Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship in Geriatrics, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2010 - 2011
  • Residency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2007 - 2010
  • M.D., University of Florida, College of Medicine 2007
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2015 - 2021
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2013 - 2015
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2011 - 2012
  • Instructor Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2011
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Health Informatics and Data Science Champion, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, 2019 to present
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Aging
  • Data Science
  • Digital Health
  • Hospital care
  • Medical Informatics
  • Older people
  • Physical Function and Mobility
  • Polypharmacy
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Deprescribing Central Nervous System Medications in Hospitalized Older Adults awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • Duke Creating ADRD Researchers for the Next Generation - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Program (CARiNG-StARR)" awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2023
  • Falls Related Injuries and Hearing Loss: Understanding the role of hearing healthcare intervention awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2023
  • U.S. Deprescribing Research Network awarded by NCIRE - The Veterans Health Research Institute 2021
  • John A. Hartford Foundation's Centers of Excellence (CoE) awarded by John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. 2015 - 2016
  • Collaborative Peri-operative Care Model awarded by John A. Hartford Foundation 2014 - 2016
  • Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines in Hospitalized Elders awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2016
  • Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines in Hospitalized Elders awarded by Health in Aging Foundation 2014 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Laura J. Fish, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, Katherine S. Hall, Miriam C. Morey, Amy M. Pastva, and Susan N. Hastings. “Towards "mobility is medicine": Socioecological factors and hospital mobility in older adults.” J Am Geriatr Soc 69, no. 7 (July 2021): 1846–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17109.
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    • Hastings, Susan N., Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Valerie A. Smith, Ashley L. Choate, Jaime M. Hughes, Juliessa Pavon, et al. “Video-Enhanced Care Management for Medically Complex Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment.” J Am Geriatr Soc 69, no. 1 (January 2021): 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16819.
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    • Deardorff, William J., Richard J. Sloane, Juliessa M. Pavon, Susan N. Hastings, and Heather E. Whitson. “Hospitalization Risk Among Older Adults with Sensory Impairments: Development of a Prognostic Model.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 11 (November 2020): 2650–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16800.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Richard J. Sloane, Carl F. Pieper, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, David Gallagher, Harvey J. Cohen, Katherine S. Hall, et al. “Physical Activity in the Hospital: Documentation and Influence on Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis.” J Aging Phys Act 28, no. 2 (April 24, 2020): 306–10. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2018-0462.
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    • Elias, Allison M., Abayomi N. Ogunwale, Marc J. Pepin, Janine C. Bailey, Aaron D. Adams, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, Julie D. Vognsen, Kenneth E. Schmader, and Juliessa M. Pavon. “High Prevalence of Fall-Related Medication Use in Older Veterans at Risk for Falls.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 2 (February 2020): 438–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16233.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Richard J. Sloane, Carl F. Pieper, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, Harvey J. Cohen, David Gallagher, Katherine S. Hall, Miriam C. Morey, Midori McCarty, and Susan N. Hastings. “Accelerometer-Measured Hospital Physical Activity and Hospital-Acquired Disability in Older Adults.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 2 (February 2020): 261–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16231.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Richard J. Sloane, Carl F. Pieper, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, Harvey J. Cohen, David Gallagher, Miriam C. Morey, Midori McCarty, Thomas L. Ortel, and Susan N. Hastings. “Automated versus Manual Data Extraction of the Padua Prediction Score for Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Hospitalized Older Adults.” Appl Clin Inform 9, no. 3 (July 2018): 743–51. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1670678.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Richard J. Sloane, Carl F. Pieper, Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric, Harvey J. Cohen, David Gallagher, Miriam C. Morey, Midori McCarty, Thomas L. Ortel, and Susan N. Hastings. “Poor Adherence to Risk Stratification Guidelines Results in Overuse of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Older Adults.” J Hosp Med 13, no. 6 (June 1, 2018): 403–4. https://doi.org/10.12788/jhm.2916.
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    • Kanach, Frances A., Amy M. Pastva, Katherine S. Hall, Juliessa M. Pavon, and Miriam C. Morey. “Effects of Structured Exercise Interventions for Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Medical Illness: A Systematic Review.” J Aging Phys Act 26, no. 2 (April 1, 2018): 284–303. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2016-0372.
