Doctoring in the Sandwich Generation

Authors

  • 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).

  • Lauren Abbate, MD, PhD

  • Katie Davenport

  • Colleen McQuown, MD

  • Jane H. Brice, MD, MPH

    President

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

     Jane Brice is the University of North Carolina Chair of Emergency Medicine. A tenured professor of Emergency Medicine, she took the helm of the department in 2015 after 20+ years of service as a faculty member. She holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Social Medicine. She is a UNC graduate with degrees in education/physical education (1974), medicine (1994), and epidemiology (1998). She is an accomplished investigator having held multiple federal grants with a focus on the care of patients in the out-of-hospital environment provided by Emergency Medical Services personnel. As a well-published and recognized expert in the prehospital care, she is the Editor-In-Chief for Prehospital Emergency Care. She is a certified coach and invested in her own growth as a person and as a leader as well as the growth of her faculty. She is passionate about baseball, Star Wars, and dill pickles.

  • Susan Rowlett, LICSW

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