And so a new chapter is about to begin .... Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic Neuro #Chair #Department #Neurosurgery 2025 be healthy, be kind, be rewarding, be grateful, be humble & graceful,..... be strong!

Today was of those exhauting but exceedingly meaningful types of days where you can't quite say coherent sentences at the end of it, but you know people were cared for when they needed it most. If you had a similar day, thanks for taking the time to care for others.

😀😍😎🥺🤗 Our emoji PRO paper is published! Will this change the way that we collect patient reported outcomes in hematology and oncology? 🤔 Mayo Clinic Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center

#ScholarlySunday features Dr. Jack Mc Hugh and his work on candida guilliermondii fungemia. Congratulations Jack and to your mentorship team.

Fascinating perspective on "Pressure ulcers"--Is skin injury always the result of pressure? Authors argue that like any organ, the skin can fail towards the end of life--and this is sometimes not preventable jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Teaching Geriatric Home Safety at the Art Institute of Chicago! Check out this French 1790 bathroom in the Thorne miniature rooms…. No handrails or seating & slippery floors! ⁦NM Geriatrics⁩ #GeriChicago ⁦American Geriatrics Society⁩ #AGS2025

Congratulations to Chief Resident Garrett Ungerer who will receive the 2025 Mayo Clinic GME Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Award! This enterprise award recognizes exemplary contributions to #QI by a trainee. Dr. Ungerer is the first urology resident to receive this honor.

Falls are a leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for older adults in the U.S. with significant consequences for health, mobility, and independence. This JAGS study looks to better understand barriers and advance fall prevention strategies. Read it here:

Provision of hearing aids to older persons with hearing impairment leads to profound improvements in day to day communication function. Important RCT Isn't it outrageous the Medicare does not pay for hearing aids? agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Only after my training did I fully appreciate all the people who took time to teach me. I didn't realize they had emails to send, notes to write, research papers to submit, & patients waiting in the clinic. Instead, they took time to teach. What a gift.

“Why are [#Alzheimers] biomarkers important in diagnosing cognitive impairment? They are not. They are important to identifying etiologies possibly contributing to cognitive impairment.” Great quote from Nathaniel Chin at UCSF Geriatrics grand rounds

so excited to be a board certified geriatrician!!

Comorbidities among older persons living with dementia do not appear to cluster into distinct groups or patterns highlighting the importance of taking an individualized approach for chronic disease management. #geriatrics #dementia agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Heartfelt congratulations to my Mayo Clinic Neurology Residency program director, Neurology Education Icon, and Mayo Clinic Neuro colleague Lyell Jones MD on his election as President of the American Academy of Neurology American Academy of Neurology! There is no one better suited to lead the academy. Very well deserved! 🎉

We are SO thrilled to announce our PGY2s who have been selected to be our rising rising chief residents for the 2026-2027 year at Mayo Clinic Rochester’s IM program! We have no doubt they will be an excellent team together! Join us in congratulating them! 👏👏👏 Carrie Thompson, MD

Congratulations Jennifer Woodward, MD, for the opportunity to participate as a “Rising Star” during the National Institute on Aging’s “Intersection of Multiple Chronic Conditions and Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Diseases Related Dementias” program. Learn more about this

Ageism isn’t confined to individual biases; it’s deeply embedded in the structure of health care. The huge shortage of geriatricians is a prime example, according to GSA President Marilyn Gugliucci in this new Forbes article. fortune.com/well/article/a…

super excited for the first day of PALTC25! can’t wait to learn from all the experts about how to care for the sickest older adults in PALTC! PALTmed | Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Medical Assn

Should patients receiving induction therapy for lupus nephritis receive PJP prophylaxis? A lot to consider, especially with evolving guidelines!👇ASN Publications Duke Kidney kidneynews.org/downloadpdf/vi…

My recent work on display ESCMID ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) looked at rising fluconazole resistance in C. parapsilosis. Our reference lab Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases has seen a (concerning!) rise in fluconazole resistance from ~5-10% to 20% in the past 3 years. Thanks Pascalis Vergidis MD, MSc for mentorship.