Geriatric Medicine is a 12 month ACGME accredited fellowship open to Board eligible or certified Family or   Internal Medicine physicians. The goal is to train physicians to be expert providers of primary care in Geriatric Medicine. Candidates must qualify for a permanent Missouri medical license and have a sincere desire to provide care to the frail and elderly. Jon Dedon, MD, Board certified in Geriatric and Internal Medicine, oversees the fellows. Other faculty include: Steve Griffith, MD, Russell White, MD, and Kathleen Tang-Beltran, DO, also board certified in Geriatric Medicine.

Resident Selection

Three Geriatric Medicine fellows per year are accepted. You may apply to the Geriatric fellowship through ERAS # 1252831027 but direct applications are preferred. We require a permanent Missouri medical license and board eligibility in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine. Please submit a CV, 2 letters of recommendation, your USMLE board score, a copy of your medical school diploma and MO license along with a personal statement of interest.

Compensation AY 2012 - 13       $53,100

Contact      Joy Hobick       816-404-7146

Learning Opportunities

• Clinical Mentoring by Family Physicians with additional qualifications in Geriatric Medicine and considerable experience: biweekly Geriatric Continuity Clinic; Geriatric Assessment Consultation Clinic for our large medical practice.

• Academic Faculty Development: help coordinate the physician education and care of our hospice patients; present morbidity and mortality reviews; coordinate Geriatric Medicine Journal Club

• Dedicated time weekly for work related to track: didactic, clinical, presentations, chart review

• CME conferences in Geriatric Medicine: good for networking and academic learning

PT / Shared Fellowship

Part time fellowships are available, allowing you to work outside the fellowship or spend more time at home. The schedule is a month on alternating with a month off for 2 years, getting all of the training for a successful fellowship. We are one of the few programs in the country to offer this arrangement.

Our Current Geriatric Fellows

Scott Avery, DO	Crystal Jones, MD	Valaree Smith, DO

UMKC Geriatric Fellowship Program Alumni

1998	1999	2000
Kevin Jackson, MD	Mohammed Dardari, MD	Ahmrad Batrash, MD
Madhumati Raju, MD		Jabar Fazeli, MD
		Varuna Gadiyaram, MD
2001	2002	2003
Christine Moore, MD	Kevin Farrell, DO	Amit Joshi
Naveena Nelson, MD	Parul Gupta, MD	Joanna Tran, MD
		Gladstone Tucker, MD
2004	2005	2006
Joy Cuezze, MD	Robert Levine, MD	Shelley Alexander, MD
Ali Khezrian, MD	Ibrahim Mourad, MD	Mary Buss Lightfoot, MD
2007	2008	2009
Shyam Akkulugari, MD	Revathi Bhat, MD	Annelle Johnson, MD
Manuel San, DO	Iris Comes, MD	Malathi Tadakamalla, MD
Charina Yango, MD	Jayasree Pillarisetti, MD
2010	2011	2012
Kathleen Tang-Beltran, DO	Fahdi Hamid, MD
	Brian Pepito, MD