CELEBRATING THIRTY YEARS OF AGING
AND HEALTH 2012 ANNUAL REPORT
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CULTIVATE LEADERS IN GERIATRICS

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ADGAP Leadership Development Program

2001-present To build geriatric leadership at academic health centers, the Hartford Foundation provided funding to the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) for a training program to increase leadership skills of newly appointed geriatrics program directors. The initiative develops leadership and management skills through intensive formal training, close mentorship, and strong peer support.

The success of this program inspired funding for a scholars program for more senior leaders. The Senior Leadership Development Scholars program helped to propel many participants to the next level of leadership. For example, Marie A. Bernard, MD, was appointed Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging and Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, became Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University

(Top) Laura Mosqueda, MD, Director, Program in Geriatrics, University of California, Irvine and ADGAP Co-Chair, putting her Leadership Scholars training to work in the community as she discusses elder abuse investigation at the Orange County, California Sheriff’s Training Facility.

(Below) C. Seth Landefeld, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, at the 2009 ADGAP Leadership Retreat.
2001 ADGAP Everyone in a leadership position has talent. It’s a question of developing that talent so they are as effective as they can be.” David B. Reuben, MD
Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine
Director
Hartford Center of Excellence
University of California, Los Angeles
(Above) David B. Reuben, MD, leading ADGAP Conference.

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