Faculty
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- Puxty, John (Division Chair)
- Frank, Christopher
- Garcia, Angeles
- Gibson, Michelle
- Gill, Sudeep
- Kilpatrick, Katherine
Puxty, John: MB, ChB, MRCP, FRCP(C)
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Division Chair, Director
of SERGP, Chief of Staff PCCC Office Location: PCCC MHS site: 752 King Street West, PO Box 603, Kingston, On, Canada, K7L 4X3 Telephone: (613) 548-5567 ext 5645 Email: puxtyj@pccchelath.org |
John Puxty is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Queen’s University, Chief of Staff of Providence Continuing Care Center, and Director of the Southeastern Ontario Regional Geriatric Program. He received his medical qualifications in Britain. He has certification as an Internal Medicine Specialist in Geriatric Medicine in both Britain and Canada.
He is an experienced academic geriatrician who has an extensive list of publications and academic presentations, and is the co-editor of two books. He has special interests in the medical administration, areas of development and evaluation of specialized geriatric services, distance education and the use of computer technology both as an aid to learning and strategies for effective Knowledge and Information transfer.
Significant achievements of the last two years include:
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Leadership support to completion of “Prospective study on Factors Predictive of successful outcome from admission and treatment within a Geriatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Inpatient Service.”, 2000-2003
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Obtaining funding for Provincial Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorder Initiative #2: Physician Training: $124,420 Proposal to enhance capacity for Family Medicine Preceptors to respond to the educational needs of residents relating to the assessment and care of Alzheimer Disease & Related Dementias, 2003-2004
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Chair of WWW initiative (and Web Master) of Provincial Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorder Initiative #2: Physician Training (www.dementiaeducation.ca)
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Development of report “Southeastern Ontario Population Profile and Data sets for PCCC Core Services” December 2003
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Chair of Planning Committee for “Geriatrics CME Day”, October 1st 2003, Kingston, Ontario
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Leadership and Chair of Steering Committee to development of Corporate Balanced Score Care Methodology within PCCC
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Principle Investigator for Proposal for the Development of a Southeastern Ontario Knowledge Exchange Network for Primary and Specialized Services for the Elderly
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Obtaining MOH<C approval for Enhancing Services for Frail Elderly Persons Living in Southeastern Ontario: Proposal for Strategic Reinvestment of Unused Geriatric Assessment Unit Funding
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Frank, Christopher . MD CCFP Diploma (Care of the Elderly)
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Clinical Director of SERGP, Program Director for Care of the Elderly
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Dr. Frank is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Queen's University with cross-appointment in Department of Family Medicine. He is Director of the Care of the Elderly Program and Clinical Director of SERGP.
His current main clinical activity is as physician to the Geriatric Medicine Inpatient Unit at St Mary's of the Lake Hospital. He also rotates through all the clinical services except Day Hospital and am developing our continence service with Jan Linscott (CNS). He also assists in running of the Palliative Care Unit at St. Mary’s and provide on-call coverage for KGH and community palliative care patients.
His academic interests have involved a broad range of topics. He has published original research about geriatric services and medication use, and have published review articles on a wide variety of topics including CPR decision-making, ulcer care and dementia in the last year. His involvement with Geriatric Rehabilitation Consensus conference and the ORRN group offers greater scope for collaboration and they have submitted one CIHR grant.
Garcia, Angeles MD, PhD, FRCPC.
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Gibson, Michelle MD CCFP Diploma (Care of the Elderly)
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Coordinator of Undergraduate Geriatric Clerkship and Resident
Teaching
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Role Description: Clinician-Educator
As a Clinician – Educator, she is the clerkship coordinator for geriatrics and coordinates the clinical rotations and educational experiences for residents in family medicine and other disciplines. She teaches the recently implemented “Clinical Skills in the Nursing Home” for second year students at Providence Manor with Dr. GI Stewart. In the next few years, she hopes to obtain a Masters degree in Education.
Background
She obtained her medical degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Subsequently, she came to Queen’s to pursue a residency in family medicine. Having obtained her CCFP, she completed Care of the Elderly training. Along the way, she developed interests in end-of-life care, nursing homes, congestive heart failure, and addiction medicine.
Major contributions
Clinically, she is based in the Day Hospital. In 2003 She helped redesign the Day Hospital service. In addition, I was involved in implementing and evaluating the care coordinator pilot project. Her other clinical rotations include the inpatient, outreach, clinics and acute care consult services. She is a member of various multidisciplinary committees for geriatric-related issues such as congestive heart failure, osteoporosis and wound care.
In addition to the educational activities described previously, she is working to improve our clinical rotations. She is implementing a pass-fail system in the clerkship geriatric rotation with clear educational and clinical objectives, a plan that was initiated by Dr. Chris Frank. She is also reviewing the objectives for all residency rotations.
Gill, Sudeep MD, MSc (Clin Epi), FRCPC
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Dr. Gill received his MD in 1997 from the University of Western Ontario. From July 1997 to June 2000, he completed his training in the Core Internal Medicine program at the University of Western Ontario. From July 2000 to June 2002, Dr. Gill attended the University of Toronto where he completed training in a Geriatric Medicine fellowship, including an appointment as the Chief Resident in Geriatric Medicine in 2001-2002. From July 2002 to December 2003, Dr. Gill completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, and also worked as the Acting Program Director in Complex Continuing Care for this facility. In December 2003, he successfully defended his thesis to complete a Masters of Science in the Clinical Epidemiology stream of the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. In January 2004, Dr. Gill moved to Kingston to begin work at Queen’s University.
Dr. Gill’s current primary appointment is as Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Queen’s University. He also holds the following appointments: Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; and Affiliate Scientist, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit.
Dr. Gill’s research interests include: inappropriate prescribing practices among older adults; drug and other health services utilization by older adults with dementia; the use of subcutaneous fluids for treatment of dehydration in the long-term care setting; quality of care in the long-term care setting. He has a special interest in the use and adverse effects of cholinesterase inhibitors and antipsychotics by older adults with dementia.
Kilpatrick, Katherine BA BNSc MD CCFP Diploma (Care of the Elderly)
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Dr Kilpatrick has been Attending Staff (Lecturer – Adjunct 1) in the Division of Geriatric Medicine since 1998. She is a Family Physician with a specialty in Care of the Elderly. Her background includes undergraduate degrees in Classical Studies and Nursing Science.
Dr Kilpatrick’s clinical work is focused mainly on out-patient geriatrics. She is active in teaching clerks and residents, and in various PCCC-SML site committees such as the Wellness and the Green Teams.
Dr Kilpatrick is currently working on a Master’s in Exercise Physiology through Queen’s University. Through this Master’s and her involvement with the Ross laboratory, she is focusing on body composition and insulin resistance in the elderly. Her main research interest is in exercise for the elderly, particularly to prevent and treat sarcopenia.
Her eventual goal is to set up an exercise assessment and treatment program for elderly patients who have multiple medical co-morbidities precluding them participating in a generic exercise program.