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General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

As a specialty division of IU School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics is large, diverse, and active in the department’s clinical, teaching and research missions. The division includes primary care, geriatrics, hospital medicine, palliative medicine, global medicine and ethics. Our clinicians practice at three Indianapolis health systems (IU Health, Eskenazi Health and the VA Medical Center) and at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. Our researchers benefit from appointments at the Regenstrief Institute and other IU centers. Led by Greg Sachs, MD, the division was one of the first three of such specialty units in the United States.

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Research

This division conducts cutting-edge, patient-centered research using an interdisciplinary approach to science.  Long-standing strengths of the division include aging research, biomedical informatics, health services research and bioethics.

Dr. Westmoreland holds the hand of an elderly patient in an exam room

Clinical Care

Clinical efforts in this division encompass multiple specialties, including adult internal medicine, geriatrics, hospital medicine and palliative medicine. Our clinicians practice throughout the Indianapolis metro region.

Fellowship

The Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics offers multiple ACGME-accredited fellowship programs in geriatrics and palliative medicine.

Featured Posts

Nicole Fowler, PhD, MHSA
The Beat

Fowler named Vice Chair for Research

Nicole Fowler, PhD, MHSA, is the Department of Medicine’s new Vice Chair for Research. She stepped into the role on Jan. 1, 2025, replacing Kara Wools-Kaloustian, MD, who has taken on the post of Executive Site Director for AMPATH Kenya.

a student talks with a patient at the student outreach clinic in indianapolis
Indiana Health

Department announces 2024 PIE grant winners

Rebecca Rivera, PhD, and Matthew Nesvet, PhD, are the 2024 winners of the Department of Medicine’s Promoting Inclusion and Equity (PIE) Grants. These $3,000 awards were established by the Department of Medicine to uphold its commitment to inclusive excellence. Proposals are accepted annually for work that addresses issues effecting minoritized communities and creates a more diverse, inclusive, equitable, and just environment.

23190-Sharp, Sacha
The Beat

Sharp steps into new vice chair role

Sacha Sharp, PhD, has stepped into the roles of Vice Chair for Strategic Engagement and Director of Medical Education Innovation in the Department of Medicine.