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Daniel A. Mendelson, M.S., M.D.

Daniel A. Mendelson, M.S., M.D.

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Appointment (585) 262-9150
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About Me

My goal is to help people navigate surgery and complex medical care in a way that is safe, thoughtful, and aligned with what matters most to them. I focus on optimizing health before procedures, reducing risk, and supporting recovery, particularly for older adults and those with serious illness....
My goal is to help people navigate surgery and complex medical care in a way that is safe, thoughtful, and aligned with what matters most to them. I focus on optimizing health before procedures, reducing risk, and supporting recovery, particularly for older adults and those with serious illness.

My broader vision is a healthcare system that is effective, person-centered, kind, thorough, and efficient—the kind of care I would want for myself or my loved ones. While we cannot cure every condition, we can always be humane, diligent, and committed to doing what is right for each individual.

Faculty Appointments

Interim Professor - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SMD)

Interim Professor - Department of Medicine, Geriatrics/Aging (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1998 - 2000

Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1996 - 1998

Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1995 - 1996

Education

MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry (USA). 1995

Awards

Carter Catlett William Award. 2023

Geriatrics Division Mentorship Award. 2022

Quality and Performance Measures Committee, Outstanding Service. 2019

Geriatrics Division Leadership Award. 2014

Distinguished Alumni Award. 2012

Distinguished Physician of the Year. 2011

Resident Teaching Award. 2011

Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident Teaching Award for Non-OB/GYN faculty,. 2011

Health Care Achievement Awards, Physician Honoree. 2010

Cohn Teaching Fellowship. 2005 - 2007

Resident Teaching Award. 2003

Excellence in Palliative Care/End-of-Life Care. 2000

Hartford Foundation Geriatrics Fellowship. 1999 - 2000

Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). 1988 - 1993

Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society. 1988

Highest Honors & Faculty Honors. 1988

John Wiley Jones Distinguished Student. 1988

Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student. 1988

Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Award. 1987

Research

My research interests include clinical care delivery and health systems optimization, with a focus on primary and secondary fracture prevention, osteoporosis, risk assessment, lean processes, total quality management, demand-capacity alignment, education, and financial outcomes. Areas of emphasis in...
My research interests include clinical care delivery and health systems optimization, with a focus on primary and secondary fracture prevention, osteoporosis, risk assessment, lean processes, total quality management, demand-capacity alignment, education, and financial outcomes. Areas of emphasis include geriatrics, palliative care, perioperative medicine, post-acute and long-term care, medical education, and program development, dissemination, evaluation, and improvement, as well as regulatory compliance.

Publications

Journal Articles

Transforming an Orthopaedic Unit Into an "Age-Friendly" Unit Through Implementation of the American Geriatrics Society's CoCare: Ortho Program.

Shen JY, Mendelson DA, Lang VJ

Journal of orthopaedic trauma.. 2022 May 136 (5):e182-e188. Epub 1900 01 01.

Own the Fall: AOA Critical Issues.

Anderson PA, Magaziner JS, Mendelson DA, Switzer JA

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.. 2021 October 20103 (20):e82. Epub 1900 01 01.

Implementation of Hip Fracture Co-Management Program (AGS CoCare: Ortho®) in a Large Health System.

Sinvani L, Goldin M, Roofeh R, Idriss N, Goldman A, Klein Z, Mendelson DA, Carney MT

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2020 August 68 (8):1706-1713. Epub 05/11/2020.

Preoperative Noninvasive Cardiac Testing in Older Adults with Hip Fracture: A Multi-Site Study.

Sinvani L, Mendelson DA, Sharma A, Nouryan CN, Fishbein JS, Qiu MG, Zeltser R, Makaryus AN, Wolf-Klein GP

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2020 August 68 (8):1690-1697. Epub 06/11/2020.

The Diverse Implementation of Geriatrics-Orthopedics Comanagement Programs in the United States.

Rogers SE, Ko JS, McNicoll L, Mendelson DA

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2020 August 68 (8):1714-1719. Epub 07/06/2020.

Comanagement of Hip Fracture Patients.

Mendelson DA, Hayda R, Sinvani L

Journal of hospital medicine.. 2020 August 15 (8):512. Epub 1900 01 01.

Impact of geriatric co-management programmes on outcomes in older surgical patients: update of recent evidence.

Deschodt M, Mendelson DA, Van Grootven B

Current opinion in anaesthesiology.. 2020 February 33 (1):114-121. Epub 1900 01 01.

Postacute Management of Older Adults Suffering an Osteoporotic Hip Fracture: A Consensus Statement From the International Geriatric Fracture Society.

Reyes BJ, Mendelson DA, Mujahid N, Mears SC, Gleason L, Mangione KK, Nana A, Mijares M, Ouslander JG

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2020 11 :2151459320935100. Epub 07/16/2020.

Quality indicators for in-hospital geriatric co-management programmes: a systematic literature review and international Delphi study.

