G. Paul Eleazer
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G. Paul Eleazer, MD, FACP

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Veterans Administration Medical Center

500 S Foothill Blvd
Salt Lake City , UT 84148
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  • Dr. Eleazer is a native of South Carolina, attending the Medical University of South Carolina and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. After 3 years of practice in rural Kentucky, he returned to South Carolina and worked in a variety of settings before joining the faculty of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. During his 25 years at the USCSOM, he founded the division of geriatrics, established the first geriatrics fellowship program in the state, directed a chronic care hospital and established a substantial research program. He served as Chief of Medicine at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and Associate Chair for Veterans Affairs for the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine until 2019. He is currently the Acting Associate Director for Clinical Innovations at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center GRECC [Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center]. Dr. Eleazer reports he enjoys teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. He is currently the VA site principal investigator for the NIH-funded PREVENTABLE trial which is looking at whether statins can prevent dementia and functional decline in older adults. He is also the Principal Investigator for GHELP-TC, a clinical demonstration program designed to improve care transitions for older veterans who are hospitalized.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    National Board of Medical Examiners
    American Board of Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Geriatric Medicine)

  • Dr. Eleazer is a native of South Carolina, attending the Medical University of South Carolina and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. After 3 years of practice in rural Kentucky, he returned to South Carolina and worked in a variety of settings before joining the faculty of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. During his 25 years at the USCSOM, he founded the division of geriatrics, established the first geriatrics fellowship program in the state, directed a chronic care hospital and established a substantial research program. He served as Chief of Medicine at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and Associate Chair for Veterans Affairs for the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine until 2019. He is currently the Acting Associate Director for Clinical Innovations at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center GRECC [Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center]. Dr. Eleazer reports he enjoys teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. He is currently the VA site principal investigator for the NIH-funded PREVENTABLE trial which is looking at whether statins can prevent dementia and functional decline in older adults. He is also the Principal Investigator for GHELP-TC, a clinical demonstration program designed to improve care transitions for older veterans who are hospitalized.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Geriatrics
    Board Certification
    National Board of Medical Examiners
    American Board of Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Geriatric Medicine)

    Education history

    Undergraduate Medicine - University of South Carolina B.S., M.D.
    Professional Medical Medicine - Medical University of South Carolina M.D.
    Internship/Residency University of Kentucky Medical Center Intern/Resident
    Chief Resident University of Kentucky Medical Center Chief Resident

