JosephOgbonnaNnodimMDPhD, FACP, AGSF.

Geriatrics • Ann Arbor, MI

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

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Office
4260 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone+1 734-764-6831

Fax+1 734-647-8535
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Education & Training

University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Advanced Geriatrics, 2004 - 2005
University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2003 - 2004
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Michigan State UniversityResident, 2001 - 2003
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York Medical CollegeIntern, 2000 - 2001
University of WalesPhilosophiae Doctor, 1982 - 1985
Lagos University Teaching HospitalPre-Registration Intern, Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, 1978 - 1979
University of Lagos College of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2001 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member American College of Physicians, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Member Michigan State Medical Society, 2012, 2013
Member Washtenaw County Medical Society, 2012, 2013
Member Gerontological Society of America, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Member Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Member American Geriatrics Society, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow American College of Physicians, 2011
Member American Association of Anatomists, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Member American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Member Association for the Study of Medical Education, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Foreign Faculty Fellow Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; University of Michigan Medical School, 1992, 1993
Teaching Excellence Award University of Benin Medical Students’ Association, 1993
Academic Merit Scholarship for the study of Cell Biology Federal Government of Nigeria, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Outstanding Professional Service Award State Committee of the National Youth Service Corps, 1980
Academic Merit Scholarship for the study of Medicine Federal Government of Nigeria, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
Exploring the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare.
Timothy W Farrell, William W Hung, Kathleen T Unroe, Teneille R Brown, Christian D Furman, Jane Jih, Reena Karani, Paul Mulhausen, Anna María Nápoles, Joseph O Nnodim,...> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022 Dec 1
5 citations
Dual-task performance in older adults during discrete gait perturbation
Joseph O. Nnodim, Hogene Kim, James A. Ashton-Miller> ;Experimental Brain Research. 2016 Apr 1
26 citations
Balance and its Clinical Assessment in Older Adults – A Review
Joseph O. Nnodim, Raymond Yung> ;Journal of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 2015 Sep 2
7 citations
Effect of age on the ability to recover from a single unexpected underfoot perturbation during gait: Kinematic responses
Hogene Kim, Joseph O. Nnodim, James K. Richardson, James A. Ashton-Miller> ;Gait & Posture. 2013 Sep 1
9 citations
Assessing health status differences between Veterans Affairs home-based primary care and state Medicaid Waiver Program clients.
Tracy Wharton, Joseph O. Nnodim, Robert V. Hogikyan, Lona Mody, Mary L. James, Marcos Montagnini, Brant E. Fries> ;Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2013 Apr 1
6 citations
Effect of a Vocal Choice Reaction Time Task on the Kinematics of the First Recovery Step after a Sudden Underfoot Perturbation during Gait
Joseph O. Nnodim, Hogene Kim, James A. Ashton-Miller> ;Gait & Posture. 2013 Jan 1
4 citations
The Influence of Initial Bipedal Stance Width on the Clinical Measurement of Unipedal Balance Time
James K. Richardson, Chi Tang, Chijioke Nwagwu, Joseph O. Nnodim> ;PM & R. 2010 Apr 1
44 citations
Dynamic Balance and Stepping Versus Tai Chi Training to Improve Balance and Stepping in At‐Risk Older Adults
Joseph O. Nnodim, Debra M. Strasburg, Martina Nabozny, Linda V. Nyquist, Andrzej T. Galecki, Susan Chen, Neil B. Alexander> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2006 Dec 1
10 citations
Assessing falls in older adults: a comprehensive fall evaluation to reduce fall risk in older adults.
Joseph O. Nnodim, Neil B. Alexander> ;Geriatrics. 2005 Oct 1
46 citations
Testosterone mediates satellite cell activation in denervated rat levator ani muscle.
Joseph O. Nnodim> ;The Anatomical Record. 2001 May 1
31 citations
Satellite cell numbers in senile rat levator ani muscle.
Joseph O. Nnodim> ;Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 2000 Jan 3
36 citations
Quantitative study of the effects of denervation and castration on the levator ani muscle of the rat
Joseph O. Nnodim> ;The Anatomical Record. 1999 Jul 1
The occurrence of brown adipose in man inhabiting the tropics.
Nnodim, J. O.> ;Zeitschrift fur mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung. 1990 Jan 1
36 citations
Neural and vascular provisions of rat interscapular brown adipose tissue
Joseph O. Nnodim, J. D. Lever> ;The American Journal of Anatomy. 1988 Jul 1
4 citations
Stereological assessment of age-related changes in lipid droplet surface area and vascular volume in rat interscapular brown adipose tissue
Joseph O. Nnodim> ;The Anatomical Record. 1988 Apr 1
19 citations
Development of adipose tissues.
Joseph O. Nnodim> ;The Anatomical Record. 1987 Dec 1
15 citations
Demonstration of a catecholaminergic innervation in human perirenal brown adipose tissue at various ages in the adult
J. D. Lever, Roland T. Jung, Joseph O. Nnodim, Peter J. Leslie, Deborah Symons> ;The Anatomical Record. 1986 Jul 1
Multiple-choice testing in anatomy.
Nnodim, J. O.> ;Med Educ. 1992 Jul
Learning human anatomy: by dissection or from prosections?
Nnodim, J. O.> ;Med Educ. 1990 Jul
Learning human anatomy: student preferences of methods in a Nigerian medical school.
Nnodim, J. O.> ;Med Educ. 1988 Sep
Learning human anatomy: does learning occur during a lecture?
Nnodim, J. O.> ;Med Educ. 1988 Mar
Arteriovenous anastomoses in interscapular brown adipose tissue in the rat.
Lever, J. D., Nnodim, J. O., Symons, D.> ;J Anat. 1985 Dec 01
The pre- and postnatal development and ageing of interscapular brown adipose tissue in the rat.
Nnodim, J. O., Lever, J. D.> ;Anat Embryol. 1985 Jan 01
Predicting performance in anatomy using antecedent academic criteria.
Nnodim, J. O.> ;Med Educ. 1994 May
Comparison of medical and non-medical student attitudes to social issues in medicine.
Nnodim, J. O., Osuji, C. U.> ;Med Educ. 1995 Jul
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Journal Articles

