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Representatives from the Baptist Memorial Medical Education Geriatrics Fellowship delivered a Grand Rounds presentation in December to the Graduate Medical Education Department at BMH-NM. Dr. Robert Burns, who serves as program director of the fellowship, and Dr. Nadia Khosrodad, a current fellow in the program, traveled from Memphis to provide training and updates in their field of specialty.  

Trainees within the Internal Medicine residency program at Baptist North Mississippi often see the unique challenges faced by their elderly patients, both in the inpatient and ambulatory settings. As such, Dr. Burns and Dr. Khosrodad’s expertise and insight leant itself to an excellent learning opportunity. 

The lecture covered topics ranging from the evaluation and management of patients with memory loss; discussion of etiology and risk factors of dementia; the differentiation between depression, delirium, and dementia and the various types of dementia. In addition, the physicians explored the personal, social and financial impacts of dementia, as well as stressed the importance of increasing awareness of community resources available to patients and their caregivers. 

Through Baptist’s fellowship program in Memphis, trainees prepare for a career to serve as a consultant in geriatric medicine, practice primary care geriatric medicine, as well as develop a focus in academic medicine if they choose.

Learn more about the Baptist Geriatrics Fellowship.