Geriatric Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
CEO Comprehensive Geriatric Care, PC

EDUCATION          
1979-1980 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1980-1981 Hunter College, SUNY, New York, NY
1982-1984 University of California at Irvine Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude in Biological 
                  Sciences
1985-1989 Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
1989-1993 New York University, VA Medical Center, New York, NY Intern/Resident/Chief 
                   Resident, Internal Medicine
1993-1994 Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY. Fellow, Geriatric Medicine
1994-1995 New York University-Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY. Fellow, Geriatric Medicine

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
1995-1997  Instructor in Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of 
                   Medicine Montefiore Medical Center
1995-2003  Director of Klau 4 Geriatric In-Patient Unit
1997-2004  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
                   Montefiore Medical Center
2002-2003  Associate Director Geriatric Fellowship, Montefiore Medical  Center
2004-          Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert
                   Einstein College of Medicine
2004-          Attending physician, Schervier Nursing Care Center, Bronx, NY
2009-          Attending physician, St Patrick’s Nursing Home, Bronx, NY

ADMINISTRATION AND HOSPITAL COMMITTEES
1995-1997  Chair, Quality Assurance Committee Division of Geriatrics, Montefiore Medical
                   Center
1995-1999  Member, Quality Assurance Committee Department of Medicine Moses 
                   Division, Montefiore Medical Center
1996-1997  Voting Member, Moses Division Council, Montefiore Medical Center
2006-2008  Voting Member, Moses Division Council, Montefiore Medical Center
1996-2005  Montefiore Medical Center policy reviewer: Skin Care, Restraint Use, Bedrail 
                   Use, Wandering

BOARD CERTIFICATION
1992     Diplomat American Board Internal Medicine 145536
1996     Geriatric Medicine 145536
2002     Re-certified American Board Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Physicians for Social Responsibility
American College of Physicians
American Geriatrics Society
Gerontology Society of America
Medical Group Management Association

HONORS AND AWARDS
1989  Student Research Fellowship. International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
2000 Physician-Educator Scholar. Harvard-Macy Institute, Harvard Medical School
2002 Fellow, American College of Physicians

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Contributor to American Board of Internal Medicine exam questions

Ad hoc reviewer: Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Geriatric Society, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Medicine

Grant Reviewer Health and Human Services, Bureau Health Professions 2005

GRANTS
1999-2004 Geriatric Academic Career Award (K01-HP00001)
Department of Health and Human Services, $250,000
2000-2001 Principal Investigator
Histopathology and Inflammatory Response of Pressure Ulcers

2000-2002 Principal Investigator
A Survey of Issues in the Treatment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Hospice Patients

2002-2004 Principal Investigator
Validating a Knowledge Assessment Tool for the Subject of Pressure Ulcers

2002-2003 Principal Investigator
A Descriptive and Qualitative Analysis of Advance Directives
2002-2004 Principle Investigator
Using Videotaped Patient Interviews to Assess Competency of Geriatric  Fellows
  
INTRAMURAL TEACHING
1995-2004 Skin Rounds - Weekly bedside rounds on patients with pressure ulcers for medicine and family medicine residents, geriatric fellows, medical students 

1998-2005 Delirium - Case-based teaching for medicine clerkship
 
Montefiore Department of Medicine Grand Rounds - Moses or Weiler Divisions
 7/17/1997 Pressure Ulcers  
 6/8/2000   Outcomes of Delirium in Medical and Surgical Patients 
 2/7/2002   The Medical Basis for Frailty
 2/20/2003 Outcomes of Delirium in Medical and Surgical Patients

Montefiore Home Health Agency
1/20/1999  Pressure Ulcers

Montefiore Department of Family Medicine Palliative Care Grand Rounds
7/21/2004  The Medical Basis for Frailty

Montefiore Department of Family Medicine Residency Inpatient Lecture Series
2/6/2003      Pressure Ulcers
3/31/2005    The Physiologic Changes Associate with Aging
5/6/2005      Pressure Ulcers
1/5/2007      Pressure Ulcers
11/27/2007  Pressure Ulcers

