As people age, their medical care can become more and more complex. At BMC, the Geriatrics Department is devoted to the unique healthcare needs of those 70 and older, whether they are mobile, homebound, or in a nursing home. .cta2{background-color:#f4efd9;} @media (max-width:768px) { .ctaThumb{padding:15px;} .cta2{background-color:#fff;} } ### Geriatrics - [Contact Us](#contact-us) - [Programs and Services](#programs-and-services) - [Our Team](#our-team) - [Patient Resources](#patient-resources) - [Provider Resources](#provider-resources) - [Department News](#department-news) - [Research and Education](#research-and-education) ## Contact Us [ 725 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118 7th floor, Suite 7A BMC, Shapiro Center ](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/725+Albany+Street,+Boston,+MA) [617.414.4639](tel:617.414.4639) Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m. [ ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/bfc9329a-5a2c-47fb-a7a2-c64d0d17dfba/img_1611?io=transform:fill,width:300,height:200&format=jpg) ](/content/shapiro-center) ## Programs and Services [### Ambulatory Practice A program within the Department of Geriatrics providing ambulatory care for older adults, including treatment for chronic conditions and chronic pain, care related to falls and frailty, and medication management. ](/departments/geriatrics/ambulatory-practice) [### Geriatrics Assessment Center A program within the Department of Geriatrics providing geriatric assessment for older adults, including evaluation and treatment of chronic conditions and chronic pain, falls, and frailty, and medication management. ](/departments/geriatrics/geriatrics-assessment-center) [### Geriatrics Home Care Program A program within the Department of Geriatrics providing home health care service for older adults who cannot easily travel to appointments, so they can get medical care, treatment, and monitoring in their home. ](/departments/geriatrics/geriatrics-home-care-program) [### Hospital Care A program within the Department of Geriatrics where a team that includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and social services provide treatment, recovery, and discharge planning to older adults admitted to the hospital. ](/departments/geriatrics/hospital-care) [### Memory Disorders Clinic A clinic within the Department of Geriatrics providing diagnosis and care for memory loss diseases, offering evaluation, treatment, and caregiver support for patients experiencing cognitive decline and related conditions. ](/departments/geriatrics/memory-disorders-clinic) [### Nursing Home Program A program within the Department of Geriatrics providing senior care services in nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities to support older adults with coordinated medical care, ongoing monitoring, and treatment. ](/departments/geriatrics/nursing-home-program) ## Our Team All of our physicians are board certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine and have board certification in Geriatrics as well. Our social services are managed by a licensed geriatrics social worker. Our clinicians are leaders in their field, recognized regionally and nationally for their excellence in geriatric care and teaching. As full-time staff members at Boston Medical Center and faculty members at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, they provide patient care and train doctors and other clinicians who wish to specialize in geriatrics. They serve on professional committees, community boards, deliver presentations and lectures locally and nationally and publish in distinguished academic journals. As researchers, our physicians lead investigations in many areas of geriatrics research, such as successful aging and exceptional longevity, breast cancer care in older women, innovations in geriatrics clinical care delivery to vulnerable elders and basic mechanisms of aging. Our program has been designated and funded as a Center of Excellence in Geriatrics by the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York. ### Geriatrics Clinicians ### [Hollis D. Day, MD, MS, MHPE](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/hollis-d-day-md-ms) Chief of Geriatrics ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/58581875-2750-4e69-b8df-f7fe844150cb/Hollis-Day__web?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Heidi P. Auerbach, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/heidi-p-auerbach-md) Medical Director, Geriatrics Clinic ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/943aeb8f-fbc7-47da-a1a9-ba27af1065f0/Auerbach-Heidi?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Julia Burns, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/julia-burns-md) Geriatrician ![Placeholder image for doctor](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/placeholders/headshoticon-v2.svg) ### [Adam B. Burrows, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/adam-b-burrows-md) Physician, Uphams Corner ![Placeholder image for doctor](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/placeholders/headshoticon-v2.svg) ### [Lisa B. Caruso, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/lisa-b-caruso-md) Geriatrician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/b1a2f575-7e45-40c0-929b-564626ee6b4b/Lisa-Caruso-MD-MPH_web?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Ryan Z. Chippendale, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/ryan-z-chippendale-md) Physician, Home Care ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/8ecd894b-b4d2-4ff6-b7e3-c1725d810ac6/Chippendale-Ryan?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Monica L. Hogan, NP](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/monica-l-hogan-np) Nurse Practitioner ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/f7414cc1-43cf-4734-a0de-fdfaee29d735/Monica-Hogan_136_2x3?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Ilona M. Kopits, MD, MPH](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/ilona-m-kopits-md-mph) Geriatrician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/b705a381-bf9d-432d-95a8-730a0f0c5084/Ilona-Kopits?