Department / Division
Medicine /
Medicine - Geriatrics
Address
508 Fulton Street
Durham, NC 27705
Appointment Telephone
Not accepting new patients
Office Telephone
919-286-0411, extension 6806
Fax Telephone
919-286-6823
Clinical Interests
Geriatric medicine, falls, polypharmacy, quality-of-life issues, infections in the nursing home, pressure ulcers
Research Interests
The focus of my research is Long Term Care issues. I have been involved in evaluating appropriate medication use. I am involved in a project assessing nursing home residents preferences for cultural change and a project evaluating the impact of diapers and sheets on the development of pressure ulcers in a
long term care facility.
Nursing Home, culture change, falls, medications, infections in the nursing home, pressure ulcers
This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.
