| Laurence Rubenstein, M.D., M.P.H.
Laurence Z. Rubenstein, M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor of Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the Director of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLAHS) Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Sepulveda and West Los Angeles Divisions. He is an internationally known expert on fall prevention and chaired the international committee that developed clinical practice guidelines for fall prevention.
EDUCATION: BA, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1970; MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, 1974; Internship & Residency, Albert Einstein Bronx Municipal Hospital, NY, 1974-86; Senior Resident, UCLA Center for Health Sciences, 1976-77; Masters in Public Health, UCLA School of Public Health, 1979.
EMPLOYMENT: Director of the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Sepulveda VA Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine.
RESEARCH: Casefinding and Referral System for Older Veterans within Primary Care, Interventions that promote Healthy Aging Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Practice Patterns in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis; Quality & Outcomes, Developing a Short Form Version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment, Continuity of Geriatric Care, Effectiveness of Geriatric Evaluation & Management, Meta-analysis of Controlled Outcome Studies of Geriatric Assessment, Impacts of a Targeted Exercise Program for Fall Prone Elderly Persons, Enhancing Hospital Care of the Elderly, Home Assessment Program for Successful Aging, An In-Home Prevention Program for Frail Old People, Interventions to Improve Nursing Home Care: An Information Synthesis, Falls in the Elderly: A Randomized Study of Interventions & Impacts; Assessing the Effectiveness of an Inpatient Geriatric Evaluation Unit.
SELECTED HONORS:
- American Geriatrics Society Human Award for Achievement in Geriatric Research, 1991
- The Arthur Cherkin Faculty Achievement Award, UCLA School of Medicine, 1995
- Society of Honor Research Award, Spanish Geriatrics Society, 1997
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
- Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
- Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
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