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American Geriatrics Society Appoints John M. Heath, MD, AGSF
As Program Chair for 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has appointed John M. Heath, MD, AGSF, as program chair of its 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting. Dr. Heath is associate professor of family medicine and community health, and of medicine, at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The AGS meeting will be held May 11 – 14, 2011, in National Harbor, MD.
Dr. Heath, an AGS Fellow since 1998, is the director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He also serves as director of Linking Geriatrics with Adult Protective Services, a geriatric medicine consultancy for Adult Protective Services agencies in Middlesex and Somerset Counties in New Jersey that serves victims of elder mistreatment.
Dr. Heath’s work has been widely published in leading geriatric journals. He sees older adult patients at the Center for Healthy Aging at Monroe within The Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s multi-disciplinary faculty practice. The Program Committee of the AGS is currently reviewing proposals covering a variety of topics that focus on clinical issues in geriatrics and will involve speakers from multiple disciplines.
About UMDNJ-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL
As one of the nation’s leading comprehensive medical schools, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school’s principal affiliate, they comprise New Jersey’s premier academic medical center. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.
As one of the eight schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with 2,800 full-time and volunteer faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 22 basic science and clinical departments, hosts centers and institutes including The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, and the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels for more than 1,500 students on its campuses in New Brunswick, Piscataway, and Camden, and provides continuing education courses for health care professionals and community education programs. To learn more about UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, log on to rwjms.umdnj.edu. Find our fan page at www.Facebook.com/RWJMS and follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/UMDNJ_RWJMS.
ABOUT THE AGS
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a not-for-profit organization of over 6,400 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people. The Society provides leadership to healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public by implementing and advocating for programs in patient care, research, professional and public education, and public policy.
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