Originally posted February, 2012
CALTCM Member Profile: Avi Ishaaya, MD
Originally posted February, 2012
Please provide a brief background of your training and practice setting and years in practice.
I have been in private practice since 1996 and I am an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine. As a multi-boarded physician, [board certified medical specialist in internal, pulmonary, sleep and geriatric medicine] I have an opportunity to see thousands of patients in the outpatient, inpatient, and nursing home setting. I continue to remain passionate about patient care and stand by giving my patients the care and time they deserve.
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The Future is Here
Jim Mittelberger, MD, MPH, CMD, FACP | Incoming CALTCM President
Originally posted February, 2012
Those of us in long term care medicine have an extraordinary role to play in the future of American medicine. For years, progressively more complex and acutely ill patients have become the norm in our care in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living and home. Without much fanfare, with our active medical leadership, our SNFs and assisted living sites have adapted and developed much improved medical capabilities and quality.
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CALTCM PULSE: Policy & Professional Services Committee
John H. Fullerton, MD, CMD, MRO, CFP, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM | Policy & Professional Services Committee Chair
Originally posted February, 2012
According to CALTCM's current Bylaws: "The Policy & Professional Services Committee (PPSC) shall review and recommend policy issues and positions to the CALTCM's Board of Director's. They shall represent CALTCM at long-term care (LTC) industry, public policy, and government meetings, monitor legislative trends and actions, and act as a forum to set medical director and LTC practice guidelines." CALTCM's PPSC also collaborates whenever appropriate with AMDA's "parent" Public Policy Committee (PPC).
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Pain and Sleep To Get Well-Deserved Attention at CALTCM 2012
Mira Cantrell, MD
Originally posted February, 2012
Dr. Bruce Ferrell and Edith O'Neil-Page, RN, MSN, will present a session on "Pain Management" that will help participants gain an understanding of optimal pain assessment in frail nursing home patients, the use of assessment tools, and the role of MDS 3.0. Further objectives of the presentations are to help participants choose optimal medication management options; review the risks, adverse effects, benefits and alternatives of various approaches; clarify appropriate monitoring plans and suggest ways of preparing patient-specific, pain-relieving, regimens.
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Leadership and Risk Management to be Explored at CALTCM 2012 Annual Meeting
Originally posted February, 2012
Prominent geriatrician Dr. Cheryl Phillips, immediate past president of the American Geriatrics Society, past president of the American Medical Directors Association, and now senior vice president for advocacy at LeadingAge (previously known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), will be gracing CALTCM annual meeting attendees with a keynote address on Saturday morning, May 12, 2012, on the notion of engaged leadership in long-term care.
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CALTCM 2012 Slate of Officers & Leadership Announced
Originally posted February, 2012
At the recent CALTCM Board of Directors meeting, our 2012-2014 slate of officers and committee chairs was approved. The term will run from our annual meeting in May 2012 until the annual meeting in 2014. The annual membership meeting at lunch on May 12, 2012 at the Omni in Los Angeles will make these positions official.
Our congratulations and thanks to these leaders who have graciously agreed to serve our organization:
President: Jim Mittelberger, MD, MPH, CMD, FACP
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Originally posted January, 2012
CALTCM Member Profile: Steve Lai, MD
Steve Lai, MD
Originally posted January, 2012
Please provide a brief background of your training and practice setting and years in practice.
I received my medical degree at University of Missouri-Kansas City and trained in internal medicine at Washington University-Barnes Jewish Hospital. I completed my clinical geriatric fellowship at Stanford-VA Palo Alto and then a geriatric clinical-educator fellowship at University of California-San Francisco. I previously worked as a geriatrician and palliative care physician at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for 6 years and served as Chief of Geriatrics. I care for frail, older adults in a variety of settings including skilled nursing facility, hospital, and clinic. I recently joined the Palo Alto Division of Palo Alto Medical Foundation this year and will be lead physician in developing a community palliative care program.
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CALTCM Pulse - Why Become A Member
Dan Osterweil, MD, CMD, FACP | CALTCM President
Originally posted January, 2012
Dear friends,
Another year has winded down and it is time to report back to you all on the status of our organization. I want also to make a point why now more than ever it is very important to belong to the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine.
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California Partnership for LTC: A consumer education program of the California Department of Health Care Services
Tim Gieseke MD, CMD
Originally posted January, 2012
As an internist with a long standing interest in Gerontology, I have seen the necessity for SNF, Custodial Care, RCFE, and Home Care. However, most of my patients have not seriously considered the possibility that they might become dependent. Neither have they prepared for its potential financial impact.
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