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which DO schools have integrated curriculum and geriatrics courses?
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TCOM has an integrated geriatrics program, a 4th year required geriatric rotation and a geriatric fellowhip. Below is some info on the chair:
LEADING GERIATRICIAN NAMED TO DISTINGUISHED CHAIR
Geriatrician Janice Knebl, DO, MBA, has been named the first Dallas Southwest Osteopathic Physicians Inc. Distinguished Chair of Clinical Geriatrics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
Dr. Knebl currently serves as a professor of internal medicine and chief of geriatrics at the Fort Worth medical school.
Dr. Knebl is recognized as one of the countrys leading geriatricians, said Marc Hahn, DO, dean of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The program she has built here over the past 15 years now boasts an international reputation for excellence and was ranked as one of the top fellowship programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
In 2001, DSWOP pledged $1.2 million, the largest gift in its history, to the health science center to create the endowment. The position holds special significance as the first chair in clinical geriatrics among all osteopathic medical schools.
The endowment builds upon UNT Health Science Centers long-term commitment to addressing health issues that affect an aging population. It was one of the first institutions in the country to offer specialized medical training in geriatric care to doctors, dentists, and psychologists. Through its outpatient-based Geriatric Assessment and Planning Program, the only one in the Metroplex, a team of physicians, psychologists, social workers, and geriatric nurse specialists work with older patients to thoroughly examine and assess their needs. Scientists in UNTHSCs Institute for Aging and Alzheimers Disease Research are making discoveries that could change the way neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons are treated.
Dr. Knebl said she has a vision for expanding the schools work in geriatrics. DSWOPs generosity enables us to expand our training opportunities and further develop our clinical research program, she said.
The endowment is intended to serve as a permanent catalyst for expanding clinical geriatric services to older adults and their caregivers in north Texas. In addition, it allows the health science center to provide expert training and mentoring in geriatrics for medical students, residents and geriatric fellows, Dr. Hahn said.
The endowment is one of many ways DSWOP has demonstrated its support of the health science center. Over the past 20 years, DSWOP has previously given the institution $1.2 million to support loans and scholarships for medical students and to fund the Professional and Continuing Education office.
DSWOP continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to UNT Health Science Center, said Joseph LaManna, Sr., DO, DSWOP chair. With this gift, weve more than doubled the amount of support weve provided to the health science center over the years.
DSWOP, a non-profit organization, was established with proceeds from the 1983 sale of Stevens Park Osteopathic Hospital. It has since distributed almost $13 million in grants to more than 150 organizations.
Dr. Knebl graduated from St. Josephs University in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She earned a masters in business administration from Texas Christian University in 2002. Among her many honors, she was named the Internist of the Year by the American College of Osteopathic Internists in 2002.
LEADING GERIATRICIAN NAMED TO DISTINGUISHED CHAIR
Geriatrician Janice Knebl, DO, MBA, has been named the first Dallas Southwest Osteopathic Physicians Inc. Distinguished Chair of Clinical Geriatrics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
Dr. Knebl currently serves as a professor of internal medicine and chief of geriatrics at the Fort Worth medical school.
Dr. Knebl is recognized as one of the countrys leading geriatricians, said Marc Hahn, DO, dean of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The program she has built here over the past 15 years now boasts an international reputation for excellence and was ranked as one of the top fellowship programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
In 2001, DSWOP pledged $1.2 million, the largest gift in its history, to the health science center to create the endowment. The position holds special significance as the first chair in clinical geriatrics among all osteopathic medical schools.
The endowment builds upon UNT Health Science Centers long-term commitment to addressing health issues that affect an aging population. It was one of the first institutions in the country to offer specialized medical training in geriatric care to doctors, dentists, and psychologists. Through its outpatient-based Geriatric Assessment and Planning Program, the only one in the Metroplex, a team of physicians, psychologists, social workers, and geriatric nurse specialists work with older patients to thoroughly examine and assess their needs. Scientists in UNTHSCs Institute for Aging and Alzheimers Disease Research are making discoveries that could change the way neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons are treated.
Dr. Knebl said she has a vision for expanding the schools work in geriatrics. DSWOPs generosity enables us to expand our training opportunities and further develop our clinical research program, she said.
The endowment is intended to serve as a permanent catalyst for expanding clinical geriatric services to older adults and their caregivers in north Texas. In addition, it allows the health science center to provide expert training and mentoring in geriatrics for medical students, residents and geriatric fellows, Dr. Hahn said.
The endowment is one of many ways DSWOP has demonstrated its support of the health science center. Over the past 20 years, DSWOP has previously given the institution $1.2 million to support loans and scholarships for medical students and to fund the Professional and Continuing Education office.
DSWOP continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to UNT Health Science Center, said Joseph LaManna, Sr., DO, DSWOP chair. With this gift, weve more than doubled the amount of support weve provided to the health science center over the years.
DSWOP, a non-profit organization, was established with proceeds from the 1983 sale of Stevens Park Osteopathic Hospital. It has since distributed almost $13 million in grants to more than 150 organizations.
Dr. Knebl graduated from St. Josephs University in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She earned a masters in business administration from Texas Christian University in 2002. Among her many honors, she was named the Internist of the Year by the American College of Osteopathic Internists in 2002.
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UMDNJ-SOM has a 3rd year rotation in geriatrics.
Also, it is ranked in the top 20 for geriatrics by US News.
not sure about the basic science curriculum. i heard that it is currently being changed.
Also, it is ranked in the top 20 for geriatrics by US News.
not sure about the basic science curriculum. i heard that it is currently being changed.
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dmu has geriatrics course, and a geriatrics education center. search for yogesh shah, MD on the dmu website. you can probably e-mail him at [email protected] and ask him personally about the program. i guess there's geri research opportunities also, as well as a chronic care program where you get to work with a lot of older patients.
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It's not a DO school, but FSU COM has a strong geriatrics program. We have a required geriatrics rotation. In our doctoring 1 course, most of our faculty are geriatricians.
