David Dosa is a health services researcher and practicing geriatrician with dual appointments with the Department of Primary Care at the Providence VAMC and the Division of Geriatrics at Rhode Island Hospital. David is a funded researcher with grants from the National Institutes of Aging, the Veteran's Administration, and multiple foundations. He jointly conducts his research through Brown University's Center for Gerontology and the VA. David's current research interests include nursing home and assisted living quality, community programs to serve frail elders, long term care facility response to hurricane disasters, nursing home infections, and pharmacoepidemiology in the elderly. His research awards and commendations include a Merck New Investigator Award in 2006 through the American Geriatrics Society. He has also been a Hartford Foundation Scholar and a recipient of a Career Development Award from the Veteran's Administration for research related to Medication Errors in long term care. Dr. Dosa is the New York Times bestselling author of Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat. The book has been published in over 20 countries worldwide
Appaneal, Haley J., Caffrey, Aisling R., Lopes, Vrishali, Dosa, David, LaPlante, Kerry L. "Antibiotic Prescribing in Outpatient Settings: Rural Patients Are More Likely to Receive Fluoroquinolones and Longer Antibiotic Courses." Antibiotics, vol. 12, no. 2, 2023, pp. 224. |
Dosa D, Jester D, Peterson L, Dobbs D, Black K, Brown L. "Applying the age-friendly-health system 4M paradigm to reframe climate-related disaster preparedness for nursing home populations." Health Serv Res, vol. 58 Suppl 1, no. Suppl 1, 2023, pp. 36-43. |
Skarha J, Spangler K, Dosa D, Rich JD, Savitz DA, Zanobetti A. "Heat-related mortality in U.S. state and private prisons: A case-crossover analysis." PLoS ONE, vol. 18, no. 3, 2023, pp. e0281389. |
Wang, Xiao (Joyce), Thomas, Kali S., Belanger, Emmanuelle, Dobbs, Debra, Dosa, David M. "Hospice Aide Visits among Nursing Home Residents During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2023. |
Hua CL, Patel S, Thomas KS, Peterson LJ, Andel R, Gordon L, Jester DJ, Dosa DM. "The relationship between exposure to Hurricane Harvey and mortality among nursing home residents." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 71, no. 3, 2023, pp. 888-894. |
Jester, Dylan J., Peterson, Lindsay J., Andel, Ross, Dosa, David M. "Winter Storm Uri Reduced Availability of Daily Direct-Care Nurse Staff in Texas Nursing Homes." Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2023, pp. 073346482311754. |
Belanger E, Rosendaal N, Wang XJ, Teno JM, Dosa DM, Gozalo PL, Carder P, Thomas KS. "Association Between State Regulations Supportive of Third-party Services and Likelihood of Assisted Living Residents in the US Dying in Place." JAMA Health Forum, vol. 3, no. 10, 2022, pp. e223432. |
Gadbois, Emily A, Jimenez, Frances, Brazier, Joan F, Davoodi, Natalie M, Nunn, Amy S, Mills, Whitney L, Dosa, David, Thomas, Kali S. "Findings From Talking Tech: A Technology Training Pilot Intervention to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Homebound Older Adults." Innovation in Aging, vol. 6, no. 5, 2022, pp. igac040. |
Vognar, Lidia, Dosa, David. "Formal and Informal Relationships Between Nursing Homes and Hospital Systems are Common but do They Improve Care?." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 23, no. 5, 2022, pp. 900-901. |
