Why geriatric medicine has become an individual department

Sharon Brangman, MD (photo by Jim Howe) Sharon Brangman, MD (photo
by Jim Howe) Upstate Medical University has become one of only a
handful of academic medical centers in the United States to have a
department devoted to geriatrics. For the past 20 years, the branch
of medicine dealing with the health and care of older adults has
been a division, or subset of a department, at Upstate. That
division was led by Upstate Medical University has become one of
only a handful of academic medical centers in the United States to
have a department devoted to geriatrics. For the past 20 years, the
branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of older adults
has been a division, or subset of a department, at Upstate. That
division was led by Sharon Brangman, MD Sharon Brangman, MD, who is
a State University of New York distinguished professor and a former
president of the American Geriatrics Society. She explains the
significance of her specialty having its own full-fledged
department, which she will lead., who is a State University of New
York distinguished professor and a former president of the American
Geriatrics Society. She explains the significance of her specialty
having its own full-fledged department, which she will lead.