Chief of the Geriatrics Section at Boston Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM)
Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH)

88 East Newton Street, F401
Boston, MA 02118
617.638.68383
rsillima@bu.edu

Refereed Papers
Kaplan LR, Griep RJ, Schuffler MD, Silliman RA. Gallium ‑ 67 scanning at six hours in active inflammatory bowel disease: A case report. J Nuc Med 1977;18:448-49.

Silliman RA, Peters J, Ginsberg M. Infections of the heart complicating acute myocardial infarction. South Med J 1984;77:934-36.

Silliman RA, Fletcher RH, Earp JL, Wagner EH. The families of elderly stroke patients: Effects of home care. J Am Geriatr Soc 1986;34:643-48.

Silliman RA, Wagner EH, Fletcher RH. The social and functional consequences of stroke for elderly patients. Stroke 1987;18:200-03.

Wachtel TJ, Silliman RA, Lamberton P. Predisposing factors for the diabetic hyperosmolar state. Arch Intern Med 1987;147:499-501.  

Silliman RA, Dittus RS, Velez R, Young MJ, Wartman SA, Fletcher RH. Debt, moonlighting, and career decisions among internal medicine residents. J Med Educ 1987;62:463-69.

Wachtel TJ, Silliman RA, Lamberton P. Prognostic factors in the diabetic hyperosmolar state. J Am Geriatr Soc 1987;35:737-41.

Silliman RA, Earp JL, Fletcher RH, Wagner EH. Stroke: The perspective of family caregivers. J Applied Gerontol 1987;6:363-71.

Reuben DB, Silliman RA. Lessons from elderly physicians: Reflections on practice, changes in medicine and retirement considerations. J Applied Gerontol 1988;7:49-59.

Silliman RA, Sternberg J. Family caregiving: Focus on patient functioning and underlying causes of dependency. Gerontologist 1988;28:377‑82.

Silliman RA, Sternberg J, Fretwell MD. Disruptive behavior in demented older persons living with disturbed families. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988; 36:617-18.

Mor V, Guadagnoli E, Masterson‑Allen S, Silliman R, Glicksman AS, Cummings FJ, Goldberg RJ, Fretwell MD. Lung, breast, and colorectal cancer: The relationship between extent of disease and age at diagnosis. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988;36:873-76.

Reuben DB, Silliman RA, Traines M. The aging driver: Medicine, policy and ethics. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988;36:1135-42.

Silliman RA, Guadagnoli E, Weitberg AB, Mor V. Age as a predictor of diagnostic and initial treatment intensity in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. J Gerontol 1989;44:M46-50.

Silliman RA. Caring for the frail older patient: The doctor‑patient‑family caregiver relationship. J Gen Intern Med 1989;4:237-41.

Owens NJ, Silliman RA, Fretwell MD. A description of the relationship between comprehensive functional assessment and optimal pharmacotherapy in the older patient. DCIP, Ann Pharmacother 1989; 23:847-53.

Silliman RA, McGarvey ST, Raymond PM, Fretwell MD. The Senior Care Study: Does inpatient interdisciplinary geriatric assessment help the family caregivers of acutely ill older patients? J Am Geriatr Soc 1990; 38:461-66.

Willey C, Silliman RA. The impact of disease upon the social support experience of cancer patients. J Psychosoc Onc 1990;8:79-95.

Goldberg R, Guadagnoli E, Silliman RA, Glicksman A. Cancer patients' concerns: Congruence between patients and primary care physicians.       J Cancer Educ 1990;5:193-99.

Guadagnoli E, Weitberg A, Mor V, Silliman RA, Glicksman A, Cummings F. The influence of patient age on the diagnosis and treatment of lung and colorectal cancer. Arch Intern Med 1990;150:1485-90.

Fretwell MD, Raymond PM, McGarvey ST, Owens N, Traines ML, Silliman RA, Mor V. The Senior Care Study: A controlled trial of a consultation/unit‑based assessment program in acute care. J Am Geriatr Soc 1990;38:1073-81.

Owens NJ, Sherburne NJ, Silliman RA, Fretwell MD. The Senior Care Unit Study: The optimal use of medications in acutely ill older patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1990;38:1082-87.

Kassler WJ, Wartman SA, Silliman RA. Why medical students choose primary care careers. Academic Med 1991;66:41-43.

