Dr. Jeff D. Williamson

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  Published on: 5/20/2008    Last Visited: 5/20/2008  

  "The goal is taking what we've discovered outside the ivory towers and integrating it into the daily lives of residents in these retirement centers," said Dr. Jeff Williamson, an associate professor of internal medicine-geriatrics at Baptist.He also is the head of the section on gerontology and geriatric medicine.
  
  Baptist is training wellness personnel with Senior Living Communities of Charlotte, the operator of Homestead Hills, and eight other retirement communities.The program will be offered at Homestead's clubhouse -- a major component of its recent $11 million expansion.
  
  The program provides health assessments of Homestead residents, as well as dietary programs based on healthy weight management, and exercise regimens.The goal is getting participation from at least one-third of the 90 independent living residents, Senior Living officials said.
  
  "We call what we're doing 'pre-habilitation' because our goal is to help senior citizens maintain their independence and live in their own homes through exercise and diet programs," Williamson said.
  
  The preventative component is pivotal, Williamson said, because medical studies have shown that many people go through a major health crisis in their 70s.People who are in better shape tend to bounce back better.Studies also have shown that about 50 percent of the physical decline associated with aging can be prevented or delayed through physical activity.
  
  "For example, many of the problems that the elderly experience are related to weight," Williamson said.
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  Johnson and Williamson said that the Senior Living communities are ideal settings for evaluating the effectiveness of the fitness program.

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  Published on: 3/6/2006    Last Visited: 9/26/2008  

  Co-authors of the study were George S. Alexopoulos, MD, of Cornell University; Oscar L. Lopez, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS, of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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  Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS

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  The report is authored by Richard L. Nahin Ph.D., M.P.H., Annette L. Fitzpatrick Ph.D., Jeff D. Williamson M.D., M.H.S., Gregory L Burke M.D., M.S., Steven T. DeKosky M.D., Curt Furberg M.D., Ph.D., for the GEM Study Investigators.

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  JEFF D. WILLIAMSON, MD, MHS,

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  Co-researchers were Xiaoyan Leng, Ph.D., Jeff Williamson, M.D., M.H.S., Steve Kritchevsky, Ph.D., Hal Atkinson, M.D., Mike Robbins, Ph.D., and David Goff, M.D., Ph.D., all from Wake Forest, Kristine Yaffe, M.D., from the University of California, Bruce Psaty, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Washington, Lewis Kuller, M.D., Dr.P.H., from the University of Pittsburgh, and Sevil Yasar, M.D., from Johns Hopkins University.

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  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 7/18/2007  

  Co-researchers were Michael Chen, M.D., Steve Kritchevsky, Ph.D., Jeff Williamson, M.D., M.H.S., Mark Espeland, Ph.D., Satoru Hayasaka, Ph.D., Jonathan Burdette, M.D., Melissa Rawley-Payne, M.A., and Ashley Long, B.S., all with Wake Forest.

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  Published on: 9/15/2008    Last Visited: 9/25/2008  

  Jeff Williamson, MD, a geriatrician at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina, can be persuasive about the benefits of building muscle.
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  People in their 40s and 50s need to take prompt action to preserve what strength they still have, said Dr. Williamson, clinical director of the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation at Wake Forest.
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  It only has been during the past decade or so that imaging techniques have captured this muscle loss, noted Dr. Williamson.
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  But if you save muscle mass, you'll have an even better retirement," Dr. Williamson said.
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  "Just being in the hospital for a few days can dramatically affect muscle mass," Dr. Williamson said.

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  Published on: 5/17/2006    Last Visited: 6/22/2008  

  Dr. Jeff Williamson, MHS, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Section on Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and a principal investigator in the trial, remarked, "I see people in the clinic every day who are faced with the reality and challenges of age associated memory impairment.

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  Published on: 3/1/2006    Last Visited: 8/6/2008  

  Deborah E. Barnes, PhD, MPH; George S. Alexopoulos, MD; Oscar L. Lopez, MD; Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS; Kristine Yaffe, MD
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  Author Affiliations: Departments of Psychiatry (Drs Barnes and Yaffe), Neurology, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Dr Yaffe), University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Dr Alexopoulos); Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa (Dr Lopez); and Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (Dr Williamson).

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