Greg A. Sachs
Research Scientist
centre for aging research
Regenstrief Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Greg Sachs is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Investigator in the IU Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc.Dr. Sachs received his B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1981 and his MD from Yale University in 1985. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Chicago, staying on to complete a combined three-year geriatrics and clinical ethics fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Christine Cassel. Dr. Sachs joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1990 and became the founding Chief of the new Section of Geriatrics there in 2000, serving in that role until his move to IU in the summer of 2007.
Research Interest
Dr. Sachs's research and writing have focused on ethical issues in geriatrics, especially ethical issues involved in research on people with dementia, care of comorbid medical conditions in people with dementia, and care at the end of life
Publications
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Unroe KT, Sachs GA, Dennis ME, Hickman SE, Stump TE et al (2015) Hospice use among nursing home and non-nursing home patients. J Gen Intern Med 30:193-198.
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Unroe KT, Sachs GA, Dennis ME, Hickman SE, Stump TE et al (2015) Hospice use among nursing home and non-nursing home patients. J Gen Intern Med 30:193-198.
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Bandy R, Sachs GA, Montz K, Inger L, Bandy RW etal (2014) Wishard Volunteer Advocates Program: an intervention for at-risk, incapacitated, unbefriended adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 62:2171-2179.
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Sachs GA (2014) Improving prescribing practices late in life: a task for all clinicians, not just nursing home physicians. JAMA Intern Med 174:1771-1772.