Silliman RA, Balducci L, Goodwin JS, Holmes FF, Leventhal EA. Breast cancer care in old age: What we know, don't know, and do. J Natl Cancer Inst 1993;85:190-99.  

Silliman RA. Predictors of family caregivers' physical and psychological health following hospitalization of their elders. J Am Geriatr Soc 1993;41:1039-46.

Kiel DP, Eichorn A, Intrator O, Silliman RA, Mor V. Outcomes of patients newly admitted to nursing homes after hip fracture. Am J Public Health 1994;84:1281-86.

Greenfield S, Sullivan L, Silliman RA, Dukes K, Kaplan S. Principles and practice of case mix adjustment: Applications to end-stage renal disease. Am J Kid Dis 1994;24:298-307.

Greenfield S, Sullivan L, Dukes K, Silliman R, D’Agostino R, Kaplan S. Development and testing of a new measure of case mix for use in office practice. Med Care 1995;33:AS47-55.

Silliman RA, Bhatti S, Khan A, Dukes KA, Sullivan LM. The care of older persons with diabetes mellitus: Families and primary care physicians. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996;44:1314-21.

Guadagnoli E, Shapiro C, Gurwitz JH, Silliman RA, Weeks JC, Borbas C, Soumerai SB. Age-related patterns of care: Bias or good clinical decision-making for early stage breast cancer? J Clin Oncol 1997;15:2338-44.

Silliman RA, Troyan SL, Guadagnoli E, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S. The impact of age, marital status, and physician-patient interactions on the care of older women with breast carcinoma. Cancer 1997;80:1326-34.

Silliman RA, Dukes KA, Sullivan LM, Kaplan SH. Breast cancer care in older women: Sources of information, social support, and emotional health outcomes. Cancer 1998; 83:706-11.

Silliman RA, Lash TL. Comparison of interview-based and medical record-based indices of comorbidity among breast cancer patients.   Med Care 1999;37:339-49.

Silliman RA, Prout MN, Field T, Kalish SC, Colton T. Risk factors for a decline in upper body function following treatment for early stage breast cancer.   Breast Cancer Res Treat 1999;54:25-30.

Silliman RA, Demissie S, Troyan SL. The care of older women with early stage breast cancer: What is the role of surgeon gender?   Med Care 1999;37:1057-67.

Lash TL, Silliman RA. Patient characteristics and treatments associated with a decline in upper-body function following breast cancer therapy.   J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:615-22.

Ritchie CS, Joshipura K, Silliman RA, Millen B, Douglas C. The impact of oral health on significant weight loss among community dwelling older adults.   J Gerontol 2000;55A:M366-71.

Caruso LB, Silliman RA, Demissie S, Greenfield S, Wagner EH. What can we do to improve physical function in type 2 diabetics?   J Gerontol 2000;55A:M372-77.

Lash TL, Silliman RA. A sensitivity analysis to separate bias due to confounding from bias due to predicting misclassification by a variable that does both.   Epidemiol 2000;11:544-49.

Lash TL, Silliman RA, Guadagnoli E, Mor V. The effect of less than definitive care on breast cancer recurrence and mortality.   Cancer 2000;89:1739–47.

Kerner JF, Mandelblatt JS, Silliman RA, Lynch JJ, Senie R, Cohen C, Hwang Y-T. Screening mammography and breast cancer treatment patterns in older women.   Breast Cancer Res Treat 2001;69:81-91.

Demissie S, Silliman RA, Lash TL. Adjuvant tamoxifen: Predictors of use, side effects, and discontinuation in older women.   J Clin Oncol 2001;19:322-28.

Lash TL, Silliman RA.   A comparison of the National Death Index and Social Security Administration databases to ascertain vital status.   Epidemiol 2001;12:259–61 .

Lash TL, Silliman RA.   Medical surveillance after breast cancer diagnosis. Med Care 2001;39:945-55.

Bokhour BG, Clark JA, Inui TS, Silliman RA, Talcott JA. Sexuality after treatment for early prostate cancer: Exploring the meanings of “erectile dysfunction”.   J Gen Intern Med 2001;16:649-55.

Gurwitz JH, Guadagnoli E, Landrum MB, Silliman R, Wolf R, Weeks JC. The treating physician as active gatekeeper in the recruitment of research subjects.   Med Care 2001;39:1339-44.