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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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    • Sharda, Neema, L. Genao, J. Pavon, H. White, V. Orto, K. Keith, and S. Johnson. “Improving Elder Care in a Community Based Hospital.” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 19, no. 3 (March 1, 2018): B19–B19.
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    • Callahan, Kathryn E., Lindsay A. Wilson, Juliessa M. Pavon, James F. Lovato, Hal H. Atkinson, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Thomas Dalton, et al. “Internal Medicine Residents' Ambulatory Management of Core Geriatric Conditions.” J Grad Med Educ 9, no. 3 (June 2017): 338–44. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-16-00428.1.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Richard Sloane, Miriam C. Morey, and S Nicole Hastings. “Inpatient Mobility Measures As Useful Predictors of Discharge Destination in Hospitalized Older Adults.” J Am Geriatr Soc 65, no. 1 (January 2017): 224–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14577.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Soheir S. Adam, Zayd A. Razouki, Jennifer R. McDuffie, Paul F. Lachiewicz, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Christopher A. Beadles, Thomas L. Ortel, Avishek Nagi, and John W. Williams. “Effectiveness of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in High-Risk Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review.” J Arthroplasty 31, no. 2 (February 2016): 524–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2015.09.043.
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    • Hastings, S Nicole, Richard Sloane, Miriam C. Morey, Juliessa M. Pavon, and Helen Hoenig. “Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program.” J Am Geriatr Soc 62, no. 11 (November 2014): 2180–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13095.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Linda L. Sanders, Richard Sloane, and Cathleen Colón-Emeric. “Sensitivity of osteoporosis screening guidelines for eventual hip fracture in older male veterans.” Bonekey Rep 3 (2014): 530. https://doi.org/10.1038/bonekey.2014.25.
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    • Colón-Emeric, Cathleen S., Heather E. Whitson, Juliessa Pavon, and Helen Hoenig. “Functional decline in older adults.” Am Fam Physician 88, no. 6 (September 15, 2013): 388–94.
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    • Mikos, Ania, Juliessa Pavon, Dawn Bowers, Kelly D. Foote, Andrew S. Resnick, Hubert H. Fernandez, Penelope Thomas, Cynthia Garvan, Ananya Roy, and Michael S. Okun. “Factors related to extended hospital stays following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.” Parkinsonism Relat Disord 16, no. 5 (June 2010): 324–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.02.002.
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    • Pavon, J. M., H. E. Whitson, and M. S. Okun. “Parkinson's disease in women: a call for improved clinical studies and for comparative effectiveness research.” Maturitas 65, no. 4 (April 2010): 352–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.01.001.
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    • Klepin, Heidi D., Ann M. Geiger, Janet A. Tooze, Anne B. Newman, Lisa H. Colbert, Douglas C. Bauer, Suzanne Satterfield, Juliessa Pavon, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, and Stephen B. Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. “Physical performance and subsequent disability and survival in older adults with malignancy: results from the health, aging and body composition study.” J Am Geriatr Soc 58, no. 1 (January 2010): 76–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02620.x.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Jarvis, Leighanne, Sarah Moninger, Juliessa Pavon, Chandra Throckmorton, and Kevin Caves. “Accelerometer-Based Machine Learning Categorization of Body Position in Adult Populations.” In Comput Help People Spec Needs, 12377:242–49, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_29.
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    • Clark, E. A., A Jolly Graham, J. Bellantoni, H. White, and J. Pavon. “Uncovering Errors in Transitions from Hospital to Nursing Home: A Video Telehealth Transitions Conference.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S13–14. WILEY, 2020.
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    • Pavon, J., L. Fish, C. Colon-Emeric, K. Hall, M. Morey, A. Pastva, and S. Hastings. “Towards "mobility is medicine": a qualitative study of socioecological factors influencing hospital mobility in older adults.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S244–45. WILEY, 2020.
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    • Pavon, J., T. Berkowitz, E. Mahanna, V. Smith, J. Hughes, and S. Hastings. “Potential targets for de-prescribing in medically-complex older adults with unrecognized cognitive impairment.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S141–S141. WILEY, 2020.
