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NSU-COM attendees at the September 27 kickoff cocktail reception at Avanté at Boca Raton included (l-r) Dr. Cheryl Atherley-Todd, assistant professor of family medicine; Dr. Kenya Rivas-Velasquez, assistant professor of geriatrics, Dr. Hady Masri, assistant professor of geriatrics; Dr. Michelle Duhaney, instructor and geriatric fellow; and Dr. Naushira Pandya.
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In September, Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU-COM) Department of Geriatrics partnered with Avanté at Boca Raton in South Palm Beach County to provide medical care to elderly patients residing in the 144-bed facility, which recently became a teaching nursing home. In addition to spearheading the NSU-COM aspects of this symbiotic collaboration, Naushira Pandya, M.D., CMD, professor and chair of the college’s Department of Geriatrics, has taken on the role of medical director at Avanté.
Thanks to this new partnership, Avanté residents are receiving enhanced health care thanks to the participation of several NSU-COM faculty members, who visit the nursing home on a weekly basis. Additionally, the facility is serving as a training site for the college’s current geriatric fellow, with plans to incorporate clinical student rotations and residency training opportunities in the near future. The overarching goal of the Avanté-NSU-COM alliance is to provide top-notch training opportunities for geriatric physicians while also bolstering the level of medical care provided to the live-in patients. Another ancillary benefit of the collaboration is that Avanté staff members will have access to newer and more sophisticated approaches to care for the elderly.
