Geriatrics News
Red Cooler Bag
Boston Medical Center's Home Care Program was established in 1875 and is the oldest, continuously operating in-home medical service in the United States, delivering care to those who cannot leave their homes for treatment. Our Home Care Program provides primary medical care to approximately 500 frail, home-bound and isolated older... More
Mini-Scholarship Day
Our section had our bi-annual, Mini-Scholarship Day on Friday, January 29, 2021. The purpose of the Geriatrics Mini-Scholarship Day is to provide informal updates about current research within the Section of Geriatrics. Section members are invited to give brief overviews of their current research projects/papers. Below are our section members... More
MA Medical Schools Collaborative Project on Serious Illness Care
According to the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care updates, the Massachusetts Medical Schools Collaborative has been working on several areas of serious illness care. The four medical schools in Massachusetts (Boston University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, Tufts University School of Medicine and UMass Medical School) launched... More
Dr. Rossana Lau-Ng: Facilitator for the AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network
Dr. Rossana Lau-Ng is participating as a facilitator in the Massachusetts hub, led by Hebrew Senior Life and Mass Senior Care for the AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID19 Action Network. The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network is a partnership between AHRQ, the University of New Mexico’s... More
Boston Magazine Top Doctors
Congratulations to our Geriatricians that have been recognized as Boston Magazine's Top Doctors! Pictured left to right are: Dr. Heidi Auerbach, who is the Director of our Outpatient Ambulatory Clinic and Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Hollis Day, who is the Chief of Geriatrics and Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Lisa Caruso, who is... More
Our First Virtual Holiday Party
Since the Section could not hold its traditional in person holiday party, we held our first virtual holiday party! On Saturday afternoon, we held a zoom party, including an ugly sweater contest, with prizes for the winners in adult, child and pet categories! The group then did some karaoke caroling and... More
November was Caregiver Appreciation Month
A "typical" high intensity caregiver cares for someone over the age of 67 with multiple conditions and has been hospitalized at least once in the last year. This is the type of caregiver we see in our Geriatrics Home Care program, which provides in-home Primary Care for patients who are... More
Evans Clinician Designation
Congratulations to Dr. Heidi Auerbach on receiving the Evans Clinician Designation! This designation recognizes and celebrates outstanding clinicians who possess clinical skills, attributes and professionalism that define excellence. It acknowledges the value of clinical medicine and honors clinical role models among the faculty. As an Evans Clinician, Dr. Heidi Auerbach... More
George Rosenthal Award for Service Excellence
The Dr. George Rosenthal Award for Service Excellence is awarded annually to a Section member who goes "above and beyond", exerting additional effort, demonstrates energy and enthusiasm for their work and has pride in the section. This year the award goes to Catherine (Cat) Foscaldo. Cat goes above and beyond daily for... More
Catherine Foscaldo Promoted to Operations Supervisor
We are proud to announce that Catherine Foscaldo has been promoted to Operations Supervisor and will now cover the Geriatrics Home Care, Nursing Home, Clinic, and Infectious Diseases (ID) Clinic. She will be supporting ID and Geriatrics sections in our day to day operations by leading staff and identifying opportunities to... More