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    • Schlientz, D. M., S. Wong, L. Previll, H. White, and J. Pavon. “Implementing Plan-Do-Study-Act to Optimize Access to Inpatient Electronic Geriatrics Patient Health Data.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S133–S133. WILEY, 2020.
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    • Smith, K., A. McKnight, A. Lee, J. Bailey, M. Pepin, W. Bryan, J. Vognsen, K. Schmader, C. Colon-Emeric, and J. Pavon. “Acceptability of a Deprescribing E-Consult for Older Veterans at Risk for Falls.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S3–S3. WILEY, 2020.
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    • Ogunwale, A., A. Adams, A. Elias, J. Bailey, M. Pepin, K. Schmader, J. Vognsen, C. Colon-Emeric, and J. Pavon. “FAME: Falls Assessment of Medications in the Elderly Program.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67:S198–99. WILEY, 2019.
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    • Pavon, J. M., R. Sloane, C. Pieper, C. S. Colon-Emeric, D. Gallagher, H. Cohen, K. Hall, et al. “Does medical record documentation of mobility correlate with objective measure of mobility in hospitalized older adults at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) occurrence?” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66:S232–S232. WILEY, 2018.
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    • Pavon, J. M., R. Sloane, C. Pieper, C. S. Colon-Emeric, D. Gallagher, H. Cohen, K. Hall, et al. “Is objective mobility data associated with pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis use among hospitalized older adults?” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66:S155–S155. WILEY, 2018.
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    • Pavon, J. M., M. McCarty, and S. N. Hastings. “Overuse of pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized older adults.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64:S194–S194. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.
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    • Pavon, J. M., R. Sloane, C. Pieper, S. Li, C. Colon-Emeric, H. Cohen, M. McCarty, et al. “Automated versus manual data extraction of venous thromboembolism risk for hospitalized older adults.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64:S187–S187. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.
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    • Pavon, J. M., R. Sloane, and S. Hastings. “Functional Measures Predict Discharge Destination But Not Readmissions.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63:S131–S131. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.
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    • White, H., J. Pavon, N. Setji, T. Shepherd, M. Stilwagon, M. O’Brien, G. Buhr, et al. “Optimizing Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility Transitions.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63:S138–S138. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.
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    • Pavon, Juliessa M., Yanfang Zhao, Eleanor McConnell, and S Nicole Hastings. “Identifying risk of readmission in hospitalized elderly adults through inpatient medication exposure.” In J Am Geriatr Soc, 62:1116–21, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12829.
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    • Callahan, K., L. Wilson, J. Pavon, H. Atkinson, J. Busby-Whitehead, M. Heflin, P. Iverson, et al. “Age Distribution and Core Geriatric Conditions in Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinics.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62:S206–S206. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014.
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    • Heflin, M. T., T. Dalton, D. Lidsky, P. Liu, L. Legath, S. McDonald, D. Nussbaum, et al. “Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH): An innovative program to improve post-operative outcomes for older adults undergoing elective surgical procedures.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62:S163–64. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014.
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    • Pavon, J. M., C. Colon-Emeric, and L. Sanders. “Performance of screening guidelines for osteoporosis in an older male veteran population.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59:S88–89. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011.
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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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    • Klepin, H. D., A. M. Geiger, J. Tooze, A. M. Newman, L. H. Colbert, D. C. Bauer, S. Satterfield, J. M. Pavon, and S. Kritchevsky. “Use of physical performance measures to predict future disability and mortality in older cancer patients: The Health Aging and Body Composition Study (Health ABC).” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26:9553–9553. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2008. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.9553.
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    • Klelin, H. D., A. M. Geiger, J. Tooze, A. B. Newman, L. H. Colbert, D. C. Bauer, S. Satterfield, J. Pavon, and S. B. Kritchevsky. “Physical performance measures predict survival in older cancer patients: The health aging and body composition study (Health ABC).” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56:S169–70. BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2008.
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    • Pavon, J. “Effects of cognitive impairment and race on health care utilization in older adults.” In Gerontologist, 42:261–62. GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMER, 2002.
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    • Pavon, J. “Religious attendance protects disabled elders from functional decline.” In Gerontologist, 41:204–204. GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMER, 2001.
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• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Team Leader. Impact of Face Covering on Patient Communication and Health Outcomes. 2020 - 2021  2020 - 2021

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