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Jorge G. Ruiz, MD

Medical Director, Geriatric Medicine

Positions

Clinical Affiliate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) 2023 -
Medical Director, Geriatric Medicine, Memorial Healthcare System 2023 -

Location

Hollywood, Florida 33021

USA

Dr. Ruiz is the Medical Director, Geriatric Medicine at Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida. He is also a Clinical Affiliate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. Dr Ruiz is a fellowship-trained geriatrician, board certified in internal medicine, and geriatric medicine. He is the Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine specialty board. He specializes in the care of older adults. Dr. Ruiz provides routine medical care and assistance with aging frailty; falls and mobility problems; polypharmacy; mild cognitive impairment and dementia. His research interests include the use of stem cell therapies for aging frailty and Alzheimer’s disease, the study of risk factors for frailty among older adults, dementia prevention and the development and implementation of care models that aim to reduce the burden of frailty and dementia in older adults. Dr. Ruiz has authored several peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in the fields of aging, longevity and geriatric medicine.

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1. Association of Frailty and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcomes in Older U.S. Veterans.. The American journal of hospice & palliative care. 10499091231171389. 2023
2. COVID-19 mRNA vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death in veterans according to frailty status during the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant surge in the USA: a retrospective cohort study. 2022
3. The association of a frailty index from laboratory tests and vital signs with clinical outcomes in hospitalized older adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70:3163-3175. 2022
4. The cross-sectional association of frailty with chronic past and current use of benzodiazepine drugs.. Aging clinical and experimental research. 34:1837-1843. 2022
5. Incidence of Frailty in Community-Dwelling United States Older Veterans.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 22:564-569. 2020
6. The cross-sectional association of frailty with past and current exposure to strong anticholinergic drugs.. Aging clinical and experimental research. 33:2283-2289. 2020
7. Is There an Association Between Metformin Exposure and Frailty?. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2020
8. The association of health literacy domains with hospitalizations and mortality.. The American journal of managed care. 26:200-206. 2020
9. Is vitamin D deficiency related to a higher risk of hospitalization and mortality in veterans with heart failure?. Maturitas. 30-34. 2019
10. The Association of Ageist Attitudes With All-Cause Hospitalizations and Mortality.. Gerontology & geriatric medicine. -. 2019
11. Is there an association between ageist attitudes and frailty?. BMC geriatrics. 19:-. 2019
12. Depression but not frailty contributed to a higher risk for all-cause hospitalizations in male older veterans.. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 35:37-44. 2019
13. The association of health literacy, numeracy and graph literacy with frailty.. Aging clinical and experimental research. 31:1827-1832. 2019
14. Validation of an automatically generated screening score for frailty: the care assessment need (CAN) score.. BMC geriatrics. 18:-. 2018
15. Association of the CAN score with the FRAIL scale in community dwelling older adults.. Aging clinical and experimental research. 30:1241-1245. 2018
16. Dramatic Reduction in 30-Day Readmissions Through High-Risk Screening and Two-Phase Interdisciplinary Care.. Southern medical journal. 110:757-760. 2017
17. Healthcare Utilization by Frail, Community-Dwelling Older Veterans: A 1-Year Follow-up Study.. Southern medical journal. 110:699-704. 2017
18. Use of an online personal health record's Track Health function to promote positive lifestyle behaviors in Veterans with prediabetes.. Journal of health psychology. 23:681-690. 2016
19. The Association of Graph Literacy With Use of and Skills Using an Online Personal Health Record in Outpatient Veterans.. Journal of health communication. 21:83-90. 2016
20. Core Competencies in Geriatric Dentistry Fellowship Programs: a Delphi Study.. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry. 36:217-22. 2016
21. Effects of an Avatar-Based Anti-Smoking Game on Smoking Cessation Intent.. Studies in health technology and informatics. 15-8. 2016
22. The Communication of Global Cardiovascular Risk by Avatars.. Studies in health technology and informatics. 341-4. 2016
23. Is patients' numeracy related to physical and mental health?. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making. 35:501-11. 2015
