Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Geriatrics facts

The U.S. Census Bureau defines an "older American" as anyone over 65 years of age.
In the United States, life expectancy at birth is 74.8 years for men.
For women in the United States, life expectancy at birth is 80.2 years.
In 1990, Americans over age 65 represented 4% of the population; by 2020, they accounted for nearly 17%.
It's projected that by the year 2030, one in five people will be age 65 or older and by 2034 will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history.

Understanding geriatricians and gerontologists

With age comes wisdom, along with a variety of new needs. Attending to older Americans' needs is the work of geriatricians and gerontologists.

Geriatricians treat the medical and psychosocial issues of aging.
Gerontologists study the issues of aging.

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About the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

Established in 1996, the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology leads EVMS's efforts in patient care, education and research on age-related conditions and have helped older adults live better, fuller lives while maintaining as high a degree of independence as possible.

Our clinicians address the needs of older adults through compassionate care in a variety of settings. You will find our providers in the hospital, with geriatric consultation services and palliative-medicine consultation clinics and in the EVMS Lawrence J. Goldrich Institute for Integrated NeuroHealth located on the EVMS campus in Andrews Hall. The Comprehensive Memory Center within the Goldrich Institute provides multi-specialty patient care, offering comprehensive assessment for adults concerned about changes in their memory.

The EVMS Healthy Aging Consultation Clinic, also within the Goldrich Institute, utilizes principles established by Age-Friendly Health Systems to help older adults age successfully to achieve the best quality of life possible by concentrating on the 4 M’s: Medication, Mobility, Mentation and What Matters Most.

Graphic showing the 4 Ms of healthy aging. What Matters, Mentation, Medication and Mobility.

Our locations

Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

721 Fairfax Avenue, Suite 455A
Norfolk, VA 23507

757.446.7040

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Bahar Niknejad, MD

Bahar Niknejad, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, completed her combined Internal Medicine/Geriatrics medicine residency and fellowship training at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Since joining EVMS as a resident, she has led in-patient medicine teams of residents and medical students where she has the opportunity to teach others. Dr. Niknejad's main area of research interest is dementia and neurocognitive disorders.

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Matthew E. Bourcier, PA-C

Matt Bourcier began his research as a student in Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Master of Physician Assistant program from December 1999 until his graduation in 2001. After working in Occupational Medicine for five years, he rejoined the Strelitz Diabetes Center to begin working in the Neuroendocrine and Clinical Research Units in May 2006. His areas of interest include the diagnosis/management of diabetic neuropathies and neuroendocrine tumors.

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M.C. Galicia-Castillo, MD, MSEd, CMD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM

Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD, FAAHPM, Director of the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, is the John Franklin Distinguished Chair for Geriatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She has been recognized by Coastal Virginia Magazine as a “Top Doc” in both Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine since 2008.

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Hamid R. Okhravi, MD

Dr. Hamid Okhravi is the Alfred E. Abiouness Endowed Professor at the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology where he is the Medical Director of the Memory Consultation Clinic for diagnosing and treating patients with different types of cognitive disorders. He is the principal investigator of the EVMS Memory Clinic Registry Project which will become the most comprehensive memory clinic registry in the State of Virginia.

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