Quick Navigation: - DOM Welcome Page - Medical Education - Faculty Directory - Cardiology - Endocrinology - Gastroenterology - Gen. Internal Medicine - Geriatrics - Hematology/Oncology - Infectious Diseases - Kidney Disease - Pharmacology - Pulmonary - Rheumatology The Division of Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine, based at Rhode Island and the Miriam Hospitals, is the academic base for the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program. The mission of Geriatrics and Gerontology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is to improve the well being of older Americans through teaching and research programs in aging, particularly in relation to health and health care. Teaching faculty, expert in clinical geriatrics for the Fellowship include 11 geriatricians (IM or FP), 3 neurologists and 4 psychiatrists. The Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, located on the University Campus, is one of 9 research centers of the Brown Program in Public Health, and is the major research resource for fellows and faculty. The Center is strongest in health services research on aging and chronic disease, especially long-term care; 14 full-time research faculty and more than 30 staff are based in the Center. External funding exceeds $4.3 million annually. Nine PhD faculty are available to serve as research mentors to fellows. The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship links Brown and the Division with multiple clinical sites and faculty preceptors, and generates new academic geriatricians for faculty positions nationwide. Family physicians as well as internists are encouraged to apply. Return to Top           Please send feedback to the Department of Medicine Web Production Services           Affiliated with the University Medicine Foundation ©Copyright 2002, Brown Medical School Department of Medicine