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AAGP Announces 2023 Plenary Speaker, Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad
AAGP is excited to announce the 2023 Plenary Speaker, Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad! Register today to attend this exciting session on Saturday March 4, at 11:15 AM, and more. [button url="https://aagponline.org/education-events/annual-meeting/" text="Learn More"...
JAMA Response by AAGP Members on the Importance of Screening Older Patients for Anxiety
Is Anxiety in Late Life an Uncharted Territory? —Questioning the USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement for Anxiety Screening in Older Adult by Dr. Carmen Andreescu, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dr....
Congratulations to AAGP Co-President Rajesh Tampi, MD
Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, has been selected to receive the 2021 Jack Weinberg Award for Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and APA Foundation. The award honors a psychiatrist who, over the course of his or her career, has demonstrated...
AGS Launches Mobile Version of Its New Cognitive Screening Toolkit
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) launched its new AGS Cognitive Screening Toolkit on the iGeriatrics app today, introducing an easy-to-access resource that can help clinicians select the appropriate free, open-access cognitive screening test among those...
AAGP Issues Statement on Travel Ban/Immigration Executive Order
On February 6, AAGP released an official statement on President Trump’s executive order. “…[this] executive order puts further strain on the physician workforce in areas of dire need,” said AAGP President Daniel D. Sewell, MD. To read the entire statement, click...
World Health Organization’s (WHO) ICD-11 Proposal
AAGP was recently informed of the WHO's ICD-11 proposal to transfer all dementia diagnoses from the Mental or Behavioral Health Disorder section to the Nervous System section. Click here to view AAGP's direct response.