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BIDDEFORD, Maine

UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine announces 2011 Humanism in Aging Leadership Award

The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Department of Geriatric Medicine announces the recipient of the 2011 Humanism in Aging Leadership Award, Rosanne M. Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D.  

This annual award recognizes an individual who exemplifies humanism and innovation in his or her approach to improving the lives of older adults.  The UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine is committed to educating practitioners in respectful care of older adults.

Dr. Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D., is the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor and the Vice Chair for Education of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.  She graduated from the University of Rochester, received her M.D. and Ph.D. (Human Genetics) at the University of Michigan Medical Center, completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Rochester, and a Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology at New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center.

She has been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2008 Dennis Jahnigen award from the American Geriatrics Society in recognition of her contributions to geriatrics education nationally.  She is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Board of Internal Medicine and serves on the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

Dr. Leipzig will be recognized at the University of New England Alfond Center for the Health Sciences on February 21, 2011 (by invitation only) and present on the topic, "Prevention in Older Adults:  Balancing the Evidence with the Patient."

Dr. Leipzig's research and publications highlight evidence-based treatment for older adults, the use of restraints in hospitalized elderly, and models for teaching geriatrics, chronic care, and evidence-based medicine. Dr. Leipzig is the principal investigator of a grant from the D.W. Reynolds Foundation to improve the training of non-geriatricians in geriatric medicine, and the inventor of the Portal of Online Geriatric Education (www.POGOe.org), a web-based clearinghouse for geriatric educational materials also supported by the Reynolds Foundation. She is the deputy editor of the 4th edition of Geriatric Medicine, edited by Dr. Christine K. Cassel and the editor-in-chief of Focus on Healthy Aging, a monthly newsletter for consumers.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.