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Job Description
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Dr. Brummel-Smith holds the Charlotte Edwards Maguire Professorship in the College of Medicine. He leads the Department of Geriatrics, one of five academic departments in the FSU College of Medicine. Geriatrics is one of the priority areas in the college's mission.
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Biosketch
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Prior to coming to the FSU College of Medicine as the founding chair of the Department of Geriatrics, Dr. Brummel-Smith served as the medical director to the PACE Elderplace program in Portland, Ore. He also served as Bain Chair of the Providence Center on Aging and as professor of family medicine at the Oregon Health Sciences University. He has served as the Section Chief for Geriatrics, Department of Family Medicine at University of Southern California, and Division Chief, Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University. He is a past president of the American Geriatrics Society. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council on Aging at the National Institute on Aging. He is the chair of the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs. He has been selected by his peers 11 times as one of the Best Doctors in America. |
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Education |
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B.S., Biology, Loyola University, Los Angeles, Calif., Cum Laude, 1971
M.D. (With Honors), University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif., 1975
Internship, Family Practice, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale, Calif., 1975-1976
Residency, Family Practice, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale, Calif., Chief Resident, 1976-1978
Fellowship, Faculty Development in Family Practice, Department of Medical Education, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif., 1978-1980 |
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Service
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1997: Consultant, program review of the Academic Geriatric Resource Program, University of California
1998–2000: Secretary, American Geriatrics Society
2000-2001: President-elect, American Geriatrics Society
2001-2002: President, American Geriatrics Society
2002: Chairperson of the Board, American Geriatrics Society
2002: Governor’s Task Force on the Future of Care of Seniors and People with Disabilities, and co-chair, Health and Prevention Subcommittee, appointed by Gov. Kitzhaber, Salem, Ore.
2003: Chair, Florida At-Risk Driver's Council
2009: Tallahassee Senior Center Foundation Board
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Honors/Awards
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Graduate Cum Laude, Loyola University
Alpha Sigma Nu, National Jesuit Honor Society
Graduate with Honors, USC School of Medicine
Teacher of the Year, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, 1989
Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Family Medicine, USC, 1989-1991
Elected, Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2007
Hippocratic Award, for professionalison and compassionate care, Class of 2008, FSU College of Medicine, 2008
Outstanding Senior Faculty Educator, FSU College of Medicine, 2008-2009
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Memberships
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American Geriatrics Society
American Medical Directors Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
Capital Medical Society
Physicians for a National Health Plan
Society for Teachers of Family Medicine
Florida Geriatric Society
Florida Medical Directors Association
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Research Focus
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Dr. Brummel-Smith's research has addressed the effect of a support group on caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, the effect of routinely discussing preferences for CPR upon admission to a rehabilitation hospital, methods of assessing pain in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, outcomes of end-of-life care planning in frail elders, and the use of the Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment (POLST) form in advance-care planning.
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Publications
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1. Geriatric Rehabilitation, Kemp B, Brummel-Smith K, Ramsdell J, (Eds), Pro-Ed Press, Austin, TX, 1990
2. Ambulatory Geriatric Medicine, Yoshikawa T, Cobbs E, Brummel-Smith K, (Eds), Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1993
3. Interviewing and Patient Care, Enelow A, Forde D, Brummel-Smith K. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 4th ed, 1997.
4. Practical Ambulatory Geriatrics, Yoshikawa T, Cobbs E, Brummel-Smith K, (Eds), Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 2nd ed, 1998
5. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Osterweil D, Brummel-Smith K, Beck J, (eds), McGraw-Hill, Philadelphia, 2000
6. Reichel's Care of the Elderly, Arenson C, Busby-Whitehead J, Brummel-Smith K, O'Brien J, Palmer M, Reichel W (eds), Cambridge University Press, NY, 2009
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