Geriatrics
Group leader
Alfonso José Cruz Jentoft
geriatria.hrc(ELIMINAR)@salud.madrid.org
Tlf. +34 91 336 81 72
Collaborating Staff
- María Loreto Álvarez Nebreda
- Beatriz Montero Errasquín
- Lourdes Rexach Cano
- Carmen Sánchez Castellano
- María Nieves Vaquero Pinto
- Jesús Mateos del Nozal
- Cristina Roldán Plaza
- Nuria María Pérez Panizo
- Erick Arturo Rodríguez Espeso
- Luisa Alejandra Hernández Sánchez
- Carlota Manuela Zárate Sáez
- Manuel Vicente Mejia Ramirez Arellano
- Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso
- Alejandro Javier Garza Martinez
- Elisabet María Sánchez García
- Álvaro Rodríguez Díaz-Pavón
- Diana Alison Martínez Rivero
- Noelia Pérez Abascal
- Claudia Gabriela Álvarez Pinheiro
- Celia Corral Tuesta
- Aurora Rexach Cano
- Pilar Lozano Gonzalez
- Jaime Corcuera Catala
- Luca Salvaterra
Group leader
Alfonso José Cruz Jentoft
geriatria.hrc(ELIMINAR)@salud.madrid.org
Tlf. +34 91 336 81 72
Collaborating Staff
- María Loreto Álvarez Nebreda
- Beatriz Montero Errasquín
- Lourdes Rexach Cano
- Carmen Sánchez Castellano
- María Nieves Vaquero Pinto
- Jesús Mateos del Nozal
- Cristina Roldán Plaza
- Nuria María Pérez Panizo
- Erick Arturo Rodríguez Espeso
- Luisa Alejandra Hernández Sánchez
- Carlota Manuela Zárate Sáez
- Manuel Vicente Mejia Ramirez Arellano
- Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso
- Alejandro Javier Garza Martinez
- Elisabet María Sánchez García
- Álvaro Rodríguez Díaz-Pavón
- Diana Alison Martínez Rivero
- Noelia Pérez Abascal
- Claudia Gabriela Álvarez Pinheiro
- Celia Corral Tuesta
- Aurora Rexach Cano
- Pilar Lozano Gonzalez
- Jaime Corcuera Catala
- Luca Salvaterra
Strategic objectives
- Improve knowledge of geriatric medicine (diseases and disabilities in older adults and care systems), with a focus primarily on risk reduction (patient safety) and the prevention or delay of physical and mental disability.
- Specifically include patients in nursing homes and other patients with complex conditions in clinical research projects.
Research lines
- Definition of sarcopenia (GLIS criteria) and frailty. The value of nutritional and exercise interventions in the prevention of physical disability.
- Diagnostic criteria for malnutrition (GLIM) and sarcopenic obesity (SOGLI).
- Indications for nutritional intervention in geriatrics.
- Appropriate prescribing of medications in older adults.
- Prognostic value of comprehensive geriatric assessment.
Location
Ramón y Cajal University Hospital
Geriatrics Department
10th Floor, Main Building
Keywords
Sarcopenia, frailty, geriatric pharmacology, geriatric nutrition, Alzheimer's disease, geriatric syndromes