Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Geriatrics, Medicine, Duke University 2001 - 2004
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Moses Cone Health 1998 - 2001
  • M.D., University of Texas, San Antonio 1998
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2013 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2008 - 2013
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2004 - 2008
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2004
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Duke Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP): Communities Caring for Seniors awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2015 - 2020
  • Geriatric Education Center (GEC) awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2007 - 2016
  • The Changing Role of Physicians in Interdisciplinary Teams awarded by Arnold P. Gold Foundation 2013 - 2015
  • Geriatric Academic Career Award awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2007 - 2010
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Wilson, Lindsay A., Meredith A. Gilliam, Natalie L. Richmond, Kimberly J. Mournighan, Chelsea R. Perfect, and Gwendolen T. Buhr. “Geriatrics Scholarly Concentration Programs Among U.S. Medical Schools.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 9 (September 2020): 2117–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16673.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Sandro O. Pinheiro, and Gwendolen T. Buhr. “Resident learning across the full range of core competencies through a transitions of care curriculum.” Gerontol Geriatr Educ 39, no. 2 (April 2018): 144–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2016.1247066.
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    • Pinheiro, Sandro O., Heidi K. White, Gwendolen T. Buhr, Katja Elbert-Avila, Harvey Jay Cohen, and Mitchell T. Heflin. “Advancing Geriatrics Education Through a Faculty Development Program for Geriatrics-Oriented Clinician Educators.” J Am Geriatr Soc 63, no. 12 (December 2015): 2580–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13824.
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    • Corazzini, Kirsten, Jack Twersky, Heidi K. White, Gwendolen T. Buhr, Eleanor S. McConnell, Madeline Weiner, and Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric. “Implementing Culture Change in Nursing Homes: An Adaptive Leadership Framework.” Gerontologist 55, no. 4 (August 2015): 616–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt170.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen T., Mitchell T. Heflin, Heidi K. White, and Sandro O. Pinheiro. “Using the jigsaw cooperative learning method to teach medical students about long-term and postacute care.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 15, no. 6 (June 2014): 429–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.01.015.
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    • Yanamadala, Mamata, Jeffrey Hawley, Richard Sloane, Jonathan Bae, Mitchell T. Heflin, and Gwendolen T. Buhr. “Development and assessment of a web-based clinical quality improvement curriculum.” J Grad Med Educ 6, no. 1 (March 2014): 147–50. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-13-00140.1.
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    • White, Heidi K., Gwendolen Buhr, Eleanor McConnell, Robert J. Sullivan, Jack Twersky, Cathleen Colon-Emeric, Mitchell Heflin, et al. “An advanced course in long term care for geriatric medicine fellows.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 14, no. 7 (July 2013): 499–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.012.
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    • Buhr, Gwen, and Heidi K. White. “MDS 3.0 perspective: a better tool for patient care.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 14, no. 3 (March 2013): 221–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2012.11.014.
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    • Genao, Liza, and Gwendolen T. Buhr. “Urinary Tract Infections in Older Adults Residing in Long-Term Care Facilities.” Ann Longterm Care 20, no. 4 (April 2012): 33–38.
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    • White, Heidi K., Kirsten Corazzini, Jack Twersky, Gwendolen Buhr, Eleanor McConnell, Madeline Weiner, and Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric. “Prioritizing culture change in nursing homes: perspectives of residents, staff, and family members.” J Am Geriatr Soc 60, no. 3 (March 2012): 525–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03840.x.
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    • Yanamadala, Mamata, Mitchell T. Heflin, Heidi K. White, and Gwendolen T. Buhr. “Ensuring vitamin D supplementation in nursing home patients--a quality improvement project.” J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr 31, no. 2 (2012): 158–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/21551197.2012.678240.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen T., Liza Genao, and Heidi K. White. “Urinary tract infections in long-term care residents.” Clin Geriatr Med 27, no. 2 (May 2011): 229–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2011.01.007.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen T., and Miguel A. Paniagua. “Update on teaching in the long-term care setting.” Clin Geriatr Med 27, no. 2 (May 2011): 199–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2011.01.005.
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    • Buhr, G. T., M. Yanamadala, J. Gontarz, B. J. Dotson, S. M. Williams, and E. S. McConnell. “INTERPROFESSIONAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) LEARNING ACTIVITY FOR SENIOR NURSING STUDENTS AND GERIATRIC MEDICINE FELLOWS.” Gerontologist 50 (October 1, 2010): 173–173.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen, and Connie W. Bales. “Nutritional supplements for older adults: review and recommendations--Part II.” J Nutr Elder 29, no. 1 (January 2010): 42–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639360903586464.
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    • White, Heidi K., Gwendolen Buhr, Jose Gonzalez, and Jose North Carolina Medical Directors Association. “Would a nursing home physician specialty resolve the workforce crisis in long-term care?” Ann Intern Med 151, no. 6 (September 15, 2009): 430–31. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-6-200909150-00012.
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    • White, Heidi K., Gwendolen T. Buhr, and Sandro O. Pinheiro. “Mentoring: a key strategy to prepare the next generation of physicians to care for an aging America.” J Am Geriatr Soc 57, no. 7 (July 2009): 1270–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02300.x.
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    • Bales, Connie W., and Gwendolen T. Buhr. “Body mass trajectory, energy balance, and weight loss as determinants of health and mortality in older adults.” Obes Facts 2, no. 3 (2009): 171–78. https://doi.org/10.1159/000221008.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen, and Connie W. Bales. “Nutritional supplements for older adults: review and recommendations-part I.” J Nutr Elder 28, no. 1 (January 2009): 5–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639360802640545.
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    • Bales, Connie W., and Gwendolen Buhr. “Is obesity bad for older persons? A systematic review of the pros and cons of weight reduction in later life.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 9, no. 5 (June 2008): 302–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2008.01.006.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen T., and Heidi K. White. “Difficult behaviors in long-term care patients with dementia.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 8, no. 3 Suppl 2 (March 2007): e101–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.012.
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    • Buhr, G. T. “Difficult Behaviors in Long-Term Care Patients with Dementia.” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 8, no. 3 SUPPL. 2 (January 1, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2007.01.021.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen T., and Heidi K. White. “Quality improvement initiative for chronic pain assessment and management in the nursing home: a pilot study.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 7, no. 4 (May 2006): 246–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2005.11.002.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen T., and Heidi K. White. “Difficult behaviors in long-term care patients with dementia.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 7, no. 3 (March 2006): 180–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2005.12.003.
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    • Buhr, Gwendolen T., Maragatha Kuchibhatla, and Elizabeth C. Clipp. “Caregivers' reasons for nursing home placement: clues for improving discussions with families prior to the transition.” Gerontologist 46, no. 1 (February 2006): 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/46.1.52.
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  • Book Sections

