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Division of Geriatric Medicine
The Division of Geriatric Medicine's primary mission is to provide state of the art clinical care through the spectrum of health care settings for North Carolina's older citizens. The Division provides training to medical students, residents, subspecialty fellows and community physicians.
Research within the Division is performed in collaboration with the Center for Aging and Health and other Centers and Schools. UNC's designation as a Center of Geriatric Excellence by the John A. Hartford Foundation is an indicator of the university's growing strength in aging and age-related research. Through the fellowship in geriatric medicine, fellows have the option of obtaining an MPH from the nationally-ranked School of Public Health. Most geriatric medicine fellows are participants in the K30 research program and have access to a vast majority of resources including the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit, the Geriatric Evaluation Clinic, the Lineberger Cancer Center and the Thurston Arthritis Center.
Division faculty serves as principle investigators on educational grants totaling approximately $5 million. These grants include the Carolina Geriatric Education Center grant funded by the United States Bureau of Health Professions and the Geriatrics Practice and Teaching Program funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.