Division of Geriatric Medicine
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine Division of Geriatric Medicine provides consultation and comprehensive interdisciplinary services for the physical, emotional, and social well-being of healthy and frail elderly patients with complex medical and psychosocial problems including dementia, incontinence, mobility disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, memory impairment, weight loss, and depression.
Department Chairs
Gary J. Martin, MD
Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Raymond J Langenbach, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine
Herbert Sier, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Vice President of Medical Affairs, Council for Jewish Elderly
Physicians
Adnan Arseven, MD, AGSF
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Beatrice J. Edwards, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery
Lee Lindquist, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
June M. McKoy, MD, MPH, JD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Karen G. Scandrett, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Other members
The interdisciplinary geriatrics team also includes:
Donna Weisenberger, RN
Helene Raidl, SW.
Beth Rochford , NP
Team members participate in patient care conferences to assess needs, coordinate further evaluation, and assist with care delivery and referral back to the patient's primary MD. Beth Rochford works with oncology and surgical oncology faculty at NMH to provide inpatient and outpatient geriatrics assessments on elderly patients with cancer, in order to better tailor their care plan to their functional needs.
Faculty and fellows in The Geriatrics Division offer outpatient evaluation (Northwestern Memorial Hospital Geriatric Evaluation Service and VA Lakeside Geriatrics Clinic) and inpatient consultation (Northwestern Memorial Hospital) in addition to structured clinical and didactic educational experiences for medical students and house officers. Consultations are also offered at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Warren Barr Pavilion.
Division of Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
The Division of Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program trains one to two fellows each academic year in the medical specialty of geriatrics. Training sites include Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Warren Barr Pavilion Subacute Nursing Facility, and the Methodist Home on Chicago's north side. Trainees are mentored by geriatrics faculty to understand the complexity of health needs in elderly individuals, to treat patients across the care continuum, and to teach other medical trainees about geriatric concerns.
Geriatric Oncology Fellowship Training Program
The Geriatric Oncology Fellowship Training Program (GOFTP) at Northwestern University was established by the Divisions of Hematology Oncology and Geriatric Medicine four years ago. This collaborative effort received a three-year grant from the American Society of Clinical Oncology / Hartford Foundation. The GOFTP has the goal of developing trainees with the background and skills required to successfully pursue an academic career in Geriatric Oncology, and improve cancer care among older adults. Since 2002, the program has accepted 4 fellows for 3-year training.