Message from the Program Director
Aloha, and welcome to the University of ß÷ß÷Ö±²¥ Department of Geriatric Medicine! We are delighted that you are interested in pursuing a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine. We provide comprehensive and diverse clinical training experiences, as well as a very strong didactic curriculum. Our faculty and mentors are thoughtful and dedicated leaders and teachers who will prepare you well for whatever clinical, educational, or leadership endeavors you wish to pursue after graduation. We encourage you to explore this website, and speak to our faculty, staff, fellows, and graduates to hear first-hand the impact our program has had on their careers!
Aida Wen, M.D.
Program Director
The Fellowship Program provides a well-balanced year of training in the care of elderly patients. Fellows are trained in primary care and consultative medicine, care of well and frail elderly, preventive care, rehabilitation, geriatric psychiatry, and palliative end-of-life care. Multiple, diverse clinical training sites are available, including inpatient, outpatient, nursing home, home care, hospital-in-home, community-based sites, rehabilitation, palliative care and hospice. Interdisciplinary team care is a focus in many settings. The fellowship program provides a strong didactic curriculum, with fully protected time and many innovative curricula. There are many opportunities and mentorship for research, quality improvement, and medical education projects.
ß÷ß÷Ö±²¥ has the longest life expectancy in the United States and an ethnically and culturally diverse population, providing unique experiences for our fellows. The field of Geriatric Medicine is currently in a rapidly changing phase with new recommended entrustable professional activities, curricular milestones and ACMGE evaluation milestones and program requirements.
The program began in 1986 and currently has 7 funded fellowship positions each year. As of the summer of 2023, there are 214 fellowship graduates. The program has been reaccredited several times and has received written commendations from accreditation site visitors. We currently have the maximum possible years of accreditation. Graduates of the program have an excellent pass rate on Geriatrics Boards, many with scores well surpassing the national average. In the past 7 years, Board pass rates have been over 97%.
The mission of the fellowship program in Geriatric Medicine is to help alleviate the critical shortage of geriatricians both in the State of ß÷ß÷Ö±²¥ and in the nation, and to promote an appreciation and understanding of Geriatric Medicine and aging research among other physicians and health care providers. Fellows will be prepared to fill roles in academic and clinical medicine, research, administration, and policy development.
As experts in multimorbidity, complexity, and frailty, we seek to enhance the quality of life for seniors in our community through the training of fellows who provide excellent and evidence-based geriatric clinical care, demonstrate exceptional communication and teamwork skills, participate in scholarly activity, positively impact the healthcare system.
We envision a healthcare system that is age-friendly and dementia-friendly by being a catalyst for developing providers who are role models for providing quality care for our patients and families.
Core Faculty & Staff
We have over 75 geriatrician faculty, who are involved in the training of fellows, residents and students. We also have over 25 other faculty who are physicians, doctoral level, masters level faculty from other disciplines.