OFFICE: Post Office Box 4529 Greensboro, North Carolina 27404 Phone: (336) 292-7622 Fax: (336) 294-1229
HOME: 1104 North Holden Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27410-4828 (336) 323-2892
E-MAIL: mahaber@att.net
CURRENT POSITION:
Principal of Geriatrics Consulting Services of Greensboro, P.A., specializing in services to senior citizens, their families, and the organizations that serve them, including the entire spectrum of biomedical, psychosocial and functional health needs. Available services include: (1) comprehensive geriatric assessment, (2) specialized Alzheimer?s Disease care and management of challenging behaviors associated with dementias, (3) consultation on general frailty, polypharmacy and other common geriatric conditions, (4) assessment of memory, decision-making ability and functional status, (5) medical care management and advocacy, (6) end-of-life care, (7) forensic geriatrics, and (8) quality improvement, staff development and program development in facilities and organizations serving seniors, Greensboro, NC Website: www.geriatricsconsultingservices.medem.com
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health Education and Gerontology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American College of Physicians American Geriatrics Society American Medical Association American Medical Director Association American Public Health Association Gerontological Society of America Clinical Medicine Section, Membership Committee, 1995-1997 North Carolina Medical Society
COMMITTEES:
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, 1999-2002: Rehabilitation Programs Committee Geriatric Rehabilitation Task Force ? Chairperson Women?s Health Programs ? Geriatrics Subcommittee Medical School Faculty Fringe Benefits Committee Hospital Fall Reduction Task Force
Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1994-1997: Medical Staff Medical Staff Board Blood Utilization Quality Assessment and Improvement Group Drug Utilization Quality Assessment and Improvement Group Health Information Management Quality Assessment and Improvement Group Medical Staff Medical Ethics Advisory Panel - Chair, Education Subcommittee Quality Assessment and Improvement Panel Utilization Review Quality Assessment and Improvement Group Other Medical Center Patient Progression Steering Committee Cancer Center Quality Assessment and Improvement Committee Heart Center Quality Assessment and Improvement Committee Intensive Care Unit Quality Assessment and Improvement Committee Departmental GI Continuous Quality Improvement Committee Nutrition Support Committee Resident Clinical Competence Committee
DISSERTATIONS:
Haber, M.A. A Time and Cost Study of a Hospital Social Work Department (The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York), Master's Thesis, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, New York, 1982.
Haber, M.A. Stimulant Drug Treatment of Hyperactive Children, Bachelor's Thesis, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1979.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE:
2003-Present Chair, Clinical Services Committee, Jewish Family Services, Greensboro, North Carolina
2002-Present Secretary, Executive Board, Jewish Family Services, Greensboro, North Carolina 2002-2003 Board of Directors, Adult Center for Enrichment, Greensboro, North Carolina
2001-Present Executive Committee, Blumenthal Jewish Home for the Aged, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina
2001-Present Senior Services Committee, Jewish Family Services, Greensboro, North Carolina
1995 Board Member, Advocates for Jewish Mentally Ill, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania
1995 Philadelphia Nursing Home Citizens' Advisory Board Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 LaSalle University Neighborhood Nursing Center Advisory Board, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RECURRENT TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2003-Present Professor for graduate-level course entitled ?Health and Aging? in the Departments of Public Health Education and Gerontology (4 credit hours)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1999-2002: Preceptor for geriatric fellows in outpatient, geriatric assessment, subacute care and acute care settings; organized geriatric fellow continuity clinic program Preceptor for evaluation exercises for first, second and three year medical students (8-10 hours per year)
Abington Memorial Hospital, 1997-1999: Preceptor for internal medicine residents in geriatric assessment, primary care and long-term care (8 hours/week) Director and preceptor for three-week mandatory geriatrics rotation developed and implemented for internal medicine residents in a newly-created nursing home (8 hours/week)
Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1994-1997: Preceptor for resident general medicine clinic (8 hours/week) Inpatient internal medicine teaching attending (1-2 months/year) Preceptor for 6-month block resident ambulatory care experience in home care (4 hours/week) Preceptor for sophomore medical student physical diagnosis course (4 hours/week, 4 months/year) Medical Education: Internal Medicine Resident Clinical Competence Committee Internal Medicine Resident Advisor (4 residents/year)
