Summer Conference Series

Please join us for our summer conference series which is designed for health professionals who teach or work with older adults or research geriatric issues. 2021 — Update in Geriatric Medicine

Our series runs each Friday from July 16 to September 17, 2021. Sessions are from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and meet in the Center on Aging which is located on the 2nd floor of the Administrative Services Building (ASB) in Farmington, CT.

To join via Zoom please email Tonya at togonzalez@uchc.edu and a link will be sent to you.

No registration required.

View previously recorded sessions.

Please contact Tonya Gonzalez at 860-679-3958 for access to previous recorded sessions or with any questions.

July 16 8:00 a.m. – How to care for older persons with dementia, in the community
Rick Fortinsky, PhD  

July 23 8:00 a.m. – Depression in late life
Kristina Zdanys, M.D.

July 30 8:00 a.m. – Pre-operative and Post-operative care
Jaclyn Olsen-Jaeger, D.O. 

August 6 8:00 a.m. – Osteoporosis
Pamela Taxel, M.D.

August 13 8:00 a.m. – Delirium
Victoria Costello, M.D.

August 20 8:00 a.m. – Management of Dementia
Margaret Rathier, M.D. 

August 27 8:00 a.m. – Any new med of note or new prescribing strategies, in the past year
Marissa Salvo, PharmD

September 3 – No Conference

September 10 8:00 a.m. – Falls
Patrick Coll, M.D.

September 17 8:00 a.m. – Diagnosis and Differentiation of Dementias
Yazeed Maghaydah, M.D.