Program for Friday May 09, 2025

View the most current research in geriatrics. Authors will be available to discuss their findings and answer questions.

Organized by student members of the AGS Student Leadership Council & Faculty Advisor Lisa Strano-Paul, MD

Join the Student Community for networking and learning about the latest student news. Open to all trainees interested in attending.

Co-Chairs: Lisa N. Miura, MD & Lee Jennings, MD, MSHS

This Section is intended for AGS members of all disciplines working in geriatrics. The purpose is to provide a forum for women to discuss challenges and share ideas related to their personal and professional lives. 

Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Diseases and Aging SIG

Co-Moderators: Shaista Ahmed, MD, MPH & Michael W. Rich, MD

In this session, a multidisciplinary panel of experts in geriatric perioperative medicine will discuss recent advances in the field, with a special emphasis on delirium, nutrition, SDOH, and venous thromboembolism (VTE), with ample time allocated for audience participation and questions. Learning Objectives: (1) recognize early signs of delirium and implement evidence-based interventions to shorten its duration and limit its effect on associated adverse outcomes, including falls, functional decline, and increased length of stay; (2) provide individualized nutritional support can help mitigate complications of malnutrition; (3) assess SDOH to optimize surgical outcomes in at-risk older adults; (4) screen high-risk patients and utilize appropriate measures, including prophylactic anticoagulation and pneumatic compression devices to reduce and prevent postoperative VTE.

Sponsored by the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use among Older Adults SIG and the Achieving Health Equity Among Diverse Older Adults SIG

Moderator: Benjamin Han, MD, MPH

This is an interactive, interprofessional workshop aiming to demonstrate how to incorporate harm reduction strategies into the care of older adults taking prescription and non-prescription opioids. Learning Objectives: (1) recognize harm reduction as an integral part of geriatrics care; (2) list best practices for prescribing opioids in older adults to maximize harm reduction; (3) prescribe buprenorphine for pain control and harm reduction in older adults: (4) demonstrate the use of intranasal naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and xylazine test strips.

Teaching Faculty and Small Group Facilitators: Vanessa Rodriguez, MD; Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH; Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH; Roopali Gupta, MD; Caitlyn Kuwata, MD; Nisha Rughwani, MD; Lesca Hadley, MD; Martine Sanon, MD; Segun Apoeso, MD; Rebecca Masutani, MD; Verónica Rivera, MD; Laurel Hansen, MD; Fiorella Pérez, MD; Pei Chen, MD

Geriatrics healthcare professionals are being asked to assume a wide variety of leadership positions in both academic and other healthcare organizations, requiring leaders that are highly skilled and adaptive to the increasing speed and number of changes occurring in the healthcare system and beyond. Learning Objectives: (1) describe of the culture the teams you work in, and of those above and below your team in the organization; (2) discuss how formal and information norms and “rules” are present in organizations and approaches to modifying and changing them over tie; (3) review how leadership and followership are closely interdigitated -and the agility in moving from leader to follower within organizations and team; (4) effectively enhance and build on the positive aspects of diversity, inclusivity, equity and accessibility. 

Sponsored by the Research Committee

Co-Moderators: Heather E. Whitson, MD, MHS; Camille P. Vaughan, MD, MS; Peter M. Abadir, MD 
Communications Coach: John P. Beilenson, MA (Strategic Communications & Planning)

This fast-paced, interactive session will showcase some of the meeting’s best new research and innovation. Top-rated abstracts submitted to AGS are selected for inclusion.  Presenters will give the highlights of their research findings in five minutes or less and the audience will have an opportunity to discuss and ask questions.  Learning Objectives: (1) describe at least one emerging concept or new scientific focus in aging research; (2) summarize the key findings of at least three projects with relevance to care of older adults; (3) identify at least three AGS-affiliated individuals conducting exciting research in aging.

Moderator: Sarah Berry, MD, MPH

Learning Objectives: (1) determine who to screen, how to interpret DXA/TBS, and the new “osteoporosis” definition including those with high FRAX and T score -1 to -2.4; (2) review newer treatment options and when to consider them; (3) discuss long-term osteoporosis treatment planning in primary care

Chair: Nina Blachman, MD

Come and join your fellow geriatrics clinician educators to discuss potential collaborative projects as well as proposals for next year's annual meeting.  

