Michael E. Stern, MD, codirector of the geriatric emergency medicine fellowship program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, both in New York City. He has authored or coauthored several book chapters and papers on geriatric emergency medicine.
Winter is a "peak" season for visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs). On top of the usual spike in emergency…