Mandelblatt JS, Bierman AS, Gold K, Zhang Y, Ng JH, Maserejan N, Hwang Y-T, Meropol NJ, Hadley J, Silliman RA. Constructs of burden of illness in older breast cancer patients: A comparison of measurement methods.   Health Serv Res 2001;36:1085-1107.  

Ewart CV, Fearon NA, Lund M, Martin B, Kirkland JL, Ritchie CS, Quatromoni P, Silliman RA, Millen BE. Subject recruitment, retention, and protocol feasibility in a prospective study of nutritional risk among urban, frail homebound elders.   J Nutr Elderly 2001;21:1-21.

Millen BE, Silliman RA, Copenhafer D, Ewart C, Ritchie C, Quatromoni P, Kirkland JL, Chipkin S, Fearon N, Lund M, Garcia R, Barry PP. Nutritional risk in an urban homebound older population: The Nutrition and Healthy Aging project.   J Nutr Health Aging 2001;5;269-77.

Lash TL, Silliman RA. Long-term follow-up of upper body function among breast cancer survivors.   Breast J 2002;8:28-33.

Liang W, Burnett CB, Rowland JK, Meropol NJ, Eggert L, Hwang Y-T, Silliman RA, Weeks JC, Mandelblatt JS. Communication between physicians and older women with localized breast cancer: Implications for treatment and patient satisfaction.   J Clin Oncol 2002;20:1008-16.

Silliman RA, Guadagnoli E, Rakowski W, Landrum MB, Lash TL, Wolf R, Fink A, Ganz PA, Gurwitz J, Brobas C, Mor V.   Adjuvant tamoxifen prescription in women 65 years and older with early stage breast cancer.   J Clin Oncol 2002;20:2680-88 .

Blackman SB, Lash TL, Fink AK, Ganz PA, Silliman RA.   Advanced age and adjuvant tamoxifen prescription in early stage breast cancer patients. Cancer 2002;95:2465-72.

Lash TL, Thwin SS, Horton NJ, Guadagnoli E, Silliman RA.   Multiple informants: A new method to assess breast cancer patients’ comorbidity.   Am J Epidemiol 2003;157:249-57.

Maly RC, Leake B, Silliman RA.   Health care disparities in older breast cancer patients: Informational support from physicians.   Cancer 2003;97:1517-27.

Clark JA, Bokhour BG, Inui TS, Silliman RA, Talcott JA.   Measuring patients’ perceptions of the outcomes of treatment for early prostate cancer.   Med Care 2003; in press.

Miller RR,   Zhang Y, Silliman RA, Kelly-Hayes M, Leveille S, Murabito J, Kiel D, O’Conner G, Felson DT.   Impact of medical conditions on improvement in self-reported and observed functional performance amongst elders.   J Am Geriatr Soc 2003; in press.

Book Chapters/Reviews

Silliman RA. Urticaria. In: Dornbrand L, Hoole A, Fletcher RH, Pickard CG eds. Manual of clinical ambulatory care. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985:357‑59; Second edition 1992:587-90; Third edition: Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997:721-723.

Silliman RA. "Bee" stings. In: Dornbrand L, Hoole A, Fletcher RH, Pickard CG eds. Manual of clinical ambulatory care. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985:492‑94; Second edition 1992:590-92; Third edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997:723-726.

Silliman RA. Hypoglycemia. In: Dornbrand L, Hoole A, Fletcher RH, Pickard CG eds. Manual of clinical ambulatory care. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985:489‑91; Second edition 1992:409-12; Third edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997:375-377.

Silliman RA, Calabresi P. Plough AL, Korda H, Delbanco T. Boston at Risk: A Report from the Boston Foundation Primary Health Care Seminar. Boston: Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University, 1985. New Engl J Med 1986;314:1585(book review).

Silliman RA. Weiss NS. Clinical epidemiology: The outcome of illness. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. J Gen Intern Med 1987;2:139(book review).

Mor V, Guadagnoli E, Silliman RA, Weitberg A, Glicksman A, Goldberg R, Cummings F, Masterson‑Allen S. Influence of old age, performance status, medical, and psychosocial status on cancer patient management. In: Yancik R, Yates JW eds. Cancer in the elderly: Approaches to early detection and treatment. New York: Springer, 1989:127-146.

