Megan E. Young MD
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Clinical Associate Professor, Geriatrics
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 638-8383megane.young@bmc.org
meyoung@bu.edu
Sections
Geriatrics
Biography
Dr. Megan Young is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Geriatrics at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (BUSM). She received her MD degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She then went on to complete a primary care residency in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and a clinician-educator fellowship in Geriatrics at Boston University. She is currently an Assistant Dean in the office of student affairs and the clerkship director for a 4-week required rotation in geriatrics. Clinically she provides home base primary care to frail elders in the community surrounding Boston Medical Center.
Education
Medicine-Internal, MD, Pritzker School of Medicine, 2006
Neuroscience/Neurology, BA, Mount Holyoke College, 1999
Publications
Ferri GM, Morgan S, Pasco JC, Restrepo J, Demers L, Young ME, Jindal SK. Listening more and measuring less: Student and faculty perspectives on social narratives in care for older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Mar; 71(3):E5-E8. PMID: 36637868.
Published on 9/1/2022Reidy JA, Clark MA, Berman HA, Chan SH, Gawande AA, Streid J, Vesel T, Young ME, Zehm A, Schaefer KG. Paving the way for universal medical student training in serious illness communication: the Massachusetts Medical Schools' Collaborative. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Sep 01; 22(1):654. PMID: 36050708.
Published on 12/1/2021Miller RK, Young ME, Sehgal M. Strategies That Can Integrate Meaningful Geriatrics Content Into Medical School Curricula. Acad Med. 2021 12 01; 96(12):1626-1627. PMID: 35134021.
Published on 10/13/2021Cetrone E, Young M, Demers L. No place like home: Student and faculty perspectives on the value of house calls in medical education. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 01; 70(1):E1-E4. PMID: 34644401.
Published on 5/26/2021Cohen-Osher M, Davies TA, Flynn DB, Young ME, Hoffman M. Finding Information Framework: A Tool to Teach Life-Long Learning Skills. PRiMER. 2021; 5:16. PMID: 34286219.
Published on 2/3/2021Young ME. Red Cooler Bag. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 04; 69(4):874. PMID: 33537984.
Published on 1/1/2020Levine SA, Young ME. Assessing Decision-Making Capacity. In: Colburn JL, Leff B, Hayashi J, Schuchman M, eds. Home-Based Medical Care for Older Adults: A Clinical Case Book. Springer International Publishing. 2020; 9-13.
Published on 9/1/2018Levine SA, Chao SH, Caruso LB, Jackson AH, Russell ML, Young ME, Brett B. Chief Resident Immersion Training in the Care of Older Adults: A Successful National Replication of an Interspecialty Educational Intervention. Acad Med. 2018 09; 93(9):1341-1347. PMID: 29877915.
Published on 7/18/2018Young ME, Demers LB, Parker V, Day H, Chao S. Posthospital home visit as teaching tool for internal medicine residents. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2020 Oct-Dec; 41(4):514-521. PMID: 30020032.
Published on 1/1/2013Kleber KT, Young, ME, Zumwalt, AC. Interprofessional Collaboration Enables Integration of Basic Science Content into Clinical Education. Med Sci Educ 2013; 23 (3S). Interprofessional Collaboration Enables Integration of Basic Science Content into Clinical Education. Med Sci Educ. 2013; 23(3S):426-428.
Media Mentions
Published on 1/25/2023
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Published on 1/17/2023
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Published on 2/19/2021
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Published on 9/25/2019
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