Deliver compassionate, evidence-based, person-centered care to older adults as a graduate of The Lillian & Gideon Welles Grime Fellowship in Geriatrics.
Our fellows learn about the unique characteristics of disease and illness to provide older patients with the compassionate care they deserve. We prepare fellows to teach, conduct research in aging, administer care, and attain certification in the subspecialty of Geriatric Medicine or a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatric Medicine. Fellows attend local, state, and national meetings and work on-campus with the well-respected Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology to advance care for the aging population.
Compassionate care
Our fellows learn about unique characteristics of disease and illness to provide older patients with the compassionate care.
Get the tools you need
We prepare fellows to teach, conduct research in aging, administer care and attain certification in Geriatric Medicine.
Diverse education settings
Fellows attend local, state and national meetings and work on-campus through the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Fellowship Training Sites
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University is home to the area's only Level I trauma center and burn trauma unit, the region's premier heart program. Designated by U.S. News and World Report as "high-performing" in Geriatrics, the medical center's active cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation, sleep medicine, epilepsy, and oncology programs, as well as its heart, lung, kidney, and pancreas transplant programs, make Sentara Norfolk General an ideal learning environment for geriatric medicine fellows. Fellows rotate in palliative medicine, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, geriatric psychiatry, and the inpatient medicine and trauma team consultation service at Sentara Norfolk General.
Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center
The Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center has 142 acute beds in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and neurology, 234 extended care beds in intermediate medicine, palliative care, spinal cord injury, and nursing home care, and a 294-bed rehabilitative residential care domiciliary for a total of 670 operating beds. Fellows treat patients in the geriatric psychiatry service, skilled nursing facility, Geriatric Primary Care Clinic, which includes memory consultations, and Home-Based Primary Care service, where fellows assess patients' home care needs.
Sentara PACE-Norfolk Center
Sentara's Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a comprehensive healthcare and supportive services program for frail seniors who wish to remain in their homes and community. PACE provides an interdisciplinary adult day service to nursing-home-eligible individuals. Fellows rotate providing medical care, evaluating new and established PACE participants, participating and presenting at Interdisciplinary Team meetings, collaborating with the treatment team to establish an assessment and plan of care, participating in new patient admissions, making home visits, attending family care planning meetings and participating in daily treatment rounds.
Sentara CarePlex Hampton
Sentara CarePlex Hospital is a 224-bed acute care hospital and Certified Primary Stroke Center with an eICU and an Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit model of care for the proactive identification and management of geriatric syndromes. The hospital offers advanced surgical programs, emergency cardiac intervention, and maternity care services. Fellows and interdisciplinary teams ensure care plans align with patients' functional, cognitive, and psychosocial status and goals. The ACE unit focuses on communication, patient-centered vs. disease-centered care, and care transition planning. Fellows also rotate on the hospital's palliative medicine consultation service.
Andrews Hall
Andrews Hall, located across the street from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, is home to the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology and the Lawrence J. Goldrich Institute for Integrated Neuro-Health. Trainees attend weekly fellows' conferences in the Glennan Center and have a longitudinal continuity clinic in the Glennan Center's Comprehensive Memory Clinic and Healthy Aging Clinic.
See yourself in Hampton Roads
The Hampton Roads region is a vibrant community with 1.7 million residents scattered across nine cities and five counties in southeastern coastal Virginia.
Miles of waterfront, historical and cultural attractions, parks and outdoor recreation areas, lively nightlife, seasonal festivals, and family-friendly entertainment make it clear that there's something for everyone here in Hampton Roads.
We know life happens, and we want you to be covered when it does. That's why we offer competitive benefits packages for our residents and fellows.
A supportive environment
Work-life balance is important during your fellowship, and we are committed to supporting our fellows throughout their time here at the institute. Through this, our residents and fellows receive the same wellness resources as our faculty and staff.
In addition, our for residents and fellows gives you access to support groups, after-hours counseling services, running clubs, leadership coaching, and more.
