Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Advanced Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2018
  • Clinical Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2017 - 2018
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine 2014 - 2017
  • D.O., Nova Southeastern University 2014
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics, Medicine 2019 - 2021
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • American Physician Institute
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Wong, Serena P., Heather N. Jacobson, Jennifer Massengill, Heidi K. White, and Mamata Yanamadala. “Safe Interorganizational Health Information Exchange During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” J Am Med Dir Assoc 21, no. 12 (December 2020): 1808–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.10.022.
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    • Sharda, Neema, Serena Wong, and Heidi White. “The Role of Prevention in Healthy Aging.” Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 36, no. 4 (November 2020): 697–711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2020.06.011.
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    • Wong, Serena P., Neema Sharda, Kahli E. Zietlow, and Mitchell T. Heflin. “Planning for a Safe Discharge: More Than a Capacity Evaluation.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 4 (April 2020): 859–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16315.
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    • Wong, Serena P., Kahli M. Zietlow, Shelley R. McDonald, Atilio Barbeito, Cathleen S. Colon-Emeric, Sandhya A. Lagoo-Deenadayalan, Nancy Loyack, and Mitchell T. Heflin. “Delaying Elective Surgery in Geriatric Patients: An Opportunity for Preoperative Optimization.” Anesth Analg 130, no. 1 (January 2020): e14–18. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000004335.
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    • Wong, S. P., A. Cook, and G. T. Buhr. “Hidden Gems: Unearthing Happy and Healthy Elders in a Long-Term Care Facility.” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 19, no. 3 (March 1, 2018): B18–B18.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Zietlow, Kahli E., Serena Wong, Shelley R. McDonald, Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Christy Cassas, Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, and Mitchell T. Heflin. “Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH): A Descriptive Analysis of Cancelled Surgery.” In World J Surg, 45:109–15, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05772-z.
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    • Sharda, Neema, Kahli Zietlow, Serena Wong, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, and Kimberly S. Johnson. “Characteristics and Outcomes of Dementia Patients Who Receive Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation.” In J Am Geriatr Soc, 68:2027–33, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16521.
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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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    • Yanamadala, M., H. White, S. Wong, and H. Jacobson. “Initiative to Improve Primary Care Physician Appointment Compliance After Discharge From Skilled Nursing facilities.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S54–S54. WILEY, 2020.
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    • Zietlow, K. E., S. Wong, S. R. McDonald, C. Colon-Emeric, C. Cassas, S. Lagoo-Deenadayalan, and M. T. Heflin. “A Descriptive Analysis of Cancelled Surgery after Geriatric Assessment.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68:S248–S248. WILEY, 2020.
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    • Wong, S., J. Tu, M. Heflin, S. McDonald, S. Downie, and M. Yanamadala. “Delirium Education for Patients and Family Caregivers in the Perioperative Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67:S209–S209. WILEY, 2019.
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