Medicine Grand Rounds with Johns Hopkins' geriatrician Dr. Bruce Leff

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:

Topic: “Transforming Care Delivery with Home-Based Medical Care”

Bruce A. Leff, MD, MBA, MPH

Noon-1 p.m., Lecture Hall, Room 5403
College of Medicine – Tucson
(See flyer below for ALL virtual viewing links.)

— A light lunch will be provided. —

LIVESTREAM HERE!

Presenter: Dr. Bruce Leff is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he directs the Center for Transformative Geriatric Research. His research focuses on novel models of care delivery for older adults, issues related to multi-morbidity, risk prediction, performance measurement, and quality measurement and improvement – with an emphasis on home and community-based models of care including Hospital at Home, or HAH (hospitalathome.org), home-based primary care, CAPABLE and others. He co-leads the HaH Users Group (hahusersgroup.org), which leads technical assistance to foster the scaling of HaH in the U.S. He co-directs the National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network (improvehousecalls.org), whose mission is to advance the field of home-based medical care through a coordinated program of quality improvement and applied research. He has served on multiple National Quality Forum, NCQA and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Technical Expert Panels. He cares for patients in the acute, ambulatory and home settings, and is an award-winning teacher and mentor. He is a past-chair of the Geriatric Medicine Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine, past-chair of the ABIM Council, past-president of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians, past-member of the American College of Physicians Board of Regents and past-member of the editorial board of the Annals of Internal Medicine. He is a trustee of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation.

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■ Flyer for this event:  dom_grand_rounds_flyer_2024-02-21_v2.pdf

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held in Room 5403, on the fifth floor of the College of Medicine – Tucson. To view Medicine Grand Rounds remotely, see this live weblink: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/. To view it after the fact, click on "Archive" at the top of this same link's webpage and, from the dropdown menu under "Category," select "Medicine Grand Rounds" and click "Search" to find the event you're seeking.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians

For questions or accommodations that may be necessary, please contact the Office of the Chair, 520-626-6349 at least three days in advance of event.