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Hirth VA, Eleazer GP, Dever-Bumba M (2008). A step toward solving the geriatrician shortage. Am J Med, 121(3), 247-51. (Read full publication)
    2. Roberts E, Richeson N, Thornhill J, Eleazer G (2004). University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Academic medicine, 79(7 Suppl), S161-7. (Read full publication)
    3. Eleazer GP, Wieland D, Roberts E, Richeson N, Thornhill J (2006). Preparing medical students to care for older adults: the impact of a Senior Mentor Program. Academic medicine, 81(4), 393-8. (Read full publication)
    4. Eleazer GP, Mcrae T, Kneble J, Rueben D, Sullivan G, Thompson B, Dupee (2000). Core Competencies for the Care of Older Patients: Recommendations of the American Geriatrics Society. Academic medicine, 75(1), 252-255.
    5. Wieland D, Lamb V, Wang H, Sutton S, Eleazer GP, Egbert (2000). Participants in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) demonstration: developing disease-impairment-disability profiles. The Gerontologist, 40(2), 218-27. (Read full publication)
    6. Eleazer GP, Brown T, Hornung CA, Brewer B, Whitney (1994). Paraprofessional Health Providers In A Rural Setting. The Gerontologist, 34(SI), 56-57.
    7. Eleazer GP, Liken M, Hirth VA, Johnson D, Lucas A, Egbert J, Boland RH, Wieland (2004). Assessing geriatrics in undergraduate medical education: two different approaches. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 24(3), 1-8. (Read full publication)
    8. Corwin SJ, Frahm K, Ochs LA, Rheaume CE, Roberts E, Eleazer G (2006). Medical student and senior participants' perceptions of a mentoring program designed to enhance geriatric medical education. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 26(3), 47-65. (Read full publication)
    9. McFarland K, Rhoades D, Roberts E, Eleazer (2006). Teaching communication and listening skills to medical students using life review with older adults. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 27(1), 81-94. (Read full publication)
    10. Roberts E, Richeson N, Thornhill JT, Corwin SJ, Eleazer G (2006). The Senior Mentor Program at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine: an innovative geriatric longitudinal curriculum. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 27(2), 11-23. (Read full publication)
    11. Bernard MA, Eleazer GP, Leipzig R (2008). Disciplinary convergence: the nexus of gerontology and geriatrics education. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 28(3), 1-3. (Read full publication)
    12. Eleazer GP, Wieland (2006). Senior Mentorship in Basic Medical Education: New Programmatic Approaches. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 27(2), 1-2.
    13. Eleazer GP, Humphries JO, Bevilacqua J, Faulkner L (1997). Expanding Resources for Geriatric Education and Research: A Public-Academic-Private Approach. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 18(1), 33-46.
    14. Eleazer GP, Giles V, Wieland G (1998). Evaluation of an Undergraduate Medical Geriatric Curriculum Through Use of Test Question Analysis. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 19(1), 89-96.
    15. Henderson D, Eleazer GP, Oldendick, (1998). The Adequacy of Preparation and Importance of Geriatrics in a Sample of Primary Care Physicians. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 19(2), 57-65.
    16. Eleazer GP, Egbert CR, Caskey S, Egbert JR, Hornung C (1994). Incorporating Geriatrics in a Medical School Curriculum. Gerontology & geriatrics education, 14(3), 65-76.
    17. Weinrich S, Coker AL, Weinrich M, Eleazer GP, Greene F (1995). Predictors of Pap smear screening in socioeconomically disadvantaged elderly women. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 43(3), 267-70. (Read full publication)
    18. Eleazer GP, Hornung CA, Egbert CB, Egbert JR, Eng C, Hedgepeth J, McCann R, Strothers H 3rd, Sapir M, Wei M, Wilson (1996). The relationship between ethnicity and advance directives in a frail older population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 44(8), 938-43. (Read full publication)
    19. Eng C, Pedulla J, Eleazer GP, McCann R, Fox (1997). Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): an innovative model of integrated geriatric care and financing. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 45(2), 223-32. (Read full publication)
    20. Hornung CA, Eleazer GP, Strothers HS 3rd, Wieland GD, Eng C, McCann R, Sapir (1998). Ethnicity and decision-makers in a group of frail older people. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 46(3), 280-6. (Read full publication)
    21. Wieland D, Lamb VL, Sutton SR, Boland R, Clark M, Friedman S, Brummel-Smith K, Eleazer G (2000). Hospitalization in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): rates, concomitants, and predictors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(11), 1373-80. (Read full publication)
    22. Eleazer GP, Doshi R, Wieland D, Boland R, Hirth V (2005). Geriatric content in medical school curricula: results of a national survey. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(1), 136-40. (Read full publication)
    23. Eleazer GP, Laditka SB, Roberts E, Hirth VA, Wieland (2005). Geriatrics training and education for nongeriatrician faculty: the Dean's Faculty Scholars in Aging Program. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(10), 1806-10. (Read full publication)
