Geriatric Medicine Fellowship

The HonorHealth Geriatric Medicine fellowship is committed to improving the health and well-being of all geriatric patients within the HonorHealth community. The principles of an Age-Friendly Health System that focuses on the 4M framework of medication, mentation, mobility and what matters are integral to the fellowship’s mission of ensuring that all older adults receive individualized high-quality care. Graduates of the HonorHealth Geriatric Medicine fellowship program obtain the skillset needed to build this essential framework within any community in which they choose to practice. The community focus of our program is in keeping with HonorHealth’s vision to be the partner of choice as we transform healthcare for our communities.

The HonorHealth Geriatric Medicine fellowship is designed to train family medicine and internal medicine physicians to become excellent geriatric clinicians, educators, and leaders in the community with an awareness of the societal need for geriatricians who practice high value, cost effective medicine.

Fellowship Director

Jessica Berdeja, MD
Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center, Geriatric Medicine
Residency: Banner University Medical Center, Family Medicine
Medical School: University of Arizona

How to apply

HonorHealth’s Geriatric Fellowship training program participates in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

The fellowship is open to graduates from either family medicine or internal medicine. The program currently does not sponsor visas.

If you are a current resident and will be graduating from an ACGME accredited residency, we participate and fill positions through the National Resident Matching Program's (NRMP) Medical Specialties Matching Program. Please complete your application through ERAS.
If you are a current resident who missed the Specialties Match or are a current practicing physician who graduated from an ACGME residency and interested in entering our fellowship program "off-cycle" not the traditional start in July, please download and complete our application. Email your completed application to geriatricsfellowship@honorhealth.com

Download application

If you are a foreign medical school graduate interested in our program, please provide the following documentation via email: geriatricsfellowship@honorhealth.com
- Current CV displaying strong interest in geriatric medicine (i.e. applicable research, recent or current work experience)
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification.
- Proof of successful completion and passing of Step 1 – 3 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
- Summative evaluations of prior medical school and residency training.

Training and curriculum

The geriatric medicine fellowship is a one-year fellowship that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and will aid the physician to become certified in the subspecialty of geriatric medicine.

For certification in Geriatric Medicine physicians must:

Be board certified in internal medicine or family medicine
Have satisfactorily completed a graduate medical education fellowship training in geriatric medicine
Hold a valid, unrestricted and unchallenged license to practice medicine; and
Pass the Geriatric Medicine Certification Examination

Our curriculum for clinical education and professional development is organized to align with the program's overall goals and includes both inpatient and outpatient experiences. Fellows will develop a plan of self-learning to gain progressive autonomy. Fellows will also demonstrate the ability to teach and serve in a leadership role.

Core rotations

Skilled nursing facility
Cardiology
Neurology
Geriatric clinic
Geriatric trauma
Long term care
Multidisciplinary clinic
Rehab/post acute care
Wound care
Continuity clinic

Elective rotations

Geriatric Psychiatry
Internal medicine clinic
Infectious Disease
Hematology Oncology

Scholary activity

Journal club
Geriatric clinical conference
Case presentation
Quality improvement (QI) project
Didactics curriculum
Community/peer lectures

Rotation sites

Take a look at our various rotation sites.

Primary Clinical Site: HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center

Participating Sites: HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center, HonorHealth Medical Group – North Phoenix, HonorHealth Heart Group – John C. Lincoln, HonorHealth Medical Group Neurology, HonorHealth Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation – John C. Lincoln, HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, Acacia Health Center at Sagewood, Phoenix VA Health Care System, Hospice of the Valley

Fellowship graduates

Meet the fellows who graduated from our program

Faculty

Jessica Berdeja, MD; Monica Chaung, MD; Erik Maskin, DO; Amruta Vadnerkar, MD; Kari Johnson, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, Hartford Scholar; Paul Stander, MD; Shawn Abreu, MD; Alan Tenaglia, MD; Andrew Kamell, MD; Amber Hennenhoefer, DO; Rama Kunkle, DO; Todd Levine, MD

Additional resources

Contact us

If you have questions or would like to learn more about the HonorHealth Geriatric Medicine Fellowship program, please contact:

Email: GeriatricsFellowship@honorhealth.com