MD with 20 years of Geriatrics/Hospice experience

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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Geriatrics and Hospice and Palliative Care

Keywords/Search Terms:

nursing home, hospice, internal medicine, elder abuse, geriatric care, elder transgender care, assisted living, palliative care, advanced directives, SNF, Medical Marijuana , dementia, end of life, elder LGBT rights, cannabis, home care, LTC, medical ethics, falls, mental competency

Education:

MD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Years in Practice:

20

Additional Information

I am physician with 20 years' experience. I am board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative care. I also have expertise in cannabis medicine. I taught geriatric fellows at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center for over a decade. I was also the medical director of a veteran's hospital SNF unit. At the VA, I was also chair of the "falls committee." In addition, I worked as a hospice and palliative care physician for a decade. Most recently I was a medical director at a geriatric value-based care clinic. I have experience in a variety of different healthcare system including academic medicine, VA healthcare systems, hospices, and value-based care healthcare, I have worked in many different settings including nursing homes, assisted living centers, clinics, home care, in-patient hospices, and hospitals. Expertise includes elder abuse, medical ethics, nursing home/assisted living care, dementia care, mental competency, elder LGBT rights, end of life care, advanced directives, home care, and hospice.