ATTENTION: ROTARIANS IN ROTARY DISTRICT 7070: YOU ARE INVITED ... ON OCTOBER 31, 2023 TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF SCARBOROUGH
The topic: Fit at 50, Sexy at 70, Nimble at 90: An Agenda in Prevention - October 31, 2023 at 12:00 noon
Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83802072283... Meeting ID: 838 0207 2283 Passcode: 239284
Here is a note from Nevine Yassa, President of the Rotary Club of Scarborough:
Mark your calendar for October 31st! I would like to extend an invitation for you to join us on this date and be part of an enlightening session featuring Dr. Besdine, a renowned authority in the field of longevity. Dr. Besdine has not only served on the Harvard Medical School faculty but also played a pivotal role in founding Harvard's Division on Aging. With a remarkable 55-year legacy, he pioneered one of the initial geriatrics programs in the United States at Harvard Medical School. This is an exceptional opportunity that you won't want to miss—an opportunity to be captivated by an engaging presentation......
Rotary – Tuesday Zoom – none-Hybrid Noon Meeting – 12:00 pm
Here is the link:
Topic: Rotary - Tuesday Noon Meeting - Zoom only - 12:15pm
Time: 12:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 838 0207 2283
Passcode: 239284
For those who will dial in: Toronto: 647 558-0588, or 647 374-4685
Dr Besdine's bio:
Richard W. Besdine, MD, has devoted his career to developing and advancing Geriatrics through university-based and public health care policy work; he has developed and managed research, health care delivery systems and educational programs on aging at a university base, and served as a senior healthcare executive in the Federal government. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Services Policy and Practice at Brown. In the fall of 2019, he stepped down after 20 years as Director of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Chief of Geriatrics for Lifespan, and first Greer Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University; and as Director of the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at the Brown School of Public Health. Dr. Besdine served as Interim Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences of Brown Medical School (2002-2005). He is emeritus from the Board of Directors of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island – the State’s Medicaid plan.
Dr. Besdine has authored more than 125 scholarly publications on aging and edits widely in medicine. Before coming to Brown in 2000, he was Professor of Medicine, founding Director of the UConn Center on Aging and first Travelers Professor of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the U of CT Medical School. He was also PI of a NIH Older Americans Independence Center; he conducted and led studies of interventions to prolong vitality in older persons. He began his academic career at Harvard Medical School, where he co-founded Harvard's Division on Aging and developed one of the first academic Geriatrics programs.
Dr. Besdine spent 1995-1997 in Federal service; he was first Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Health Standards and Quality Bureau for the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA, now CMS), responsible for setting standards, inspection, enforcement, and improvement of health care quality for the nation’s then >70 million Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid recipients. He managed 750 staff and a $960 million annual budget.
A graduate of Haverford College (cum laude) and of U of PA School of Medicine, he trained in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Besdine trained in Geriatrics at the University of Glasgow in 1972 with Sir Ferguson Anderson. He is board certified in internal medicine, geriatrics, and infectious disease.