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Geriatric Medicine and Aging

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Geriatric Medicine and Aging at The Allen Hospital

The Division of Geriatric Medicine and Aging at The Allen Hospital provides older adults with medical, functional, cognitive and psychosocial care and other support services necessary to promote optimum health in later years and to provide support to the families of older adults and their caregivers.

Our staff includes fellowship-trained geriatric medicine physicians, geriatric nurse practitioners, and an occupational therapist and others who specialize in the care of older adults. We also collaborate with subspecialty physicians and other clinicians from The Allen Hospital to offer comprehensive interdisciplinary care.

Our Services Include:

The Geriatrics and Aging Services include specialized programs to older adults, both at The Allen Hospital and through outreach programs in the community. We provide older adults with the diagnostic services, medical and surgical treatment, and continued support services necessary to preserve optimum health.

We provide clinical services in both inpatient and outpatient settings, including long-term care facilities such as the Methodist Home for the Aged in the Bronx Our services include:

• An outpatient program in which geriatrics clinicians take care of the health needs of older adults.
• Fall Program sessions to help older adults learn to prevent falls and injuries from falls.
• Geriatric Interdisciplinary Assessment & Frailty Program, for older adults who have multiple medical, psychosocial and functional needs.
• The Columbia Cooperative Aging Program, where older adults in the community meet with physicians and other medical professionals to learn how to improve their health and quality of life.
• The Interdisciplinary Hip Fracture Service, that provides care to older adults who are admitted to The Allen Hospital with a hip fracture. The Service provides both clinical care and advice on transitioning to life after a hospital stay.
• The House Call Program, that provides medical visits to older adults from the Division's clinical program who become homebound.
• Educational programs, for practicing physicians, medical residents, community residents, other healthcare professionals and their trainees. These programs are teaching the next generations of physicians and other clinicians and persons in the community about the most informed and compassionate ways to care for older adults.

About Our Physicians

Our Geriatric Medicine physicians are also on the staff of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, one of the country's major academic medical centers. In addition, each of these physicians is a member of the faculty of the highly regarded Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. This means that patients at The Allen Hospital experience a level of care found in a leading academic medical center while they are being treated in the intimate setting of a community hospital.

Our Team

• Evelyn C. Granieri, MD, MPH, MSEd (Chief of Service)
• Rafael Bejarano-Narbona, MD
• Thuy-Tien L. Dam, MD
• Predag Popovic, MD, MSc
• Bindhu Thomas, MD
• Francisco Diaz, MS, GNP (Geriatric Nurse Practitioner)
• Shelly Dubin, MS, GNP (Geriatric Nurse Practitioner)
• Phyllis Simon MS, OTR/L (Occupational Therapist)