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| Lee A. Lindquist, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
Institute for Healthcare Studies Telephone 312-503-5558 Lee Lindquist, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a member of the Division of Geriatrics and her clinical practice primarily revolves around care of those aged 65 yrs and older. Dr. Lindquist is a graduate of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency and her fellowship training in geriatrics at Northwestern University. She is board certified in internal medicine and geriatrics. She also completed her Masters in Public Health during her participation in the NRSA fellowship program. As a founding member of the Northwestern Center on Patient Safety, she has performed multiple research studies on patient safety with a focus on improving the safety and well-being of seniors as they transition from acute hospitalizations (discharge processes) For Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Lindquist is a member of the Medication Safety Committee and the Patient Safety Committee. She also serves on the advisory panel of several local continuing retirement communities. She is on the speaker’s bureau for the American Geriatrics Society and is a current member of the Chicago Patient Safety Forum, the American College of Physicians, AcademyHealth, and the Society for General Internal Medicine. Dr. Lindquist’s research has focused on issues of transitional care among the elderly, particularly in improving the safety between the hospital discharge to outpatient care settings. She has also performed work on assisted living and alternatives to assisted living for the elderly as well as improving geriatric education for medical students. She has been awarded the Baxter Prize for Research Excellence, an Excellence in Academic Medicine Award, and the Augusta Webster Grant for Innovation in Medical Education. She has published numerous articles in geriatric care and has received international media attention for her work. Appearing on CNN, MSNBC, and nationally syndicated talk shows, she has been tapped by multiple news sources to cover senior care issues as well as medical issues among aging political figures. The list continues as coverage on her research has been seen in the New York Times, Harper’s, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, and multiple other regional sources. She has been included in Marquis’s Who’s Who in America for the past 2 years. Recent Journal Publications Lindquist LA, Feinglass J, Martin GJ. (2003) How sedative medication in older people affects patient risk factors for developing pressure ulcers. J Wound Care, Jul;12(7):272-5. Lindquist, LA, Golub RM. (2004) Cruise Ship Care: a proposed alternative to assisted living. J Am Geriatr Soc, Nov;52(11):1951-4. Feinglass J, Rucker-Whitaker C, Lindquist LA, McCarthy WJ, Pearce WH (2005) Racial Differences in Primary and Repeat Lower Extremity Amputation: Results from a Multi-hospital Study. J Vasc Surg May;41(5):823-9. Wayne DB, Butter J, Siddall VJ, Fudala M, Lindquist LA, Feinglass J, Wade L, McGaghie WC. (2005) Simulation- Based Training of Internal Medicine Residents in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Protocols: A Randomized Trial Teaching and Learning in Medicine;17(3):202-208. | |
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