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Present	Physician, Baystate Health ‐ Department of Medicine
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Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award, American Geriatrics Society (2017)
Ethel Weinberg Academic Excellence Award, Baystate Medical Center (2017)
AMA-WPS Inspirational Physician Award (2014)
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, awarded by the Tufts University School of Medicine students and faculty (2004)
Finalist, Compassionate Caregiver Award, The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center (2004)

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Cefazolin and Carbapenem Combination to Treat Persistent Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Preterm Infants (Stefan Hagmann, Taylor Hodle, Maura Brennan, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Encouraged by bacteremia clearance using antistaphylococcal beta-lactams plus carbapenem combination in adults with refractory methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infection, we present our experience with 2 preterm infants and review 1 previously published case. Noted successful bacteremia ...

Frailty Recognition by Clinicians and its Impact on Advance Care Planning (Munther Queisi, Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes, Farah Adamali, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Background: Frailty has important implications for the care of the elderly and how their needs are met. Objective: To assess clinicians' acknowledgement of frailty in the electronic medical records (EMR) and the impact of frailty ...

The Association Between Body Mass Index, Frailty and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults (Prarthna Bhardwaj, Vida Rastegar, Rohini Meka, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Background: While frailty is thought to be a wasting disorder, there is scarce data regarding the association between frailty and body mass index (BMI). The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ...

Whipple, wait, or watch? A multidisciplinary approach to care delivery for the nonagenarian (Maura Brennan, Nicolas Jabbour, Peter A. Depergola, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2021)

The association of cognitive impairment as screened by the Mini-Cog with long term post-hospitalization outcomes (Ali Shami, Maura Brennan, Peter St. Marie, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

BACKGROUND: Prior studies have suggested that patients with cognitive impairment are at increased risk for adverse post-hospitalization outcomes. We aimed to determine if cognitive status assessed by the Mini-Cog, a quick bedside screening test, is ...

Palliative Care Posters - 2019 (Christina Fitch, Diane Dietzen, Erin J Salvador, et al.) Research and Education Posters (2019)

Palliative Care Posters - 2019

An Acute Care for Elders Quality Improvement Program for Complex, High-Cost Patients Yields Savings for the System (Maura Brennan, Alex Knee, Erin Leahy, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

BACKGROUND: Acute Care for Elders (ACE) programs improve outcomes for older adults however, little is known about whether impact varies with comorbidity severity. OBJECTIVE: To describe differences in hospital-level outcomes between ACE and routine care ...

The Association of Frailty with Discharge Disposition for Hospitalized Community Dwelling Elderly Patients (Sheryl Ramdass, Maura Brennan, Rebecca Starr, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2018)

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Medication Management in an Acute Care for Elders Program Through Integration of a Clinical Pharmacist (Tasmiah Chowdhury, Rebecca Starr, Maura Brennan, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2018)

PURPOSE: To describe the implementation and impact of integrating a clinical pharmacist into interdisciplinary Acute Care for Elderly (ACE) rounds at a teaching hospital. METHODS: Pre- and postanalyses were performed 6 months before and 12 ...

Long-term outcomes of elders discharged on antipsychotics (Kah Poh Loh, Sheryl Ramdass, Jane Garb, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2016)

BACKGROUND: Despite limited evidence of efficacy, antipsychotics (APs) are commonly used to treat delirium. There has been little research on the long-term outcomes of patients who are started on APs in the hospital. METHODS: Using ...

Give serious thought before starting antipsychotics in elders (Kah Poh Loh, Maura Brennan and Tara Lagu) All Scholarly Works (2016)

A Rare Cause of Cauda Equina Syndrome by Infiltration: Case of a Sacral Chordoma (Sheryl Ramdass and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2015)

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Antipsychotic use and agitation in hospitalized older adults (Kah Poh Loh, Maria Ferrera and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2015)

Geriatrics in Malaysia (Kah Poh Loh, Yee Chuan Ang and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2015)

Elderly-Onset Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (Kah Poh Loh and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2015)

From hospital to community: Use of antipsychotics in hospitalized elders (Kah Poh Loh, Sheryl Ramdass, Jane Garb, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2014)

An Unusual Cause of Delirium and Debility: Refractory Hypercalcemia in a Man with B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia (Kah Poh Loh, Saurabh Dahiya and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Fluoroquinolone-induced hypoglycemia in an overweight nonagenarian with acute kidney injury and not on glucose-lowering therapy (Amit Bhargava and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2014)

The nuances of age as an outcome predictor (Maura Brennan and Thomas Higgins) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Diagnosing the cause of progressive dyspnea in an elderly man (Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Curriculum for post-graduate education: Comparing hospice and palliative care medicine (Monique Carreno, Maura Brennan, Diane Dietzen, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2013)

This teaching tool is a case-based discussion module that was created to educate internal medicine residents about the differences between palliative care and hospice care so that they may apply their understanding to day-to-day practice ...

A need to shift the focus of international geriatrics to emphasize care for the robust as well as the frail? (Sora Al Rowas, Thomas Higgins and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2013)

A rare cause of cardiac amyloidosis in an elder (Randa Jaber and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2013)

A rare complication of COPD: Infected emphysematous bullae (Shiv Khosla and Maura Brennan) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Acquired perforating dermatosis (APD): Our quest to cure the itch (T. Vijay Gadiraju, Behdad Besharatian, Eimear Kitt, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2013)