Rosanne Leipzig, MD, PhD
Dr. Leipzig is the Gerald and Mary Ellen Ritter Professor and the Vice Chair for Education of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
She has been recognized with numerous awards for excellence in medical education and geriatrics. Dr. Leipzig's research and publications highlight evidence-based treatment for older adults, the use of restraints in hospitalized elderly, and models for teaching geriatrics to non-geriatricians, chronic care and evidence-based medicine. She is the founder of the “Portal of Online Geriatric Education (www.POGOe.com ),” a Web-based clearinghouse for geriatric educational materials supported by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. She is a member of the United States Preventive Services Task Force and the editor-in-chief of Focus on Healthy Aging, a monthly newsletter for consumers. A member of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Board of Directors, she serves as Chair of the ABIM Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine
Brookdale Fellow Class of 1985
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