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Ross, Jeanette S

School of Medicine
Family & Community Medicine
(210) 617-5356
rossj@uthscsa.edu

Dr. Jeanette Ross is the director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship. She also directs the Educational Initiatives of the Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Fellowships. Dr. Rosss academic interests include integrating Geriatric Palliative Care content into educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate medical education levels. Her main interests include: advanced communication skills, goals of care, pain management and management of falls in elders. Her clinical activities are based at the Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital, where she works in the Geriatrics and Palliative Care Consultation Service, and the Geriatrics Clinic. Dr. Ross is interested in using social media to enhance teaching and learning.

Appointments Education Expertise Teaching Publications Grants

5/2015 - Present	Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship	University of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio, Medicine
3/2012 - Present	Clinical Associate Professor	University of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
9/2006 - Present	Staff Physician Geriatrics and Extended care	South Texas Veterans Health care System, San Antonio, TX

Date	Description	Institution	# Students
3/2011 - Present	MEDI 4115 Hospice and Palliative Medicine Course	UTHSCSA	660 students
Mandatory spring didactic course offered to all medical students. I was involved in the development of the course, designing the curriculum, developing the interactive multimedia module, and teaching the small group sessions. This is an 8 hour credit course in which students learn about hospice and Palliative Medicine principles, advanced communication skills, goals of care, pain management and interdisciplinary teamwork. I spend approximately 20 hours total face time leading small group sessions, giving feedback to several groups of students during their standardized observed structured clinical encounters and small group course evaluations.
4/2010 - Present	Rotation Student Supervision	UTHSCSA

7/2009 - Present	Medicine Clerkship	The University of Texas Health Science Center
I teach palliative care day for the third year medical students doing the Medicine clerkship in small groups working on communication skills and pain management. I also review students reflective essays on their hospice visit. I teach 40 students/year.
3/2007 - Present	Individual Instruction	UTHSCSA

9/2006 - Present	Post-Doctoral Student Supervision	UTHSCSA

9/2006 - Present	Individual Instruction	UTHSCSA

9/2006 - Present	Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Team Meetings	UTHSCSA/STVHCS	30 students
These are weekly 1 hour didactic sessions designed for medical and interdisciplinary Palliative care fellows, Palliative Care faculty and rotating learners (medical students and residents). Attendees of the session acquire knowledge to develop expertise in Hospice and Palliative Care. I am an active participant in this sessions and Im the presenter in approximately 12 sessions per year.
9/2006 - Present	Geriatric Medicine	The University of Texas Health Science Center
I teach and supervise fourth year medical students participating of the clerkship during the clinical experiences of the combined Geriatrics and Palliative Care service, the Inpatient Hospice Unit and the VA Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) clinic. Typically Im in contact with each student for approximately 12 contact hours. On average, I supervise 8 students per year.

Journal Article

Harris B, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Sleeping in the Arms of Cancer The Cancer Journal 2014 Sep;20(5):299-305.

Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Curriculum Evaluation and Learner Assessment in Medical Education Journal of Palliative Medicine 2012 Jan;15(1):116-122.

Villarreal DV, Restrepo MI, Healy JM, Howard B, Tidwell J, Ross JS, Hartronft SR, Jawad M, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Reed K, Espinoza SE. A Model for Increasing Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit: Enhancing Interprofessional Consultation Rates and Communication Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2011 Nov;42(5):676-679.

Book Chapter

Ross JS, Tatum, P, Brandon, S, Widera, E. Palliative care and Special Management Issues. In: Halter J, Ouslander J, Studenski S., Asthana S, Ritchie C. Hazzards Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 7th edition. 2015.

Ross JS, Widera, E. Geriatrics. In: Baliga R. Textbook of Internal Medicine:--An Intensive Board Review Book with 700 MCQs. 2015.

Abstract

Mireles, C., Murray AA, Pagan-Ferrer, J., Arevalo-Flechas, L.C, Ross JS. Determining the Efficacy of Clinical Novelas as a Teaching Tool for Fall Prevention in the Geriatric Population; 2016 May. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 64, no. S1).

Harris, J., Hagiwara Y, Kasbarian, C., Lee, S, Ross JS. Geri-SAFE: An Educational Intervention to Aid Students in the Prevention; 2016 May. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 64, no. S1).

Arevalo-Flechas, L.C., Murray AA, May, L., Frausto, E., Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. The Fall: A Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of a Fall Prevention Program for Community Dwelling Older Hispanics; 2016 May. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 64, no. S1).

Amdur, S., Seetharama, A., Lee, S., Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Good Mourning, YouTube! Grieving and Bereaving on the World''s Most Popular Video Sharing Website; 2016 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 51, no. 2).

May, L, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Lee, S. An Early Gain in Pain: Integrating Geriatric Pain Educational Interventions into Second Year Medical Students Curriculum; 2015 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 63, no. S1).

