Brock Institute Glennan Lecture

Ardeshir Hashmi, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Tuesday, October 24 and Wednesday October 25

Community Lecture: "Patient Designed Successful Aging: The Cleveland Clinic Experience"

Objectives:

• Evaluate the impact of patient and caregiver leadership on designing content and structure of a successful aging program.
• Apply strategies empowering socioeconomically disadvantaged seniors to benefit from state-of-the-art technology solutions for clinical and social determinant needs.
• Evaluate the critical importance of guiding caregivers on optimally supporting loved ones throughout life transitions. 

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Grand Rounds: “Alzheimer’s: Quest for Cure vs. Patient Prioritized Population Health: Rekindling the Conversation”

Objectives:

• Assess current evidence for Alzheimer's Dementia (AD) pharmacotherapy efficacy & risks and its underlying constructs; Amyloid cascade and other pathogenetic pathways.
• Evaluate AD's medical, psychosocial and economic impact on population health and the national caregiver crisis.
• Propose the Patient Priorities Care & Social Prescribing global paradigms as a practical, low cost strategy to counter the AD pandemic and reframe AD quality metrics and goals of care.

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Marie A. Bernard, MD: Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tuesday, November 1 - 2, 2022

Community Lecture: "How Does Diversity Impact Biomedical Sciences? A Community Perspective."

Objectives:

• Identify challenges to diversity in the scientific workplace.
• Assess interventions to remedy identified inequities.

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Grand Rounds: "How Does Diversity Impact Biomedical Sciences?"

Objectives:

• Identify challenges to diversity in the scientific workplace.
• Assess interventions to remedy identified inequities.

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2021 Brock Institute Glennan Center Lecture with John Morley, MD

November 16 – 17, 2021

Community Lecture: "An Approach to the Management of Cognitive Dysfunction"

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Internal Medicine Grand Rounds: "The Future of Geriatric Care"

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Ron C. Petersen, MD, MPH, Director of the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, presented the following research during a virtual visit October 20-21, 2020. 

How Much Fortgetfulness is Too Much?

Community Lecture - October 20, 2020

Presentation Objectives: 

• Identify the distinction between normal aging and mild cognitive impairment.
• Define criteria for mild cognitive impairment.
• Outline resources for persons with forgetfulness.

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The Changing Landscape of Alzheimer's Disease     

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds - October 21, 2020

Presentation Objectives: 

• Define Alzheimer's Disease in proposed research framework.
• Recognize the role of a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.
• Demonstrate the utility of biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease.

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Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, presented her research titled "Palliative Care Futurist: Matching Care to Our Patient's Needs," on Oct. 16, 2019.

Her presentation demonstrated the value of palliative care and made a case for its widespread adoption.

Dr. Meier's lecture covered three objectives:          

• Articulate the two primary differences between eligibility for palliative care and hospice.
• Operationalize the link between the integration of palliative care and improved performance on key CMS hospital star and USNWR quality rankings.
• Identify the 6 predictors of a high-value, system-wide palliative care strategy.

William Applegate, MD, MPH, presented his research titled "Applying SPRINT Research Findings to Hypertension Treatment Goals in Older Persons" on Oct. 17, 2017.

Dr. Applegate is the Former Dean and Chair of Department of Medicine, Clinician and Clinical Researcher, Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University; Editor in Chief, Journal of the American Geriatric Society.

Joseph Ouslander, MD, Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Geriatric Programs, and Chair of the Integrated Medical Science Department at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, presented the following research on Nov. 1, 2016. 

"Reducing Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations and ED Visits: Lessons Learned from the INTERACT Program"

• Objectives: 
  • Describe the impact of potentially avoidable hospitalizations and ED visits in relation to health care reform initiative
  • Incorporate strategies to improve care and reduce potentially avoidable hospitalizations, including implementation of the INTERACT  Program 
  • Utilize updated INTERACT Program tools, including INTERACT Compatible Clinician Order Sets

  "Reducing Unnecessary Hospitalizations and ED Visits from Skilled Nursing Facilities"

• Objectives: 
  • Explain the incidence, costs, and impact of health care reform initiatives of potentially avoidable hospitalizations and ED visits from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) 
  • Incorporate strategies to improve care and reduce potentially avoidable hospitalizations from ED visits from SNFs
  • Utilize care transitions programs that may contribute to reducing potentially avoidable hospitalizations from and ED visits from SNFs

Thomas Gill, MD, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Investigative Medicine and Humana Foundation, Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Yale University, presented the following research on Sept. 25, 2015.

"Our Grandparents, Our Parents, Our Future Selves: Optimizing Function in Old Age" 

•    Objectives:
  •     Relate the Epidemiology of functional decline and disability among older persons 
  •     Identify the risk factors and precipitants of disability among older persons
  •     Apply strategies that may forestall disability and/or optimize function in old age 

 "A Walk Through the Park: Promoting Independent Mobility in an Aging Society"

•      Objectives: 
  •      Relate the epidemiology of mobility disability among older persons
  •      Recommend a program of physical activity and exercise to your older patients to enhance independence