The Center for Geriatric Medicine, part of the Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic, develops programs and services to better care for frail elders.
Dementia care is a significant component of our clinical, teaching, and research efforts.
We have expanded our geriatric medicine staff, and offer multi-specialty clinics and outreach programs at Cleveland Clinic Health System hospitals and Cleveland Clinic Family Health Centers throughout Northeast Ohio.
Future plans will allow for the expansion of the Center for Geriatric Medicine when it moves to a larger, renovated facility at 10685 Carnegie Avenue in July of 2010.
Barbara Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD serves as the Director of the newly formed Center for Geriatric Medicine of the Medicine Institute. She will also serve as the Section Head of Geriatric Medicine for the Dept. of Internal Medicine.
Dr Messinger-Rapport obtained her MD degree at CWRU where she also earned a Ph D in Biomedical Engineering. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
She has been a member of the professional staff since 1998.
Geriatric Fellowships Available
Interested in a career in geriatrics? Two 12-month geriatric fellowship positions are available each in the Cleveland Clinic Health System, and focus on core competencies in patient care, medical knowledge (including geropharmacology), practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, systems-based practice and professionalism.
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Nine years ago, Euclid Hospital’s first geriatric conference took place in the hospital auditorium, and there wasn’t enough room for all the healthcare providers who wanted to attend. “We had to turn people away,” says Ann Coughlin, RN, BS, MBA, who chairs the conference committee… Read
