How We Age -A Doctor’s Journey Into The Heart Of Growing Old

How We Age A Doctor’s Journey Into The Heart Of Growing Old explores a subject which not many people are comfortable talking about…getting old! While some people fear getting older, Dr. Agronin discusses the views of people who embrace getting older. Aging is not necessarily the final phase of our live but is also a period of vitality, freedom and liberation for many.

 

Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by special guest Dr. Marc Agronin. Marc E. Agronin, MD is a board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist who has served since 1999 as the Medical Director for Mental Health and Clinical Research at the Miami Jewish Health Systems, Florida’s largest long-term care institution. He is also an Affiliate Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Harvard with a degree in psychology and philosophy summa cum laude, and received his medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Agronin trained in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and later completed a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Agronin is a nationally recognized expert in psychiatric illnesses in the elderly, and in 2008 was named the “Clinician of the Year” by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, awarded annually to one of its members who has demonstrated a “profound commitment to the field of clinical geriatric psychiatry by providing, promoting and assuring access to quality mental health care for older adults.” In 2011, Dr. Agronin was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.