Medical Director, Duke HomeCare & Hospice

Department / Division:
Medicine / Geriatrics

Address:
Durham VA Medical Center
508 Fulton Street, GRECC #182
Durham, NC 27705

Duke HomeCare & Hospice
Hock Family Plaza
4023 North Roxboro Street
Durham, NC 27704

Appointment Telephone:
Not accepting appointments

Office Telephone:
919-286-6932 (DVAMC), 919-620-3853 (Duke HomeCare & Hospice)

Fax Telephone:
919-286-6823 (DVAMC), 919-668-1446 (Duke HomeCare & Hospice)

• MD, Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine), 1980

• Family Medicine, Chesterfield Family Medicine Center (Virginia), 1980-1983
• Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University (North Carolina), 1983-1984

• Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 1988-1990

• MHS, Duke University Medical Center, 1993

Clinical Interests:
All aspects of geriatric care including comprehensive assessment, falls/mobility, dementia, end-of-life/palliative care

Research Interests:
Research interests include palliative care and hospice care for end of life. As medical director of Duke Health Community Care and hospice, working to improve programs of hospice care delivery and exploring factors that influence utilization of end of life care among patients and families.

Additional interests include long term care and rehabilitation of the elderly patient (e.g. amputation and Parkinson Disease)

Representative Publications:
Schenkman M, Zhu W, Cutson TM, Whetten-Goldstein K. Longitudinal evaluation of emotional and physical impact of Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2001;8(1):41-50. (2001)

Cutson TM. Management of pain in the older adults. Clin Fam Pract 2001;3(3):667-682. (2001)

Koplas PA, Gans HB, Wisely MP, Kuchibhatla M, Cutson TM, Gold DT, Taylor CT, Schenkman M. Quality of Life and Parkinson's Disease. J Gerontol 1999;54:M197-202. (1999)

Cutson TM. Management of Cancer Pain. Clin Prim Care 1998;25(2):407-422. (1998)

Whetten-Goldstein K, Sloan F, Kulas E, Cutson TM, Schenkman M. Burden of Parkinson's Disease on society, family and individual. J Am Geriatr Soc 1997;45:844-9. (1997)