Dr. Debra Fetherston, Senior VP, Medical Education and Research, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. She has written a chapter on Geriatric Medicine for Appleton and Lange publications in 1995 for their book Primary Care of Women. She has served on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology (1988-1991). She was the Assistant Medical Director of Charlestown Retirement Community and Medical Center in Catonsville, MD (1989-1991). (A life care community which had over 2000 members at the time of her service). Her focus here included clinical care of residents; management of the extended care and assisted living facility; regular patient forums on education and Johns Hopkins University Medical Resident (PGY-1) education rotations in Geriatric Medicine. Over the last 15 years has been an active Instructor in Medicine at the University of Washington Medical School (providing medical student elective rotations in Geriatric and Internal Medicine) and Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle Washington providing educational opportunities for PGY-1 through PGY-3 residents.
