Course Director Primary Care Seminars, education advisor
Liza Isabel Genao, MD serves as director for the Primary Care Seminar and education advisor for PCLT. She joined the Duke University School of Medicine Faculty in July 2013. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics.
Dr. Genao is original to the Dominican Republic, obtaining her medical degree in Spanish from La Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña in Santo Domingo. She completed an internship year with the group 10/33 assessing the prevalence of Alzheimer’s Dementia in underserved areas in Santo Domingo. She then immigrated to the United States to complete her training in Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, and Geriatric Medicine at Duke University. Upon completion of the geriatric’s clinical year, she completed 3 years of post-doctoral research in lung transplantation in older adults at the Aging Center, completing a Masters in Health Sciences.
Dr. Genao transitioned to her passion, clinical education, in 2015. Since then she has served several roles in the education of internal medicine and geriatrics to students (medical, physician assistant, nurse practitioner), residents and fellows at Duke University. She currently holds the directorship for the new Advanced Clinically Centered Education in Spanish (Medical Spanish) during the first year. Additionally, she is the director for geriatrics elective for 4th year medical students and 2nd year physician assistant students. She is a small group facilitator in the Clinical Immersion Course and Clinical Skills Foundation 1. She practices geriatric medicine and precepts learners in 3 main settings: Primary Care at the Continuing Retirement Community (the Forest at Duke), consultative care at the Geriatrics Evaluation and Treatment Clinic, and consultative care at Duke University Hospital. Her leadership roles outside PCLT include medical director for the Geriatrics Evaluation and Treatment Clinic, Selection and Clinical Competency Committee for the Geriatrics Medicine Fellowship and Voting Member for the Medical School Curriculum and Promotions Committee.