Deschodt M, Flamaing J, Milisen K, Fagard K, Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, McNicoll L, Van Grootven B

BMJ open.. 2018 March 168 (3):e020617. Epub 03/16/2018.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Evidence-Based Guideline on Management of Hip Fractures in the Elderly.

Brox WT, Roberts KC, Taksali S, Wright DG, Wixted JJ, Tubb CC, Patt JC, Templeton KJ, Dickman E, Adler RA, Macaulay WB, Jackman JM, Annaswamy T, Adelman AM, Hawthorne CG, Olson SA, Mendelson DA, LeBoff MS, Camacho PA, Jevsevar D, Shea KG, Bozic KJ, Shaffer W, Cummins D, Murray JN, Donnelly P, Shores P, Woznica A, Martinez Y, Boone C, Gross L, Sevarino K

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.. 2015 July 1597 (14):1196-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hospital readmission after hip fracture.

Friedman SM, Cram P, Mendelson DA, Behrend C, Kates SL

Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery.. 2015 March 135 (3):329-37. Epub 12/31/2014.

Epidemiology of fragility fractures.

Friedman SM, Mendelson DA

Clinics in geriatric medicine.. 2014 May 30 (2):175-81. Epub 03/06/2014.

Principles of comanagement and the geriatric fracture center.

Mendelson DA, Friedman SM

Clinics in geriatric medicine.. 2014 May 30 (2):183-9. Epub 03/14/2014.

Fragility fractures.

Friedman SM, Mendelson DA

Clinics in geriatric medicine.. 2014 May 30 (2):xiii-xiv. Epub 03/04/2014.

Anticoagulation management in individuals with hip fracture.

Gleason LJ, Mendelson DA, Kates SL, Friedman SM

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2014 January 62 (1):159-64. Epub 01/02/2014.

Identifying a standard set of outcome parameters for the evaluation of orthogeriatric co-management for hip fractures.

Liem IS, Kammerlander C, Suhm N, Blauth M, Roth T, Gosch M, Hoang-Kim A, Mendelson D, Zuckerman J, Leung F, Burton J, Moran C, Parker M, Giusti A, Pioli G, Goldhahn J, Kates SL,

Injury.. 2013 November 44 (11):1403-12. Epub 07/21/2013.

The impact of comorbidity on perioperative outcomes of hip fractures in a geriatric fracture model.

Menzies IB, Mendelson DA, Kates SL, Friedman SM

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2012 September 3 (3):129-34. Epub 1900 01 01.

Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in high-risk patients prior to hip fracture.

Gleason LJ, Menzies IB, Mendelson DA, Kates SL, Friedman SM

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2012 June 3 (2):79-83. Epub 1900 01 01.

Barriers to implementation of an organized geriatric fracture program.

Kates SL, O'Malley N, Friedman SM, Mendelson DA

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2012 March 3 (1):8-16. Epub 1900 01 01.

Liberal or restrictive transfusion in high-risk patients after hip surgery.

Carson JL, Terrin ML, Noveck H, Sanders DW, Chaitman BR, Rhoads GG, Nemo G, Dragert K, Beaupre L, Hildebrand K, Macaulay W, Lewis C, Cook DR, Dobbin G, Zakriya KJ, Apple FS, Horney RA, Magaziner J,

The New England journal of medicine.. 2011 December 29365 (26):2453-62. Epub 12/14/2011.

Proximal tibia and fibula fragility fracture complicated by anticoagulation and demand-mediated myocardial infarction.

Mendelson D, Kates S, Pacos J, Clark N, Wu J

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2011 May 2 (3):110-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

The value of an organized fracture program for the elderly: early results.

Kates SL, Mendelson DA, Friedman SM

Journal of orthopaedic trauma.. 2011 April 25 (4):233-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

A guide to improving the care of patients with fragility fractures.

Bukata SV, Digiovanni BF, Friedman SM, Hoyen H, Kates A, Kates SL, Mears SC, Mendelson DA, Serna FH, Sieber FE, Tyler WK

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2011 January 2 (1):5-37. Epub 1900 01 01.

Co-managed care for fragility hip fractures (Rochester model).

Kates SL, Mendelson DA, Friedman SM

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA.. 2010 December 21 (Suppl 4):S621-5. Epub 11/06/2010.

Dementia and hip fractures: development of a pathogenic framework for understanding and studying risk.

Friedman SM, Menzies IB, Bukata SV, Mendelson DA, Kates SL

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2010 November 1 (2):52-62. Epub 1900 01 01.

Prevention and clinical management of hip fractures in patients with dementia.

Menzies IB, Mendelson DA, Kates SL, Friedman SM

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2010 November 1 (2):63-72. Epub 1900 01 01.

The 1-year mortality of patients treated in a hip fracture program for elders.

Schnell S, Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, Bingham KW, Kates SL

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2010 September 1 (1):6-14. Epub 1900 01 01.

Comparison of an organized geriatric fracture program to United States government data.

