ophthalmology, has coauthored a Viewpoint essay about limitations in Medicare coverage of hearing and vision care.

Given present-day understanding of the health effects of sensory loss and advances in technology, Medicare policy for coverage of hearing and vision rehabilitative services, established a half century ago, may need reconsideration.

The essay, Hearing

Heidi White, MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics), was invited contribute her expertise to the September/October issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, which focuses on long-term care. As the author of the issue brief, Dr

The Duke Red Blood Cell Transfusion Colloquium will feature two speakers at 11:30 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 29 in the Great Hall, Room A of the Trent Semans Center. Harvey Cohen, MD, Walter Kempner Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Aging, will present "Anemia in the Elderly: New Wrinkles on an Old Problem." Sunil V.

The Duke Red Blood Cell Transfusion Colloquium will feature two speakers at 11:30 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 29 in the Great Hall, Room A of the Trent Semans Center. Harvey Cohen, MD, Walter Kempner Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Aging, will present "Anemia in the Elderly: New Wrinkles on an Old Problem." Sunil V.

For more than 40 years, Anthony Galanos, MD, professor of medicine (Geriatrics) has had a connection to Duke, from undergraduate student to alumni to employee. Throughout, football has played a pivotal role.

The Wall Street Journal reported this week on a consortium of four academic medical centers that are working to meet the demand for physicians skilled in treating elderly patients.

Congratulations to Katherine Hall, PhD, on her VA Career Development Award (Rehabilitation). Dr. Hall's project is titled "Exercise as an Adjuvant Therapy for Veterans with PTSD." Hall is an assistant professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and a Research Health Scientist in the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center.

Heidi White, MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics) received the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education from AMDA - Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine, the professional association of medical directors, attending physicians, and others practicing in the long term care continuum. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Dec. 13 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature S. Nicole Hastings, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics), with a case presentation by Shiv Khosla, MD, Geriatric Medicine Fellow. Dr.

A screening of the documentary "Delirium's Impact" will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wed., Dec. 11 in Hanes House Auditorium Room 131. All Department of Medicine faculty and trainees are welcome. Refreshments will be served. "Delirium's Impact" is an original documentary, produced by Loren M. Wilkerson, MD, Medical Instructor (Geriatrics), through Documenting Medicine at Duke University. The film shows the story of delirium through the eyes of one patient, his family and the medical team taking care of him.