Name: Steven R. Counsell, M.D.
Phone Number: (317) 630-7007
E-Mail
Secretary Name: Mindy Nowacki
Secretary Phone Number: (317) 630-7007
Fax: (317) 630-7066
 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Counsell's primary area of research is in the study of hospital and ambulatory care provided to vulnerable elders and the impact of multicomponent interventions on quality of care, functional status, and resource utilization.

POSITION/TITLE

Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Professor in Geriatrics
Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING
Institution and Location Degree  Year Field of  Study
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH B.A. 1981 Chemistry
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine M.D. 1985 Medicine
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH  Resident  1985-1988  Categorical Internal Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Fellow 1988-1989 General Internal Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 
Cleveland, OH 		 Fellow 1989-1990 Geriatric Medicine

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1990 - 1997 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, NEOUCOM
1994 - 1999 Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, CWRU
1997 - 2004 Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, IUSM
1997 - Present Director of Geriatrics, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, IUSM
1997 - 1999 Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, NEOUCOM
1997 - Present Medical Director for Senior Care, Wishard Health Services
1997 - Present Medical Director for Senior Health Services, IU Medical Group-Primary Care
1997 - Present Indiana University Hospital 
1997 - Present Wishard Memorial Hospital
1997 - Present Roudebush VA Medical Center
1998 - Present Center Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research
1998 - Present Medical Director, Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit Wishard Health Services
1999 - 2004 Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Scholar in Geriatrics
2004 - Present Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, IUSM
2004 - Present Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Professor in Geriatrics
2005 - Present Geriatrician Advisor, Medicaid Medical Advisory Cabinet, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration

HONORS

1988 Andrew Kerr, Jr. Award for Case Reports and Retrospective Research, Scientific Session, Postgraduate Day, Akron City Hospital
1988 Internal Medicine Center Senior Resident Award, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Akron City Hospital
1989 Associates Paper Competition Award Finalist, National Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine
1994 Certificate of Appreciation, Geriatric Medicine Regional Coordinating Committee, Office of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, NEOUCOM
1995 Nominee, 1995 Clinical Educators Award, Midwest Society of General Internal Medicine
1996 - 1997  Selected to The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region
1997 Appreciation Award from NEOUCOM Office of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology - Outstanding Leadership in Geriatric Teaching and Curriculum Development
1997 Fellowship in American Geriatrics Society
1997 Certificate of Appreciation from Akron Tri-County Alzheimer's Association in honor of Summa Health Systems Geriatrics Program (Just for Seniors)
1998 Fellowship in American College of Physicians
1999/2000 Select to The Best Doctors in American
2000 Appointed by Governor Frank O'Bannon to the Indiana Prescription Drug Program Advisory Committee as Voting Member, Physician with Specialty in Geriatrics
2001 Geriatrics Recognition Award, American Geriatrics Society
2002 Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award in Geriatrics and Gerontology
2007 Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award, American Geriatrics Society
2007

