The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship offers a one-year, individualized training program designed to align with each fellow's career goals. With rotations across diverse settings such as Hospice/Palliative Care, Neurology, and Long Term Care fellows are immersed in a collaborative environment that prepares them to excel in the specialized field of geriatric medicine.
About the Program
Director: James Lamb, M.D.
The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program offered by the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Geriatrics is uniquely structured to maximize individualized and one on one educational opportunities, while encouraging fellows to guide the training experience to meet their future practice goals. Our one-year fellowship is comprised of 13 block rotations (four weeks each) with rotations in Hospice/Palliative Care, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Long Term Care/Medical Direction, Neurology, Women’s Health, Geriatric Psychiatry and Elective/Research. From these rotations, fellows can identify specific areas where they would like to concentrate additional time. In addition to these core rotations, longitudinal care in skilled nursing facilities, home visits, outpatient clinic, and Senior Assessment Geriatric Evaluations, are built into the weekly schedule. Our main training sites are Miami Valley Hospital, Hospice of Dayton, and the Dayton VA Medical Center.
The Wright State Department of Geriatrics leads a dynamic and forward thinking interprofessional team of clinicians and affiliated professionals with diverse expertise in the care of older adults. This team consists of geriatricians, resident physicians and fellows, nurse practitioners, community health and social workers, researchers, pharmacists, as well as community organization leaders from the local Alzheimer’s Association, Adult Protective Services and the Area Agency on Aging. The team meets on a weekly basis in addition to weekly education sessions to provide our faculty and learners an outstanding opportunity to learn from this vast wealth of experience and dedication.
Our Mission
To provide the highest quality of care to older adults in our community while training future healthcare professionals in that standard of excellence.
Our Vision
For today’s students, residents, and fellows to become tomorrow’s leaders in primary and specialized care for older adults.