Description:

Northwestern Pepper Center and OAIC National Coordinating Center are pleased to present Pepper Center Rounds. Pepper Center Rounds are a venue to showcase high-quality research from scholars across the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers network. Please, join us!

“Aging, policy, and outcomes research: an early career emergency physician's attempt to maintain focus”

Guest:

Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor, 

Department of Emergency Medicine, 

Yale School of Medicine

Bio:

Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and a Clinical Investigator at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. Dr. Gettel aims to advance the understanding of emergency department care transitions in the growing geriatric population through the identification and development of patient- and caregiver-reported outcome measures and then to design, implement, and validate innovative care transition strategies and interventions to improve clinical outcomes. His work is funded by the NIH/NIA GEMSSTAR R03 mechanism, the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, the Alzheimer's Association, the Emergency Medicine Foundation, the Yale OAIC Pepper Center, and the Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) Networks. 

Dr. Gettel earned his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Elizabethtown College and his Doctor of Medicine from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Most recently, he completed Emergency Medicine residency at Brown University, where he served as chief resident, and the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale University.