Mission

To promote the health of our community by serving as educators, community leaders, health system innovators, and geriatric clinicians. We are dedicated to providing evidence-based training for our geriatric fellows, preparing them to practice in a variety of clinical settings and care for older adults in the community.

Aims

Comprehensive Training: To prepare geriatric medicine fellows to offer a wide scope of care across various future practice settings.

Evidence-Based Practice: To involve geriatric medicine fellows in evidence-based practice alongside experienced geriatricians.

Advocacy: To instill advocacy as a core value, preparing fellows to contribute to the health of individuals and communities through authentic relationships.

Life-Long Learning: To foster a commitment to life-long learning, ensuring fellows are equipped to adapt to evolving medical knowledge and practices to optimally serve patients and communities.

Values

Program Wellness: We support the well-being of fellows, faculty, staff, and their families through collaborative relationships.

Education: We train fellows for clinical excellence and full-spectrum geriatric medicine in an academically rigorous environment committed to high-quality health education.

Care for the Vulnerable: We aim to provide compassionate, comprehensive, and individualized care to vulnerable older adults, ensuring their dignity, well-being, and quality of life.

Respect: We commit to fostering an environment that respects and values the backgrounds and perspectives of all current and future fellows, faculty, and staff within the Department of Geriatric Medicine.

Cultivating Future Leaders: We train and mentor fellows to excel and lead in the field of geriatric medicine.