Medical school: Loyola University
Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Reason for choosing our fellowship: "My grandma had Alzheimer's disease for much of my childhood/teenage years and she had geriatricians who prioritized what was most important to her and helped to keep her out of the hospital, which was really inspiring to me. Throughout my medical training, I've had numerous mentors who have continued to show me the joys of being a geriatrician. In geriatrics, we get to use creative problem solving to solve really clinically and socially complex problems and also help people to live the best that they can as they experience aging."
Medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems
Reason for choosing our fellowship: “I was drawn to geriatric medicine because of the field's balance between evidence based medicine and important lifestyle and social factors that absolutely affect our older patients' ability to engage with modern medicine. I love seeing and hearing about the many walks of life our older adult patients come from and find satisfaction in how we can help them - whether its symptom management, deprescribing, or simply clarifying their complicated situation. Having been at UW Madison for undergrad, I'm excited to return as a physician fellow!”
Medical school: Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
Residency: Hurley Medical Center (Internal Medicine/Pediatrics)
Reason for choosing our fellowship: “My residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics has made me an almost perfect primary care physician, but I missed part of the spectrum—geriatrics! And how could I pass up an opportunity to do more training? During residency, whenever I saw an 80-year-old bounce back to the inpatient unit 2 days after discharge, I used to think, "Why is this happening when we did everything right?" Over time, I have come to appreciate that older adults represent a growing and unique population of whose care extends far beyond hospitals and outpatient clinics. Sometimes it is not about doing everything "right," but doing what is best. Keeping that in mind, I am here to learn how geriatrics is different from [general] internal medicine where everything is guideline-directed, and to develop skills to provide holistic care for this special population in whatever setting I am in, clinic or community."