Albert Siu
American physician and geriatrician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albert Siu is a Cuban American internist and geriatrician and the Ellen and Howard C. Katz Chairman and Professor of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He is also the director of the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in The Bronx, a senior associate editor of Health Services Research, a senior fellow of the Brookdale Foundation and a former trustee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.[1][2]
Albert Siu | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley, Yale, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine |
Scientific career | |
Fields | internal medicine, geriatrics palliative care |
Institutions | Mount Sinai Hospital, James J. Peters VA Medical Center |
Siu is the author of 9 book chapters and more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has co-authored 50 publications for the United States Preventive Services Task Force.[3] His department at Mount Sinai treats nearly 5,000 elderly patients a year[4] and houses a number of programs including the Martha Stewart Center for Living,[5] the Hertszberg Palliative Care Institute,[6] the National Palliative Care Research Center, the Medicare Innovations Collaborative and the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors. The department partnerships include the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx and the Long Island Jewish Home.