Thomas, Kali S., Dosa, David M., Fisher, Alison, Gadbois, Emily, Harrison, Jill, Hilgeman, Michelle, Largent, Emily A., Lima, Julie, McAuliff, Katie, McCreedy, Ellen, Mills, Whitney, Ornstein, Katherine A., Shield, Renee R., Barron, Marycela, Callaghan, Shawna, Clark, Kayla, Culak, Chris, Faris, Vinsen, Frankhauser, Anita E., Huerta, Sophie, Krause, Katherine, Martinez, Ileana, Mayer, Amanda, Rodriguez, Jacqueline, Theilheimer, Lucy, Truelove, William, Wilson, Inga, Gutman, Roee. "Home-delivered meals for people with dementia: Which model delays nursing home placement? - Protocol for a feasibility pilot." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 121, 2022, pp. 106897. |
Dobbs, Debra, Skarha, Julianne, Gordon, Lily, Jester, Dylan J., Peterson, Lindsay J, Dosa, David M. "Mortality among Nursing Home Residents Enrolled in Hospice and Hospice Utilization Post-Hurricane Irma." Journal of Palliative Medicine, vol. 25, no. 9, 2022, pp. 1355-1360. |
Jester, Dylan J., Peterson, Lindsay J., Thomas, Kali S., Dosa, David M., Andel, Ross. "Nursing Home Compare Star Rating and Daily Direct-Care Nurse Staffing During Hurricane Irma." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 23, no. 8, 2022, pp. 1409-1412.e1. |
Skarha J, Dominick A, Spangler K, Dosa D, Rich JD, Savitz DA, Zanobetti A. "Provision of Air Conditioning and Heat-Related Mortality in Texas Prisons." JAMA Network Open, vol. 5, no. 11, 2022, pp. e2239849. |
Wang XJ, Teno JM, Rosendaal N, Smith L, Thomas KS, Dosa D, Gozalo PL, Carder P, Belanger E. "State Regulations and Assisted Living Residents' Potentially Burdensome Transitions at the End of Life." Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2022. |
Belanger, Emmanuelle, Teno, Joan M., Wang, Xiao (Joyce), Rosendaal, Nicole, Gozalo, Pedro L., Dosa, David, Thomas, Kali S. "State Regulations and Hospice Utilization in Assisted Living During the Last Month of Life." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 23, no. 8, 2022, pp. 1383-1388.e1. |
Wang, Xiao (Joyce), Teno, Joan M., Gozalo, Pedro L., Dosa, David, Thomas, Kali S., Bélanger, Emmanuelle. "State Variation in Potentially Burdensome Transitions Among Assisted Living Residents at the End of Life." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 182, no. 2, 2022, pp. 229-231. |
Peterson LJ, Dobbs D, June J, Dosa DM, Hyer K. "You Just Forge Ahead": The Continuing Challenges of Disaster Preparedness and Response in Long-Term Care." Innovation in Aging, vol. 5, no. 4, 2021, pp. igab038. |
Skarha, Julianne, Gordon, Lily, Sakib, Nazmus, June, Joseph, Jester, Dylan J., Peterson, Lindsay J., Andel, Ross, Dosa, David M. "Association of Power Outage With Mortality and Hospitalizations Among Florida Nursing Home Residents After Hurricane Irma." JAMA Health Forum, vol. 2, no. 11, 2021, pp. e213900. |
Skarha J, Gordon L, Sakib N, June J, Jester DJ, Peterson LJ, Andel R, Dosa DM. "Association of Power Outage With Mortality and Hospitalizations Among Florida Nursing Home Residents After Hurricane Irma." JAMA Health Forum, vol. 2, no. 11, 2021, pp. e213900. |
Jester DJ, Thomas KS, Peterson LJ, Dosa DM, Andel R, Hyer K. "Effect of Hurricane Irma on daily direct-care nurse staffing in nursing homes." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 69, no. 8, 2021, pp. 2298-2305. |
Hua CL, Thomas KS, Peterson LJ, Hyer K, Dosa DM. "Emergency Department Use Among Assisted Living Residents After Hurricane Irma." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 22, no. 4, 2021, pp. 918-922.e1. |
Thomas KS, Zhang W, Dosa DM, Carder P, Sloane P, Zimmerman S. "Estimation of Excess Mortality Rates Among US Assisted Living Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic." JAMA Network Open, vol. 4, no. 6, 2021, pp. e2113411. |
Jester DJ, Peterson LJ, Dosa DM, Hyer K. "Infection Control Citations in Nursing Homes: Compliance and Geographic Variability." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 22, no. 6, 2021, pp. 1317-1321.e2. |
