Maine Medical Center

Maine Medical Center has 606 licensed beds, and provides comprehensive inpatient services in all medical specialties. Centers of excellence are being developed in cancer care, heart care, children's services, and other areas, building from existing excellence in multi-disciplinary services.


MMC has a large and growing outpatient component, providing day surgery, cardiac catheterization, laboratory services, rehabilitation services, and some three dozen outpatient clinics. There are also preventive and consultation services, including the MMC Diabetes Center, the AIDS Consultation Service, and the Center for Lipids and Cardiovascular Health.

Geriatric Fellowship

The one-year Geriatric Fellowship is designed to be a comprehensive program of learning that will prepare the graduate to pass the Geriatric Board exam and practice Geriatric Medicine in any arena, including but not limited to, patient care, teaching and administration. Administered through the Department of Internal Medicine, the Geriatric Fellowship is intended for graduates of accredited programs in either Internal Medicine or Family Practice.

In addition to the traditional outpatient clinics, nursing homes and assisted living centers, The Maine Medical Center Geriatric Fellowship includes clinical rotations in an acute rehabilitation facility, in both outpatient and inpatient geriatric psychiatry and in geriatric neurology. The Fellowship year also includes 2 elective months in which the Fellow has an opportunity to focus on specific areas of interest, including geriatric cardiology, pulmonary medicine, research, geriatric emergency medicine and intensive care.

Another distinctive feature of the Geriatric Fellowship is its association with The Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) at Maine Medical Center. As the health services research arm of the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, much of CORE's work has been related to geriatrics. CORE researchers have used the Medicare database to understand geographic variations in care and to specifically explore treatment for cardiac conditions. The Research Director for Geriatrics is also the Associate Director at CORE.

Maine Medical Centers Geriatric Fellowship program is accredited by ACGME.

Curriculum

The goal of the Geriatric Fellowship is to conduct an intensive one year program of learning in Geriatric Medicine. The graduate will be prepared to pass the geriatric board exam and to practice geriatrics in any arena including but not limited to patient care, teaching, and administration. The following is a description of the rotations included as part of the fellowship program: