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. 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.