Sloane PD, Brandt NJ, Cherubini A, Dharmarajan TS, Dosa D, Hanlon JT, Katz P, Koopmans RTCM, Laird RD, Petrovic M, Semla TP, Tan ECK, Zimmerman S. "Medications in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Challenges and Controversies." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 22, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1-5. |
Appaneal HJ, Shireman TI, Lopes VV, Mor V, Dosa DM, LaPlante KL, Caffrey AR. "Poor clinical outcomes associated with suboptimal antibiotic treatment among older long-term care facility residents with urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study." BMC geriatrics, vol. 21, no. 1, 2021, pp. 436. |
Dobbs D, June JW, Dosa DM, Peterson LJ, Hyer K. "Protecting Frail Older Adults: Long-Term Care Administrators' Satisfaction With Public Emergency Management Organizations During Hurricane Irma and COVID-19." Public Policy & Aging Report, vol. 31, no. 4, 2021, pp. 145-150. |
Cohen, Alicia J, Dosa, David M, Rudolph, James L, Halladay, Christopher W, Heisler, Michele, Thomas, Kali S. "Risk factors for Veteran food insecurity: findings from a National US Department of Veterans Affairs Food Insecurity Screener." Public Health Nutrition, vol. 25, no. 4, 2021, pp. 819-828. |
Skarha, Julianne, Peterson, Meghan, Rich, Josiah D., Dosa, David. "An Overlooked Crisis: Extreme Temperature Exposures in Incarceration Settings." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. S1, 2020, pp. S41-S42. |
Peterson LJ, June J, Sakib N, Dobbs D, Dosa DM, Thomas KS, Jester DJ, Hyer K. "Assisted Living Communities During Hurricane Irma: The Decision to Evacuate or Shelter in Place and Resident Acuity." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 21, no. 8, 2020, pp. 1148-1152.e3. |
Dosa, David M., Skarha, Julianne, Peterson, Lindsay J., Jester, Dylan J., Sakib, Nazmus, Ogarek, Jessica, Thomas, Kali S., Andel, Ross, Hyer, Kathryn. "Association Between Exposure to Hurricane Irma and Mortality and Hospitalization in Florida Nursing Home Residents." JAMA Network Open, vol. 3, no. 10, 2020, pp. e2019460. |
Hua CL, Zhang W, Cornell PY, Rahman M, Dosa DM, Thomas KS. "Characterizing Emergency Department Use in Assisted Living." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 22, no. 4, 2020, pp. 913-917.e2. |
Cohen AJ, Rudolph JL, Thomas KS, Archambault E, Bowman MM, Going C, Heisler M, O'Toole TP, Dosa DM. "Food Insecurity Among Veterans: Resources to Screen and Intervene." Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, vol. 37, no. 1, 2020, pp. 16-23. |
Appaneal HJ, Caffrey AR, Lopes VV, Dosa DM, Shireman TI, LaPlante KL. "Frequency and Predictors of Suboptimal Prescribing Among a Cohort of Older Male Residents with Urinary Tract Infection." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 73, no. 9, 2020, pp. e2763-e2772. |
Nazareno J, Zhang W, Silver B, Dosa D, Gozalo P, Thomas K. "Home Health Utilization in Assisted Living Settings." Medical Care Research and Review, vol. 77, no. 6, 2020, pp. 620-629. |
Dosa DM, Trivedi AN, Mor V. "Implications of Medicare Advantage for Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias." JAMA Network Open, vol. 3, no. 3, 2020, pp. e201853. |
Dosa D, Jump RLP, LaPlante K, Gravenstein S. "Long-Term Care Facilities and the Coronavirus Epidemic: Practical Guidelines for a Population at Highest Risk." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 21, no. 5, 2020, pp. 569-571. |
Shan M, Gutman R, Dosa D, Gozalo PL, Ogarek JA, Kler S, Thomas KS. "A New Data Resource to Examine Meals on Wheels Clients' Health Care Utilization and Costs." Medical Care, vol. 57, no. 3, 2019, pp. e15-e21. |
Hughes, Maria-Stephanie A., Dosa, David M., Caffrey, Aisling R., Appaneal, Haley J., Jump, Robin L.P., Lopes, Vrishali, LaPlante, Kerry L. "Antibiograms Cannot Be Used Interchangeably Between Acute Care Medical Centers and Affiliated Nursing Homes." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2019. |
