Support the Caring for an Aging America Act 2008 Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Name of School	Comments
101	Adam Greenlee	University of Pittsburgh SOM
102	Jean Claude Rwigema	University of Pittsburgh SOM
103	Karilee W. Bingham	University of Rochester
104	Dave Hamel	University of Pittsburgh SOM
105	David Montag	University of Pittsburgh SOM
106	Bryan Wood	University of Pittsburgh SOM
107	Mallika Mendu	Yale SOM
108	Lindsey Yourman	UCSF SOM
109	Elizabeth Wahl	Yale SOM
110	Joseph Agostini	Yale SOM
111	Kushal Karnik	Medical College of Virginia
112	Charlotte Carlson	UCSF SOM
113	Katelyn Gamson	UCSF SOM
114	Elizabeth Hile	University of Pittsburgh
115	Jennifer Brach	University of Pittsburgh
116	Rishi Parmar	Medical College of Wisconsin
117	Chris Henry	Medical College of Wisconsin
118	Lauren Marcewicz	Mount Sinai SOM
119	jaime berlin talkokwski	University of Pittsburgh	I feel that Physical Therapists working with older adults should also be included in this act
120	Renee Shield	Alpert Medical School of Brown University	Loan forgiveness programs are a must in the strategy to recruit and train more geriatricians.
121	Anonymous	University of Pittsburgh	geriatricians are essential for assuring quality and availability of comprehensive health care for older adults.
122	Mary Carol Jennings	University of South Carolina School of Medicine	Elderly people receive substandard care when they are treated by physicians who are not trained in geriatric health care. This is not a lucrative sub-specialty and we must create incentives for new physicians to enter this critical field--incentives that can start with this piece of legislation.
123	Harita Bandlamudi	NEOUCOM	This loan program initiative would greatly increase the number of medical students who would choose to go into geriatrics.
124	Charlotte Carlson	UCSF	Please help students who would like to serve older adults! We are the future of health care.
125	Anonymous	Alpert Medical School of Brown University	I suport this legislative bill to enact a Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program for physicians
126	Anonymous	Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine	I'm a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and work with Geriatricians. As the population ages and lives longer, we need health care providers who are attuned to their needs.
127	Angela Curtis	Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham	This is imperative!!!
128	Margaret Wallhagen	University of California, San Francisco	The recent IOM report documents the current lack of health professionals with expertise in geriatrics/gerontology. One of the major barriers to recruitment into advanced practice nursing programs focusing on gerontology is the financial cost of such education. Loan forgiveness would be extremely valuable in helping address this need.
129	George Kuchel, MD	University of Connecticut Health Center	In my view, this represents one of the three most critical issues threatening this nation's future well being.
130	Maura Brennan MD	Baystate Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine	Critically important legislation; residents often wish to enter the field of geriatrics but feel that they simply cannot financially afford to do so when their debt burden is high
131	rachel miller	University of Pennsylvania	geriatric fellow
132	Summer Lohler	University of Pittsburgh	This is a very important piece of legislation! Please pass it!
133	camille Fitzpatrick	University of California Irvine	As a Geriatric NP I strongly support Medical students learning the special needs of the geriatric patient
134	Ann T. Riggs	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Finally - help is on the way!
135	Sonia Malhotra	Ross University SOM	Hopefully these types of initiatives will encourage more of us medical students and residents to enter a growing field.
136	haren p desai,md	grant medical college, bombay, india	i am a geriatrician
137	Imad	Ross University School of Medicine	I support this cause
138	Amar Agadi	Saba University School of Medicine	I endorse this legislation
139	Anonymous	Ross University	Care of elders is necessary
140	Andrew Duxbury MD	University of Alabama Birmingham	An idea whose time is long overdue
141	Anonymous	Ross University School of Medicine	Please pass this law.
142	Richard M. Allman	University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)	We need to encourage students in all health professions to pursue training in geriatrics. A loan forgiveness program is an excellent idea.
143	Harry Hoar	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Baystate Medical Center Internal Medicine department Chief Resident
144	Biljana Simikic, DO	Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine	none
145	Gina Luciano	Baystate Medical Center	none
146	Jacqueline White	University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine	.
147	Anonymous	University of Delhi	support waiving of loans for people going into geriatrics
148	Anonymous	Ross University	Very important cause. We should always be able to treat our patients the way we would want our family members to be treated.
149	John Tsongalis	Baystate Medical Center	with dwindling numbers of doctors choosing primary care, a program like this would be instrumental in evolving a paradigm shift back to primary care, especially with an aging population.
150	Anonymous	Baystate Medical Center	I support this petition.