UConn AgingNet Faculty

George Kuchel, M.D., F.R.C.P.

Academic Title
Director, UConn Center on Aging
Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology

Education
McGill University (MD CM) 1980

Training
McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Internal Medicine 1982-1985
Harvard Medical School, Geriatric Medicine 1985-1988

Research Interests
Role of hormones and cytokines in geriatric disability. Pathogenesis of impaired detrusor contractility and urinary retention. Molecular mechanisms of bladder muscle survival.

Areas of Special Clinical Interest
Geriatric Assessment, Urinary Incontinence

Languages Spoken
French, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian

Selected Publications
Jepsen R and Kuchel GA (2006) Nutrition and inflammation: The missing link between periodontal disease and systemic health in the frail elderly? Journal of Clinical Periodontology 33: 309-311.

Taylor JA, and Kuchel GA. Detrusor underactivity: Clinical features and pathogenesis of an underdiagnosed geriatric condition. (2006) Journal of the American Geriatrics Society  54(12): 1920-32.

Taylor JA, Zhu Q, Irwin B, Maghayadah, M, Tsimikas J, Pilbeam C, Leng L, Bucala R and Kuchel GA.    Null mutation in macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) prevents muscle cell loss and fibrosis in partial bladder outlet obstruction.(2006) American Journal of Physiology  291: F1343-1353.

Pefanco M.A., Kenny, A., Kaplan R, Kuchel G.A., Walsh S., Kleppinger A. and Prestwood K. (2007) The Effect of 3-year treatment with 0.25 mg/d of Micronized 17β-Estradiol on Cognitive Function in Older Postmenopausal Women.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55 (3) 426-431.

Inouye S.K., Studenski S., Tinetti M.E. and Kuchel G.A.  Geriatric syndromes: clinical, research, and policy implications of a core geriatric concept.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55 (5) 780-791.

Rudolph J.L., Ramlawi B., Kuchel G.A., McElhaney J.E., Xie D., Selke F.W., Levkoff S.E. and Marcantonio E.R.  Chemokines are Associated with Delirium after Cardiac Surgery.  Journal of Gerontology  (In Press)

Research Staff
Dan Sasso, B.Sc.
Qing Zhu, M.D., M.Sc.

Educational Contribution
Students (MD)
Fellows (MD)
Residents (MD)
CME

Contact Information
Phone: 860-679-3956
Fax: 860-679-1307

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