Mack DS, Dosa D. "Improving Advanced Care Planning through Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Expansion across the United States: Lessons Learned from State-Based Developments." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 2019, pp. 1049909119851511. |
Morris AM, Engelberg JK, Schmitthenner B, Dosa D, Gadbois E, Shield RR, Akobundu U, Thomas KS. "Leveraging Home-Delivered Meal Programs to Address Unmet Needs for At-Risk Older Adults: Preliminary Data." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 67, no. 9, 2019, pp. 1946-1952. |
Appaneal, Haley J., Caffrey, Aisling R., Lopes, Vrishali V., Crnich, Christopher J., Dosa, David M., LaPlante, Kerry L. "National trends in the treatment of urinary tract infections among Veterans’ Affairs Community Living Center residents." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 40, no. 10, 2019, pp. 1087-1093. |
Appaneal, Haley J., Caffrey, Aisling R., Hughes, Maria-Stephanie A., Lopes, Vrishali V., Jump, Robin L.P., LaPlante, Kerry L., Dosa, David M. "Trends in Collection of Microbiological Cultures Across Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers in the United States Over 8 Years." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2019. |
L, Vognar, S, Sarfraz, R, Adhikari, K, Rackson, D, Dosa. "A Comparative Study of Elder Abuse Reporting at Two Large Veteran?s Affairs Medical Centers." Journal of Gerontology & Geriatric Research, 2018. |
Thomas KS, Dosa D, Gozalo PL, Grabowski DC, Nazareno J, Makineni R, Mor V. "A Methodology to Identify a Cohort of Medicare Beneficiaries Residing in Large Assisted Living Facilities Using Administrative Data." Medical Care, vol. 56, no. 2, 2018, pp. e10-e15. |
Appaneal HJ, Caffrey AR, Jiang L, Dosa D, Mermel LA, LaPlante KL. "Antibiotic resistance rates for Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical respiratory and bloodstream isolates among the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System from 2009 to 2013." Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, vol. 90, no. 4, 2018, pp. 311-315. |
Tolg MA, Dosa DM, Jump RLP, Liappis AP, LaPlante KL. "Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities: Approaches to Creating an Antibiogram when Few Bacterial Isolates Are Cultured Annually." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 19, no. 9, 2018, pp. 744-747. |
Hyer, K, Dosa, D, Peterson, L, June, J, Jester, D, Dobbs, D, Thomas, K. "DILEMMAS FACING NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING PROVIDERS DURING HURRICANES." Innovation in Aging, vol. 2, no. suppl_1, 2018, pp. 628-628. |
Appaneal, Haley J., Luther, Megan K., Timbrook, Tristan T., LaPlante, Kerry L., Dosa, David M. "Facilitators and Barriers to Antibiotic Stewardship: A Qualitative Study of Pharmacists’ Perspectives." Hospital Pharmacy, vol. 54, no. 4, 2018, pp. 250-258. |
Kler, S, Ogarek, J, Shan, M, Gozalo, P, Gutman, R, Dosa, D, Thomas, K. "IDENTIFYING MEALS ON WHEELS CLIENTS AT RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION: A STRATEGY FOR ALLOCATING EXTRA HEALTH SERVICES." Innovation in Aging, vol. 2, no. suppl_1, 2018, pp. 329-329. |
Silver BC, Grabowski DC, Gozalo PL, Dosa D, Thomas KS. "Increasing Prevalence of Assisted Living as a Substitute for Private-Pay Long-Term Nursing Care." Health Services Research, vol. 53, no. 6, 2018, pp. 4906-4920. |
Luther MK, Timbrook TT, Caffrey AR, Dosa D, Lodise TP, LaPlante KL. "Vancomycin Plus Piperacillin-Tazobactam and Acute Kidney Injury in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Critical care medicine, vol. 46, no. 1, 2018, pp. 12-20. |
