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"American Academy Of Home Care Medicine Elects Four New Board Members" - Carlo Calma

  • Home Health Care News
  • NEW YORK, NY
  • (November 30, 2017)

The Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) – a Chicago-based association advocating for the needs of the home care industry – has elected four new members to its board of directors. AAHCM elected Theresa Soriano, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, general internal medicine, associate professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, to fill a position of president elect. Dr. Soriano sees patients in the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program. She has been active in the AAHCM for more than a decade, serving on multiple committees, including the annual meeting planning committee and the annual awards committee. New to the board is Linda DeCherrie, MD, associate professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, director of the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program and program director of the primary care internal medicine residency program at the Mount Sinai Hospital.  She is elected to serve as an at-large director for a three-year term. Dr. DeCherrie has assisted with the academy’s work for many years, mostly through the public policy committee and addressing billing and coding issues.

- Theresa A. Soriano, MD, MPH, Professor, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Associate Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

- Linda DeCherrie, MD, Associate Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program, Program Director, Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, The Mount Sinai Hospital

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