Dr. Parks’ academic interests include developing clinical and academic programs, academic leadership and improving care for older adults. She helped develop the outpatient practice, Jefferson Center for Healthy Aging, which opened in January 2016. Dr. Parks was recently elected to the Board of the American Geriatrics Society.
Susan Parks, MD
Professor
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Contact Information
Professor
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Interests
Education
Medical School
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School - 1994
Residency
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Publications
- Inspiring Undergraduate Student Training in Alzheimer's Research (USTAR): Training the Next Generation of Aging Scientists
- Fellowship-trained physicians who let their geriatric medicine certification lapse: A national survey
- Acceptability of Telemedicine in a Geriatric Outpatient Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Lessons Learned From a Pilot Project on Telemedicine Advance Care Planning in an Urban Geriatric Primary Care Office
- Tendinosis develops from age- and oxygen tension-dependent modulation of Rac1 activity
Board Certification
Family Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Jefferson Methodist Hospital
Biography
Dr. Parks is the Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Jefferson in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. She is originally from Haddonfield, NJ. She went to medical school in Newark, NJ at UMD New Jersey Medical School. She matched at Jefferson in Family Medicine in 1994 and has remained here since. She did a two-year fellowship in Geriatric Medicine. She is currently the Medical Director of the Jefferson Center for Healthy Aging and is serving as the director of the Divisionof Geriatric Medicine.
Personal Interests
Dr. Parks, her husband and daughter reside in Haddonfield, NJ. They are avid sports fans. Sue enjoys playing tennis with her family, golf and running.