| « back to January calendar | Josepha A. Cheong, M.D. | | | | | | | Dr. Cheong is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University Of Florida College Of Medicine and the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center. She is the Division Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry. Her primary areas of clinical focus are medical education, geriatric, emergency, and consult-liasion psychiatry. In particular, memory and affective disorders, clinical neuropsychopharmacology, and management of agitation and aggression are within her expertise. She is highly regarded as an educator and has received numerous awards at regional, state and national levels as well as a sought-after educational speaker and lecturer. Most recently, the University of Florida has recognized Dr. Cheong with the competitive university-wide 2006-2007 Distinguished Faculty Award. Dr. Cheong is active in numerous national professional and adovcacy organizations – most recently, she has served as the Chair of the Council on Aging of the American Psychiatric Association and is currently an elected board member for the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. She has just recently been appointed as the Chair, Scientific Program Committee for the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting – May 2009 to be held in San Francisco, CA.
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in elderly patients with dementia,
2) Discern the various issues pro/con of atypical antipsychotic use in the elderly adul with
dementia - based on a review of pertinent literature, and
3) Determine the clinical appropriateness of the use of atypical antipsychotics in the elderly
patient with dementia. | |
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