Daniel A. Mendelson, MS, MD University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
Daniel A. Mendelson is a geriatrician and researcher known for his innovative work in caring for geriatric fracture patients. He is the William and Sheila Konar Family Professor of Geriatrics, Palliative Medicine, and Person-Centered Care in the Division of Geriatrics and Aging at the University of Rochester. He is co-founder and co-director of the Geriatric Fracture Center at Highland Hospital, lectures worldwide about topics related to fragility fractures, and is the author of numerous publications in this area. Mendelson is Lead Medical Director for the American Geriatrics Society’s AGS CoCare: Ortho. Supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, this program is intended to disseminate Highland’s highly successful care model, which integrates geriatrics with orthopaedic surgery. He came to Highland Hospital in 1999 during the second year of his fellowship training to develop the inpatient Acute Geriatrics Service and later established the Palliative Care Consultation Service. Mendelson has won several teaching awards and has earned international recognition for his work. Mendelson also serves on the American Geriatrics Society Quality and Performance Measures Committee and Nominating Committee. He is a past chair of the American Hospital Association Long-Term Care & Rehabilitation Section. He is the Vice President of the International Geriatric Fracture Society. He has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Rochester Institute of Technology. Mendelson received his M.S. in biophysics and an M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, where he also completed residency in primary care internal medicine and fellowship in geriatrics.
Institutional Website: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/20740092-daniel-a-mendelson
