Geriatric Fellowship

Curriculum
Faculty
Fellows and Graduates
Salary & Benefits
Contact Information & To Apply


In 2004, Maine-Dartmouth’s fully accredited ACGME Geriatric Fellowship Training Program became the first geriatric training program in northern New England. It is a one-year training program with two fellows in training each year, with a fellow placed at each of our two outpatient practice sites (Augusta, Fairfield). Physicians who have completed a residency in family practice or internal medicine are eligible to enter the program.

Our goal is to develop a cadre of physicians with advanced skills in clinical geriatrics, leadership and expert geriatric consultation who will provide care in Maine and other under served areas. The curriculum is primarily longitudinal with activities devoted to interdisciplinary geriatric team assessments, home visits, nursing home and hospital rounds, and outpatient practice.

Successful completion of the program leads to eligibility to sit for geriatric medicine Boards of the American Board of Family Practice and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Geriatric Fellowship Curriculum

Curriculum Highlights:

  1. Longitudinal curriculum with a Rural Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team.
  2. Family Centered Nursing Home, Dementia and Hospice Care.
  3. Innovative Community and System-based Research, encouraging collaboration at the state level.
  4. The Geriatric Fellowship and Family Medicine Residency enjoy a fruitful relationship which provides opportunities for fellows to become exemplary teachers. Some have remained post-graduation to precept in the fellowship.

Curriculum Overview:
The Geriatric Fellowship meets all ACGME accreditation requirements by providing full-spectrum experiential and didactic training in Geriatrics in all six competency areas in a variety of settings. Content domains include:

The Clinical Program

Fellowship training begins on July 1 or on flexible start dates for off-cycle residents. The program takes place at local sites, including: nursing home, rehab, with inpatient and outpatient consultation teams, hospice and home visits. Longitudinal supervision provided by the Geriatric interdisciplinary faculty. Fellows receive subspecialty exposure in the outpatient setting which includes ENT, opthamology, podiatry, rheumatology and neurology.

Conferences

Fellows participate in a variety of didactic conferences. Fellows participate in weekly Board review preparation sessions, GAT core management, monthly Journal Clubs and Grand Rounds in the hospital and nursing home. Fellows give public health presentations four times a year. Geriatric noon conferences are given bimonthly.

Teaching

Geriatric fellows teach a weekly conference on the inpatient service, monthly conferences in the nursing home and informally with residents on rounds.

Geriatric Fellowship Faculty

Fellowship Director:
Karen Gershman, M.D., C.M.D., CAQ. 25+ years in the field.

Faculty:
Daniel K. Onion, M.D., MPH, CAQ. 30 +years. Emeritus Director MDFMR, editor of LBB series. Community Medicine Curriculum Supervisor.
Alexander McPhedran, M.D. CAQ. 30 +years. Emeritus Director MDFMR. Neurologist.
Janis Petzel, M.D. 10 years. Geriatric Psychiatrist.
Eileen Fingerman, M.D, CMD Certified. 20+ years. Nursing Home Curriculum Supervisor.
Persis Hope, N.P. 10+ years. Former Medical Director Family Medicine Institute. Home Visit Curriculum Supervisor.
Sandi Taker, R.N. 25+ years. Geriatric Nurse Team Coordinator.
James A. Schneid, M.D. Program Chair MDFMR, Director of Hospice Curriculum.
Jane O’Rourke, M.S.W. Alzheimer Boarding Home.

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Fellows and Graduates of the Geriatric Fellowship

Class of 2012
Sabina Luke, MD

Class of 2011
Jodine Sejour, MD

Class of 2010
Cosmina I. Fachiol, MD
Barbara Steinbrecher, DO

Class of 2009
Nathan Harmon
Kirill Berejnoi

Class of 2008
Sabahat Iqbal
Tanya Campus

Class of 2007
Ahmed Aldilaimi
Ferd Saran

Class of 2006
Kathryn Wistar
Cory Ingram

Class of 2005
Cheryl Seymour
Sanjaya Soori

Class of 2004
Elizabeth “Betsy” Hart

Geriatric Fellowship Salary & Benefits

Academic Year 2012-2013

Salary (academic year) - $64,013
Educational Conferences - $850
Mileage Reimbursement - .45/mile
Relocation/Moving Expenses - $1,000
(when relocating for fellowship)

Payment in full for:
Medical Educational Permit
Membership to AAFP (fellow status)
Medical malpractice insurance

Time Away:
18 paid leave days plus 9 holidays

Ability to participate in:
Health Insurance - 3 plans to choose from
Medical / daycare reimbursement accounts

Geriatric Fellowship Contact Information & To Apply

For more information please contact:
Karen Gershman, M.D.
Geriatric Fellowship Director
Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency
15 East Chestnut Street
Augusta, Maine 04330
Phone: 207 - 626 -1894
kgershman@mainegeneral.org

To apply, please submit a resume and letter of interest to Dr. Gershman or submit through ERAS.

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