Effect of age on the ability to recover from a single unexpected underfoot perturbation during gait: Kinematic responses.
Hogene K, Nnodim JO, Ashton-Miller JA, Gait and Posture
A cross-sectional survey of medical student attitudes to social issues in medicine.
Nnodim JO, West African Journal of Anatomy
Peptidergic and catecholaminergic innervation in rat and human brown adipose tissue.
Lever JD, Jung RT, Norman D, Symons D, Leslie PJ & Nnodim JO, Experimental Brain Research
A morphofunctional perspective of thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue.
Nnodim JO, Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences
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Abstracts/Posters

A fine structural study of parenchymal, vascular and paravascular elements in brown adipose tissue (BAT) of the adult rat.
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Pre- and perinatal development of interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT) in the rat.
Nnodim JO, Lever JD & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Microscopical comparisons between human neonatal periadrenal fat and rat brown adipose tissue (BAT).
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Observations on the innervation of brown adipose tissue in the adult rat: an ultrastructural and fluorescence histochemical study after 5-hydroxy and 6-hydroxydopamin...
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Arteriovenous connections in relation to interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT) in the rat.
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Three-dimensional reconstruction of arteriovenous anastomoses (AVAs) in rat interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT).
Nnodim JO, Lever JD & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Adrenergic innervation of brown adipose tissue at adult rat and human perirenal sites: a fluorescence histochemical and histological study.
Lever JD, Jung RT, Nnodim JO, Leslie P & Symons D, Proceedings of the XIIth International Anatomical Congress
Stereological assessment of age-related changes in capillary volume and lipid droplet surface densities in rat interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT).
Nnodim JO & Lever JD, Proceedings of the IIIrd International Conference of the Anatomical Society of West Africa
Evidence of peptidergic innervation within rat and human brown adipose tissue.
Lever JD, Norman D, Symons D, Jung RT & Nnodim JO, Journal of Anatomy
Brown adipose tissue is present in man inhabiting the tropics.
Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record
Pre-clinical anatomy: to dissect or not to dissect, that is the question.
Nnodim JO, Proceedings of the Grillo Symposium
A second look at a First Professional Examination in Anatomy.
Nnodim JO, Proceedings of the VIth International Conference of the Anatomical Society of West Africa
Experience with multiple-choice testing.
Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record
The use of plastinated specimens within the CAI lesson program ATLAS-plus.
Fischer TV & Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record Supplement
Antecedent academic record and performance in preclinical anatomy.
Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record Supplement
Denervation does not stimulate satellite cell proliferation in the levator ani of castrated rats.
Nnodim JO, FASEB Journal
Satellite cells in muscle atrophy and aging.
Carlson BM, Borisov A, Dedkov E & Nnodim JO, Proceedings of the Muscle Satellite Cell Workshop: Growth, Regeneration and Muscle Disease
Effect of aging on myofiber and satellite cell numbers in rat levator ani muscle.
Nnodim JO, FASEB Journal
A Case of Pulmonary Actinomycosis.
Nnodim JO, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting
Dynamic balance and stepping training improves balance in at-risk older adults.
Nnodim JO, Strasburg D, Nabozny M, Nyquist L, Galecki A, Chen S & Alexander NB, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
A shoe-based method for randomly perturbing the stance phase of gait and its effect on step width.
Kim H, Richardson JK, Nnodim J, Takemura H & Ashton-Miller AJ, Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting
Effect of a vocal choice reaction time task on step kinematics following a sudden underfoot perturbation during gait.
Nnodim JO, Kim H & Ashton-Miller JA, Gerontological Society of America
Effect of age on recovery step kinematics following a single unexpected underfoot perturbation during gait.
Nnodim JO, Kim H, Richardson J & Ashton-Miller J, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Effect of age and vocal reaction time on the kinematics of the first recovery step following single unexpected medial or lateral underfoot perturbations during gait.
Kim H, Nnodim JO, Richardson JK, Ashton-Miller JA, International Society for Posture and Gait Research Joint World Congress
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