|
BIOGRAPHY
|
||
 |
Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD
Associate Professor Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York Chief, LIJ Division of Geriatric Medicine Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, New York |
|
|
Gisele P. Wolf-Klein, MD, is Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC), Attending Geriatrician at Parker Jewish Geriatric Institute (PJI), Physician-in-Charge, Geriatric Community Health Center, Associate Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), and Director of Geriatric Medical Education and Research at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation. Dr Wolf-Klein earned her MD from the Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, Switzerland and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at LIJMC in 1978. Following her residency in Internal Medicine, Dr Wolf-Klein was a Resident/Fellow in Geriatric Medicine at LIJMC Jewish Institute for Geriatric Care (PJI for Health Care and Rehabilitation). In New York State, she is licensed in the Practice of Medicine and Surgery, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and of Geriatric Medicine. In 1998, she was recertified in Geriatric Medicine. Dr Wolf-Klein is a member of many professional societies, including the American Medical Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and the American Society of Internal Medicine (Associate Membership). She served as President of the Metropolitan Area Geriatrics Society from 1998 to 2000, and is a member and Chairperson of the Scientific Committee for the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF). Dr Wolf-Klein has also received many awards and honors, including being named in Best Doctors in America each year since 1993. She has received the American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award 4 times, received the Best Teacher Award from both LIJMC and PJI, and was the 2000 recipient of Muriel & Sidney Resnick Humanitarian Award presented by Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation at the LIAF 13th Annual Remembrance Ball. In 2001, Dr Wolf-Klein was elected to the Davidoff Society, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She was recently awarded the 2003 Samuel Rosen Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Clinical Curriculum, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr Wolf-Klein has served as a consultant or advisor for many national and international programs, including the Alzheimer Forum: Weight Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease, an International Perspective, Cologne, Germany in 1994, and the International Symposium: The Older Driver, Health and Mobility, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, in 1998. She is a consultant for national organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Human Services and Public Health Services, and advisor to the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr Wolf-Klein also served as Contributing Editor/Reviewer for the Journal of the American Geriatric Society in 1996, and has published over 150 articles and abstracts including 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. She has also made many appearances on television and radio news shows to discuss issues associated with geriatric medicine and Alzheimer’s disease. |
||