Tony Rosen, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Attending Emergency Physician Weill Cornell Medical College
Biography
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Research Interests: elder abuse and neglect, geriatric injury prevention, emergency care for older adults
- Year of Award: Beeson 2016, Fan Fox and Leslie Samuels Foundation 2016, Beeson 2016, Department of Justice 2016, John A. Hartford Foundation Change AGEnts Grant 2016, GEMSSTAR/Jahnigen 2014, MSTAR 2007
Tony is a researcher in elder abuse and geriatric injury prevention at Weill Cornell Medical College and a practicing Emergency Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Tony's research explores forensic injury patterns in physical elder abuse. He has led the development of an Emergency Department-based multi-disciplinary Vulnerable Elder Protection Team (VEPT) to assess, treat, and ensure the safety of elder abuse and neglect victims while collecting evidence and working closely with the authorities. Tony's work has also explored a specific, under-recognized type of elder abuse, resident-to-resident aggression in nursing homes. He has assisted in the development and evaluation of clinical protocols in ED assessment / management of agitated delirium and appropriate use of indwelling urinary catheters. Tony serves on the Steering Committee of the New York City Elder Abuse Center and a physician member of multi-disciplinary elder abuse response teams in Manhattan and Brooklyn. He is also a member of the New York City Violent Death Reporting System Advisory Board and the NYC Elder Fatality Review Team.
