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What does the future hold for geriatrics? I\u2019ve seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two decades ago. Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. But, it's also hard not to be bullish on the future of the field to see the consistent strides geriatrics has made in the last two decades in improving care for older adults. For example, I never would have imagined two decades ago the push for age-friendly health care systems and the growth of non-geriatricians, like surgeons and oncologists, adopting geriatric principles into their training and research.

On today\u2019s podcast, we are going to do a deep dive on the future of geriatrics with three amazing guests. First, we\u2019ve invited Jerry Gurwitz to talk about his recently published article in JAMA titled The Paradoxical Decline of Geriatric Medicine as a Profession (while it\u2019s not the most upbeat title for the future of geriatrics, Jerry sees it as a call to action). We\u2019ve also invited Mike Harper, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as well as past-president for the society (and my previous program director).

Lastly, we\u2019ve asked one of the brightest rising stars of geriatrics, Ryan Chippendale, to join us as well. I\u2019m a huge fan of Ryan\u2019s, in part for her work in co-creating the\xa0GERI-A-FLOAT (GERIAtrics Fellows Learning Online And Together). This is a great virtual curriculum designed to convene geriatric fellows nationwide for learning and peer support (and if you are interested in having your own fellows join, click here).

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