Hagiwara, Y, Ross JS, Reilly, A, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lee, S. Tough Conversations: Training Medical Students to Lead Family Meetings; 2015 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 63, no. S1).

May, L, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Lee, S, Gonzalez, E. Incorporating Patient-Centered Educational Interventions to Promote Advance Care Planning among Seriously Ill Elders; 2015 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 63, no. s1).

Mireles, C, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Geri-SAFE: Investigating the Efficacy of Clinical Novellas for Fall Risk Assessment; 2015 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 63, no. S1).

Noble, S., Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Facebook as a Resource for Informal Caregivers of Dementia Patients; 2015 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 63, no. S1).

May, L, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lee, S, Gonzalez, EY, Ross JS. Integrating an Advance Care Planning Clinical and Education Intervention to Improve Patient-Centered Care and End of Life Care Planning among Chronically Ill Older Adults; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 49, no. 2).

Hagiwara Y, Ross JS, Aagaard H, Lee S, Sanchez-Reilly SE. As Real as It Gets: Enhancing Medical Students'' Palliative Communication Skills Through Standardized Family Meetings with Onsite-Feedback; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 49, no. 2).

Mireles, C, Ross JS, Lee, S, Noble, S, Healy, A. Facebook as a Resource for Caregivers of Hospice Patients; 2015 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 49, no. 2).

Harris B., Restrepo MI, Bryson C.D., Ross JS, Espinoza SE, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Villarreal D. Changing the Practice of Intesive Care to Improve the Lives of Older Adults; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1).

Harris B, Washington F., Ross JS, Oakes SL. Stopping the Revolving Door: Decreasing Admissions From a Community Nursing Home to Hospital Using INTERACT 2 and Palliative Care Interventions; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1).

Kasbarian C, Ferguson D, Lee S, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Geri-SAFE: Educating Medical Students on Managing Falls; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1).

Healy JM, Chappell P, Lee S, Villarreal D, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. The Double Parallel Curriculum in Palliative Care(DP-PC): Using a Double Parallel Education Strategy with Multimedia to Enhance Learners Knowledge and Skills in End of Life Palliative Care (EOL-PC); 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1).

Ku B, Emandi, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. How Caregivers Use Twitter; 2014 Mar. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1).

Healy JM, Lee, S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Chappell, P, Villarreal, D. The Double Parallel Curriculum in Palliative Care(DP-PC): Using a Double Parallel Education Strategy with Multimedia to Enhance Learners Knowledge and Skills in End of Life Palliative Care (EOL-PC); 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2).

Bernacki, R, Bharija, A, Gupta, M, Shah, R, Muyot, A, Ross JS, Talebreza, S, Tatum, P, Widera, E. Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity: Geriatric Training for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Providers; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2).

Wiesenthal, A, Ross JS, Kerrington, C, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lin, L. When Cancer Blogging Helps with Healing More than One; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2).

Chappell P, Lee S, Ross JS, Healy JM, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Communicating with Dying Patients and Their Families: Multimedia Training in End-of-Life Care; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management).

Ku B, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Twitter As a Caregiver Resource; 2014 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 47, no. 2).

Methvin, B, Lee, S, Ross JS. Analysis of YouTube Resources for Caregivers of Aging Individuals; 2013 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 61, no. s1).

Methvin B, Lee S, Sharp C, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS. Caregiver Burden Among Family Caregivers Of Homebound Older Veterans; 2013 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 61, no. S1).

Aziz, W, Getter, B, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lee, S. YouTube as a Palliative Care Source of Information to the world; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom management; vol. 45, no. 2).

Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Meyer, T, Riley, C, Villarreal, D. Rehabilitating the Palliative Care Patient: Why Bother?; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 45, no. 2).

Levine, S, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Periyakoil, V, Ross JS, Rosielle ,D, Gustin, J. Fellowship Directors - Looking 10 Years into the Future; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 45, no. 2).

Patel C, Abel J, Ross JS, Lee S, Wiesenthal A, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Changing Practice by Changing Hearts: Medical Students Reflecting on Their Hands-on Palliative Care Experience; 2013 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 45, no. 2).

Jawad M, Villarreal D, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Lee S, Restrepo MI, Tidwell J. Geriatric Palliative Care and Medical Intensive Care teams Collaborating to increase Geriatric Palliative Care Services for Older Veterans; 2012 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 60, no. 4).

Ross J, Meier D, Weissman D, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Learn from Todays Palliative Medicine Leaders So You Can Become a Palliative Leader Tomorrow; 2012 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 43, no. 2).

Goldman B, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Shuko L. Evaluating an Interdisciplinary, Multicultural, Innovative, and Required Palliative Care Medical Student Course; 2012 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 43, no. 2).

Healy JM, El Ahdab S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Bereaved Family Members as Teachers: Educating Medical Students in What Matters Most; 2012 Feb. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 43, no. 2).

