Internal Medicine - Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology

Brenda K. Keller, MD

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ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1991-1993	Geriatric Medicine Fellow, Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
1988-1991	Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
1983-1988	University of Nebraska Medical Center, M.D.
1979-1983	University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.S.

 

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Contact Name: Jackie Whittington
Phone Number: 402-559-6117
e-mail address: jwhittin@unmc.edu

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• GRANT SUPPORT (last 3 years):

"Visual Impairment and functional status in frail elderly."
National Institute of Health/ National Institute on Aging Health
Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award:
July 1997 - June 2002
Funded-$359,862
PI: Brenda K. Keller, MD Advisors: Jane F. Potter, MD, Gary S. Rubin, Ph.D.

AFunctional Status and Vision in Nursing Home Residents@
Clinical Research Center support for nursing services
Oct 1997- Sep. 2000.
PI: Brenda K. Keller, MD CoPI: Jane F. Potter, MD

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• PUBLICATIONS (last 3-5 years):

Articles published in scholarly journals:
Keller BK, Hejkal T, Potter JF. Barriers to Vision Care for Nursing Home Residents. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. In Press-Jan 2001.
Magnuson TM, Keller BK, Roccaforte W. AVascular Dementia Presenting as Lewy-Body Dementia.@ (Letter) Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 48(10):1348, 2000.
Keller BK, Rubin GS. Vision Impairment. Clinical Geriatrics. 8(3):101-105, 2000
Keller BK, Morton J, Thomas VS Potter JF. The Effect of Visual and Hearing Impairments on Functional Status. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.47:1319-1325,1999.
Magnuson TM, Keller BK, Burke WJ. AExtrapyramidal Reaction in a Demented Patient on Donepezil and Risperidone.@(Letter) American Journal of Psychiatry.155(10): 1458-1459, 1998.
Keller, BK, Potter JF. Office-based assessment of the elderly. Hospital Practice. 33(10):25-46, 1997.
Keller BK, Potter JF. Predictors of Mortality in Geriatric Evaluation and Management Clinic Patients. Journal of Gerontology. 49(6):M246-M251, 1994.

Chapters in books:
Keller BK, Rubin GS. Vision Impairment. Geriatric Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. 4th ed. EL Cobbs, EH Duthie, JB Murphy eds. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company for the American Geriatric Society, Dubuque, IA, 1999, pp. 127-130.

Abstracts and preliminary communications:
Keller BK, Potter JF AVisual Impairment in Frail Elderly Outpatients.@ The Gerontologist, 2000,40(Special Issue I):378.
McAndrew CA, Keller BK, Potter JF AHelping the Elderly Stay Active: Functional Assessment in a Geriatric Outpatient Setting.@ Gerontologist, 1999, 39:158.
Kahle K, Keller BK, Lacy N, Thomas VS, BK, Potter JF. AFactors Affecting the Evaluation of Functional Disability Found on 10 Item Screening.@ Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1999, 47(Special Issue 1 ):74.
Cernin P, Keller BK, Potter JF. Color perception in Alzheimer=s patients: Can we improve object recognition with color cues? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1998, 46(9): 199
Keller BK, Hejkal TW, Morton JL, Potter JF. Barriers to vision care in long term care facilities. The Gerontologist, 1997, 37(Special Issue 1): 21.
Keller BK, Morton J. Reliability of visual contrast sensitivity and depth perception in geriatric assessment outpatients. The Gerontologist, 1996, 36(Special Issue 1): 93.

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• PREVIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS (present location):

Morton, Joy, Creighton University, PharmD, Creighton University, Pharmacy Resident University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kahle, Kristin, University of Kansas, Clinical Psychology Graduate Program.
Cernin, Paul: recently completed Fulbright Scholarship year.
Bazant, Mark: undergraduate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Ortmann, Laura: 2^nd year medical student, University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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• CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Visual Acuity and Functional Status in an Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management Clinic Population.
Functional Status and Vision Care in Nursing Home Residents.
Effectiveness of Functional Screening Follow-up in an Outpatient Geriatrics Clinic.
Effect of Color Cues as Memory Aides in Alzheimer's Disease.
Reliability of Vision Testing in Frail Elderly Outpatients.
The Relationship between Visual and Hearing Impairment and Depression in Geriatric Assessment Clinic Patients.
The Relationship between Multiple Functional Impairments and Mortality in Geriatric Medicine Clinic Outpatients.

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• SPECIALIZED LABORATORY/CLINICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Tools to assess visual impairment: Optec 3000, Pelli-Robson Chart, Teller Acuity Cards, Pseudo-Isochromatic Plates, Stereopsis tests.

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