MUHC Medical Grand Rounds Tuesday, 11/21/2023

Title: Falls prevention in older adults and the role of the SAFE Program

Speaker: José A. Morais, MD, FRCPC, CSPQ, FCGS

Educational objectives:
1. Understanding the risk factors leading to falls in older adults
2. Identify measures to prevent falls at home
3. Learning about the usefulness of the SAFE Program for falls prevention

Biosketch of José A. Morais, MD, FRCPC, CSPQ, FCGS:

Dr. Morais is Full Professor of Medicine at McGill University. He holds a MD degree from the University of Montreal (1987) and completed a specialty in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at McGill University, Canada. He went on to complete a three-year Research Fellowship in Nutrition and Metabolism at the McGill Nutrition Centre. He is Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in the Metabolic Disorders and Complications axis, in Montreal, Canada. In 2009, he became Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, as well as of MUHC and Jewish General Hospital. Dr. Morais is also the Lead of the Dementia Education Program of the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He was the Founder and first Director of the Centre of Excellence on Aging and Chronic Disease of the RUIS McGill from 2012-2015. He is also Past President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. His research interest relates to the assessment of protein metabolism and cellular regulation at whole-body and muscle levels and of protein requirements with age, frailty and diabetes. He is also participating in several studies involving the nutritional assessment of elderly persons with the aim of improving their nutritional status and level of physical function. He shares an interest in improving services and care to patients afflicted with chronic diseases. He holds research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and collaborates in several projects supported by provincial and national agencies. He has more than 170 original publications, most of them in high impact journals in the field of aging, nutrition and metabolism.

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