Thomas, Kali S., Gadbois, Emily A., Shield, Renee R., Akobundu, Ucheoma, Morris, Andrea M., Dosa, David M. "It’s Not Just a Simple Meal. It’s So Much More”: Interactions Between Meals on Wheels Clients and Drivers." Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol. 39, no. 2, 2018, pp. 733464818820226. |
Appaneal, Haley J., Jiang, Lan, Dosa, David M., LaPlante, Kerry L. "Antibiotic Prescribing Pathway for Urinary Tract Infections: A “Low-Hanging Fruit” Antibiotic Stewardship Target in Nursing Homes." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 65, no. 12, 2017, pp. 2744-2745. |
Morrill HJ, Morton JB, Caffrey AR, Jiang L, Dosa D, Mermel LA, LaPlante KL. "Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Urinary Isolates in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 61, no. 5, 2017. |
Thomas, Kali S., Silver, Benjamin, Gozalo, Pedro L., Dosa, David, Grabowski, David C., Makineni, Rajesh, Mor, Vincent. "Constructing a Measure of Private-pay Nursing Home Days." Medical Care, vol. 56, no. 5, 2017, pp. e26-e31. |
Berry SD, Zullo AR, Lee Y, Mor V, McConeghy KW, Banerjee G, D'Agostino RB Sr, Daiello L, Dosa D, Kiel DP. "Fracture Risk Assessment in Long-term Care (FRAiL): Development and Validation of a Prediction Model." The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, vol. 73, no. 6, 2017, pp. 763-769. |
McConeghy KW, Lee Y, Zullo AR, Banerjee G, Daiello L, Dosa D, Kiel DP, Mor V, Berry SD. "Influenza Illness and Hip Fracture Hospitalizations in Nursing Home Residents: Are They Related?." The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, vol. 73, no. 12, 2017, pp. 1638-1642. |
Thomas KS, Dosa D, Wysocki A, Mor V. "The Minimum Data Set 3.0 Cognitive Function Scale." Medical Care, vol. 55, no. 9, 2017, pp. e68-e72. |
Morrill, Haley J., Caffrey, Aisling R., Jump, Robin L.P., Dosa, David, LaPlante, Kerry L. "Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Call to Action." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 17, no. 2, 2016, pp. 183.e1-183.e16. |
Morrill HJ, Mermel LA, Baier RR, Alexander-Scott N, Dosa D, Kavoosifar S, Reece R, LaPlante KL. "Antimicrobial Stewardship in Rhode Island Long-Term Care Facilities: Current Standings and Future Opportunities." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 37, no. 8, 2016, pp. 979-82. |
Thomas KS, Parikh RB, Zullo AR, Dosa D. "Home-Delivered Meals and Risk of Self-Reported Falls: Results From a Randomized Trial." Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol. 37, no. 1, 2016, pp. 41-57. |
Berry SD, Lee Y, Zullo AR, Kiel DP, Dosa D, Mor V. "Incidence of Hip Fracture in U.S. Nursing Homes." The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, vol. 71, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1230-4. |
Mcconeghy, Kevin, Morrill, Haley, Caffrey, Aisling, Trivedi, Amal N., Dosa, David, Laplante, Kerry. "Prevalence of Documented Beta-lactam Allergies in the Veterans Affairs Health System from 2000 - 2014." Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 3, no. suppl_1, 2016. |
Vognar L, Dosa D, Taylor L. "The Impact of Elder Abuse on a Growing Senior Veteran Population." Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, vol. 33, no. 8, 2016, pp. 22-26. |
Meucci MR, Gozalo P, Dosa D, Allen SM. "Variation in the Presence of Simple Home Modifications of Older Americans: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 64, no. 10, 2016, pp. 2081-2087. |
Thomas KS, Smego R, Akobundu U, Dosa D. "Characteristics of Older Adults on Waiting Lists for Meals on Wheels: Identifying Areas for Intervention." Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol. 36, no. 10, 2015, pp. 1228-1242. |
