Dr. Cole is the Clerkship Director for Geriatrics at the Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine, Orlando Campus.
Areas of Interest and Positions
*Dr. Cole supervises medical students, residents and geriatric fellows in the care of elderly patients in the hospital, outpatient clinics, nursing homes, and home visits.
*Oversees a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Clinic within the Centre for Family Medicine
*Meets with elder patients and their caregivers in an interdisciplinary team to evaluate their medical, functional and psychosocial status.
*Specialty Consultants Panel for Pharmacist’s Letter and Prescriber’s Letter
*ABIM Geriatric Board Exam Review Committee.
Education and Training
Medical School: University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
Residency Program: AdventHealth Winter Park Family Medicine Residency
Fellowship Program: AdventHealth Winter Park Geriatric Fellowship
Specializing in the field of: Dementia, polypharmacy, nursing home care and geriatric syndromes.
Certifications:
* Geriatric Medicine Certificate of Added Qualifications
*Family Medicine Board Certified
*Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
*Drug Enforcement Agency Certified
Presentations and Awards
Awards:
*Excellence in Preceptor faculty from UCF
*2019 Patient Experience Top Performer – top 99 percentile in patient experience as measured by Press Ganey
Presentations/Publications:
* Peer Reviewer for FP Essentials “Issues in Geriatric Care” American Family Physician. May 2018
*Falk N, Cole A, Meredith TJ. Evaluation of Suspected Dementia. American Family Physician. 2018;97(6):
Call398-405-PMID:29671539
Current Major Nation Presentations:
*“Alzheimer Dementia”, “Urinary Incontinence in Women” and “Billing and Coding” presented for AAFP Geriatric Medicine Course, Ft Meyers, FL, December 4-7, 2019
*“Sleepless in Orlando: Insomnia in the PALTC setting” presented for FMDA conference, Orlando, FL, October 24, 2019
*“Polypharmacy in the Elderly” and “Elder Mistreatment” presented for FMX Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 24-28, 2019
*“Sleeplessness in the Elderly” presented for University of South Florida interdisciplinary geriatrics noon conference and Byrd Alzheimers conference, Tampa Florida, June 26, 2019
*“Dementia and Capacity” presented at Florida Annual Judges Symposium, Orlando Florida, May 28, 2019
*“Sleepless in the Nursing home” presented at AMDA: The Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care National Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 7-10, 2019