Co-Director, Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Dr. Biese serves as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) and Internal Medicine, Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs, and Director of the Division of Geriatrics Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine as well as a Vice-Chair of the Board of the UNC Health Care Senior Alliance. He also serves as a consultant with West Health, a San Diego based philanthropic organization dedicated to improving care for older adults (https://www.westhealth.org ). With the support of the John A. Hartford (https://www.johnahartford.org) and West Health Foundations, he is the co-leader alongside Dr. Ula Hwang of the national Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (https://gedcollaborative.com), serving as PI of the implementation arm. He is grateful to chair the first Board of Governors for the ACEP Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program (https://www.acep.org/geda/) which has now improved the quality of care in over 300 emergency departments in 40 states and 4 countries.
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Saturday, November 5, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET