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Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)

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Bronx GRECC

Bronx GRECC

James J. Peters VA Medical Center
130 W. Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10468

Phone 718-584-9000 ext. 3800
Fax     718-741-4211

GRECC Director

William Hung, MD, MPH

Acting Associate Director, Research

Albert L. Siu, MD

Associate Director, Clinical

Fred Ko, MD

Acting Associate Director, Education and Evaluation

Abigail Baim-lance, PhD

Administrative Officer

Valerie Menocal, BS
Valerie.Menocal@va.gov

Affiliations

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

GRECC Partners

VHA Office of Rural Health

research foci heading
  • Population based research in geriatrics and palliative care
  • Enhancing independence in older adults with serious and life-threatening illness
  • Improving access to and quality of services that help veterans age in their homes and communities
  • Examining clinical models of care for older adults such as telehealth use, hospital in home, geriatric co-management, medical foster home
  • Improving processes, outcomes and transitions between sites of care including VA/non-VA, rural/non-rural, home/medical center and including regional health information exchange
  • Developing innovative methods to center Veteran and caregiver perspectives and experiences into clinical models of care, research and evaluation
research heading
  • Improving medication use and establishing infrastructure to support and disseminate interventions to improve medication safety in older Veterans
  • Palliative Care for People with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Building the Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) Network
  • Family Spending after Hospice Enrollment: A Population-Based Study
  • Studies of VA Implementation of complex geriatrics interventions such as Hospital-at-Home
  • Evaluation of the Medical Foster Home program
  • Evaluation of the Re-Envisioning Care in America Program (RECAP) Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care demonstration
  • Understanding military-related toxic environmental exposures on aging
  • Evaluation and optimization of PACT Act implementation
  • Development and validation of new measures, methods and tools to evaluate the needs, quality of care and costs of frail Veterans.
education heading
  • Multi-site program to provide geriatric education and consultation to support rural providers and veterans through use of telehealth modalities.
  • Ongoing provision of geriatrics and palliative medicine training resources for VA providers, staff and trainee community
  • Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics, Interprofessional Palliative Care Fellowship and Allied Health Programs to offer a range of clinical and leadership experiences to MDs, PhDs, MSWs, and PharmDs.
  • Annual four-hour VISN 2 conference to offer an accredited course on geriatrics and palliative care.
  • GECDAC Bi-monthly seminar series on topics related to Geriatrics & Extended Care evaluations and data and analytical infrastructure.
clinical heading
  • Improve medication use in older adults through deprescribing initiatives
  • Develop population health-based approaches to enhance delivery of palliative care to high-risk older Veterans
  • Improve surgical care in older Veterans by integrating preoperative frailty assessment, risk stratification and mitigation via multidisciplinary high-risk surgical board
  • Multi-site program to provide geriatric consultation and support to rural providers and Veterans through use of telehealth modalities
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