IU GERIATRICS electronic news for January 2002

The IU Geriatrics Program and the IU Center for Aging Research welcome you to the first edition of our electronic newsletter. Let’s start the new year by congratulating our colleagues who rang out 2001 by publishing their research and presenting at national meetings.

PUBLICATIONS

Callahan CM. Glass houses and the glory of the climb. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Oct 16;135(8 Pt 1):613-5.

Callahan CM, Buchanan NN, Stump TE. Healthcare costs associated with percutaneous gastrostomy among older adults in a defined community. J Amer Geriatr Soc. 2001 Nov;49(11):1525-9.

Damush TM, Stump TE, Saporito A, Clark DO. Predictors of older primary care patients' participation in a submaximal exercise test and a supervised, low-impact exercise class. Prev Med. 2001 Nov;33(5):485-94.

Periyakoil VS, Mendez JC, Buttar AB. Health and Health Care for Pakistani American Elders: in Ethnic Specific Modules of the Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics. Yeo G. Editor. Bureau of Health Professions, DHHS. November, 2001.

Unverzagt FW, Gao S, Baiyewu O, Ogunniyi AO, Gureje O, Perkins A, Emsley CL, Dickens J, Evans R, Musick B, Hall KS, Hui SL, Hendrie HC. Prevalence of cognitive impairment: data from the Indianapolis Study of Health and Aging. Neurology. 2001 Nov 13;57(9):1655-62.

PRESENTATIONS

Amna Buttar, MD presented two papers at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Chicago: "Developing an Interdisciplinary Team Model for Geriatric Medicine in South India" and "Evaluation of Psychogeriatric Services for Older Adults with Dementia in an Urban Community in South India." The Gerontologist; October 2001; 41; Special Issue I; 57.

Teresa Damush, PhD also presented at GSA. Her poster was "Predictors of 3-Month Exercise Adherence for Older Adults: Distance to Program is Important." The Gerontologist; 2001;41:57.

Teresa Damush, PhD banked some frequent flyer miles that week! She also presented a poster "A Randomized Trial of a Self-Management Program for Primary Care Patients with Acute Low Back Pain: 12-Month Outcomes" at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2001;44:S206.

It was Show and Tell Time for Michael Weiner, MD, MPH at the 2001 American Medical Informatics Association annual symposium. Telling his Washington DC audience about "Secure Internet Video Conferencing for Assessing Acute Medical Problems in a Nursing Facility," was not enough. He showed them! From the DC meeting room, Mike connected the audience with a resident in Lockefield Village Rehabilitation Center! Proc AMIA Symp. 2001; 751.

Steve Counsell, MD was Visiting Professor at Cook County Hospital in Chicago on Dec 7th. He presented "Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults" at Medical Grand Rounds and "Geriatrics Program Development in an Urban Public Hospital" to the Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Family Practice Leadership.

Deanna Willis, MD, MBA, Medical Director for Cottage Corner Community Health Center presented on Oct 5th the first "Ask The Doctor" community presentation of Senior Care at Wishard as coordinated by James Wahls, Senior Connection Manager. Participants from the Cottage Corner and Fountain Square neighborhoods were very enthusiastic and appreciative of her talk on "What is Normal Aging".

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

Please let us know if you're presenting at the Society of General Internal Medicine meeting May 2-4 or at the American Geriatric Society meeting May 8-12. We'll announce these presentations in a future newsletter so colleagues attending these meetings can support fellow faculty members with their presence.

LOCALLY, Colleen McHorney, PhD has become a member of the Program Committee for the Indianapolis Senior Citizens' Center, Inc.