    24. Stewart TJ, Eleazer GP, Boland R, Wieland G (2007). The middle of the road: results from the aging semantic differential with four cohorts of medical students. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55(8), 1275-80. (Read full publication)
    25. Wieland D, Eleazer GP, Bachman DL, Corbin D, Oldendick R, Boland R, Stewart T, Richeson N, Thornhill J (2008). Does it stick? Effects of an integrated vertical undergraduate aging curriculum on medical and surgical residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(1), 132-8. (Read full publication)
    26. Eleazer GP, Stewart TJ, Wieland GD, Anderson MB, Simpson (2009). The national evaluation of senior mentor programs: older adults in medical education. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(2), 321-6. (Read full publication)
    27. Johnson SA, Eleazer GP, Rondina M (2016). Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(9), 1869-78. (Read full publication)
    28. Brooks SL, Eleazer GP, Reuben DB, Thompson BL, Sullivan (2002). Guideline for Promotion of Clinician Educators in Geriatric Medicine. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50, 963-965.
    29. Reuben DB, Brangman SA, Brooks SB, Eleazer GP, Granieri E, Grossberg GT, Jahnigen D, Mims A, Mulligan T, Osterweil D, Thompson B (1998). Guidelines for Fellowship Training in Geriatrics. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 46, 1473-1477.
    30. Eleazer G (1994). Rural Primary Care Physicians' Knowledge of Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 42(SI), SA71.
    31. Stepanikova I, Zhang Q, Wieland D, Eleazer GP, Stewart (2012). Non-verbal communication between primary care physicians and older patients: how does race matter?. Journal of general internal medicine, 27(5), 576-81. (Read full publication)
    32. Eleazer GP, Bird L, Egbert J, Ryan C, Wei M, Guest (1995). Appropriate protocol for zinc therapy in long term care facilities. Journal of nutrition for the elderly, 14(4), 31-8. (Read full publication)
    33. Ryan C, Byrd J, Eleazer (1995). Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tubes Placement In Elderly Patients from a South Carolina Long Term Care Facility: Outcomes. Journal of nutrition for the elderly, 14(213), 89-96.
    34. Clair WK, Eleazer GP, Hazlett LJ, Morales BA, Sercy JM, Woodbury L (1989). Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus in mental health patients. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 85(3), 103-6. (Read full publication)
    35. Eleazer G (1995). Elder abuse. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 91(10), 431-4. (Read full publication)
    36. Scott WK, Huang Y, Cornman C, Neff LJ, Torres ME, Otterness C, Eleazer P, Macera C (1995). Alzheimer's disease in South Carolina, 1994. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 91(6), 257-9. (Read full publication)
    37. Eleazer GP, Baskins JP, Egbert J, Johnson CD, Wilson (1994). Managed care for the frail elderly: the PACE Project. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 90(12), 586-91. (Read full publication)
    38. Powell FM, Eleazer G (1993). The need for physical activity in older adults. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 89(8), 387-90. (Read full publication)
    39. Hornung CA, Brewer BM, Stein MD, Eleazer GP, Brown TE, Byrd M (1997). The South Carolina Geriatric Rural Initiative Project: the paraprofessional geriatric technician in care coordination. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 93(7), 248-54. (Read full publication)
    40. Carrero JM, Williams HG, Eleazer G (2003). The case for physician assessment of balance in older adults. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 99(12), 356-9. (Read full publication)
    41. Eleazer GP, Laditka J (2008). Setting the stage: the SeniorSMART Program and the Healthy Brain Initiative. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 104(7), 214. (Read full publication)
    42. Laditka JN, Laditka SB, Eleazer GP, Cornman CB, Porter CN, Davis D (2008). High variation in Alzheimer's disease prevalence among South Carolina counties. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 104(7), 215-8. (Read full publication)
    43. Wiley MK, Granholm AC, Bachman D, Wieland D, Roberts E, Hardin R, Dever-Bumba M, Eleazer G (2011). Use of seniors as mentors to medical students: a collaboration between the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina. Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975), 107(1), 8-12. (Read full publication)
    44. Ryan C, Bryant E, Eleazer P, Rhodes A, Guest (1995). Unintentional Weight Loss In Long-Term Care: Predictor Of Mortality In The Elderly. Southern medical journal, 88(7), 721-4.
    45. Hornung CA, Oldendick RW, Feigley CE, Macera CA, Wei M, Draheim LA, Eleazer GP, Olsen G (1996). Reliability of proxy information about the health effects of exposure to hazardous waste incineration. Toxicology and industrial health, 12(2), 245-54. (Read full publication)
    46. Covinsky KE, Eng C, Lui LY, Sands LP, Sehgal AR, Walter LC, Wieland D, Eleazer GP, Yaffe (2001). Reduced employment in caregivers of frail elders: impact of ethnicity, patient clinical characteristics, and caregiver characteristics. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 56(11), M707-13. (Read full publication)
