Department / Division:
Medicine / Geriatrics

Address:
DUMC 3003
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-620-4070

Office Telephone:
919-660-7517

Fax Telephone:
919-471-3624

• MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Maryland), 1994

• Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1997

• Geriatric Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2000

Clinical Interests:
Comprehensive geriatric assessment, falls, osteoporosis, and dementia

Research Interests:
Current research focuses on the epidemiology, prediction, and prevention of osteoporotic fractures in elderly persons, and in improving the quality of care delivered to residents in skilled nursing facilities.  Ongoing projects include a large, international randomized, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial of zolendronic acid in elderly patients after hip fracture, a qualitative case study of clinical practice guideline use in nursing facilitites, and two quality improvement projects to prevent falls and osteoporotic fractures in nursing homes.

Representative Publications:
Troen BR, Koval KJ, Colón-Emeric CS. After the Fall:  Biology, treatment and outcomes of hip fractures. Annals of Long Term Care, 2003;11(8):22-24. (2003)

Colón-Emeric C, Kuchibhatla M, Pieper C, Hawkes W, Magaziner J, Fredman L, Zimmerman S, Lyles K. The contribution of hip fracture to risk of subsequent non-hip skeletal fractures:  data from two longitudinal studies. Osteoporosis International, in press. (2003)

Colón-Emeric C, Datta s, Matchar D. An economic anaylsis of external hip protector use in ambulatory nursing home residents. Age and Ageing, 2003;32-47-52. (2003)

Colón-Emeric C, Biggs D, Schenck A, Lyles K. Risk factors for hip fracture in skilled nursing facilities: who should be evaluated? Osteoporosis International, 2003;14:484-489. (2003)

Lyles KW, Colón-Emeric C. Can we identify women at high risk for osteoporotic fractures? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2002;50(6):1161-2 (2002)

Colón-Emeric C, Peiper CF, Artz M. Can historical and functional risk factors be used to predict fractures in community-dwelling older adults? Development and validation of a clinical tool. Osteoporosis International, 2002;13(12):955-61. (2002)

Colón-Emeric C.  Falls in older adults: Assessment and intervention in primary care.  Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 2001;8(3):48-58. (2001)

Colón-Emeric C, Yballe L, Sloane R, Lyles KW.  Hip fractures in elderly men: expert physician treatment recommendations and current practice patterns.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2000; 48(10):1261-3. (2000)

Colón-Emeric C, Sloane R, Hawkes W, Magaziner J, Zimmerman S, Lyles KW.  The risk of subsequent skeletal fracture in male community dwelling men and male veterans with hip fracture.  The American Journal of Medicine, 2000; 109(4):324-6. (2000)

Colon-Emeric C, White H. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Catatonia in the Nursing Home: Case Report and Review. Annals of Long Term Care, 1999; 7(1):28-30. (1999)