Academic Appointment(s)
- Instructor
Research Interests:
- Health Disparities
- Subgroup analyses of the disablement process in older Mexican Americans
- Active Life Expectancy
- Methodological challenges of calculating estimates of healthy life expectancies longitudinal observational data
- Redefining what it means to be “active” in late life; successful aging
Clinical Interests:
- Primary care of older adults with chronic illness
- General Geriatrics
Selected publications:
- Sorock GS, Chen L-H, Gonzalgo SR, Baker SP. Alcohol History and Fatal Injury in Older Adults. Alcohol. 2006 Nov;40(3):193-9.
- Gonzalgo SR, Gonzalgo ML, Simonsick EM, Biggs, ML, Li C, Fitzpatrick A, Seplaki C, Fried LP. Active Life Expectancy in Older Men with and without Prostate Cancer: Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Poster presentation. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting 2007. San Francisco, CA
- Gonzalgo SR, Gonzalgo ML, Simonsick EM, Biggs, ML, Li C, Fitzpatrick A, Seplaki C, Fried LP. Disability Risk and Transitions in Older Men with and without Prostate Cancer: Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Podium Presentation. American Urological Association Annual Meeting. Anaheim, CA. 2007.
- Gonzalgo SR, Simonsick EM, Ostir GV, Markides KS. Incident Mobility Limitation by Nativity and Acculturation in Mexican American Older Adults. Podium presentation. Minority Task Force Symposium. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. 2005.
- Gonzalgo, SR, Gonzalgo, ML, Simonsick EM, Ko CW, Ostir GV, Markides KS. Transitions in Disability and Urinary Incontinence in Mexican American Older Adults. Poster presentation, American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. 2005.
- Gonzalgo SR, Simonsick EM, Ostir GV, Markides KS. ADL Disability and Lower Extremity Function Predict 5-year Mortality in Mexican American Older Adults. Presidential Poster Presentation, American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. 2004.
- Gonzalgo SR, Ejadi S, and Christmas, C. A previously healthy 35 year old presents with chronic productive cough of blood-tinged white sputum, flu-like symptoms, loss of appetite and subsequent weight loss. Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center Website, Case Rounds, 2001. http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/case/case8/8_case.html
Education/Training:
- M.D.: Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Internship/Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
- Fellowship: Clinical and Research Fellowship in Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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