Joseph H Flaherty MD

Professor of Medicine, St Louis Univ

3660 VistaSt. Louis, MO 63110
Phone+1 314-977-8462
Fax+1 314-771-8575

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Education & Training

SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of MedicineFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 1993 - 1995
University of Kansas School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 1990

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Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2017 - 2026
MO State Medical License 1995 - 2018
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2014
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Exploring the Association Between Intravenous Lorazepam and Mortality Among Older Hospitalized Patients With and Without Cognitive Impairment.
Joseph H Flaherty, Riddhi R Patel, Anupama S Gangavati, Michael B Cannell
Cureus. 2024-10-01
9 citations
Changing Hospital Care For Older Adults: The Case for Geriatric Hospitals in the United States.
Joseph H Flaherty, Miriam B Rodin, John E Morley
Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine. 2022-07-04
3 citations
The impact of functional status on LOS and readmission in older patients in geriatrics department: a cohort study.
Yanjiao Shen, Qiukui Hao, Shuang Liu, Lin Su, Xuelian Sun
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2020-10-01