Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow, Geriatric Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2009 - 2011
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic 2007 - 2009
  • Intern, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic 2006 - 2007
  • M.D., Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena (Dominican Republic) 2004
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  Medical Licensure

  • 157707. North Carolina. 2022
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2018 - 2020
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2013 - 2018
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Medical Director, The Geriatrics Evaluation and Treatment Clinic
    Specialist, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
    Primary Care Provider, The Forest at Duke Continuing Retirement Community
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Dementia
  • Frontotemporal Dementia
  • Lewy body dementia
  • Senile dementia
  • Spanish language--Medical Spanish
  • Vascular dementia
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Sharda, Neema, N. Sharda, 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 2018): B19–B19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.12.060.
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    • Genao, Liza, Michael T. Durheim, Xiaojuan Mi, Jamie L. Todd, Heather E. Whitson, and Lesley H. Curtis. “Early and Long-term Outcomes of Older Adults after Acute Care Encounters for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation.” Ann Am Thorac Soc 12, no. 12 (December 2015): 1805–12. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201504-250OC.
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    • Genao, L., H. E. Whitson, D. Zaas, L. L. Sanders, and K. E. Schmader. “Functional status after lung transplantation in older adults in the post-allocation score era.” Am J Transplant 13, no. 1 (January 2013): 157–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04299.x.
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    • Genao, L. “In premenopausal women with recurrent UTI, antibiotics were more effective than capsules of cranberry extract for the prevention of UTI, but resistance was higher in the antibiotic group.” Evidence Based Medicine 17, no. 3 (June 1, 2012): 91–92. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.2011.100231.
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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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    • 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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    • 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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  • Conference Papers

    • Genao, L., H. Whitson, D. Zaas, L. Sanders, and K. Schmader. “Functional Status after Lung Transplantation in Older Adults in the Post Allocation Score Era.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 12:49–49. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • INTERDIS 114B: Advanced Clinically-Centered Education in Spanish (ACCES) 2023
  • MEDICINE 449C: Geriatric Medicine 2023
  • INTERDIS 114B: Advanced Clinically-Centered Education in Spanish (ACCES) 2022
  • MEDICINE 449C: Geriatric Medicine 2022
  • INTERDIS 114B: Advanced Clinically-Centered Education in Spanish (ACCES) 2021
  • MEDICINE 449C: Geriatric Medicine 2021

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