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Rossana P. Lau-Ng, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/rossana-p-lau-ng-md) Physician, Nursing Home ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/a00b91e1-4fd6-48b9-8ac2-b3512f90074c/Lau-Rossana?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Won M Lee, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/won-m-lee-md) Geriatrician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/d49c70ef-f7b0-4e77-8174-6441b20496a9/Won-Lee_web?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Xi Liu, NP](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/xi-liu-np-0) Nurse Practitioner ![Placeholder image for doctor](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/placeholders/headshoticon-v2.svg) ### [Patricia Ann McCarthy, NP](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/patricia-ann-mccarthy-np) NP ![Placeholder image for doctor](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/placeholders/headshoticon-v2.svg) ### [Vanny McLean, NP](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/vanny-mclean-np) ![Placeholder image for doctor](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/placeholders/headshoticon-v2.svg) ### [Jessica H Murray, NP](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/jessica-h-murray-np) ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/cf0331e7-2d86-419c-b893-7cd9016f38da/Murray_Jessica_NP_Geriatrics?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Nicole Mushero, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/nicole-mushero-md) Geriatrician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/316d1e8b-3769-406c-a911-f00f56b7e4f9/Mushero_NIcole-jpg?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Linda A Paniszyn, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/linda-paniszyn-md-0) Geriatrician, Physician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/cf7eb60e-6294-4865-9dfa-162bf4a6ffee/Linda-Paniszyn_216_2x3?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Thomas T. Perls, MD, MPH](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/thomas-t-perls-md) Geriatrician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/607dc68b-efda-44b1-b9ef-5baac4c4c912/Tom-Perls-Headshot?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Sarah C. Phillips, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/sarah-c-phillips-md) Geriatrician ![Placeholder image for doctor](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/placeholders/headshoticon-v2.svg) ### [Vassiliki Pravodelov, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/vassiliki-pravodelov-md) Geriatrician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/bccfaddf-0cdf-4929-8b62-e06bc913f779/Pravodelov-Vassiliki?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Emily J Scarbo, NP](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/emily-j-scarbo-np) ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/f8f864cb-23ba-4d50-a02e-724350fcaf5e/Emily-Scarbo?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Leah S Taffel, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/leah-s-taffel-md) Geriatrician ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/58eba3cb-cc0e-4558-ab93-10d07a0f823a/Taffel_Leah_MD_Geriatrics?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Irina Vovnoboy, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/irina-vovnoboy-md) Physician, Nursing Home ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/f9fa1634-2447-4711-a985-dd2b6afef9de/Vovnoboy-Irina?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) ### [Megan E Young, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/megan-e-young-md) Physician, Home Care ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/cd68ffad-df83-41a4-918c-6f3843538380/Young-Megan?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg) **George Rosenthal, MD** *Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine* *Board Certified in Internal Medicine* ### Nurse Case Managers Patricia Dockrey, RN, BSN Marguerite Clancy, RN, MSN Dianne Lawlor, RN, BSN Le Nguyen, RN-BC, BSN Ingrid Philemond, RN, BSN Amanda Mitchell, RN, BSN ### Clinic Nurses [Barbara Buczynski, RN](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/barbara-buczynski-rn) Jennifer Sergile, RN Abumchukwu Onujiogu, RN ## Patient Resources [### Podcast: When To Consider Assisted Living for Your Loved One Making the decision to help an aging adult move into assisted living can be difficult. People give so much of their time and energy to caring for a loved one with dementia, Alzheimer's disease or many other age related issues, that when the time comes for someone else to care for your loved one, it can be painful and emotional. ](/podcast-when-consider-assisted-living-your-loved-one) ## Provider Resources [### Refer a Patient Whether for diagnostics, treatment, a single consultation, second opinion or ongoing follow-up, BMC geriatric physicians will keep the consulting physician fully informed of the patient's treatment plan and coordinate long term management. ](/geriatrics/refer-patient) ## Department News ### [Boston Medical Center Ranked as a Best Hospital in Geriatrics Care by U.S. News & World Report](https://www.bmc.org/news/boston-medical-center-ranked-best-hospital-geriatrics-care-us-news-world-report) BOSTON – Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Geriatrics program has been named one of the 50 best in the country in this year’s rankings from U.S. News & World Report, based on its leadership in… Jul 16 ![BMC - Clinical Excellence](/sites/default/files/styles/image_620w/public/news-images/240710_US_News_Announcement_PR-Tile_v1-01.jpg?itok=3ZZs7ETE) ## Research and Education Please go to for more information on our education and research opportunities. ### Resources Helpful information, resources and support about Geriatrics. - [Geriatrics At Your Fingertips](http://geriatricscareonline.org/) - [Clinical Toolbox for Geriatric Care](http://www.hospitalmedicine.org/) ## Instagram Takeover Tune in to see a day in the life of Dr. Shravya Budidi, one of our amazing geriatrics fellows. Learn more about home visits, meet the BMC geriatrics team and hear her answer questions about her life at BMC. [![Boston Medical Center Instagram page](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/icons/icon-instagram.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/bostonmedicalcenter/)