Karen Gershman, MD
University of Vermont College of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Family Medicine Residency
Karen has served as the Director of the Geriatric Fellowship since 2003.
During her distinguished career, Karen's fellowships have included Pathology at Tufts University, Adolescent and Academic Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Geriatrics at Maine-Dartmouth. Sabbatical work has included geriatric psychiatry in London and Christchurch, New Zealand as well as family therapy at the Tavistock Center, also in London. At Maine-Dartmouth she serves as the director of the Fellowship in Geriatrics and coordinates all geriatrics curricula for fellows, residents, and students. She has authored the Little Black Book of Geriatrics which is now in its fourth edition, and a monograph on dementia out October 2011, and recently was recognized for her film “Of Mothers and Daughters Aging”. Her rich family life includes children Jackie and Abu from Haiti and Sierra Leone, her mother who is now in her eighties, specializes in reflection, and her partner, Michele Lazerow (a chiropractor, acupuncturist and cantorial soloist). "What I love about Maine-Dartmouth's brand of family medicine is that we are a cross between 'La Cage au Follies' and 'Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'-- an intense group of creative magicians, some of us more flamboyant than others. The 3-year gestation nourishes your individuality, curiosity, wit, honesty, and compassion. Residents learn how to work hard, play hard and well with others."