Sandra Bellantonio, MD

Department of Medicine
Division of General Medicine/Geriatrics
Section of Geriatrics

• Section Head, Geriatric Medicine

• Program Director, Geriatric Fellowship

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

• Director, Geriatric Theme, Tufts University School of Medicine 

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Universitry Of Connecticut School of Medicine

• Medical Director, Birch Manor Rehabilitation and Skilled Nusing Facility

• Advisory Physician, Glenmeadow Nursing Facility

• Medical Director, Heritage Hall West

• Medical Director, New England Hospice, Birch Manor Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility

Baystate Geriatric Medicine
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
v 413.794.0292

f  413.794.4054

email Sandra.Bellantoni@bhs.org

Fellowship

• Geriatric Fellowship
  University of Connecticut Center on Aging

Residency

• Internal Medicine
  Baystate Medical Center

Medical School

• University of Padova School of Medicine
  Padova Italy

Board Certification

• Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatric Medicine

Areas of Interest

• Healthy Aging

• Dementia Care

• Transitions in Care

• Geriatrics Education

Professional Service

• American Geriatrics Society
  —Co-Chair, Residency Recruitment Task Force
  —Member, Education Commitee
  —Member, Teachers Section

• Member, Association of Directors of Academic Geriatrics Programs

• Member, American College of Physicians

• Member, Massachusetts Medical Society

• Member, Western Massachusetts Life Care Medical & Geriatric Oversight Committee

Selected Publications

• Bellantonio S, Kenny AM, Fortinsky RH, Kleppinger A, Robison J, Gruman C, Kulldorff M, Trella PM. Efficacy of a geriatrics team intervention for residents in dementia-specific assisted living facilities: effect on unanticipated transitions. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Mar;56(3):523-8.

• Rothberg M, Pekow P, Liu F, Korc-Grodzicki B, Brennan M, Bellantonio S, Heelon M, Lindenauer P. Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2008; 3:91-102.

• Ganai S, Lee KF, Merrill A, Lee MH, Bellantonio S, Brennan M, Lindenauer P.

• Adverse outcomes of geriatric patients undergoing abdominal surgery who are at high risk for delirium. Arch Surg 2007; 142:1072-1078.

• Dunn M, Shaaban R, Odulio R, Bellantonio, S. Respecting Sexuality in Older Adults, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55 (4) supplement (S172), 2007.

• Cader R, Vaziri A, Brennan M, Odulio R, Bellantonio S. Class III CHF Presenting as a Geriatrics Syndrome. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 55 (4) supplement (S21). 2007

• Cader R, Vaziri A, Brennan M, Odulio R, Bellantonio S. Class III CHF presenting as a geriatric syndrome. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007;55:S21.

• Behroozi S, Bellantonio S, Brennan M. Baclofen withdrawal resulting in seizures and intubation. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007;55:S20.

• Ortiz W, Hinchey K, Rosenblum M, Bellantonio S. Lost in translation. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2006;54(4):S97-98.

• Ashraf M, Sadashiv S, Hussain S, Bellantonio S, Brennan M. Medical Resident’s Attitude Toward Elderly Drivers and Elderly Driving Policies. American Geriatrics Society, annual scientific meeting, Orlando, FL. May 2005. Abstract # D51.

• Natanasabapathy N, Kwon SJ, Yarrish R, Brensilver JM, Bellantonio S. Antibiotic (Abx) Use in Older Adults with Severe Functional Impairment. American Geriatrics Society, annual scientific meeting, Orlando, FL. May 2005. Abstract #C85.

• Bellantonio S, Ashraf MJ, Natanasabapathy S, Brown, R. Influenza. Manual of Clinical Problems in Infectious Disease. 5th Edition Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 2005.

• Ashraf M, Sadashiv S, Hussain S, Bellantonio S Brennan M.  Medical residents’attitude toward elderly drivers and elderly driving policies. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2005;53(4):S187.

• Sadashiv S, Hussain S, Brennan M, Bellantonio S. Driving and older adults: the physician’s role. Family Practice Recertification 2004;26(6):19-30.