Montefiore Division of Geriatrics
5/18/2006 Caring for the Caregiver

INVITED TEACHING
Outcomes of Delirium in Medical and Surgical Patients
3/20/2000    NYU-Bellevue Division of Geriatrics Rounds
12/8/2000    Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Long  Island Jewish Medical Center 
4/12/2001    Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
6/21/2001    Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Allen  Pavilion, Columbia Presbyterian 
                    Medical Center

Frailty - Interactive breakout sessions
10/13/2000 First International Geriatric Palliative Care Congress, New York

Frailty and Palliative Care
8/16/2001   Palliative Care Grand Rounds, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, NY
10/17/2006 Community Medicine Grand Round, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, NY

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Frailty
5/11/2002    Nurses Section American Geriatrics Society Annual meeting, Washington, DC

The History of Frailty
11/1/2006    Section of Geriatrics Grand Rounds, St. Vincents Medical Center, NY

Pressure Ulcers
3/20/2003    Comprehensive Care Management-PACE Program, Bronx, NY
4/20/2005    St Vincent’s Medical Center, Section of Geriatrics
7/28/2005    Schervier Nursing Care Center
2/7/2007      Bronx Visiting Nurse Service Hospice 12/4/2007 St Vincent’s Medical Center, 
                     Department of Community Medicine
3/10/2009    St Vincent’s Medical Center, Department of Community Medicine

Physiologic Changes Associated with Aging
7/3/2007      St Vincent’s Medical Center, Department of Community Medicine
9/5/2007      St Vincent’s Medical Center, Section of Geriatric Medicine

A Qualitative Analysis of the Fill-in-the-Blank Statements on Health Care Proxies
3/18/2009    St Vincent’s Medical Center, Section of Geriatric Medicine

COMMUNITY TEACHING
Advanced Directives
2/7/2006      Rotary Club of the Bronx
3/6/2008      Atria Riverdale, Independent Senior Living
2/27/2009    Bronx Jewish Community Council
3/11/2009    Schervier Nursing Care Center, Social Work Department

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Zeleznik J, Jacobs, LG, Dubler NN. Health care proxies and health care providers, agreement on a patient’s ability to participate in medical decisions. Paper session of the Ethics Committee at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, May 1998. Seattle, WA. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998;46:S11.

Odierna E, Zeleznik J. A survey of geriatric fellows on pressure ulcer care. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2000. Nashville, TN. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48(suppl):S104.

Agard-Henriques B, Zeleznik J. Practice patterns for suspected pressure ulcer-associated osteomyelitis. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2000. Nashville, TN. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48(suppl):S53.

Jagadeesan U, Odierna E, Zeleznik J. Pressure ulcer description by medical teams in comparison to a geriatric attending. Poster presented at the Presidential Award Section of American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2001, Chicago, IL. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49(suppl):S141.

Jagadeesan U, Zeleznik J, Dubler NN. Operational criteria to assess capacity in geriatric patients for participation in low risk research. Poster presented at the Presidential Award Session of American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2001, Chicago, IL. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49(suppl):S139.

Jagadeesan U, Verma N, Zeleznik J. Nurse and physician collaboration in the topical treatment of pressure ulcers. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2001, Chicago, IL.  J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49(suppl):S109-10.

Birch L, Agard-Henriques B, Zeleznik J. Do bone radiographs and clinical examination correlate with bone biopsy proven diagnosis of pressure ulcer-associated osteomyelitis? Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2001, Chicago, IL. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49(suppl):S84-5.

Thompson MM Zeleznik J. Educational materials for physicians on pressure ulcers. Poster presentation at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2002, Washington, DC. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50(suppl):S115.

Thompson MM, Zeleznik J, Flores D, Taira E, Miranda J, Goldberg J. An interdisciplinary comparison of pressure ulcer textbook content. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2002, Washington, DC. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50(suppl):S115.

Greenberg D, Zeleznik J. Newspaper obituaries used in case-based teaching with medical students. A technique to explore the circle of life. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2003, Baltimore, MD. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(suppl):S63.

Eisenberger A, Zeleznik J, Jacobs LG, Glanternik J. Qualitative analysis of fill-in-the blank statements on health care proxies. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2003, Baltimore, MD. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(suppl):S60.

Kent L, Zeleznik J, Eisenberger A†. A qualitative comparison of advance directives. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2003, Baltimore, MD. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(suppl):S60-61.