Kates SL, Blake D, Bingham KW, Kates OS, Mendelson DA, Friedman SM

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.. 2010 September 1 (1):15-21. Epub 1900 01 01.

Comanagement of elderly patients admitted to a hospital for hip fracture.

Rozzini R, Trabucchi M

Archives of internal medicine.. 2010 February 22170 (4):392-3; author reply 393. Epub 1900 01 01.

Comparison of an Organized Geriatric Fracture Program to United States Government Data

Kates, SL; Blake, D; Bingham, KW; Kates, OS; Mendelson, DA; Friedman, SM.

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. 2010; 1(1): 15-21.

Dementia and Hip Fractures

Friedman, SM; Menzies, IB; Bukata, SV; Mendelson, DA; Kates, SL.

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. 2010; 1(2): 52-62.

Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes.

Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, Bingham KW, Kates SL

Archives of internal medicine.. 2009 October 12169 (18):1712-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hazards of hospitalization: residence prior to admission predicts outcomes.

Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, Bingham KW, McCann RM

The Gerontologist.. 2008 August 48 (4):537-41. Epub 1900 01 01.

Geriatric co-management of proximal femur fractures: total quality management and protocol-driven care result in better outcomes for a frail patient population.

Friedman SM, Mendelson DA, Kates SL, McCann RM

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2008 July 56 (7):1349-56. Epub 05/22/2008.

Advances in the medical management of osteoporosis.

Kates SL, Kates OS, Mendelson DA

Injury.. 2007 September 38 Suppl 3 :S17-23. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hospital to home: Improving internal medicine residents' understanding of the needs of older persons after a hospital stay.

Matter CA, Speice JA, McCann R, Mendelson DA, McCormick K, Friedman S, Medina-Walpole A, Clark NS

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2003 August 78 (8):793-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

The magnetic field dependence of proton spin relaxation in tissues.

Bryant RG, Mendelson DA, Lester CC

Magnetic resonance in medicine.. 1991 September 21 (1):117-26. Epub 1900 01 01.

Applications of nuclear magnetic cross-relaxation spectroscopy to tissues.

Grad J, Mendelson D, Hyder F, Bryant RG

Magnetic resonance in medicine.. 1991 February 17 (2):452-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Comparison of agarose and cross-linked protein gels as magnetic resonance imaging phantoms.

Mendelson DA, Heinsbergen JF, Kennedy SD, Szczepaniak LS, Lester CC, Bryant RG

Magnetic resonance imaging.. 1991 9 (6):975-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Geriatric Medicine: A Person-Centered Evidence-Based Approach (2024)

Chapter: Surgical Care

Authors: Sinvani L, Mendelson DA

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham 2024

Evidence-Based Orthopedics (2021)

Chapter: Perioperative Medical Management

Authors: Muniak J, Friedman SM, Nicholas JA, Mendelson DA

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (BMJ Books), Oxford, United Kingdom 2021

Osteoporotic Fracture Care: Medical and Surgical Management (2018)

Chapter: Pain Management

Authors: Friedman SM, Mendelson DA

Publisher: Thieme, Stuttgart, Germany 2018

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (2014)

Authors: Friedman SM, Mendelson DA

Publisher: Elsevier 2014

Geriatric Nursing Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Advanced Practice Geriatric Nursing (2014)

Chapter: Perioperative Care

Authors: Mendelson DA

Publisher: American Geriatrics Society, New York, NY 2014

Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine (2013)

Chapter: Perioperative Care

Authors: Mendelson DA

Publisher: American Geriatrics Society, New York, NY 2013

Geriatrics Review Syllabus for Nursing, 3rd ed. (2011)

Chapter: Feeding and nutrition questions

Authors: Contributing author: Mendelson DA

Publisher: American Geriatrics Society, New York 2011

Case-Based Geriatrics: A Global Approach (2011)

Chapter: Long-Term Care

Authors: Mendelson DA, McCann RM

Publisher: McGraw Hill Medical, New York 2011

Evidence-Based Orthopedics (2011)

Chapter: Perioperative Medical Management

Authors: Mendelson DA, Friedman SM, Nicholas JA

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, Oxford, United Kingdom 2011

Geriatric Nursing Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Advanced Practice Geriatric Nursing (2011)

Chapter: Perioperative Care

Authors: Mendelson Da

Publisher: American Geriatrics Society, New York, NY 2011

Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine (2006)

Chapter: Artificial nutrition questions and discussions

Authors: Contributing author: Mendelson DA

Publisher: Blackwell Science, New York 2006

The Geriatric Nursing Review Syllabus (2003)

Chapter: Anemia questions and discussion

Authors: Contributing author: Mendelson DA

Publisher: Blackwell Science, New York 2003

The Geriatric Nursing Review Syllabus (2002)

Chapter: Anemia questions and discussion

Authors: Contributing author: Mendelson DA

Publisher: Blackwell Science, New York 2002

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