Alex Smith

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32,670 appearances 416 recordings 1 series first heard Oct 2016 last heard 5d ago

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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Search for Geriatrician Identity: Mary Tinetti, Helen Fernandez, Jerry Gurwitz, Ken Covinsky · 21 May 2026 podcast

We need to build better models. podcast-host

I was at the Society of General Internal Medicine meeting last week, and I had been about 10 years. podcast-host

That meeting has grown. podcast-host

I went to the geriatrics interest group meeting, and it was twice the size of what it was 10 years ago. podcast-host

And about a third to a half of the attendees are trainees, medical students and residents who are interested and enthusiastic about geriatrics. podcast-host

And when we went over like, what do we want to cover at future meetings? podcast-host

Like one of the topics that came up that people were very enthusiastic about was like, why aren't more people going into geriatrics? podcast-host

And this is a topic that we've covered before with Jerry Gerwitz and Ryan Chippendale and Mike Harper on our prior podcasts. podcast-host

And I told them that we were going to do this podcast, and there was a lot of excitement about that. podcast-host

So one question for all of you, maybe Jerry first, is like, what have you been thinking since that article came out, since we did the podcast? podcast-host

And I also want to point out one more thing, which is that Ken Kavinsky was the distinguished professor of geriatrics at the Society of General Internal Medicine meeting. podcast-host

And he gave this terrific talk about geriatrics that covered everything from how we approach patients differently than the disease-focused model to hospital-acquired disability. podcast-host

But the part where he got the most applause was how geriatrics is a terrific specialty to look at people who are most vulnerable. podcast-host

Like, podcast-host

old age disability is a women's health issue and focus on disparities. podcast-host

And he got a big standing ovation at the end and then got a Cubs jersey with his name on it, podcast-host

awesome. podcast-host

before we get to Jerry and his reflection since we last talked, Ken, any other thoughts or anything you want to tell our listeners from that talk, which was really inspiring? podcast-host

Thanks, podcast-host

will have a podcast. podcast-host

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