Research Training Grant in Geriatrics and Gerontology - Faculty

Susan Friedman, M.D. (Co-PI)

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine

Dr. Susan Friedman joined the faculty of the University of Rochester in 2000. She completed her MD and MPH degrees at Northwestern University, as a member of the Honors Program in Medical Education. She then completed her residency in General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus. Following a year of locum tenens and coursework in medical management at the University of North Carolina in the Kron Scholars program, she returned to Johns Hopkins University for a fellowship in Geriatrics and Gerontology. She then became a faculty member there for 5 years, prior to her move to Rochester.

Dr. Friedman's research interests involve both clinical and health services research. She was the recipient of an American Geriatrics Society / Pfizer Postdoctoral Fellowship to investigate predictive models of falling in a community-based population. She currently spends the majority of her time on an NIA-funded Career Development Award, investigating different models of long-term care.

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