Areas of Treatment:

• Care for homebound individuals and their caregivers
• Dementia
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Hypertension
• Osteoarthritis
• Heart failure
• COPD
• Diabetes
• Wound care

Specialties:

• Geriatric Medicine

Title:

• Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
• Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
• Section Head, Geriatric Medicine

Department:

• Department of Medicine

Locations:

• HCC II

Sub-specialties:

• Home Visits
• Palliative Care

Background:

Dr. Harris is a native Angelino, but is only recently returned to the area. She is dedicated to keeping individuals as independent, functional, and with as high a quality of life as possible during the aging process. Although she does see patients in the office, her focus is on home visits and caring for those who cannot make it into the clinic. She therefore is familiar with caring for people who have many illnesses at once, and she works with patients and families to help manage these multiple problems, including coordinating their care with other specialists. She also is skilled in the management of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

Dr. Harris also heads up the geriatric program, which trains the next generation of doctors to become geriatrics specialists. Her interests include health policy reform, medical education, health literacy, caregiving and caregiver health.

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1983
• Masters of Arts, History of Science, 1985
• Doctor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995
• Master of Science, Popoulation Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001

Residencies:

• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998

Fellowships:

• University of Wisconsin-Madison and William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran's Hospital, Women's Health and Research, 1998 - 2001
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Geriatrics, 2001 - 2002

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine:
• Internal Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Palliative Medicine

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Academy of Home Care Physicians
• American Geriatrics Society
• Gerontological Society of America
• Society of General Internal Medicine
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• American College of Physicians

Awards:

• Primary Care Health Policy Fellowship, Department of Health and Human Services
• American College of Physicians, Associates Award for Best Poster

Languages:

• English