James T. Pacala, MD, MS

Associate Professor
612-625-0954
pacal001@umn.edu

Primary Research Themes: Medical student education, geriatrics

Education Activities: Director, Family Medicine and Community Health Medical Student Education program; director, medical school's Physician and Society course; director, Aging Game Workshop for medical students

Selected Publications

Pacala JT, Boult C, Hepburn K:  Ten years’ experience conducting the Aging Game:  Was it worth it?  J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54:144-9.

Reuben DB, Herr KA, Pacala JT, et al. Geriatrics At Your Fingertips: 2006-2007, 8th Edition. New York, NY: American Geriatrics Society; 2006.

Pacala JT: Prevention of disease and disability. In: Beers MH, Jones TV, eds.  The Merck Manual of Geriatrics. 4th Edition. www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/home.jsp: Merck Research Laboratories, 2005.

Cox M, Pacala JT, Vercellotti GM, Shea JA. Major lessons learned in the nine content areas of the UME-21 Project: Health care economics, financing, organization, and delivery. Family Medicine. 2004;36:S20-S30.

Pacala JT. Preventive Medical Care. In: Deers MH, Jones TV (eds.) The Merck Manual of Health and Aging. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 2004.

Pacala JT, Boult C, Urdangarin C, McCaffrey D. Using self-reported data to predict expenditures for the health care of older people. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:609-14.

Education

MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1985

MS, Brown University (gerontology and chronic disease epidemiology), 1990

Fellow, Health Services Research in Gerontology/Geriatrics, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, 1988-1990

Fellow, Geriatrics, Traveler’s Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1990-1992

Fellow, Minnesota Area Geriatric Education Center, University of Minnesota, 1993

Fellow, Macy Institute Program for Leaders in Medical Education, Harvard University, 2001

Selected Professional Activities

Contribution to Minorities in Medicine Award, Twin Cities Chapter of the Student National Medical Association, 2005

Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award, American Geriatrics Society, 2002

All-University Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-Baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, University of Minnesota, 2002

Member, board of directors, American Geriatrics Society, 2005-present; chair, annual meeting program committee, 2004

Editorial board, Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care in Aging, 1999-present