Geriatrics

Juliessa Pavon, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor in Head & Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Campus mail Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 684-8111

Education and Training

  • Fellowship in Geriatrics, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 2010 - 2011
  • Residency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 2007 - 2010
  • M.D., University of Florida, College of Medicine, 2007

Grants

Publications

Pavon, juliessa, Richard Sloane, Carl Pieper, Cathleen Colon-Emeric, Kenneth Schmader, David Gallagher, and Susan Hastings. “Central nervous system medications as targets for hospital deprescribing.,” 2022.

Scholars@Duke

Bellantoni, Julia, Elspeth Clark, Jonathan Wilson, Jane Pendergast, Juliessa M. Pavon, Heidi K. White, Deanna Malone, William Knechtle, and Aubrey Jolly Graham. “Implementation of a telehealth videoconference to improve hospital-to-skilled nursing care transitions: Preliminary data.” J Am Geriatr Soc, March 25, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17751.

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35332931
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Keniston, Angela, Maria Frank, Lauren McBeth, Ebrahim Barkoudah, Juliessa Pavon, Nidhi Rohatgi, Valerie Vaughn, Sanjay Bhandari, and Marisha Burden. “Utilization of a National Writing Challenge to Promote Scholarly Work: A Pilot Study.” Cureus 14, no. 2 (February 2022): e21935. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21935.

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35273876
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Pavon, Juliessa M., Laura J. Fish, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, Katherine S. Hall, Miriam C. Morey, Amy M. Pastva, and Susan N. Hastings. “Towards "mobility is medicine": Socioecological factors and hospital mobility in older adults.” J Am Geriatr Soc 69, no. 7 (July 2021): 1846–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17109.

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33755991
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Hastings, Susan N., Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Valerie A. Smith, Ashley L. Choate, Jaime M. Hughes, Juliessa Pavon, et al. “Video-Enhanced Care Management for Medically Complex Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment.” J Am Geriatr Soc 69, no. 1 (January 2021): 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16819.

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32966603
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Deardorff, William J., Richard J. Sloane, Juliessa M. Pavon, Susan N. Hastings, and Heather E. Whitson. “Hospitalization Risk Among Older Adults with Sensory Impairments: Development of a Prognostic Model.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 11 (November 2020): 2650–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16800.

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32852787
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Jarvis, Leighanne, Sarah Moninger, Juliessa Pavon, Chandra Throckmorton, and Kevin Caves. “Accelerometer-Based Machine Learning Categorization of Body Position in Adult Populations.” In Comput Help People Spec Needs, 12377:242–49, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_29.

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33047112
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Pavon, Juliessa M., Richard J. Sloane, Carl F. Pieper, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, David Gallagher, Harvey J. Cohen, Katherine S. Hall, et al. “Physical Activity in the Hospital: Documentation and Influence on Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis.” J Aging Phys Act 28, no. 2 (April 24, 2020): 306–10. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2018-0462.

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31743088
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Pavon, J., T. Berkowitz, E. Mahanna, V. Smith, J. Hughes, and S. Hastings. “Potential targets for de-prescribing in medically-complex older adults with unrecognized cognitive impairment.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S141–S141. WILEY, 2020.

Scholars@Duke

Smith, K., A. McKnight, A. Lee, J. Bailey, M. Pepin, W. Bryan, J. Vognsen, K. Schmader, C. Colon-Emeric, and J. Pavon. “Acceptability of a Deprescribing E-Consult for Older Veterans at Risk for Falls.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S3–S3. WILEY, 2020.

Scholars@Duke

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