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G. Paul Eleazer, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Division of Geriatrics
Director, Geriatrics Fellowship Program USCSM/Palmetto Health

 

Carolina Medical Plaza/Geriatrics
3211 Farrow Road, Ste. 300
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: (803) 434-4333
Fax: (803) 434-4334

Undergraduate:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC  1972-1975
Medical School:
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 1975-1979
Residency:
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, 1979-1983
Initial USC Faculty Appointment Year: 1988
Previous Positions:
  • Co-Medical Director - Lowman Nursing Home Center, 1999-2002
  • Director, James F. Byrnes Center for Geriatric Medical Education and Research, 1992-1997
  • Medical Director, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital/Palmetto Senior Care, 1990-1996
  • Director of Professional Services, C. M. Tucker, Jr. Human Resources Center (Long Term Care Facility), 1988-1989
  • Private Practice, Internal Medicine, Berea, KY, 1983-1986
 
Academic Interests:  
  • Geriatric Educational Research
  • Alternative Health Care Systems
Teaching Activities:  
  • Geriatric Fellows
  • Residents
  • Medical Students
 
Recent Publications:  
Wieland D, Eleazer GP, Bachman DL, Corbin D, Oldendick R, Boland R, Stewart T, Richeson N, Thornhill JT.  Does it stick? Effects of an integrated vertical undergraduate aging curriculum on medical and surgical residents.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Nov 20.

Stewart TJ, Eleazer GP, Boland R, Wieland GD.  The middle of the road: results from the aging semantic differential with four cohorts of medical students.  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Aug;55(8):1275-80.

Roberts E, Richeson N, Thornhill JT, Corwin SJ, Eleazer GP.  The Senior Mentor Program at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine: an innovative geriatric longitudinal curriculum.
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2006;27(2):11-23.

Eleazer, G.P., et al, Preparing medical students to care for older adults: the impact of a Sennior Mentor Program. Acad Med, 2006, 81(4):393-8.

Stewart T, Roberts E, Eleazer GP, Boland B, Wieland D, Reliability and validity for two common measures of medical students' attitudes toward older adults. Educational Gerontology, 2006, 32:409-421.

McFarland, K, Rhoades, D, Roberts, E, Eleazer, GP. Teaching communication and listening skills to medical students: Using brief clinical life review with older adults 2006, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education Vol. 27(2) 2006, 81-94.

Roberts, E. The senior mentor program: an innovative geriatric longitudinal medical school program. Eleazer GP, Wieland D (eds) Senior Mentorship in Basic Medical Education Vol. 27 (2) 2006, 11-23.

 

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