Co-Moderators: Ellen F. Binder, MD & Alexander K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH   

This workshop is intended for persons who want to submit to, and/or review research articles for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), including the JAGS Junior Reviewers. Participants will work in small groups, with facilitation by JAGS editorial board members, to review an article on site, using the JAGS review checklist, discuss the findings, and present their conclusions. Prior to the workshop, participants will be expected to have reviewed an online webinar that describes how a review for JAGS should be conducted and offers a working example of such a review.  Learning Objectives: (1) use the JAGS checklist to review an article; (2) decide what recommendation to give about acceptance; (3) review what steps are needed for improving the paper.

Sponsored by the Research Committee

Description coming soon.

Developed by the Research Committee
Moderator: TBA  

Learning Objectives: (1) discuss new and original geriatrics research; (2) describe an emerging concept or new scientific focus in aging research; (3) summarize the key findings of projects with relevance to care of older adults.

Sponsored by the Research and Ethnogeriatrics Committees 

Moderator: Cynthia Boyd, MD, MPH

This session will address two critical issues in the management of older adults: the overprescribing of certain potentially inappropriate medications and the under-prescribing of appropriate medications in historically underserved groups, including racial and ethnic minoritized populations. Learning Objectives: (1) identify disease/medication areas where there are important disparities in under-prescribing of evidence-based medications; (2) identify medication areas where there are important disparities in over-prescribing of inappropriate medications; (3) examine how the social determinants of health, including structural racism, may lead to under- and over-prescribing of medications; (4) identify strategies to effectively communicate medication optimization with minoritized older adults and their care partners.

Sponsored by the AGS Health in Aging Foundation

View the most current research in geriatrics. Authors will be available to discuss the presented findings and answer questions. 

Co-Moderators: Esther S. Oh, MD, PhD & Julie Bynum, MD, MPH

This session will address biomarker and clinical assessments for the diagnosis of AD and will describe the current state of the science on amyloid antibodies. Learning Objectives: (1) utilize clinical and biomarker approaches to diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease (AD); (2) compare and contrast disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's Disease.

Sponsored by the Post Acute and Long-Term Care SIG

Moderator: Cari Levy, MD, PhD

This session will delve into the challenges and strategies associated with managing dyspnea among frail older adults. Learning Objectives: (1) enhance participants' knowledge of the pathophysiology and common etiologies of dyspnea in older adults; (2) develop competence in the application of evidence-based guidelines for managing chronic respiratory diseases, heart failure, and deconditioning for geriatric patients; (3) promote interdisciplinary collaboration to provide comprehensive care for complex geriatric patients; (4) address health equity by incorporating strategies that consider diverse patient populations and their unique healthcare needs. 

Sponsored by the Research Committee, Polypharmacy and Deprescribing SIG

Moderator: Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD

This program will provide attendees with an overview of current research examining the use of low-value health services and opportunities for de-implementation in older adults. Learning Objectives: (1) describe the significance of low-value health service use among older adults and the downstream implications for health-related outcomes and costs; (2) identify examples of low-value healthcare services and testing among older adults along with potential contributors to these practices; (3) describe barriers to and facilitators of de-implementing low-value health service use in clinical practice for older adults; (4) design practical and scalable approaches to integrate de-implementation of low-value health services into real-world clinical practice.

Moderator: John Batsis, MD, DABOM, FACP, FTOS, FGSA, AGSF

This symposium is intended for interprofessional clinical practitioners to improve their knowledge on obesity assessment and management in older adults. Weight loss in older adults with obesity has been shown to improve function and mobility. It can be challenging to determine in which older adults we should recommend weight loss. Learning Objectives: (1) review how to apply the 5Ms of geriatrics to obesity assessment; (2) discuss the incretin medications in the management of obesity and diabetes in older adults, as well as other risks and benefits; (3) manage obesity in underserved populations.

Co-Chairs:  Jane Jih, MD, MPH, MAS & Benjamin Han, MD, MPH 

The mission of this SIG is to bring together AGS members with an interest in promoting health equity and reducing health and healthcare disparities among diverse older adults in order to 1) promote health equity initiatives at AGS; 2) develop programming and educational materials for AGS members; 3) create interdisciplinary relationships and mentorship with colleagues with an interest in health equity initiatives; and 4) cultivate collaborations in health equity-focused research and quality improvement initiatives among older adults.