Geriatrics & Aging

Welcome from the Chief

Welcome to the Division of Geriatrics & Aging at  University of Rochester Medicine—.

Rochester has a remarkable history of leadership in geriatric medicine, and I am honored to build upon that legacy as we look toward the future. Our Division is committed to advancing a simple but ambitious goal: to make exceptional, Age-Friendly care the standard for every older adult, wherever they receive care.

The Age-Friendly Health System 4Ms—What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility—provides a foundation for how we approach this work. They remind us that excellent care begins with understanding each older adult as an individual: their goals and priorities, their function and independence, the medications that help or may cause harm, and the cognitive, emotional, and social factors that shape their health. Age-Friendly care is not a separate program—it is how we aspire to organize care for older adults across our health system.

Our faculty and interprofessional teams bring this approach to patients across the entire continuum from ambulatory and hospital care to perioperative care, home care, post-acute and long-term care, and community-based services. Increasingly, we are working to connect these settings so that care follows the person rather than asking the person and family to navigate a fragmented health care system. Our close partnerships with primary care, home healthcare, long-term care, palliative care, and hospice allow us to better support older adults with complex needs and the families and caregivers who care for them.

Our mission extends well beyond clinical care. Through education, research, innovation, and workforce development, we are preparing for the next generation of clinicians and creating new models of care that can improve aging throughout our region and beyond. Our partnership with the University of Rochester Aging Institute is particularly important, bringing together complementary strengths in discovery, Age-Friendly care, education, and community engagement to promote vitality, independence, and meaningful living across the lifespan.

I believe the future of geriatrics is increasingly integrated, collaborative, home-aware, community-connected, and focused on what matters most to older adults. We have an extraordinary team at Rochester and an equally extraordinary opportunity to help define that future.

I invite you to learn more about our faculty, programs, educational opportunities, research, and the many ways the Division of Geriatrics & Aging is working to improve the health and lives of older adults.

Thomas V. Caprio, M.D.
Chief, Division of Geriatrics & Aging

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