Silliman RA. Family-centered geriatric medical care. Clair JM, Allman RM, eds. Sociomedical perspectives on patient care relationships. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993:162-173.

Silliman RA, Balducci L. Breast cancer. In: Reichel W, ed. Care of the elderly: Clinical aspects of aging, 4 th edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1995:302-307; 5 th edition, 1999:407-413.

Silliman RA. Diabetes mellitus in the elderly patient. In: Reichel W, ed. Care of the elderly: Clinical aspects of aging, 4 th edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1995:373-379; 5 th edition, 1999:507-512 (with LB Caruso).

Silliman RA. Cancer in the elderly: Treatment and research.   Fentimen IS, Monfardini S, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. N Engl J Med 1995;33:673-74(book review).

Balducci L, Silliman RA, Baekey P. Breast cancer: An oncological perspective - Part I. In: Balducci L, Lyman GH, Ershler WB, eds. Comprehensive Geriatric Oncology. Australia:Harwood Academic Publishers, 1998:629-660.

Silliman RA, Balducci L. Breast cancer: A geriatric perspective - Part II. In: Balducci L, Lyman GH, Ershler WB, eds. Comprehensive Geriatric Oncology. Australia:Harwood Academic Publishers, 1998:661-664.

Book

Reichel’s Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects of Aging, 5 th edition.   Gallo JJ, Busby-Whitehead J, Rabins PV, Silliman RA, Murphy JB, eds.   Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1999.

Other

Silliman RA. The health aide and health manpower in Alaska, Appendix IV, F. "Education of the Alaska Community Health Aide". In: Health Professions Education in Alaska , University of Alaska, 1975.

Kaplan LR, Silliman RA. Feeding tube placement in the debilitated patient. JAMA 1976;236:446 (letter).

Myers WW, Silliman RA, Lyons RB, Schwarz MR. The WAMI program: A three year progress report on regionalized medical education in the North. In: Shepard and Itoh eds. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Circumpolar Health. University of Toronto Press, 1976: 609-12.

Silliman RA, Passero MA, Kaplan D, Condry M, Pass C, Robzyk P, Passero M. Acute cardiorespiratory morbidity, air quality, temperature, and pollen concentration in Providence, Rhode Island. RI Med J 1982; 65:109-11.

Silliman RA. Social stress and social support. Generations 1986; 10:18-20.

Mor V, Guadagnoli E, Masterson‑Allen S, Silliman   R, Weitberg A, Glicksman AS, Rosenstein R, Cummings FJ, Goldberg RJ, Fretwell MD.   The Brown University Cancer and Aging Study: A statewide cooperative investigation. RI Med J 1988;71:379-86.

Teno J, Silliman RA. The management of cognitively impaired patients with disruptive behavior in the community. Clin Rep Aging 1988;2:16-17.

Cummings F, Mor V, Guadagnoli E, Glicksman A, Silliman R, Weitberg A, Goldberg R. Age as a factor in treatment of colorectal cancer. JAMA 1988;260:924 (letter).

Mor V, Guadagnoli E, Silliman R, Glicksman A, Weitberg A, Cummings F, Goldberg R. Influence of nonmedical factors in the choice of lung cancer treatment. New Engl J Med 1988;319:652 (letter).

Silliman RA. Stroke care within the home. Home Health Care in Review, 1988.

Silliman RA. Aging, neurological disability, and family caregiving. Sem Neurol 1989:9:3-7.

Murphy JB, Silliman RA. Older Rhode Islanders: Demography, health status and the implications for the practice of medicine. RI Med J 1991; 74:55-61.

Greenfield S, Kaplan SH, Silliman RA, Sullivan L, Manning W, D'Agostino R, Singer D, Nathan D. The uses of outcomes research for medical effectiveness, quality of care and reimbursement in Type II Diabetes. Diabetes Care 1994;17:32-39.

Silliman RA, Schonwetter RS, Burns EA. Unique characteristics of the older patient. Cancer Control 1994;1(2):115-120.

Moore AA, Doros C, Kiel DP, O'Sullivan PS, Silliman RA. Preventive health attitudes and practices of elderly persons attending senior centers. RI Med J 1995;78:115-117.

