AFAR/Adelman Medical Student Summer Scholars Program in Aging


MSTAR Medical Student Geriatrics Summer Research Scholars 2008.

Front row, from left to right: Norm Lee, Dr. Carol Capello (Co-Director); second row. from left to right: Christina Rabinak, Aerin Spitz, Dr. Veronica Lo Faso (Co-Director), Xun (Julie) Lian, Rachel J. David, Janice Cheng, Ethan Brown, third row, from left to right: Katherine P. Heyman, Melissa Boeck, Tim Brown.


For more information, please contact the Division of Geriatrics at (212) 746-1677

Last Name First Name Home Institution Research Institution Research Topic Mentor(s) Rabinak Christina Cornell Cornell Dopamine Agonist Withdrawal Syndrome Melissa Nirenberg, MD, PhD David Rachel J. Cornell Cornell Depressive Symptomatology in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Lisa D. Ravdin, MD, PhD Cheng Janice Cornell Cornell MRI Hyperintensities in the Aging Brain Faith Gunning-Dixon, PhD Brown Ethan Cornell Cornell Prevalence of Pharmacogenetic Risk Alleles in a Consanguineous Middle-Eastern Population Timothy O'Connor, PhD Beock Marissa Cornell Cornell Age and the Incidence of Adverse Events in Older Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotheraphy Linda Vahdat, MD Heyman Katherine P. Cornell Cornell Laparoscopic vs Abdominal Hysterectomy: Does Age Affect Outcome? Brian Slomovitz, MD Spitz Aerin Cornell Cornell Opioids and Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Older Adults M. Carrington Reid, MD, PhD Lian Xun (Julie) Cornell Cornell An Immunohistological Study of Dementia Pugilistica: Evidence of Intraneuronal Accumulation of Aa42 Gunnar Gouras, MD Estibaliz Capetillo-Zarate, PhD Brown Tim Cornell Cornell Self-Neglect: A Concept-Mapping Approach Maria Pavlou, MD Lee Norm Cornell Cornell The Outcomes of Photovaporization of the Prostate in Patients with Surgically Challenging Intravesical Prostatic Middle Lobes Benjamin Choi, MD

Medical Student Geriatrics Summer Scholars

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For more information, please contact the Division of Geriatrics at (212) 746-1677