Emergency medicine physician honoured for research to combat abuse of older people

First published May 2018, updated July 2022 Peter Sayer reports from the 2018 American Geriatrics Society annual scientific meeting, Orlando, Florida.   Tony Rosen, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Attending Emergency Physician at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was recognised for a comprehensive review of programmes to address the abuse of older individuals that he and colleagues conducted. For his presentation at the AGS, Dr Rosen and colleagues evaluated more than 100 programmes designed to identify, address, or prevent the mistreatment of older individuals. According to Dr Rosen’s evaluation, most programmes focus on raising awareness and