Physicians

Medical Director, Duke HomeCare & Hospice

Departments / Divisions

• Medicine / Medicine - Geriatrics
• Community and Family Medicine / Family Medicine - General

Address
508 Fulton Street, GRECC #182
Durham, NC 27705

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)

Training

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

Residency

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

Fellowship

• Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 1988-1990

Other Training

• 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)

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

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

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)

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)