1104 N. Holden Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27410 Location Phone: (336) 292-7622
Allied Health Education:
POSTDOCTORAL 1992-1994 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fellow, Geriatric Medicine
1990-1992 Medical College of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Resident, Internal Medicine
1989-1990 University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Intern, Internal Medicine
EDUCATION 1992-1994 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fellow, Geriatric Medicine
1990-1992 Medical College of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Resident, Internal Medicine
1989-1990 University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Intern, Internal Medicine
Fellowship:
FELLOWSHIPS
1993 Summer Institute in Research on Aging Brookdale Foundation/National Institute on Aging Airlie Conference Center Warrenton, Virginia
1987 Research Project Texas Tech Alzheimer's Center Lubbock, Texas
1986 NIH Summer Research Fellowship National Institute on Aging Bethesda, Maryland
1978 Four Week Neurobiology Course Boston University Marine Program Marine Biology Laboratory Woods Hole, Massachusetts
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
North Carolina Medical License #99-00522 Pennsylvania Medical License #MD-044969-L (inactive)
Academic Appointments:
MEDICAL DIRECTORSHIPS
2004-Present Medical Director Adult Center for Enrichment Adult Day Services Greensboro, North Carolina
2003 Interim Assistant Medical Director Beverly Healthcare-Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina
2000-2002 Medical Director Geriatric Outpatient Clinic J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1999-2002 Medical Director Transitional Care Unit J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1998-1999 Medical Director Geriatric Assessment Center Abington Memorial Medical Center Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
1998-1999 Medical Director Genesis ElderCare Senior Day Health Center Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 1997-1999 Medical Director Willow Ridge Center-Genesis ElderCare Hatboro, Pennsylvania
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2003-Present Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health Education and Gerontology University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina 1999-2002 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1995-1999 Assistant Professor of Medicine Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
1999-2002 Attending Physician Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1997-1999 Attending Physician Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Abington Memorial Hospital Abington, Pennsylvania
1994-1997 Attending Physician General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2003 Interim Attending Physician Beverly Healthcare-Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina
1999-2002 Attending Physician J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1997-1999 Attending Physician Foulkeways at Gwynedd Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
1997-1999 Attending Physician Geriatric Assessment Center Abington Memorial Medical Center Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
1994-1997 Director of Continuous Quality Improvement Director/Founder of Physician Home Care Program Attending Physician, Department of Medicine Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992-1994 House Physician Philadelphia Geriatric Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984-1985 Gero-psychiatric Social Worker The Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas
1984 Psychiatric Social Worker University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas
1982-1984 Prenatal Clinic Social Worker Mount Sinai Hospital New York, New York
EDITORIAL WORK
2002-Present Editorial Board, Hospital Physician
1999, 2000 Abstract Reviewer, Gerontological Society of America
TRAINING AND CONSULTING
February & June 2006 Trainer for Clerk Mediation Program sponsored by Mediation, Inc. and Carolina Dispute Settlement Services. Conducted two-hour session, ?The Aging Process? Durham, North Carolina
September 2005 Trainer for Adult Guardianship/Family Caregiving Mediation Course sponsored by the NC Association of Professional Family Mediators, NC Division of Aging and Adult Services, and The Center for Social Gerontology. Conducted one-hour session, ?Working with Older Adults? Greensboro, North Carolina
June 2005 Trainer for Institute on Older Adult Protective Services, Temple University School of Social Administration, Harrisburg, PA. Conducted 3-hour training course, ?Exploring Mental Health and Capacity Issues in Aging? Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
2004-Present Facility Consultant for Special Care Alzheimer?s Unit Providence Place - Westchester Manor High Point, North Carolina