24. An overactive bladder online self-management program with embedded avatars: a randomized controlled trial of efficacy.. Urology. 85:561-7. 2015
25. Group-based differences in anti-aging bias among medical students.. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 36:58-78. 2014
26. Computer-based programmed instruction did not improve the knowledge retention of medication instructions of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.. The Diabetes educator. 40:77-88. 2013
27. Communicating global cardiovascular risk: are icon arrays better than numerical estimates in improving understanding, recall and perception of risk?. Patient education and counseling. 93:394-402. 2013
28. Effects on performance of individual versus dyadic practice during an avatar-based three-dimensional virtual home safety simulation.. Studies in health technology and informatics. 13-9. 2013
29. Health literacy, numeracy, and graphical literacy among veterans in primary care and their effect on shared decision making and trust in physicians.. Journal of health communication. 18 Suppl 1:273-89. 2013
30. Medical students' attitudes toward obese patient avatars of different skin color.. Studies in health technology and informatics. 23-9. 2012
31. Simulating geriatric home safety assessments in a three-dimensional virtual world.. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 33:233-52. 2012
32. Using anthropomorphic avatars resembling sedentary older individuals as models to enhance self-efficacy and adherence to physical activity: psychophysiological correlates.. Studies in health technology and informatics. 405-11. 2012
33. Avatar-mediated home safety assessments: piloting a virtual objective structured clinical examination station.. Journal of graduate medical education. 3:541-5. 2011
34. Development and pilot testing of a self-management internet-based program for older adults with overactive bladder.. Urology. 78:48-53. 2011
35. Avatar-mediated training in the delivery of bad news in a virtual world.. Journal of palliative medicine. 13:1415-9. 2010
36. The script concordance test as a measure of clinical reasoning skills in geriatric urinary incontinence.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 58:2178-84. 2010
37. The positive attitudes and perceptions of care managers about advance directives.. The American journal of hospice & palliative care. 28:98-101. 2010
38. Virtual patients in geriatric education.. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 31:163-73. 2010
39. Computer animations in medical education: a critical literature review.. Medical education. 43:838-46. 2009
40. Evaluation and management of the elderly patient at risk for postoperative delirium.. Thoracic surgery clinics. 19:363-76, vi. 2009
41. Towards a typology of virtual patients.. Medical teacher. 31:743-8. 2009
42. E-learning as evidence of educational scholarship: a survey of chairs of promotion and tenure committees at U.S. medical schools.. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 84:47-57. 2009
43. Evaluation and management of the elderly patient at risk for postoperative delirium.. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 24:667-86, viii. 2008
44. A competency-based medical student curriculum targeting key geriatric syndromes.. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 28:29-45. 2008
45. Computer-based animations and static graphics as medical student aids in learning home safety assessment: a randomized controlled trial.. Medical teacher. 30:815-7. 2008
46. GeriaSims: Falls Module.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 56:130-1. 2007
47. Peer reviewing e-learning: opportunities, challenges, and solutions.. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 82:503-7. 2007
48. The Consortium of E-Learning in Geriatrics Instruction.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 55:458-63. 2007
49. An interactive e-learning tutorial for medical students on how to conduct the performance-oriented mobility assessment.. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 28:51-60. 2007
50. The use of the internet in geriatrics education: results of a national survey of medical geriatrics academic programs.. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 27:85-95. 2007
51. Learning objects in medical education.. Medical teacher. 28:599-605. 2006
52. E-prescribing.. The virtual mentor : VM. 8:381-6. 2006
53. The impact of E-learning in medical education.. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 81:207-12. 2006
54. The educational impact of a computer-based training tutorial on dementia in long term care for licensed practice nursing students.. Gerontology & geriatrics education. 26:67-79. 2006
55. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in the Elderly.. American journal of therapeutics. 3:839-860. 1996
56. Avoiding Overmedication of Elderly Patients.. American journal of therapeutics. 3:784-788. 1996
57. Effect of grapefruit juice on blood cyclosporin concentration.. Lancet (London, England). 345:955-6. 1995