Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Fellowship
Mission & Vision
We strive to elucidate and apply the biopsychosocial aging model to improve health and independence and quality of life for older persons ranging from highly functional to frail. We achieve these goals through understanding, applying, teaching, innovating and promulgating interdisciplinary approaches to the problems of the older person in the modern world.
Mission & Vision
We strive to elucidate and apply the biopsychosocial aging model to improve health and independence and quality of life for older persons ranging from highly functional to frail. We achieve these goals through understanding, applying, teaching, innovating and promulgating interdisciplinary approaches to the problems of the older person in the modern world.
Program Director’s Welcome
The University of Miami/Jackson Health System Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Fellowship Program is under the auspices of Jackson Memorial Hospital, an accredited, non-profit, tertiary care hospital and the major teaching facility for the University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.
Our fellows rotate through various sites including Jackson Memorial Hospital; Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center in West Palm Beach and Leon Medical Centers.
Program Director’s Welcome
The University of Miami/Jackson Health System Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Fellowship Program is under the auspices of Jackson Memorial Hospital, an accredited, non-profit, tertiary care hospital and the major teaching facility for the University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.
Our fellows rotate through various sites including Jackson Memorial Hospital; Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center in West Palm Beach and Leon Medical Centers.
Come and meet us! We would love to see you and welcome you to our program!
Iriana S. Hammel MD, FACP, AGSF
Program Director, UM/JHS Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Associate Director for Education and Evaluation,
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC
Description
Come and meet us! We would love to see you and welcome you to our program!
Iriana S. Hammel MD, FACP, AGSF
Program Director, UM/JHS Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Associate Director for Education and Evaluation,
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Fellows per Year?
6
Duration of Fellowship?
1 year
Clinical Experience
Our Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Fellowship Program trains fellows in preparation for achieving board certification as a practitioner and educator/researcher of geriatric medicine. The program emphasizes broad clinical exposure, scholarship, self-instruction, development of critical analysis of clinical problems and the ability to consult in complex biological, psychological and social aspects of geriatric assessment and management.
Longitudinal Clinical Experiences
- VA Primary Care
- VA Nursing Home
Didactic Activities
- Gerimmersion: A 32-hour, hands-on introduction to Geriatric Medicine
- Geriatric Evidence-Based Morning Review (weekly)
- Frailty Seminar Series (monthly)
- Case Presentations (weekly)
- Geriatric Medicine Core Curriculum (weekly)
- Geriatric Medicine Board Review (weekly)
Block Clinical Rotations
- Jackson Memorial Hospital – Palliative Care & Hospice
- MorseLife Health System – post-acute and long term care
- Leon Medical Centers – outpatient geriatrics
- VA Specialty Clinics – memory disorders, incontinence, falls, frailty and urinary incontinence
- VA Home Care
- VA Geriatric Psychiatry
- VA Acute Care
Research Opportunities
- The Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center houses the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, one of 20 VA Centers of Excellence in aging, longevity and geriatric research. There are multiple opportunities to pursue research in basic science, clinical, translational and health services research. Our main areas of focus are frailty and stem cell therapies.
- Research mentors in various topics are based at the VA GRECC.
Your Faculty
Jorge G. Ruiz, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, University of Miami
Associate Director for Clinical Innovation
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC
Karl Dhana, MD
Medical Director, MorseLife Health System
Voluntary Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Jorge Maida-Luquetta, MD
Geriatrician – Site Coordinator, Leon Medical Centers, Kendall Center
Osvaldo Rodriguez, MD
Director, Home Based Primary Care, Bruce W. Carter Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Voluntary Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Mercedes Rodriguez-Suarez, MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist, Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Cezary Zawadzki, MD
Director, Palliative Care
Voluntary Assistant Professor
Marianne Desir, MD
GRECC Attending, Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Voluntary Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Natasha Resendes, MD
Geriatrician and Investigator,
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC
Dominique Tosi, MD
Geriatrician and Investigator,
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC
Alumni Placements Include:
Baylor University Medical Center
Brooklyn VA Medical Center
Catholic Health System Florida
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Emory University
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Miami Jewish Health
Miami VA Healthcare System
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
University of Miami
West Palm Beach VA
Alumni Placements Include:
Baylor University Medical Center
Brooklyn VA Medical Center
Catholic Health System Florida
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Emory University
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Miami Jewish Health
Miami VA Healthcare System
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
University of Miami
West Palm Beach VA
Notable Alumni
Allen D. Andrade, MD
2011
Assistant Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Investigator, Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Anita Bagri Major, MD
2009
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Geriatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Hermes Florez, MD, MPH, PhD
2004
Professor, Public Health Sciences & Medicine at the UM Miller School of Medicine
Director, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Miami VA Healthcare System
Gregor Freystaetter, MD
2011
Specialist, Geriatric Medicine, Providence Senior Care Center
Brian Kiedrowski, MD
1996
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Miami Jewish Health Systems
Ravindra Maharaj, MD
2010
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Florida Health Jacksonville
Michael Silverman, MD
1988
Associate Chief, Geriatrics/Extended Care, West Palm Beach VA Medical Center
Allen D. Andrade, MD
2011
Assistant Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Investigator, Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Anita Bagri Major, MD
2009
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Geriatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Hermes Florez, MD, MPH, PhD
2004
Professor, Public Health Sciences & Medicine at the UM Miller School of Medicine
Director, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Miami VA Healthcare System
Gregor Freystaetter, MD
2011
Specialist, Geriatric Medicine, Providence Senior Care Center
Brian Kiedrowski, MD
1996
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Miami Jewish Health Systems
Ravindra Maharaj, MD
2010
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Florida Health Jacksonville
Michael Silverman, MD
1988
Associate Chief, Geriatrics/Extended Care, West Palm Beach VA Medical Center