Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Geriatric Medicine, Medicine, Stanford University 1987 - 1990
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Georgetown University 1982 - 1985
  • M.D., Drexel University 1982
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2006 - 2020
  • Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2002 - 2006
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 1996 - 2002
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 1995 - 1996
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • IPA - Mamata Yanamadala 2011 - 2012
  • Mamata Yanamadala - IPA 2010 - 2011
  • Impact of geriatric care in drug related problems. awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 2001
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Song, Wei, Orna Intrator, Jack Twersky, Judith Davagnino, Bruce Kinosian, and Darryl Wieland. “Utilization and Cost Effects of the VHA Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) Program.” Med Care Res Rev 78, no. 6 (December 2021): 736–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558720929592.
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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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    • D’Souza, Maria F., Judith Davagnino, S Nicole Hastings, Richard Sloane, Barbara Kamholz, and Jack Twersky. “Preliminary Data from the Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) Program: A Care Coordination Program for Home-Based Dementia Care and Caregiver Support in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.” J Am Geriatr Soc 63, no. 6 (June 2015): 1203–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13448.
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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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    • Twersky, Jack, Terry Montgomery, Richard Sloane, Madeline Weiner, Susan Doyle, Kavita Mathur, Mary Francis, and Kenneth Schmader. “A randomized, controlled study to assess the effect of silk-like textiles and high-absorbency adult incontinence briefs on pressure ulcer prevention.” Ostomy Wound Manage 58, no. 12 (December 2012): 18–24.
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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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    • Genao, Liza, Heidi White, and Jack Twersky. “The clinical course of advanced dementia.” N Engl J Med 362, no. 4 (January 28, 2010): 363–64.
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    • Wright, Rollin M., Richard Sloane, Carl F. Pieper, Christine Ruby-Scelsi, Jack Twersky, Kenneth E. Schmader, and Joseph T. Hanlon. “Underuse of indicated medications among physically frail older US veterans at the time of hospital discharge: results of a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Drug Study.” Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7, no. 5 (October 2009): 271–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjopharm.2009.11.002.
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    • Colón-Emeric, Cathleen S., Kenneth E. Schmader, Jack Twersky, Maragantha Kuchibhatla, Sally Kellum, and Morris Weinberger. “Development and pilot testing of computerized order entry algorithms for geriatric problems in nursing homes.” J Am Geriatr Soc 57, no. 9 (September 2009): 1644–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02387.x.
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    • Caram, L Brett, Jodi Chen, E William Taggart, David R. Hillyard, Rosemary She, Christopher R. Polage, Jack Twersky, Kenneth Schmader, Cathy A. Petti, and Christopher W. Woods. “Respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a long-term care facility detected using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: an argument for real-time detection methods.” J Am Geriatr Soc 57, no. 3 (March 2009): 482–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02153.x.
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    • Hendrix, C. C., M. T. Heflin, J. Twersky, C. Knight, J. Payne, J. Y. Bradford, and K. E. Schmader. “Post-hospital clinic for older patients and their family caregivers.” Annals of Long Term Care 16, no. 5 (May 1, 2008): 20–24.
    • Schmader, Kenneth E., Joseph T. Hanlon, Carl F. Pieper, Richard Sloane, Christine M. Ruby, Jack Twersky, Susan Dove Francis, et al. “Effects of geriatric evaluation and management on adverse drug reactions and suboptimal prescribing in the frail elderly.” Am J Med 116, no. 6 (March 15, 2004): 394–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.10.031.
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    • Hanlon, J. T., R. L. Maher, C. I. Lindblad, C. M. Ruby, J. Twersky, H. J. Cohen, and K. E. Schmader. “Comparison of methods for detecting potential adverse drug events in frail elderly inpatients and outpatients.” Am J Health Syst Pharm 58, no. 17 (September 1, 2001): 1622–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/58.17.1622.
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    • Twersky, J. I. “Falls in the nursing home.” Clinics in Family Practice 3, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 653–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1522-5720(05)70119-7.
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    • Liu, D. D., M. Raji, J. Twersky, and A. Riggs. “Case report: Disruptive vocalization due to gout in an elderly nursing home resident with dementia.” Annals of Long Term Care 8, no. 5 (August 15, 2000): 66–70.
    • Twersky, J., J. Warsaw, and T. Cutson. “Management of pneumonia in the nursing home.” J Am Geriatr Soc 47, no. 7 (July 1999): 913–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb03858.x.
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    • Twersky, J., J. Warsaw, T. Cutson, J. M. Mylotte, and B. Naughton. “Management of pneumonia in the nursing home [3] (multiple letters).” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 47, no. 7 (1999): 913–14.
    • Reaven, G. M., J. Twersky, and H. Chang. “Abnormalities of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in Dahl rats.” Hypertension 18, no. 5 (November 1991): 630–35. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.18.5.630.
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    • Twersky, J., B. B. Hoffman, and G. M. Reaven. “Age-associated differences in beta adrenergic-stimulated lipolysis in adipocytes from Sprague-Dawley and Fischer 344 rats.” J Gerontol 46, no. 4 (July 1991): B125–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/46.4.b125.
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    • Reaven, G. M., J. Twersky, H. Ho, and H. Chang. “Hypertriglyceridemia in Dahl rats: effect of sodium intake and gender.” Horm Metab Res 23, no. 1 (January 1991): 44–45. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1003608.
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    • Reaven, G. M., J. Twersky, H. Ho, and H. Chang. “Hypertriglyceridemia in Dahl rats: Effect of sodium intake and gender.” Hormone and Metabolic Research 23, no. 1 (1991): 44–45.

  • Book Sections

    • Schmader, K. E., and J. Twersky. “Herpes zoster, cellulitis, and scabies.” In Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-Term Care Facilities, Second Edition, 277–96, 2006.

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