ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a cosponsoring board for geriatric medicine, which means physicians certified by ABFM who have completed accredited training can also qualify for the Geriatric Medicine Certification Exam administered by ABIM and obtain ABFM Board Certification in Geriatric Medicine.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community 52

Aspiring Minority Doctor

JUNE 1, 2022

I love my Plastic Surgery residency family! It kept me busy, but I really enjoyed the hospital I was rotating at, and the attendings let me do a lot in the operating room. I had never rotated in it when I was a medical student, so it was kind of cool being behind the curtain. It's the little things that make me happy.

Hospital 52

Hospital IT Medical Student ER 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Social workers augment a team’s ability to provide whole-person care, often aiding to identify and meaningfully address the wide variety of challenges and unmet needs faced by individuals and families facing serious illness. Barbara: Oh, I think it was 2013. And so when you have that, that’s so good for the family.

IT 102

IT Family Families Clinic 102

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Graduated in 2013, did a two-year clinician educator track. I’ve talked to, I don’t know if you know Houman Javedan from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. We can train medical students and residents about geriatrics without geriatricians. Ryan: I started in 2011. I don’t think you should.

Board-Certified 91

Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

A little over a decade ago, Ken Covinsky wrote a GeriPal post about a Jack Iwashyna JAMA study finding that older adults who survive sepsis are likely to develop new functional and cognitive deficits after they leave the hospital. To this day, Ken’s post is still one of the most searched and viewed posts on GeriPal. Eric: What was that paper?

Patient-Centered 96

Patient-Centered Patients IT Hospital 96