    • Bales, C. W., G. T. Buhr, V. H. Hawk, L. S. Evanko, and H. K. White. “Providing optimal nutrition in the assisted living environment.” In Geriatric Nutrition, 341–58, 2007.

  • Conference Papers

    • Buhr, G. T., T. Konrad, S. Pinheiro, J. Counts, C. Poer, L. Shock, H. White, et al. “Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competency-Focused Workshops to Enhance Team Performance.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63:S192–S192. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.
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    • Pavon, J. M., and G. T. Buhr. “LONG-TERM IMPACT OF A TRANSITIONS OF CARE EXPERIENCE ON INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENT TRAINING IN GERIATRICS.” In Gerontologist, 50:454–454. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2010.
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    • Pavon, J. M., and G. T. Buhr. “Impact of a Transitions of Care Experience on Internal Medicine Resident Training in Geriatrics.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57:S38–S38. WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, 2009.
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    • Buhr, G. T., M. T. Heflin, S. Pinheiro, and H. K. White. “Solving the long-term care puzzle: A unique learning experience for medical students.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55:S37–38. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007.
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    • Buhr, G. T., and E. C. Clipp. “When to talk with families about nursing home placement: Evidence for physicians.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51:S216–S216. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING INC, 2003.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • MEDICINE 449C: Geriatric Medicine 2021
  • MEDICINE 449C: Geriatric Medicine 2020

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