1999-Present Independent forensic medical/geriatric evaluations, expert record review and multidisciplinary team planning around matters of cognitive capacity, guardianship and elder mistreatment
2002 Facility Consultant Carolina Commons Healthcare-Rehabilitation Center Greensboro, North Carolina
2000-2002 Utilization Review Physician and Facility Consultant Beverly Healthcare-Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina
2000-2002 Utilization Review Physician Beverly Healthcare-Starmount Greensboro, North Carolina
1998-2002 Medical/Legal Advisory Board on Elder Abuse and Neglect Office of Attorneys General Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1998-2001 Statewide Trainer for Pennsylvania Programs on Elder Abuse Legislation (Acts 28, 13 and 14) Office of Attorneys General Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1995-2000 Medical Director, Professional Advisory Committee US HomeCare Broomall, Pennsylvania
1998-1999 Task Force for Protection of Older Pennsylvanians Southeastern Region Office of Attorney General Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1996 Southeastern Pennsylvania Task Force-Long Term Care Medicaid Fraud Control Section Office of Attorney General Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1993-1997 Medical Consultant to Older Adult Protective Services Philadelphia Corporation for Aging Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Board Eligible:
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
Certified Medical Director Recertification, 2004 Geriatric Medicine Board Recertification, 2002 Internal Medicine Board Recertification, 2002 Certified Medical Director in Long Term Care, 1999 Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 1998 Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine, 1994 American Board of Internal Medicine Certification, 1992 National Board of Medical Examiners, 1990
Affiliations:
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Physicians American Geriatrics Society American Medical Association American Medical Director Association American Public Health Association Gerontological Society of America Clinical Medicine Section, Membership Committee, 1995-1997 North Carolina Medical Society
Honors and Awards:
HONORS AND AWARDS
2003 Sigma Phi Omega, Delta Gamma Chapter National Gerontology Academic Honor and Professional Society
1998 Fellow of the American College of Physicians American Society of Internal Medicine (FACP)
1996 Medical Staff Board, Elected Member (2-year term) Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1994 Outstanding Fellow Research Paper Delaware Valley Geriatrics Society and Section of Geriatrics College of Physicians of Philadelphia
1979 B.A. High Honors Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut
1979 Thorndike Prize, Psychology Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut
GRANT SUPPORT
1995-1997 Functional Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly Albert Einstein Society Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Principal Investigator $24,973 (1995-1996) $13,653 (1996-1997)
Publications:
POSTERS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS
Haber, M.A. Decision-Making in Older Adults: Informed Consent and Diminished Capacity, Presented at the American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2005.
Atkinson, H.H. and Haber, M.A., Challenges of Subacute Care for Clinical Geriatrics Fellows, Presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 2002.
Haber, M.A., Residency Training in Geriatrics and Long Term Care: A Working Model. Presented at the American Medical Directors Association Annual Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March 1999.
Haber, M.A., The New Medical Director: Opportunities and Challenges, Presented at the American Medical Directors Association Annual Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, March 1998.
Haber, M.A., Interagency Collaboration: An Important Aspect of Hospital Quality Improvement for Geriatrics, Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 1995.
Vailoces, V.J.T.O. and Haber, M.A., Housestaff Recognition of Dementia in an Outpatient Setting: An Area Ripe of Training and Quality Improvement, Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 1995.
Haber, M., Johnson, J., Salhani, R., Sims, R., Cordts, G., and Gottlieb, G., The Impact of Dementia on Postoperative Outcomes, Presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 1994.
REFERENCES AND FULL LIST OF INVITED PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL MEETINGS
Haber, M.A., Rebirth of a Special Care Unit, Presented at the American Medical Directors Association Annual Symposium, Dallas, Texas, March 2006.
Haber, M.A. and Johns, A.F. Decision Making in Impaired Seniors: An Important Opportunity for Collaboration Among Geriatricians and Elder Law Attorneys. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2004.
Haber, M.A. and Sabatino, C. Assessment of Decision-Making Ability in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults: A Medical and Legal Perspective. Fifth Annual National Aging and Law Conference, Arlington, VA, October 20, 2004.
