Kenneth Brummel-Smith, M

Dr. Brummel-Smith is the Charlotte Edwards Maguire Professor of Geriatrics and the founding chair of the Department of Geriatrics at the Florida State University College of Medicine. He is a past-President of the American Geriatric Society.

Dr. Brummel-Smith has been a leader in geriatrics for over 20 years. He served as chief of the division of geriatrics at two medical schools (University of Southern California and Oregon Health Sciences University). He is a co-editor or author of five textbooks, Geriatric Rehabilitation (Pro-Ed Press, 1990), Practical Ambulatory Geriatrics (Mosby Year Book, 1998, 2nd ed), Interviewing and Patient Care (Oxford Univ Press, 1996), and Geriatric Assessment (McGraw-Hill, 2000), and Reichel’s Care of the Elderly (Cambridge University, 2009). His research has addressed the effect of a support group on caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, the effect of routinely discussing preferences for CPR upon admission to a rehabilitation hospital, methods of assessing pain in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, and the use of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form.

He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Medicine, did a residency in family medicine at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, and a fellowship in the Department of Medical Education at the University of Southern California School of Medicine.

He is board certified in Family Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics. He is a past-president and Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society.