Elizabeth Anne Phelan
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98104About
Elizabeth A. Phelan, MD, MS, is associate professor in the division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, adjunct associate professor in the department of Health Services, associate director of the UW ...
Education and Training
Tufts Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1992
Univ. of Washington, School of Public Health & Community Medicine 1998
University of Washington School of Medicine 1981
Tufts University School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1996
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Delivery of primary care to women. Do women's health centers do it better?
- Helping patients decide about back surgery: a randomized trial of an interactive video program.
- Understanding attitudes of older women toward hormone replacement therapy.
- Older patients presenting to a county hospital ED after a fall: missed opportunities for prevention.
- Longitudinal change in positive affect in community-dwelling older persons.
- Community-based "powerful tools" intervention enhances health of caregivers.
- Can successful aging and chronic illness coexist in the same individual? A multidimensional concept of successful aging.
- Implementing group medical visits for older adults at group health cooperative.
- Health care costs and participation in a community-based health promotion program for older adults.
- A survey of maternity leave policies in Boston area hospitals.
- Translating a multifactorial fall prevention intervention into practice: a controlled evaluation of a fall prevention clinic.
- A longitudinal analysis of total 3-year healthcare costs for older adults who experience a fall requiring medical care.
- What is the Optimal Duration of Participation in a Community-Based Health Promotion Program for Older Adults?
- Consultancies: a model for interdisciplinary training and mentoring of junior faculty investigators.
- Older adults' perceptions of clinical fall prevention programs: a qualitative study.
Awards
- 2011 Seattle Super Doctors
Fellowships
- UW - Robert Wood Johnson Scholars 1998
- UW - Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine
- UW - Robert Wood Johnson Scholars 1998
- UW - Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine
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