Hartford Senior Geriatrics Leadership Scholar

CURRENT AND RECENT FUNDING

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Counsell SR, Tan JS, Dittus RS.  Unsuspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Community Teaching Hospital.   Arch Intern Med 1989;149:1274-1278.
  2. Gerson LW, Counsell SR, Fontanerosa PB, Smucker WD.  Case Finding for Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Emergency Department Patients.  Ann Emerg Med 1994;23:813-817.
  3. Counsell SR, Katz PR, Karuza J, Sullivan GM.  Resident Training in Nursing Home Care: Survey of Successful Educational Strategies.  J Am Geriatr Soc 1994;42:1193-1199.
  4. Counsell SR, Sullivan GM.  Curriculum Recommendations for Resident Training in Nursing Home Care.  A Collaborative Effort of the Society of General Internal Medicine Task Force on Geriatric Medicine, Society of Teachers in Family Medicine Geriatrics Task Force, the American Medical Directors Association, and the American Geriatrics Society Education Committee.  J Am Geriatr Soc 1994;42:1200-1201.
  5. Katz PR, Karuza J, Counsell SR.  Academics in the Nursing Home.  In: Ouslander JG, Tangalos EG, eds.  Medical Direction in Long-Term Care.  Clin Geriatr Med 1995;3:503-516.
  6. Allen DR, Counsell SR, Josephson RA, Palmer RM.  Improving Clinical and Functional Outcomes of Hospitalized Older Patients with Cardiovascular Illness.  Cardiovascular Review & Reports 1996;43-53.
  7. Palmer RM, Counsell SR, Landefeld CS.  Clinical Intervention Trials:  The ACE Unit. In:  Palmer RM, ed.  Acute Hospital Care.  Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 1998;14(Pt 4):831-849.
  8. Kresevic DM, Counsell SR, Covinsky KE, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS, Holder CM, Beeler J.  A Patient-Centered Model of Acute Care for Elders.  In: Abraham IL, Fulmer T, Milisen K, eds. Advances in Geriatric Nursing.  The Nursing Clinics of North America 1998;33(Pt 3):515-527.
  9. Counsell SR, Kennedy RD, Szwabo P, Wadsworth NS, Wohlgemuth C.  Curriculum Recommendations for Resident Training in Geriatrics Interdisciplinary Team Care. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47(9):1145-1148.
  10. Covinksy KE, Palmer RM, Counsell SR, Pine ZM, Walter LC, Chren MM. Functional status before hospitalization in acutely ill older adults: validity and clinical importance of retrospective reports. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48(2):164-169.
  11. Counsell SR, Holder CM, Liebenauer LL, Palmer RM, Fortinsky RH, Kresevic DM, Quinn LM, Allen KR, Covinsky KE, Landefeld CS. Effects of a multicomponent intervention on functional outcomes and process of care in hospitalized older patients: a randomized controlled trial of Acute Care for Elders (ACE) in a community hospital. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48(12):1572-1581.
  12. Walter LC, Brand RJ, Counsell SR, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS, Fortinsky RH, Covinsky KE. Development and validation of a prognostic index for 1-year mortality in older adults after hospitalization. JAMA 2001;285(23):2987-94.
  13. Callahan CM, Counsell SR. Measuring and communicating the value of geriatrics. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50(10):1741-3.
  14. Sands LP, Yaffe K, Covinsky K, Chren MM, Counsell S, Palmer R, Fortinsky R, Landefeld CS. Cognitive screening predicts magnitude of functional recovery from admission to 3 months after discharge in hospitalized elders. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2003 Jan;58(1):M37-M45.
  15. Li I, Arenson C, Warshaw G, Bragg E, Shaull R, Counsell SR. A national survey on the current status of family practice residency education in geriatric medicine. Fam Med 2003;35(1):35-41.
  16. Covinsky KE, Palmer RM, Fortinsky RH, Counsell SR, Stewart AL, Kresevic D, Burant CJ, Landefeld CS. Loss of Independence in Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults Hospitalized with Medical Illnesses: Increased Vulnerability with Age. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(4):451-458.
  17. Lindenberger EC, Landefeld CS, Sands LP, Counsell SR, Fortinsky RH, Palmer RM, Kresevic DM, Covinsky KE. Unsteadiness reported by older hospitalized patients predicts functional decline. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003; 51(5):621-6.
  18. Allen KR, Hazelett SE, Palmer RR, Jarjoura DG, Wickstrom GC, Weinhardt JA, Lada R, Holder CM, Counsell SR. Developing a stroke unit using the acute care for elders intervention and model of care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003 Nov;51(11):1660-7.
  19. Westmoreland GR, Smith P, Counsell SR, Buttar A, Litzelman DK. Geriatrics Curriculum of Indiana University School of Medicine. Acad Med. 2004 Jul;79(7 Suppl):S57-60.
  20. Li AK, Covinsky KE, Sands LP, Fortinsky RH, Counsell SR, Landefeld CS. Reports of financial disability predict functional decline and death in older patients discharged from the hospital. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Feb;20(2):168-74.
  21. Sha MC, Callahan CM, Counsell SR, Westmoreland GR, Stump TE, Kroenke K. Physical symptoms as a predictor of health care use and mortality among older adults . Am J Med. 2005 Mar;118(3):301-6.
  22. Callahan CM, Kroenke K, Counsell SR, Hendrie HC, Perkins AJ, Katon W, Noel PH, Harpole L, Hunkeler EM, Unutzer J; for the IMPACT Investigators. Treatment of depression improves physical functioning in older adults . J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Mar;53(3):367-73.
  23. Clark DO, Callahan CM, Counsell SR. Reliability and validity of a steadiness score. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Sep;53(9):1582-6.
  24. Sands LP, Landefeld CS, Ayers SM, Yaffe K, Palmer R, Fortinsky R, Counsell SR, Covinsky KE. Disparities between black and white patients in functional improvement after hospitalization for an acute illness. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Oct;53(10):1811-6.
  25. Pompei P, Murphy JB, editors. (Counsell SR, Syllabus Editor) Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. 6th rev.ed. New York: American Geriatrics Society; 2006.
  26. Callahan CM, Boustani MA, Unverzagt FW, Austrom MG, Damush TM, Perkins AJ, Fultz BA, Hui SL, Counsell SR, Hendrie HC. Effectiveness of collaborative care for older adults with Alzheimer disease in primary care: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2006 May 10;295(18):2148-57.
  27. Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Buttar AB, Clark DO, Frank KI. Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders (GRACE): a new model of primary care for low-income seniors. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Jul;54(7):1136-41.
  28. Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Clark DO, Tu W, Buttar AB, Stump TE, Ricketts GD. Geriatric care management for low-income seniors: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007 Dec 12;298(22):2623-33.
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