David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Board Review

The 31st Annual UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatric Medicine + Pharmacy and Board Review program emphasizes a functional assessment approach to comprehensive care of older adults and is directed toward health care professionals who care for older persons, and toward faculty in teaching programs in geriatrics and gerontology.

TOPICS/SPEAKERS

General Principles of Aging

• Geriatric Rehabilitation – Kenneth Brummel-Smith, MD
• Rehabilitation Cases – Kenneth Brummel-Smith, MD

• Live Long and Prosper! – Steven Charles Castle, MD
• Mechanisms to Delay Aging – Steven Charles Castle, MD

• Physiology of Aging – Ihab Hajjar, MD

• Office-Based Geriatric Assessment: A Practical Approach – Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH

• Palliative Care in the Older Patient – Deborah Moran, MD

• Falls: Assessment and Management – Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH, FACP

• Vision Loss in the Elderly – David Sarraf, MD

• Geriatric Pain Management – Wendy M. Stein, MA, NHA, MD, CMD

• Pharmacokinetic Considerations in the Elderly – Bradley R. Williams, PharmD, FASCP, CGP