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Office
200 Lothrop St. 4East
Benedum Geriatric Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-692-4200- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
- Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
- NM State Medical License 2024 - 2027
- IL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- OH State Medical License 2018 - 2025
- NV State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- AZ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 2022 - 2024
- PA State Medical License 1987 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 397 citationsA Manual of Guidelines to Score the Modified Cumulative Illness Rating Scale and Its Validation in Acute Hospitalized Elderly PatientsFabio Salvi, Mark D. Miller, Annalisa Grilli, Raffaella Giorgi, Adele L. Towers
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2008-10-01 - 100 citationsConstipation in the Elderly: Influence of Dietary, Psychological, and Physiological FactorsAdele L. Towers, Kathryn L. Burgio, Julie L. Locher, Ira S. Merkel, Mehry Safaeian
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1994-07-01 - 64 citationsPhysiologic and psychologic characteristics of an elderly population with chronic constipation.Ira S. Merkel, Julie L. Locher, Kathryn L. Burgio, Adele L. Towers, Arnold Wald
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 1993-11-01
Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
- UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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