Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine & Public Health | Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Dr. Eastman is a Clinical Associate Professor in the UW Division of Geriatrics. Having done all her medical training at UWSMPH, she couldn’t imagine any other workplace would be as fun, so somehow convinced them to give her a job and never plans to leave. Her clinical practice focuses on primary care of older adults, with additional clinics in memory care and pre-operative evaluation. Additionally, she currently serves as the Senior Medical Director for ambulatory medical specialties at UW Health, overseeing the clinical operations of non-surgical specialty clinics, and as medical director of Badger Prairie Health Care Center, the Dane county nursing home. Her academic work has mainly been in curriculum development and education, particularly of medical students. She is actively involved in public outreach and education across the state. In her spare time, she’s an avid, possibly obsessive, gardener who has never met a tomato she didn’t like.
Talks:
10 Things to Know About Aging
A whirlwind tour of the physiology of aging, designed to help all audiences identify what is “normal” and what to watch out for in the aging process.
Memory Testing: What do I use & what does it mean?
A quick guideline to common memory screening tools, how reliable they are, and how to interpret their results.
Dementia: Dealing with now; Looking Forward
An adaptable talk for all audience levels on the most common types of dementia, how they are diagnosed, current treatments, and frequently-updated information on new trends in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Not the Same Person: What to expect in dementia
An adaptable talk on the progression of dementia in terms of behaviors and function, with the option of both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches for addressing concerning behaviors.
Dementia Prevention
A brief and frequently-updated talk on the latest information on how to modify dementia risk, addressing those strategies that are evidence-supported and those that are unlikely to work.
Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health: the POSH Initiative at UW
A description of the value of comprehensive geriatric pre-operative evaluation for frail older patients, including a review of current evidence and how it has been implemented at UW hospital and could be adapted to other health systems.
Why Older People Are Awesome
A talk designed to support and engage those who volunteer and/or work with older persons, originally designed for college students, but highly adaptable to any volunteer organization.
The Neuropathology of Dementia
An overview of the basics of “what is dementia,” the most common types, diagnosis and treatment.
I'm the Only One Left: Social Isolation and Loneliness in Aging
An evidence-based exploration of the prevalence, risk factors and impact of social isolation and loneliness in older adults, with an emphasis on a practical approach to screening and intervention in the clinical setting.