Background and Clinical Focus
Academic Appointment:
Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Languages:
English
Gender:
Female
Age Groups Seen:
Geriatrics
Provider Affiliation:
Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Baystate Wing Hospital
Practice Groups:
Baystate Geriatric Medicine (Inpatient)
Practice Locations
Insurances Accepted
Note:
Baystate Healthcare facilities and physicians accept most insurances. Please contact your insurance company to verify eligibility.
- TUFTS TOGETHER MCO
- TUFTS HEALTH TOGETHER ACO
- FALLON ACO
- BMC HEALTHNET MCO
- BMC HEALTHNET ACO
- HNE BE HEALTHY PARTNERSHIP
- FALLON NON MASS HEALTH
- HEALTH NEW ENGLAND EXCLUDING BE HEALTHY
- TUFTS PUBLIC PLANS NON MASS HEALTH
- VT MEDICAID
- BLUE SHIELD MEDICARE ADV
- BLUE SHIELD PPO IND
- CONNECTICARE
- UNICARE GIC
- FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY
- UNITED HEALTHCARE
- CT MEDICAID
- CELTICARE
- AETNA
- HARVARD PILGRIM
- CONSOLIDATED
- CIGNA GREAT WEST
- TRICARE
- HMO BLUE
- TUFTS
- MULTIPLAN PHCS
- COMMONWEALTH CARE ALLIANCE
- NORTHEAST DIRECT
- MEDICARE
- RAILROAD MEDICARE
- TUFTS US FAMILY HEALTH
- MA MEDICAID
- SENIOR WHOLE HEALTH
- SERENITY CARE PACE
Education and Training
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Fellowship, MD, 2008
Yale University School of Medicine*
Medical School, MD, 1989
Baystate Medical Center
Residency, MD, 1992
Board Certifications
Geriatric Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
Scholarly Focus
- Quality improvement work in team-based geriatrics and palliative medicine care
- Workforce development in geriatrics and palliative care
- Geriatrics education of residents and fellows and recruiting into geriatrics
- Compassionate care
- Designing programs to demonstrate value in caring for the most vulnerable patients
Professional Societies and Leadership Roles
- American Geriatrics Society and Association of Geriatrics Academy Programs: Education Committee's Subcommittee on Resident Activities, Co-Chair; AGS Education Committee, Member; Fellow, AGS; ADGAP Working Group on Geriatric medicine Tracks and Combined medicine Residency-Geriatrics Fellowship Training and ADGAP Nominating Committee
- National Association for Geriatrics Education (NAGE): Executive Committee, Immediate Past President, Legislative Affairs Committee
- American College of Physicians: Fellow
- Advisory Council to the Governor of Massachusetts, Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Treatment: Member
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Fellow
Awards and Honors
- Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award, American Geriatrics Society (2017)
- Ethel Weinberg Academic Excellence Award, Baystate Medical Center (2017)
- AMA-WPS Inspirational Physician Award (2014)
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, awarded by the Tufts University School of Medicine students and faculty (2004)
- Finalist, Compassionate Caregiver Award, The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center (2004)
Patient Ratings
Patient Experience Ratings
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