    47. Hajjar I, Schumpert J, Hirth V, Wieland D, Eleazer G (2002). The impact of the use of statins on the prevalence of dementia and the progression of cognitive impairment. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 57(7), M414-8. (Read full publication)
    48. Hajjar I, Catoe H, Sixta S, Boland R, Johnson D, Hirth V, Wieland D, Eleazer (2005). Cross-sectional and longitudinal association between antihypertensive medications and cognitive impairment in an elderly population. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 60(1), 67-73. (Read full publication)
    49. McClenaghan BA, Williams HG, Dickerson J, Dowda M, Thombs L, Eleazer G (1995). Spectral Characteristics of Aging: Postural Control. Gait & posture, 3, 123-31.
    50. Ryan C, Eleazer GP, Egbert (1995). Vitamin D in the Elderly: An Overlooked Nutrient. Nutrition today, 30(6), 228-33.
    51. Stewart TJ, Roberts E, Eleazer GP, Boland R, Wieland (2006). Reliability and Validity Considerations for Two Common Measures of Medical Students' Attitudes toward Older Adults. Educational gerontology, 32, 409-421.
    52. Laditka SB, Jenkins CL, Eleazer GP, Kelsey S (2007). Developing Geriatric Expertise among Medical School Faculty: Preparing to Meet the Health Care Challenges of an Aging Population. Educational gerontology, 33(6), 469-482.
    53. Egbert JR, Baskins J, Eleazer G (1993). Use of a Nontraditional Site for Training Multiple Disciplines in Geriatrics. Educational gerontology, 20, 221-720.
    54. Drusini AG, Eleazer GP, Caiazzo M, Veronese E, Carrara N, Ranzato C, Businaro F, Boland R, Wieland (2002). One-leg standing balance and functional status in an elderly community-dwelling population in northeast Italy. Aging clinical and experimental research, 14(1), 42-6. (Read full publication)
    55. Matthews M, Lucas A, Boland R, Hirth V, Odenheimer G, Wieland D, Williams H, Eleazer G (2004). Use of a questionnaire to screen for frailty in the elderly: an exploratory study. Aging clinical and experimental research, 16(1), 34-40. (Read full publication)
    56. Leone AF, Schumacher SM, Krotish DE, Eleazer G (2012). Geriatricians' interest to learn bedside portable ultrasound (GEBUS) for application in the clinical practice and in education. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 13(3), 308.e7-10. (Read full publication)
    57. ¿ Lowell Chang, Wade Brown, MD; Jason Carr, MD; Charles Lui, MD; Kimberly A Selzman, MD; Caroline Milne, MD; John W Nord, MD; Paul Eleaze (2020). MD A National Survey of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers' Cardiology Services. Federal practitioner, 36(7), S32-S36.
    58. Eleazer GP, Bryant ES, Crow S, Ryan C, Rowen R, Valleni D, Hedgepeth J, Weinrich (1996). A New Geropsychiatric Approach: Assertive Community-Based Case Management. 2(2), 129-40.
    59. Sehgal M, Syed Q, Callahan KE, Powers BB, Eleazer GP, Gleason LL, Ramaswamy R, Sauvigne K, Leipzig RM, Shah (2019). Introducing Aquifer Geriatrics, the American Geriatrics Society National Online Curriculum. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(4), 811-817. (Read full publication)
    60. Farrell TW, Volden TA, Butler JM, Eleazer GP, Rupper RW, Echt KV, Shaughnessy M, Supiano MA (2023). Age-friendly care in the Veterans Health Administration: Past, present, and future. . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71(1), 18-25.
    61. Scannell GA, Bevan DJ, Cowan A, Weiss RJ, Brenner RJ, Farrell TW, Yarbrough PM, Rupper RW, Eleazer G (2024). A Clinical Pharmacist-Led Transitions of Care Program for Veterans with Two Planned Care Transitions (Hospital to Skilled Care and Skilled Care to Home) amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(7), 105006. (Read full publication)
    62. ¿ Farrell TW, Hogans BB, Moo L, Jump R, Markland A, Alessi C, Barczi S, Bej T, Bonomo RA, Butler J, Eleazer GP, Flinton P, Rupper RW, Supiano MA, Shaughnessy (2024). Impact of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers: Incubators of innovation in geriatrics. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 72(11), 3315-3326.
    63. Farrell TW, Hogans BB, Moo L, Jump R, Markland A, Alessi C, Barczi S, Bej T, Bonomo RA, Butler J, Eleazer GP, Flinton P, Rupper RW, Supiano MA, Shaughnessy M, GRECC Directors Associatio (2024). Impact of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers: Incubators of innovation in geriatrics. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 72(11), 3315-3326. (Read full publication)

    Editorial

    1. Mandi Sehgal , Quratulain Syed , Kathryn E Callahan , Becky B Powers , G Paul Eleazer , Lauren L Gleason , Ravishankar Ramaswamy , Karen Sauvigne , Rosanne M Leipzig , Amit Sha (2019). Introducing Aquifer Geriatrics, the American Geriatrics Society National Online Curriculum. 67(4), 811-817.
    2. Sloane PD, Eleazer GP, Phillips SL, Batchelor (2022). Removing the Financial Barriers to Home-Based Medical Care for Frail Older Persons. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(10), 1611-1613. (Read full publication)
    3. Eleazer, G. Paul (2024). “Level of Expectations Regarding Aging Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Does Belief Become Reality?. 25(6), 104986.
    4. Eleazer G (2024). Commentary on "Level of Expectations Regarding Aging Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis": Does Belief Become Reality?. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(6), 104986. (Read full publication)