FredKoMDMS

Geriatrics • New York, NY

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Associate Professor, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine

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Office
One Gustave L Levy Place. Box 1070.
New York, NY 10029
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2007 - 2010
George Washington UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2010 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2011 - 2024
VA State Medical License 2005 - 2007
DC State Medical License 2004 - 2007
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Decision making in frail patients at risk of postoperative delirium: A case study and literature review.
Maureen K English-Cremeans, Dorothy J Wholihan, Ellen Olson, Carolyn Zhu, Fred C Ko> ;Geriatric Nursing. 2022 Jun 11
Surgery and Geriatric Medicine: Toward Greater Integration and Collaboration.
Philip D Sloane, Jaclyn N Portelli Tremont, Karen J Brasel, Jugdeep Dhesi, Jonathan Hewitt, Bellal A Joseph, Fred C Ko, Alfred W C Kow, Sandya A Lagoo-Deenadelayan, Ca...> ;Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2022 Apr 1
RNA-sequencing Reveals a Gene Expression Signature in Skeletal Muscle of a Mouse Model of Age-associated Postoperative Functional Decline.
Samantha L Asche-Godin, Zachary A Graham, Adina Israel, Lauren M Harlow, Weihua Huang, Zhiying Wang, Marco Brotto, Charles Mobbs, Christopher P Cardozo, Fred C Ko> ;The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2022 Oct 6
7 citations
Numb is required for optimal contraction of skeletal muscle.
Rita De Gasperi, Chenglin Mo, Daniella Azulai, Zhiying Wang, Lauren M Harlow, Yating Du, Zachary Graham, Jiangping Pan, Xin-Hua Liu, Lei Guo, Bin Zhang, Fred Ko, Ashle...> ;Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 2022 Feb 1
20 citations
The Science of Frailty: Sex Differences.
Caroline Park, Fred C. Ko> ;Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
5 citations
HIV and Aging: Overcoming Challenges in Existing HIV Guidelines to Provide Patient-Centered Care for Older People with HIV.
Aroonsiri Sangarlangkarn, Yuji Yamada, Fred C. Ko> ;Pathogens. 2021 Oct 15
95 citations
A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries
Shalender Bhasin, Thomas M. Gill, David B. Reuben, Nancy K. Latham, David A. Ganz, Erich J. Greene, James Dziura, Shehzad Basaria, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Patricia C. Dykes,...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2020 Jul 8
1 citations
Development and Validation of a Clinical Frailty Index for the World Trade Center General Responder Cohort.
Ghalib Bello, Katherine A. Ornstein, Roberto Lucchini, William W. Hung, Fred C. Ko, Elena Colicino, Emanuela Taioli, Michael Crane, Andrew C. Todd> ;Journal of Aging and Health. 2021 Mar 12
9 citations
Barriers to implementation of STRIDE, a national study to prevent fall-related injuries
Jennifer M. Reckrey, Priscilla K. Gazarian, David B. Reuben, Nancy K. Latham, Siobhan K McMahon, Albert L. Siu, Fred C. Ko> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021 Feb 13
1557 citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)
Ko, F., Daniel J. Klionsky, Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz, Sara Abdelfatah, Mahmoud Abdellatif, Asghar Abdoli, Steffen Abel, Hagai Abeliovich, Marie H. Abildgaard, Yakubu Prin...> ;Autophagy. 2021 Feb 8
14 citations
Effect of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Intervention on Patient Well-Being: The STRIDE Study
Thomas M. Gill, Shalender Bhasin, David B. Reuben, Nancy K. Latham, Katy L. B. Araujo, David A. Ganz, Chad Boult, Albert W. Wu, Jay Magaziner, Neil B. Alexander, Rober...> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021 Jan 1
16 citations
Adapting a Hospital-at-Home Care Model to Respond to New York City's COVID-19 Crisis.
David J. Heller, Katherine A. Ornstein, Linda V. DeCherrie, Pamela Saenger, Fred C. Ko, Carl-Philippe Rousseau, Albert L. Siu> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020 Jul 7
8 citations
Chronic Post-Surgical Pain in the Frail Older Adult
Gary Esses, Stacie Deiner, Fred C. Ko, Yury Khelemsky> ;Drugs & Aging. 2020 May 1
40 citations
The Clinical Care of Frail, Older Adults
Fred C. Ko> ;Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 2011 Feb 1
11 citations
Protocol for serious fall injury adjudication in the Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) study
David A. Ganz, Albert L. Siu, Jay Magaziner, Nancy K. Latham, Thomas G. Travison, Nancy P. Lorenze, Charles Lu, Rixin Wang, Erich J. Greene, Cynthia L. Stowe, Lea N. H...> ;Injury Epidemiology. 2019 Apr 15
87 citations
Preoperative Frailty Evaluation: A Promising Risk-stratification Tool in Older Adults Undergoing General Surgery.
Fred C. Ko> ;Clinical Therapeutics. 2019 Feb 22
9 citations
TNF-α and sTNF-RII Are Associated with Pain Following Hip Fracture Surgery in Older Adults.
Fred C. Ko, William J. Rubenstein, Eric J. Lee, Albert L. Siu, R. Sean Morrison> ;Pain Medicine. 2018 Jan 1
51 citations
Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE): A Cluster-Randomized Pragmatic Trial of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Strategy: Desi...
Shalender Bhasin, Thomas M. Gill, David B. Reuben, Nancy K. Latham, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Patricia C. Dykes, Siobhan K McMahon, Thomas W. Storer, Pamela W. Duncan, David A...> ;The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2018 Jul 9
5 citations
Co-Localization of Macrophage Inhibitory Factor and Nix in Skeletal Muscle of the Aged Male Interleukin 10 Null Mouse.
Peter M. Abadir, Fred C. Ko, R Marx, Laura Powell, E Kieserman, H Yang, Jeremy D. Walston> ;The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 2017 Jan 1
49 citations
Impaired mitochondrial degradation by autophagy in the skeletal muscle of the aged female interleukin 10 null mouse
Fred C. Ko, Peter M. Abadir, Ruth Marx, Reyhan Westbrook, Carol A. Cooke, Huanle Yang, Jeremy D. Walston> ;Experimental Gerontology. 2016 Jan 1
3 citations
Laparotomy in mice induces blood cell expression of inflammatory and stress genes.
Fred C. Ko, Fumiko Isoda, Charles V. Mobbs> ;Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 2015 Apr 3
25 citations
Hip Fracture: A Trigger for Palliative Care in Vulnerable Older Adults
Fred C. Ko, R. Sean Morrison> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014 Aug 1
58 citations
Inflammation and mortality in a frail mouse model.
Fred C. Ko, Qilu Yu, Qian Li Xue, Wenliang Yao, Cory Brayton, Huanle Yang, Neal S. Fedarko, Jeremy D. Walston> ;Age. 2012 Jun 1
1 citations
Recognition of the alternatively spliced segments of fibronectin by the RCJ 3.1C5.18 chondrocytic rat cell line.
Celia G. Fernandez, Shekib A. Jami, Grace A. Loredo, Fred C. Ko, Theodore J. Hahn, Skye McDougall, John H. Peters> ;Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2010 Feb 1
3 citations
Rapid growth of a fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma in an HIV-infected woman: a case report.
Leyla Ghazi, Fred Ko, Susanne L. Bathgate, John W. Larsen, Charles J. Macri> ;The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 2006 May 1
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