Established in 1984, the Fellowship Program in Geriatric Medicine of the Department of Internal Medicine is coordinated by the Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine. It is a fully accredited, one-year program for physicians designed to develop leadership skills for successful academic careers as clinicians, investigators, educators, and administrators in geriatrics. Fellows may opt for a second year of research. The exceptional resources of the Baylor College of Medicine and its affiliated institutions provide exposure to a wide variety of faculty, clinical training sites, research, and teaching opportunities. The Fellowship Program offers a broad range of clinical training experiences in diversified sites. In addition to required rotations in medicine, long-term care and geropsychiatry, rotations in rehabilitation, neurology, and hospice are also provided as electives. Development of a clinical or educational research project is an integral part of the Fellowship Program. Our 37 program graduates have taken their positions in top clinical care programs and in some of the nation's leading academic health centers; e.g., our second fellow back in 1985, George E. Taffet, M.D., assumed the post of Chief, Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, here at Baylor on July 1, 2002. And as co-director of the program, I can attest to it being an excellent one: I, too, am a graduate. Our three new fellows began in July 2002. They are Drs. Regina Harrell, Luis Manyari, and Laura Morrison. For information on how you can apply for this program, contact me by e-mail or apply online by clicking on the application link at the top of this page. Aimee D. Garcia, M.D. e-mail: aimeeg@bcm.tmc.edu (Click on "Biosketches" to read about Dr. Garcia.) |
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