Silliman RA. Injury prevention in Alzheimer’s Disease patients: True possibility or pipedream? J Am Geriatr Soc 1995;43:831-833 (editorial).

Silliman RA. Breast cancer care in old age: Where do we go from here?   J Natl Cancer Inst 1996;88:701-703 (editorial).

Lash TL, Silliman RA. Re: Prevalence of cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 1998;90:399-400 (letter).

Silliman RA. My life with music. SGIM Forum 1998;21:5-6.

Silliman RA, Barry PP. Outpatient comprehensive geriatric assessment: An intervention whose time has come, or has it?   J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47:371-372 (editorial).  

Silliman RA.   Caregiving issues in the geriatric medical encounter.   Clin Geriatr Med 2000;16:51-60.

Silliman RA, Balducci L.   Geriatric cancer management.   Ann Long-Term Care 2000;8:45-47.

Silliman RA, Lash TL.   Do variations in breast cancer care matter?   Med Care 2002;40:177-80.

Published Abstracts (Selected)

Silliman RA, Fletcher RH, Earp JL, Wagner EH. Elderly stroke patients and their families: Effects of home care. Clin Res 1984;32:655A and J Am Ger Soc 1984;32:S30 (accepted for presentation).

Silliman R, Guadagnoli E, Mor V, Glicksman AS. The effects of age on diagnostic procedures received by colorectal cancer patients. Gerontologist 1985;25:38 (accepted for presentation).

Mor V, Guadagnoli E, Glicksman AS, Cummings FJ, Silliman R, Goldberg RJ, Fretwell MD. Lung, breast, and colorectal cancer: The relationship between disease stage and age at initial diagnosis. Gerontologist 1986; 26:217A (accepted for presentation).

Reuben DB, Silliman RA. Factors influencing elderly physicians' retirement decisions. Clin Res 1986;34:833A and Gerontologist 1986; 26:111A (accepted for presentation).

Wachtel TJ, Silliman R, Lamberton P. Predisposing factors for the diabetic nonketotic hyperosmolar state (NKHS). Clin Res 1986;34:843A and Gerontologist 1986;26:160A (accepted for presentation).

Wachtel TJ, Silliman RA, Lamberton P. Prognostic factors in the diabetic nonketotic hyperosmolar state (NKHS). Clinc Res 1986;34:844A and J Am Geriatr Soc 1986;34:906 (accepted for presentation).

Silliman R, Guadagnoli E, Mor V. The effect of age on initial breast cancer therapy. Gerontologist 1987;27:94A (accepted for presentation).

Traines M, Fretwell M, Silliman R. Early multidisciplinary team assessment in a community hospital: Results of a randomized controlled trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 1987;35:898 (accepted for presentation).

Sherburne NJ, Owens NJ, Silliman RA, Fretwell MD. A controlled trial of the effect of pharmacist medication counselling on medication knowledge in the elderly. Pharmacotherapy 1988;8:127 (accepted for presentation).

Owens N, Fretwell M, Silliman R. The Senior Care Unit: Optimal use of medications in acutely ill, older patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988;36:671 (accepted for presentation).

Raymond P, Fretwell M, McGarvey S, Traines M, Owens N, Silliman R. Patterns of change in depressive symptoms after acute hospitalization: The Senior Care Study. Gerontologist 1989;29:35A (accepted for presentation).

Johnson SC, Owens NJ, Silliman RA, Traines ML, Fretwell MD. The Senior Care Study: An analysis of compliance to pharmacotherapy recommendations in a consultative geriatric assessment unit. Pharmacotherapy 1989,9:181 (accepted for presentation).

Silliman RA, McGarvey ST, Raymond PM, Fretwell MD. Changes in patients and family caregivers following hospitalization: Effects on caregivers' well‑being. Clin Res 1989;37:788A (accepted for poster presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine).

Kassler WJ, Wartman SA, Silliman RA. Why medical students choose primary care careers. Clin Res 1989;37:808A (accepted for presentation).

Silliman RA, Orodenker S. Determinants of long‑term outcomes for hospitalized elderly and their family caregivers. Gerontologist 1990; 30:221A (accepted for presentation).

Silliman RA, Jackson H, Dukes DK, Sullivan L, Whelihan W. Assessment of cognitive function in surveys of older persons. Clin Res 1993;41:531A (accepted for presentation).