Thomas KS, Akobundu U, Dosa D. "More Than A Meal? A Randomized Control Trial Comparing the Effects of Home-Delivered Meals Programs on Participants' Feelings of Loneliness." GERONB, vol. 71, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1049-1058. |
Jung HY, Meucci M, Unruh MA, Mor V, Dosa D. "Antipsychotic use in nursing home residents admitted with hip fracture." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 61, no. 1, 2013, pp. 101-6. |
Dosa, David, Cai, Shubing, Gidmark, Stefanie, Thomas, Kali, Intrator, Orna. "Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Veterans Residing in Community Living Centers: Have We Gotten Better?." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 61, no. 11, 2013, pp. 1994-9. |
Thomas KS, Dosa D, Hyer K, Brown LM, Swaminathan S, Feng Z, Mor V. "Effect of Forced Transitions on the Most Functionally Impaired Nursing Home Residents." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 60, no. 10, 2012, pp. 1895-1900. |
Thomas KS, Dosa DM. "Interviews with Australian nursing home managers reveal that various factors are associated with the decision to transfer a resident to hospital, including two factors not identified in previous research: advance care planning and support from local health services." Evidence-Based Nursing, vol. 15, no. 4, 2012, pp. 123-4. |
Brown LM, Dosa DM, Thomas K, Hyer K, Feng Z, Mor V. "The effects of evacuation on nursing home residents with dementia." American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, vol. 27, no. 6, 2012, pp. 406-412. |
Dosa D, Hyer K, Thomas K, Swaminathan S, Feng Z, Brown L, Mor V. "To Evacuate or Shelter in Place: Implications of Universal Hurricane Evacuation Policies on Nursing Home Residents." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 13, no. 2, 2012, pp. 190.e1-7. |
O'Toole TP, Pirraglia PA, Dosa D, Bourgault C, Redihan S, O'Toole MB, Blumen J, Primary Care-Special Populations Treatment Team. "Building care systems to improve access for high-risk and vulnerable veteran populations." Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 26 Suppl 2, no. S2, 2011, pp. 683-8. |
Rotjanapan P, Dosa D, Thomas KS. "Potentially inappropriate treatment of urinary tract infections in two Rhode Island nursing homes." Arch Intern Med, vol. 171, no. 5, 2011, pp. 438-43. |
Teno JM, Gozalo P, Mitchell SL, Bynum JP, Dosa D, Mor V. "Terminal hospitalizations of nursing home residents: does facility increasing the rate of do not resuscitate orders reduce them?." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 41, no. 6, 2011, pp. 1040-7. |
Dosa, David, Feng, Zhanlian, Hyer, Kathy, Brown, Lisa M., Thomas, Kali, Mor, Vincent. "Effects of Hurricane Katrina on nursing facility resident mortality, hospitalization, and functional decline." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, vol. 4 Suppl 1, no. S1, 2010, pp. S28-S32. |
Dosa D, Teno J. "Haven't got time for the pain." J GEN INTERN MED, vol. 25, no. 9, 2010, pp. 889-90. |
Teno JM, Mitchell SL, Gozalo PL, Dosa D, Hsu A, Intrator O, Mor V. "Hospital characteristics associated with feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment." JAMA, vol. 303, no. 6, 2010, pp. 544-50. |
Hyer, PhD, MPP, Kathryn, Brown, PhD, Lisa M., Thomas, MA, Kali S., Dosa, MD, MPH, David, Bond, PhD, Jennifer, Polivka-West, MSP, LuMarie, Schinka, PhD, John A. "Improving relations between emergency management offices and nursing homes during hurricane-related disasters." Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 57-66. |
Blanchard G, Dosa D. "A comparison of the nursing home evacuation experience between hurricanes katrina (2005) and gustav (2008)." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 10, no. 9, 2009, pp. 639-43. |
