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Distinguished Fellow, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

UCSD Department of Psychiatry, Excellence in Teaching, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry

UCSD PACE Faculty Award for Excellence

Secretary-Treasurer American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2024-25

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology:  Geriatric Psychiatry ABCC Committee, Professionalism Committee 

Affiliated Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, College of Health Science at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Jan. 2025 – Present

Associate Staff, UCSD School of Medicine, Dept of Family Medicine, UCSD PACE Program, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2024 – Present

Short-lived mixed affective states in bipolar disorder

Evaluating and Managing Tardive Dyskinesia in the Older Adult

Using Biomarkers to Predict Memantine Effects in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Proposal and Proof-Of-Concept Demonstration

Preliminary Evidence that Memantine Enhances Prepulse Effects on Startle Magnitude and Latency in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Steven Huege is the Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory Care and Geriatrics at the Swank Memory Center and is an Affiliated Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology of the College of Health Science at the University of Delaware. Prior to joining ChristianaCare in 2024, he was an HS Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. At UCSD, he served as the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director and was Director of Wellness for Graduate Medical Education for UCSD School of Medicine. Dr. Huege completed his general psychiatry residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and geriatric psychiatry fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. From 2008-2016, he was an Assistant Professor at Perelman School of Medicine.

Dementia/Memory Care

Mental Health in Older Adults

Geriatric Psychiatry

Physician Wellness/Health

Medical Education

Dr. Steven Huege

Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory Care and Geriatrics

According to the Alzheimer's Association, nearly 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's. By 2050, that number is expected to grow to 13 million.As Delaware's aging population is expected to grow, the need for memory care is also increasing.

On this episode, Dr. Steven Huege endowed chair of ChristianaCare's Swank Center for Memory Care reveals how a multidisciplinary approach makes all the difference for patients and their families. You'll hear about the different conditions addressed by the Swank Center, their participation in the innovative GUIDE Program to assist caregivers, and what the future holds for memory care in terms of medications and cutting-edge treatments. If you're concerned about memory changes in yourself or a loved one, this is an episode not to be missed.

To listen to the audio version, or check out the show notes, visit podcast.christianacare.org

Reimagining Memory Care with Dr. Steven Huege

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