Geriatrics and Aging

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Geriatrics & Aging is a clinical journal with over 10,000 requested readers among Canadian physicians. It serves as a review publication of geriatric issues for primary care practitioners and other health care professionals. Our publication reaches, in addition to general practitioners, physicians from varying specialties including geriatric medicine, rheumatology, urology, and dermatology. We also mail to libraries, nursing home directors, and gerontology nurse specialists across Canada.

The editors of Geriatrics & Aging seek high-calibre articles from exceptional writers who are expert researchers and/or clinicians in their particular field. We invite submissions on a variety of topics in different areas of geriatric medicine. Further details can be obtained from the managing editor.

Editor In Chief: Barry J. Goldlist, MD, FRCPC, FACP, AGSF

Dr. Barry Goldlist is chief of the Conjoint Geriatric Program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the University Health Network. He is also a professor and the Director of Geriatric Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Among other achievements Dr. Goldlist has received the “Most outstanding teacher award” from the University of Toronto Division of Geriatric Medicine three times since the award was instituted. He is a past president of the Canadian Geriatrics Society, and OMA section on Geriatrics. Dr. Goldlist has published in many journals on topics including hypertension, falls, psychoactive drugs, constipation, cluster deaths in long-term care institutions, and hip fractures. Dr. Goldlist has also written numerous letters, abstracts and poster presentations and is also the author of three books. He serves on the Chief Coroner of Ontario’s Geriatric and Long Term Care Review Committee.

Senior Editor: Shabbir M.H. Alibhai, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Dr. Shabbir Alibhai graduated as an MD with honours in 1993. In 1996 he completed Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto and in 1998 he completed a subspecialty in Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Alibhai obtained his Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology in 2001. He is a staff physician at the University Health Network and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. His current research interests focus on geriatric oncology, in particular prostate cancer and acute myeloid leukaemia. Dr. Alibhai has published several articles in the areas of geriatric oncology, heart disease, elder abuse, and medication education.

Associate Editor: Madhuri Reddy, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Dr. Madhuri Reddy is staff at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of the Wound Healing program at Hebrew Senior Life in Boston, Massachusetts, and is Director of the Wound Healing Clinic in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. She is also on the faculty of the annual International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Course and continues to be an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Reddy obtained her MD from Memorial University of Newfoundland (1996), completed an Internal Medicine residency (1999), and obtained an MSc in Clinical Epidemiology (2000). She completed subspecialty training in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto (2001). Dr. Reddy is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and is also American Board Certified in Internal Medicine & Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Reddy completed a Skin and Wound Care fellowship in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Toronto (2002). She belongs to numerous medical societies, frequently speaks at educational events, has authored several original publications (including lead authorships the Journal of the American Medical Association) and book chapters.

Medical Director, CME: D’Arcy Little, MD, CCFP

Dr. D’Arcy Little graduated with an MD from the University of Toronto. Subsequently, he served as the Chief resident in Family Medicine at the Sunnybrook Campus of Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre. Since 1999 he has been a staff physician and the Director of Medical Education at York Community Services, a community health centre in Toronto. He is also a Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and is on staff at St. Joseph’s Health Science Centre and Humber River Regional Hospitals in Toronto. He has special interests in care of the elderly, palliative care, medical writing, editing and medical education.

Howard Bergman, MD
McGill University, Montreal QC

David Gayton, MD, PhD
FRCPC McGill University, Montreal QC and Peace Arch Hospital, White Rock, BC

Elizabeth M. Boustcha, BA, MD, CM, MScA
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

David Gladstone, MD, FRCPC
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Christopher D. Brymer, BSc, MD, FRCPC
University of Western Ontario, London, ON

Anne Hennessy, MB, BCh, BAO, BA, FRCPC
Ottawa, ON

Jagdish Butany, MBBS, MS, FRCPC
University Health Network, Toronto, ON

Chris R. MacKnight, MD
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Angela Colantonio, BSc, PhD
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Peter N. McCracken, MD, FRCPC
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Edmonton, AB

Cheryl A. Cott, BPT, MSc, PhD
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

John A.H. Puxty, MB, ChB, FRCPC
Queen’s University and St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital, Kingston, ON

William B. Dalziel, MD, FRCPC
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Kenneth Rockwood, MD, MPA, FRCPC
Dalhousie University and Veterans Memorial Building, Halifax, NS

Larry Dian, MB, BCH, FRCPC
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

James L. Silvius, BA, MD, FRCPC
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Rory Fisher, MB, FRCP(Ed)(C)
Regional Geriatric Programs of Ontario, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Daniel Tessier, MD, MSc
Sherbrooke, QC

Serge Gauthier, MD, FRCPC
McGill Centre for Studies in Aging and Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, QC

Irene D. Turpie MB, ChB, MSc, FRCPC
FACP St. Joseph’s Community Health Centre Hamilton, ON

International Advisors:

Wilbert S. Aronow, MD, CMD
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Paul E. McGann, SM, SB, MD, FRCPC
Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Peter Crome, MD, PhD, FRCP, FFPM
School of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Keele, Stoke-on-Trent, England