For COVID-19 vaccine updates, please review our information guide and sign up for Connect. Continue your routine care with us by scheduling an in-person appointment or Video Visit.
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Geriatrician Dr. Karin Ouchida and patient

We are dedicated to high quality compassionate care for both patients and families.

Leaders in Aging Care and End-of-Life Research

Our goal is to enrich knowledge through highly collaborative creative research to advance the fields of aging and palliative care.

Innovators in Education

We create and sustain unique educational programs in geriatrics and palliative medicine.

COVID-19 VACCINE INFORMATION

IMPORTANT: 

  • Unfortunately, at this time vaccine appointments can ONLY be scheduled through "Connect" (Weill Cornell Connect). We will update our website as soon as this situation changes.
  • The Center on Aging and our offices do not have access to the scheduling system at the COVID Vaccination site and our staff does not have the ability to schedule patients for an appointment to be vaccinated. 
  • The Center on Aging will not be giving the vaccines in the clinic due to limitations in vaccine storage and allotted space for safe social distancing. 
  • If there are no available dates and time showing up within "Connect" (Weill Cornell Connect) online or in the app, please check back at another time or day to see if available appointment slots appear. 
  • You are highly encouraged to try to register in the community for the COVID-19 vaccine. Please see bottom for more information. 
  • You will need to receive the second vaccine at the same location that you received the first dose of your vaccine.  

PROCEDURE FOR SCHEDULING VIA "CONNECT" (Weill Cornell Connect): 

1. Go to 'Visits", scroll to the bottom. 

2. Click "Schedule an Appointment" 

3. Choose "Tell us why" 

4. Choose "COVID-19 Vaccine First Dose" 

5. Complete questions as prompted. 

6. Choose Date and Time, choose Confirm 

LOCATION: Columbia Hospital Armory (168th St.) 

Please note that this is currently the ONLY dedicated location provided by New York Presbyterian for vaccine administration to patients. There are no other vaccine locations announced as of yet by the NYP hospital and the administration. 

 

OTHER OPTIONS FOR COVID-19 VACCINE SCHEDULING

Here are several websites you may wish to visit for vaccine scheduling: 

www.vaccinepod.nyc.gov 

www.vaccinefinder.nyc.gov 

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines.page

MORE VACCINE INFORMATION and EXPECTED SIDE EFFECTS: 

Moderna: https://www.fda.gov/media/144638/download

 Pfizer: https://www.fda.gov/media/144414/download

 

Division Highlights

Celebrating 20 Years Of House Calls

This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the EGL House Call Program, and with it a tradition of delivering high-quality clinical care to some of the most vulnerable elderly members of our  community. In addition to bringing the medical team to the patient’s doorstep, the EGL House Call Program also conducts follow-up consultations and connects patients with much-needed social support services.The EGL House Call Program was founded in 1997 in the Division of Geriatrics by Dr. Veronica... Read More

Championing Palliative Care

Hearing words like “end of life planning,” “do not resuscitate,” “hospice” and “palliative care” can be threatening, challenging and unforgettable moments for patients and their loved ones.At NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, expertise for  these conversations comes from the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine’s geriatricians and palliative medicine physicians who  are called upon to guide these conversations— and with good reason. Trained in the humanity of medicine,... Read More

Fighting Back Against Elder Abuse

Dr. Veronica LoFaso, Roland Balay Clinical Scholar and Wright Center physician, is on the front lines in the fight against elder abuse, which is thought to be experienced by as many as 1 in 6 older adults. She has engaged in important work identifying and cataloging bruising patterns in physical abuse victims in partnership with experienced research colleagues. She also works closely with elder justice professionals in cases of criminal neglect. Dr. LoFaso also serves as the Medical Director on... Read More