Haber, M.A. Integrating Traditional Didactics with Service Learning Concepts, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, St. Petersburg, Florida, March 2003.
Haber, M.A., Chen, J.G., Fine, R. An Observational Study of Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly: Functional Outcomes, Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 2001.
Haber, M. and Fine, R., Functional Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly, Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 1996.
Haber, M. Perspectives in Clinical Medicine Research. Evolving Research Issues in a Changing Healthcare Environment: A View from the Trenches, Pre-Conference Workshop, Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 1996.
Haber, M., Slotkin, J., Johnson, J., and Gottlieb, G., Impact of Dementia on Postoperative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Psychiatric Consultation, Presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 1994.
Haber, M.A., Hook, D.J., and duClair, K.A., DRG's and Psychiatric Hospitalization of Older Adults: Deinstitutionalization Revisited, Presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, November 1984.
Haber, M., The Development of a Cost Study Methodology for Hospital-based Social Work Services, Presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November 1983.
PRESENTATIONS AT REGIONAL MEETINGS
Management of Challenging Behaviors in Alzheimer?s Disease and Related Dementias: Integrating Behavioral and Medical Approaches, North Carolina Conference on Aging, New Bern, North Carolina, October 19, 2005.
Mental Capacity in Impaired Seniors: Assessment of Decision-Making and Protecting the Vulnerable, with E.J. Harrington, North Carolina Conference on Aging, New Bern, North Carolina, October 19, 2005.
Competency and Decision-Making for Seniors: A Discussion with the Experts, with D.J. Toman, Joint Conference of the North Carolina Conference on Aging and the Southeastern Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Durham, North Carolina, October 18, 2004. S/he Did WHAT??? Effective Management of Challenging Behaviors in Dementia Using a Combination of Behavioral and Pharmacologic Approaches, Alzheimer?s Association Western Carolina Chapter 2000 Spring Education Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 11, 2004.
Service-Learning to Prepare a Workforce Serving the Aging Population, with J.I. Wassel, North Carolina Conference on Aging, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 11, 2003. Merging Ethics of Various Professions When Serving Older Adults: How to Play by the Rules of Other Professions Without Breaking Your Own, with A.F. Johns and K.J. Strom-Gottfried, North Carolina Conference on Aging, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 10, 2003.
Getting Through the Night: Nonpharmacologic Management of Challenging Behaviors in Alzheimer?s Disease and Other Dementias, North Carolina/South Carolina Medical Directors Symposium, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 18, 2002.
Conceptualizing Alternatives in Post Acute Hospital Care, Florida Conference on Aging, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, August 14, 2001.
Postacute Care. The J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and the Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Department of Medicine of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine - International Geriatrics Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 23, 2001.
Women Aging Successfully Through Knowledge About Their Health, Panel Moderator and Speaker on Hormone Replacement Therapy, Philadelphia Summer Series on Aging sponsored by American Society on Aging, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1999.
Women Aging Successfully Through Knowledge About Their Health, Panel Moderator and Speaker on Hormone Replacement Therapy, Philadelphia Summer Series on Aging sponsored by American Society on Aging, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1997.
ARTICLES
Johnson, J.C., Haber, M. Advance Directives, Editorial in the American Geriatrics Society Fellows-in-Training Newsletter, 1994.
Johnson, J.C., Haber, M. Diagnosis and Management of Delirium, Geriatric Medicine News & Reports, October 1993.
May, C., Haber, M., Young, S.H., Gold P.W., Tomel, T.P., Csako, G., Friedland, R.P. Osmoregulation in Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Vol.1, 90-94, 1990.
Kirby, H.B., Haber, M., Baer, J., Pickman, S. Geriatric Evaluation Program in a Private Hospital: Implications for Health Care Planning, Texas Medicine, Vol. 83(6), 27-33, 1987.
Haber, M. Costing Social Work Services in a Hospital Setting, Social Work in Health Care, Vol. 11 (1), 3-129, 1985.