
UChicagoGeriPal
@uchicagogeripal
Official Account, UChicago Section of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine. We serve BOTH older adults & adults of ALL ages w/ serious illnesses #southsidepride ❤️
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http://medicine.uchicago.edu/geriatrics-palliative-medicine/ 18-04-2018 17:08:59
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Our Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program Director Sandy Tun, MD FAAHPM

A big thank you to my friend & mentor Kiran Turaga for his visionary leadership in embedding my palliative medicine clinic within his surgical oncology clinic way back in 2017. Kudos to Varun Bansal & our team for getting the results published 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #PalliativeCare #MedTwitter

Frailty for geriatricians, frailty for surgeons, frailty for our nurses and you shake it all about! 🎶 Frailty now the 5th vital sign UChicago Medicine, not just UChicagoGeriPal.

Excellent and insightful grand rounds talk by Kathleen Unroe MD and Stacie K Levine chief UChicagoGeriPal UChicago Medicine


Proud to share this work educating Nursing Home CNAs on leadership skills and quality improvement SHARE Network UChicagoGeriPal HRSA ECHO-Chicago #buildnursinghomeworkforce



We are so proud of our Dr. Shellie Williams (both a palliative medicine & geriatrics specialist, 3rd from right in green) who was recognized by UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine’s Academy for Distinguished Medical Educators You represent the very best of our section, Doc ❤️👏👏👏 #meded #MedTwitter


Today's #PittHSRseminar with Lauren Gleason MD, MPH, CMD is live! Follow along as we share highlights 📱


Given the success of a pilot study validating the 4AT as a #delirium screening tool, it was rolled out hospital wide at UChicago Medicine in a staged format. #PittHSRseminar Learn more about this pilot study led by Mary Ann Francisco & Lauren Gleason MD, MPH, CMD: journals.lww.com/jncqjournal/ab…


Thank you for the invite Pitt General Internal Medicine UChicagoGeriPal

When you want to go far, go together. Former UChicagoGeriPal and RUSH Geriatric Medicine fellows succeeding and breaking boundaries together. Congratulations!

A recent case study publication a/b serious illness conversations (helps get us to “What matters most”) w/ an elderly individual in the setting of an elective ortho surgery written by our fantastic Geri-Palli ‘25 fellow Patty Lee (with guidance from Lauren Gleason MD, MPH, CMD & Sandy Tun, MD FAAHPM)

Nabiel Mir MBBS And thank you HDSI UChicago for the support to improve care for oncology patients transferring to nursing homes! UChicagoGeriPal

Can it be appropriate to do a total knee replacement on a 95 year old patient? Wonderful article shows how patient-centered decision making focusing on knowing your patient + what matters most to them can lead to a definitive Yes. Sometimes more is more agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…


