Geriatric Mental Health Collaborative Webinar Series: AMS/Delirium and Geriatric Agitation in the ED
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Surriya Ahmad, MD
Clinical Faculty
NYU Langone Hospitals / Bellevue Hospital Center
Surriya Ahmad, MD, completed a five year combined Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine residency at the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University and Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, and is double board certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. She completed a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She has been a member of SAEM and AGEM for five years, serving on the AGEM Executive Committee for three years, and is the current Secretary of AGEM. Between taking care of patients in public inner-city Level 1 Trauma Centers and Tertiary Care Centers in Brooklyn and New York over the last seven years, and through her experience spending time with her father and grandmother, she grew more interested in how to best optimize the care of older adults in the ED, including prioritizing communication with patients and families, comfort-mental and physical, and overall experience and wellness.
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Bernard P. Chang, MD, PhD
Associate Dean, Faculty Health and Research Career Development
Columbia University
Dr. Bernard P. Chang is the Associate Dean of Faculty Health and Research Career Development at Columbia University. He also serves as Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine and is the Tushar Shah and Sarah Zion Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine. Trained as a psychologist and emergency physician, his research focuses on neuropsychiatric emergencies and clinician health. He received his PhD from Harvard in psychology, his MD from Stanford, and completed his Emergency Medicine residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH
Chief, Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Maura Kennedy, MD, MPH, is Chief of the division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kennedy's clinical, education, and research endeavors focus on improving emergency care for older adults, with specific focus on those with cognitive impairment. She has conducted research into geriatric emergency departments, the detection and management of delirium in older ED patients, and care of persons with dementia in the ED setting. She currently serves as the Chair of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine section for the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), is on the board of governors for ACEP's Geriatric ED Accreditation program, and is a past-president of the Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (AGEM). -
Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS, is a physician-scientist and an Associate Professor in the department of Emergency Medicine, with a focus on teamwork, patient safety, behavioral health, and healthcare disparities. He is the Research Director and Fellowship Director at the Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation. He has expertise in qualitative and mixed-methods techniques for health services research. Dr. Wong applies healthcare simulation technology, advanced data science, and patient-centered approaches to address workplace violence and improve behavioral care in the emergency setting. He has authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications on behavioral emergency care and has received funding from multiple federal agencies related to mental health research, including NIH, AHRQ, and PCORI.