France A, Andrews C, Garza ME, Lee S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Comparison of Advance Directive Completion Rates and Pain Assessment between Geriatric Oncology and Non-Oncology Clinics; 2011 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 59, no. S1).

France A, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE, Lowery A, Lee S. Healthcare Preferences of Older Adults With Cancer; 2011 Apr. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 59, no. S1).

Madhusudanannair V, Lee S, Ross JS, Hartronft SR, Sanchez-Reilly SE. A Comparison Among Cancer and Non-Cancer Terminally Ill Subjects: Who Is Suffering More?; 2011 Jan. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 40, no. 2).

Stanley N, Tarik H, Lee S, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Relationship Between Comorbidity Index and Symptom Burden in Chronically Ill Older Adults; 2011 Jan. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 40, no. 2).

Alshehabi M, Schillerstrom J, ODonell L, Ross JS, Sanchez-Reilly SE. Interviewing Those Who Just Lost their Loved Ones: An Innovative Method to Introduce Palliative Medicine to Medical Students; 2011 Jan. (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; vol. 40, no. 2).

Electronic/Web Publication

Ross JS. Geripal Blog: Stepping up to the Plate: lessons Learned From being A Caregiver Geripal Blog: Electronic/Web Publications; 2015 Feb. Available from: http://www.geripal.org/2015/02/lessons-learned-from-being-a-caregiver.html .

Ross JS. Stepping up to the Plate: lessons Learned From being A Caregiver Pallimed Blog: Electronic/Web Publications; 2015 Feb. Available from: http://www.pallimed.org/2015/02/lessons-learned-from-being-a-caregiver.html .

Ross JS. When I walk: What Living With Multiple Sclerosis Is Like 2014 Aug. Available from: http://www.pallimed.org/2014/08/when-i-walk-what-living-with-multiple.html .

Ross JS. Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall Pallimed Blog: Electronic Web Publication; 2014 Apr. Available from: http://www.pallimed.org/2014/04/prison-terminal-last-days-of-private.html .

Ross JS. Remembering Palliative Care Pioneer: Marion Pohlen Primomo MD Pallimed Blog: Electronic/Web Publications; 2014 Mar. Available from: http://www.pallimed.org/2014/03/remembering-palliative-care-pioneer.html Pallimed blogpost about the impact Dr. Primomo had in palliative care in Texas.

Ross JS. The 2012 #HPM year on Twitter Pallimed Blog: Electronic/Web Publications; 2013 Jan. Available from: http://www.pallimed.org/2013/01/the-2012-hpm-year-on-twitter.html blogpost about how the hospice and palliative medicine hashtag #HPM had been used over the year 2012.

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Ross JS. Stepping up to the Plate: lessons Learned From being A Caregiver 2015 Feb;.

Ross JS. by Jeanette Ross - Stepping up to the Plate: Lessons Learned From being A Caregiver 2015 Feb;.

Other

Ross JS. Cuidado Paliativo Para Personas Con Demencia Alzheimers Association New York City Chapter Newsletter 2010 Dec;.

Year	Degree	Discipline	Institution
2006	Clinical Fellowship	Hospice and Palliative Medicine (n/a)	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX
2005	Clinical Fellowship	Geriatric Medicine	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX
2004	Residency	Family Medicine	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX
1998	MD	Medicine	Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Medellin , Colombia

State
Funding Agency	UT System Patient Safety Committee
Title	Geri-SAFE (Student Learners Assessing Falls Among Elders): An Inter-professional Multilevel Approach
Status	Active
Period	7/2011 - 6/2016
Role	Principal Investigator
Grant Detail	The GeriSAFE will develop, implement, and evaluate an educational intervention for undergraduate and graduate medical and nursing learners. The GeriSAFE Project is an inter-professional multilevel educational intervention that aims to promote and improve safety among elders by training future generations of health care providers. The Geri-SAFE Project will be based on the older patient-tailored ACOVE quality indicators, particularly focusing on falls and mobility problems. The Geri-SAFE Project will teach principles of Geriatric fall detection, assessment and management. The GeriSAFE curriculum will be taught and evaluated by using interactive multimedia didactic modules, case videos, an inter-professional case-based small group activity and a standardized clinical encounter.
Funding Agency	UT System Patient Safety Committee - University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education
Title	PAIN-ME-FREE Pain Activity for Inter-Professional Nursing and Medical Student Education Focusing on Response, Effectiveness and Decreasing Side Effects Among Older Adults
Status	Active
Period	7/2012 - 6/2015
Role	Co-Principal Investigator
Grant Detail	This Educational project is a collaborative effort between UTHSCSA Schools of Medicine and Nursing and UTSA to allow us to promote and improve safety among elders by training future generations on the principles of safe assessment and management of pain among older adults.

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