Dukes KA, Kaplan SH, Sullivan LM, Silliman RA, D’Agostino RB, Greenfield S.   The differential effect of physicians’ egalitarian decision- making style on the health outcomes of women with type II diabetes. J Gen Intern Med 1994;9:51 (accepted for presentation).

Sullivan LM, Kaplan SH, D’Agostino RB, Silliman RA, Greenfield S.   The effects of income vs. ethnicity on health habits and health status of type II diabetics.   J Gen Intern Med 1994;9:108 (accepted for presentation).

Silliman RA, Dukes KA, Sullivan LM, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Wagner EH. Improving self-care behaviors in type II diabetics. J Gen Intern Med 1996;11:137 (accepted for presentation).

Caruso LB, Silliman RA, Demissie S, Greenfield S, Wagner EH.   What can we do to improve physical function in type 2 diabetics?   Gerontologist 1998;38:111 (accepted for poster presentation).

Ritchie CS, Silliman RA, Joshipura K.   Oral health predictors of significant weight loss among community-dwelling older adults.   Gerontologist 1998;38:342 (accepted for poster presentation).

Gurwitz JH, Guadagnoli E, Silliman R, Weeks JC.   The treating physician as active gatekeeper in the recruitment of research subjects.   J Gen Intern Med 1999;14:36 (accepted for oral presentation).

Ritchie CS, Silliman RA, Millen BE, Garcia RI, Copenhafer D, Wehler C.   Do dentures compromise nutritional status in frail older adults?   J Gen Intern Med 1999;4:66 (accepted for poster presentation).

Kim LC, Silliman RA, Levine SA.   Elder mistreatment in the home care population. J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47:S53 (accepted for poster presentation).

Millen BE, Silliman RA, Ritchie C, Barry P, Fearon N, Quatromoni P, Copenhafer D.   Nutritional risk and its determinants in a frail homebound elder population.   J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47:S104 (accepted for poster presentation).

Randall CW, Ritchie C, Silliman RA, Garcia RI, Millen B.   A training protocol for oral health evaluation.   J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47:S31 (accepted for poster presentation).

Silliman RA, Lash TL.   Risk factors for decline in upper body function in older women treated for early stage breast cancer.   J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48:S54 (accepted for poster presentation.

Lash TL, Silliman RA.   Patterns and effects of surveillance for breast cancer recurrence.   Am J Epidemiol 2001:153;S34 (accepted for poster presentation).  

Fink AK, Lash TL, Silliman RA.   5-year survival of women treated with breast conserving surgery and radiation therapy compared to women treated with mastectomy for their breast cancer.   Am J Epidemiol 2001:153;S106 (accepted for poster presentation).  

Tjia J, Sillliman RA.   Interest in preventive medication use among older women.   Gerontologist 2001:41:25 (accepted for poster presentation).

Blackman SB, Lash TL, Silliman RA.   Adjuvant tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer in the oldest old.   J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50:S110 (accepted for poster presentation).

Tsai DH, Breen RC, Benke KS, Silliman RA, Farrer LA.   Predictors of subjective memory complaint in nondemented family members of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.   J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50:S91 (accepted for poster presentation).

Miller RR, Kelly-Hayes M, Leveille S, Silliman RA, Felson DT.   The trajectory and reversal of functional limitations in a population-based group of elders followed for eight years.   J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50:S67 (accepted for poster presentation).

Barry PP, Bierman AS, Leipzig RM, Silliman RA.   Evidence-based medicine and aging: Report of a needs assessment conference.   J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50:S126 (accepted for poster presentation).

Malek K, Fink A, Thwin SS, Gurwitz J, Silliman R, Ganz P.   Oncologists’ and surgeons’ perceptions of the risk-benefits of tamoxifen prescription in older breast cancer patients (accepted for poster presentation, American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 2002).  

Wampler NS, Lash TL, Silliman RA.   Survival after diagnosis of breast cancer in American Indian and Alaska Native women compared with non-Hispanic White women, 1973-1996 (accepted for paper presentation, American Public Health Association, October 2002).

Clough-Gorr KM, Caruso LB, Silliman RA.   Enhancing the quality of care for urban elders with diabetes and cardiovascular diseasse (accepted for poster presentation, Gerontological Society of America, November 2002).