Geriatric Fellowship Program
Are you ready to care for an aging America?
Geriatric medicine and dentistry already offers some of the greatest
career opportunities for modern health care professionals. With America's
over-65 population expected to double in the next 25 years, the need
for teachers, administrators, and practitioners who are proficient
in these interactive fields will also increase. Strengthening your
credentials with a Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine, Dentistry or Behavioral/Mental
Health could help you be in the right place at the right time with
the right expertise.
We're seeking recent medical, dental and psychology school graduates,
practicing physicians, dentists, psychologists who want to develop
as leaders and role models in geriatric care for the future.
Fellowship Goals:
Our goal is to prepare fellows as educators, who will incorporate
their special knowledge into teaching and research programs. We also
aim to create highly skilled practitioners, who will use their experiences
to help managed care organizations, long-term care facilities, clinics,
hospitals and community service agencies to better meet the needs of
aging patients.
Only a handful of academic health centers in the nation offer this
comprehensive, interdisciplinary program. It is an innovative opportunity
for various professionals to teach each other new ways for preserving
and enhancing the health of America's elderly.
Program Leadership:
Janice A. Knebl, D.O., C.M.D., F.A.C.P., M.B.A. is the Chief of the
Division of Geriatrics, director of the Gerontology Assessment and
Planning Program, and professor of internal medicine for the UNT Health
Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.
James R. Hall, Ph.D. is an associate professor of health psychology
and geriatrics in the Departments of Psychology and Internal Medicine
at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC).
Dr. Gretchen Gibson, D.D.S. received her D.D.S. degree from Louisiana
State University, New Orleans, LA in 1989 and a Master of Public Health
degree from the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft.
Worth, TX in 1997.
For Additional Information
Please contact:
Julene Conway
Sr. Dept. Education Coordinator
UNT Health Science Center
855 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699
Phone: 817-735-2333
Fax: 817-735-0167
E-mail: jconway@hsc.unt.edu
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