Zeleznik J, Glanternik J, Rouzier M. Developing a content knowledge assessment instrument for the subject of pressure ulcers. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2003, Baltimore, MD. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(suppl):S64-65.

Rouzier M, Zeleznik J, Glanternik J. Validating a content knowledge assessment instrument for the subject of pressure ulcers. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2003, Baltimore, MD. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(suppl):S114.

Geriatric Fellows’ Competency Assessment. Office of Graduate Medical Education, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. June 2, 2003.   

Research in the Geriatric Setting - Panel Participant. Certificate Program: Ethics and Regulation of Research with Human Subjects, NYU School of Education, Division of Nursing October 16, 2003
 
Chau C, Martino-Starvaggi F, Zeleznik J. Are preprinted hospice orders appropriate for geriatric patients? Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2004, Las Vegas NV. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52(suppl):S152.

Wong QV, Jacobs MT, Zeleznik J. Validating a content knowledge instrument about pressure ulcers to use for pre and post-educational programs. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2004, Las Vegas NV. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52(suppl):S89.

Zeleznik J, Ehrlich AR, Greenberg D, Scalmati A, Burton WB. Competency assessment of geriatric fellows using videotaped interviews. Poster presented at the Presidential Award Session of the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2004, Las Vegas NV. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52(suppl):S182.

Zeleznik J, Ehrlich AR. Competency Assessment for Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows Using Videotaped Patient Interviews. Model Geriatric Programs: Resident, Fellow, and Graduate Education Materials and Methods Swap Workshop at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV. May 19, 2004.

Chau C, Martino-Starvaggi F, Zeleznik J. Are preprinted hospice orders appropriate for geriatric patients? Poster presented at the Geriatric Society of America Annual Meeting, November 2004, Washington, DC.

Horn W, Zeleznik J, Martino-Starvaggi F. They’ve Lost Their Voice. The Experiences of Medical Residents Caring for Geriatric Patients in the ICU. Poster presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, May 12, 2005. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;54:S93

CHAPTERS, LETTERS, INVITED ARTICLES, AND MEDIA
Zeleznik J. Physician Judgment. [letter]. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998:46:250-1.

Zeleznik J. Pressure Ulcers. [letter]. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998:46:1055.

Zeleznik J. Commentary on “Review: Specially designed products to prevent or heal pressure ulcers are more effective that standard mattresses.” ACP J Club. 2000;March-April:59. Comment on: Cullum N, Deeks J, Sheldon TA, et al. Beds, mattresses and cushions for pressure sore prevention and treatment. Cochrane Review, latest version 26 May 1999, In: the Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update software.

Zeleznik J, Jagadeesan U. “Indiscriminate” dressings for pressure ulcers. [letter]. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49:687.

Zeleznik J. Delirium: Still searching for risk factors and effective preventative measures. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49:1729-32.

Zeleznik J. Normative aging of the respiratory system. Clin Geriatr Med 2003;19:1-18.

PUBLICATIONS
Zeleznik J. Post LF, Mulvihil M, Jacobs LG, Burton WB, Dubler NN. The doctor-proxy relationship: Perception and communication. J Law Med Ethics 1999;27:13-9.

Hamerman D, Zeleznik J. Translating basic aging research into geriatric health care. Exp Gerontol 2001;36:193-203.

Odierna E, Zeleznik J. Pressure ulcer education. A pilot study of the knowledge and clinical confidence of geriatric fellows. Adv Skin Wound Care 2003 16;26-30.

Eisenberger A, Zeleznik J. Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment in hospices: a qualitative analysis. J Pall Care 2003;19:9-14. Editorial: Sachs GA. Research at the interface of palliative care and geriatrics. J Pall Care 2003:19:5-6.

Zeleznik J, Agard-Henriques B, Schnebel B. Terminology used by different healthcare providers to document skin ulcers. The blind men and the elephant. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs Nov 2003;30:324-333. Editorial: Smith DL. Structuring clinical information to bridge two solitudes. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs Nov 2003.

Eisenberger A, Zeleznik J. Care planning for patients with pressure ulcers in hospice: The team effect. Palliat Supportive Care 2004:2:283-9.