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Daniel Mendelson

Title	Associate Professor
Institution	School of Medicine and Dentistry
Department	Medicine
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Awards And Honors

1987			Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Award Merck & Co and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1988	-	1993	Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) - Combined Degree Program, PHS Grant 5 T32 GM 07356-16 National Institutes of Health and University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
1988			Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1988			Highest Honors & Faculty Honors Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1988			John Wiley Jones Distinguished Studnet John Wiley Jones Foundation & Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1988			Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student Department of Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1994			Honors in Internal Medicine \| University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
1994			Honors in Psychiatry University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY
1999	-	2000	Hartford Foundation Geriatrics Fellowship \| Hartford Foundation
2000			Excellence in Palliative Care/End-of-Life Care \| Rochester's Concern for the Dying
2002	-	2003	Highland Hospital Resident Teaching Award \| Highland Hospital/University of Rochester Residents
2005	-	2007	Cohn Teaching Fellowship \| University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Overview

The Geriatrics Orthopaedics Research Group at Highland Hospital is part of the Geriatrics Fracture Center. Our research interests include clinical research, care delivery, systems of care, primary and secondary fracture prevention, osteoporosis, risk assessment, lean processes, total quality management, demand matching, material science and bone augmentation, surgical technique, prosthetics, education, and financial outcomes.

Selected Publications

Kates SL, Mendelson DA, Friedman SM. The value of an organized fracture program for the elderly: early results. J Orthop Trauma. 2011 Apr; 25(4):233-7.

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Kates SL, Mendelson DA, Friedman SM. Co-managed care for fragility hip fractures (Rochester model). Osteoporos Int. 2010 Dec; 21(Suppl 4):S621-5.

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Rozzini R, Trabucchi M. Comanagement of elderly patients admitted to a hospital for hip fracture. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Feb 22; 170(4):392-3; author reply 393.

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Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, Bingham KW, Kates SL. Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 12; 169(18):1712-7.

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Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, Bingham KW, McCann RM. Hazards of hospitalization: residence prior to admission predicts outcomes. Gerontologist. 2008 Aug; 48(4):537-41.

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Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, Kates SL, McCann RM. Geriatric co-management of proximal femur fractures: total quality management and protocol-driven care result in better outcomes for a frail patient population. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jul; 56(7):1349-56.

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Kates SL, Kates OS, Mendelson DA. Advances in the medical management of osteoporosis. Injury. 2007 Sep; 38 Suppl 3:S17-23.

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Matter CA, Speice JA, McCann R, Mendelson DA, McCormick K, Friedman S, Medina-Walpole A, Clark NS. Hospital to home: Improving internal medicine residents' understanding of the needs of older persons after a hospital stay. Acad Med. 2003 Aug; 78(8):793-7.

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Bryant RG, Mendelson DA, Lester CC. The magnetic field dependence of proton spin relaxation in tissues. Magn Reson Med. 1991 Sep; 21(1):117-26.

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Mendelson DA, Heinsbergen JF, Kennedy SD, Szczepaniak LS, Lester CC, Bryant RG. Comparison of agarose and cross-linked protein gels as magnetic resonance imaging phantoms. Magn Reson Imaging. 1991; 9(6):975-8.

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