We are indebted to The John A. Hartford Foundation for their unswerving commitment to “improving the quality and financing of health care and assisting the health care system to accommodate the nation’s aging population.” The innovative programs developed with their support will provide better health care for current and future generations of older adults.

  Founded in 1929, The John A. Hartford Foundation is a committed champion of training, research, and service system innovations that promote the health and independence of America’s older adults. Through its grantmaking, the Foundation seeks to strengthen the nation’s capacity to provide effective, affordable care to this rapidly increasing older population by educating ‘‘aging-prepared’’ health professionals (physicians, nurses, social workers) and developing innovations that improve and better integrate health and supportive services. The Foundation was established by John A. Hartford. Mr. Hartford and his brother, George L. Hartford, both former chief executives of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, left the bulk of their estates to the Foundation upon their deaths in the 1950s. Additional information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.jhartfound.org.

Many talented and knowledgeable people continue to collaborate to make the updating of the research agenda possible. Each has made a substantial contribution to the development of the research agenda, and we thank the following people for dedicating their time and effort to complete the tasks that made this volume possible:

Anesthesiology

Christopher J. Jankowski, MD, Content Expert
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant in Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

David J. Cook, MD, Senior Writer
Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic and Foundation
Rochester, MN

Emergency Medicine

Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc, FACEP, Content Expert
Assistant Professor
Division of Emergency Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Lowell W. Gerson, PhD, Senior Writer
Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Senior Scientist
Emergency Medicine Research Center
Summa Health System
Akron, OH

General Surgery

Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, MD, PhD, Content Expert
Department of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS, Senior Writer
Professor of Surgery and Biochemistry
Department of Surgery
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

Gynecology

Erin Duecy, MD, Content Expert
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Morton A. Stenchever, MD, Senior Writer
Professor and Chairman Emeritus
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA

Ophthalmology

David S. Friedman, MD, MPH, PhD, Content Expert
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
The Wilmer Eye Institute
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Andrew G. Lee, MD, Senior Writer
Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA

Orthopedic Surgery

Susan Day, MD, Content Expert
Clinical Instructor
Michigan State University
Grand Rapids Orthopaedic Residency Program
Grand Rapids, MI

Robert Karpman, MD, Senior Writer
Vice-President of Medical Affairs
Caritas Holy Family Hospital
Methuen, MA

Otolaryngology

Michael M. Johns, MD, Content Expert
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Emory Voice Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Sarah Wise, MD, Chapter Contributor
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Steven M. Parnes, MD, Senior Writer
Chairman of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Laura W. Lee, MD, MBA, Content Expert
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Virginia Health Systems
Charlottesville, VA

Hilary C. Siebens, MD, Senior Writer
Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Thoracic Surgery

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr., MD, Content Expert
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplantation and MCS
Department of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO

Thomas A. D’Amico, MD, Content Expert
Professor of Surgery
Program Director
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Department of of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Nicola Francalancia, MD, FACS, Content Expert
Cardiac Surgery Associates
St. Francis Heart Center
Indianapolis, IN

Joseph LoCicero III, MD, FACS, Senior Writer and Editor
Director of Surgical Oncology
Chief of General Thoracic Surgery
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Urology

Badinrath Konety, MD, MBA, Content Expert
Associate Professor
Departmets of Urology, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

George W. Drach, MD, Senior Writer
Professor of Urology
Division of Urology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative (GSI)

John R. Burton, MD
Project Co-Director 1998–2003, Project Director 2003–2007
Mason F. Lord Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

David H. Solomon, MD, MACP, Consultant Project Director 1997–2003
Professor Emeritus of Medicine/Geriatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Dennis W. Jahnigen, MD, (deceased)
Project Director 1994–1998
Goodstein Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Director of the Center on Aging
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO

Publications Consultants

Sue Radcliff, Research Consultant
Denver, CO

Barbara B. Reitt, PhD, ELS(D), Medical Editor
Reitt Editing Services
Northampton, MA

L. Pilar Wyman, Indexer
Wyman Indexing
Annapolis, MD

American Geriatrics Society

Janis Eisner, Administrative Director, Geriatrics for Specialists
American Geriatrics Society
The Empire State Building
New York, NY

Elizabeth Haranas, Health Coordinator
American Geriatrics Society
The Empire State Building
New York, NY

Nancy Lundebjerg, MPA, Deputy Executive Vice President
American Geriatrics Society
The Empire State Building
New York, NY

Rachael Edberg Silverman, Senior Health Coordinator
American Geriatrics Society
The Empire State Building
New York, NY

We thank the members of the Council (formerly the Interdisciplinary Leadership Group) for their wise guidance of the overall Geriatrics for Specialists project. Members in 2007:

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Andrew G. Lee, MD
Gwen Sterns, MD

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Thomas P. Sculco, MD
Charles Weiss, MD

American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-H&NS)
Ara Chalian, MD
Steven M. Parnes, MD

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
Hilary C. Siebens, MD
Dale C. Strasser, MD

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
Teresita Hogan, MD

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Ira Golditch, MD
Sterling Williams, MD

American College of Surgeons
Ajit Sachdeva, MD
James C. Thompson, MD

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Sheila Barnett, MBBC
Jeffrey Silverstein, MD

American Urological Association (AUA)
George W. Drach, MD
Allen Seftel, MD

Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS)
J. Patrick O’Leary, MD
Walter J. Pories, MD

Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr., MD
Joseph LoCicero III, MD, FACS

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
Lowell W. Gerson, PhD