Rotjanapan P, Dosa D. "Asymptomatic versus symptomatic urinary tract infections in long-term-care-facility residents." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 92, no. 11, 2009, pp. 377-9. |
Dosa DM, Dore DD, Mor V, Teno JM. "Frequency of long-acting opioid analgesic initiation in opioid-naïve nursing home residents." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 38, no. 4, 2009, pp. 515-21. |
Teno JM, Dosa D, Rochon T, Casey V, Mor V. "Development of a brief survey to measure nursing home residents' perceptions of pain management." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 36, no. 6, 2008, pp. 572-83. |
Dosa DM, Hyer K, Brown LM, Artenstein AW, Polivka-West L, Mor V. "The controversy inherent in managing frail nursing home residents during complex hurricane emergencies." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 9, no. 8, 2008, pp. 599-604. |
Dosa DM. "A day in the life of Oscar the cat." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 357, no. 4, 2007, pp. 328-9. |
Dosa D, McNicoll L. "Infections in the nursing home: a primer for the practicing physician." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 90, no. 7, 2007, pp. 211-2, 216-7. |
Dosa D, Intrator O, McNicoll L, Cang Y, Teno J. "Preliminary derivation of a Nursing Home Confusion Assessment Method based on data from the Minimum Data Set." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 55, no. 7, 2007, pp. 1099-105. |
Farrell TW, Dosa D. "The assessment and management of hypoactive delirium." Medicine and health, Rhode Island, vol. 90, no. 12, 2007, pp. 393-5. |
Dosa DM, Grossman N, Wetle T, Mor V. "To evacuate or not to evacuate: lessons learned from Louisiana nursing home administrators following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 8, no. 3, 2007, pp. 142-9. |
Teno JM, Dosa D. "You can't always get what you want"--or can you?." CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, vol. 174, no. 5, 2006, pp. 643-4. |
Dosa D, Bowers B, Gifford DR. "Critical review of resident assessment protocols." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 54, no. 4, 2006, pp. 659-66. |
Dosa D. "Should I hospitalize my resident with nursing home-acquired pneumonia?." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 7, no. 3 Suppl, 2006, pp. S74-80, 73. |
Dosa D. "Should I hospitalize my resident with nursing home-acquired pneumonia?." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 6, no. 5, 2005, pp. 327-33. |
Nachamie HL, McNicoll L, Dosa D. "Tramadol/acetaminophen combination tablets for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 1, 2005, pp. 165; author reply 165-6. |
Year | Degree | Institution |
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2003 | MPH | University of Pittsburgh |
1998 | MD | George Washington University |
1994 | BA | University of Virginia |
Merck New Investigator Award, American Geriatrics Society, 2006
Hartford Foundation Scholar
HSRD Career Development Award Recipient--Veteran's Administration
Outstanding Achievement Award-2010--Arthritis Foundation, New England Branch
New York Times Bestselling Author--2010 Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition---2010
National Humanities Award, 2012----American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Teaching Award, 2018
Name | Title |
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Belanger, Emmanuelle | Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
Gozalo, Pedro | Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice (Research) |
Thomas, Kali | Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
Providence VAMC, Department of Primary Care
Rhode Island Hospital, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Adjunct Professor, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
EMHL 2040 - Navigating the Regulatory Maze |