September 11-12, 2025
All Hands on Deck! Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Hospitalization and Surgery in Older Adults
University of Utah - HELIX
Keynote Speakers:
Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin
Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD, Associate Director of Research, VA Eastern Colorado
Join us for a two-day conference focused on improving care for older adults facing the hazards of hospitalization and surgery. Topics include practical, team-based approaches to managing geriatric syndromes, preventing avoidable admissions, and supporting seriously ill, vulnerable geriatric patients.
Meet the Director
Mark A. Supiano, M.D.
Mark A. Supiano, M.D. joined the University of Utah Center on Aging in October 2005 when he also became Chief of the Division of Geriatrics in the School of Medicine and Director of the VA Salt Lake City Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center.The eventual outcome of his close bond with his grandfather became Dr. Supiano's career path in the new discipline of Geriatric Medicine.
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Our Mission
The Center on Aging has a 40 year history at the University of Utah. Beginning with its origination in 1972, the Center on Aging has provided educational and research programs in gerontology at the University of Utah. It has sponsored undergraduate and graduate gerontology certificate programs as well as a Masters degree program in Gerontology. In addition to its strengths in gerontology education programs, it is recognized for a well-established research program focused on bereavement, coping with loss of a spouse and caregiving. In June 2004 its name was changed from the Gerontology Center to reflect a desire to become more comprehensive and expand the scope of its service and research activities.