Dennis H. Sullivan, M.D. is the Director of the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) within the Central Arkansas Veteran’s Healthcare System, the Vice Chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, and Professor of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is internationally known for his clinical and research expertise in nutrition and rehabilitation of the frail elderly. He is conducting several studies to test the efficacy of various exercise interventions in the frail elderly, and to examine predictors of clinical outcomes of hospitalized and institutionalized older adults.

Selected Publications:

Hays NP, Starling RD, Liu X, Sullivan DH, Trappe TA, Fluckey JD, Evans WJ: Effects of an ad libitum, low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet on body weight, body composition, and fat distribution in older men and women: a randomized controlled trial. Archives of Internal Medicine, 164:210-217, 2004.

Sullivan DH, Johnson LE, Bopp MM, Roberson PK; Prognostic significance of monthly weight fluctuations among older nursing home residents. J Gerontol Medical Sciences, 59A(6):76-81, 2004.

Lambert CP, Sullivan DH, Evans WJ: Effects of megestrol acetate on circulating interleukin-15 and interleukin-18 concentrations in healthy elderly men. (In Press: J Gerontol Medical Sciences, 2004).

Sullivan DH, Liu L, Roberson PK, Bopp MM, Rees JC: Body weight change and mortality in a cohort of elderly patients recently discharged from the hospital. (In Press, J Am Geriatr Soc, 2004).

Sullivan DH, Nelson CL, Klimberg VS, Bopp MM: Nightly enteral nutrition support of elderly hip fracture patients: A pilot study. (In press: J Am Coll Nutr 2004).

Sullivan DH, Johnson LE. Nutrition and aging. In: Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Halter JB, Ouslander JG, Tinetti ME, eds. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. Fifth Edition. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc; 2003:1151-1170.

Johnson LE, Sullivan DH: Nutrition and failure to thrive. In: Landefeld CS, Palmer RM, Johnson MA, Johnston CB, and Lyons WL (Eds): Current Geriatric Diagnosis and Treatment. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc; 2004: 391-406.

Lambert CP, Sullivan DH: Treatment of sarcopenia and cachexia in the elderly. In: Mantovani G (Ed): Fat loss, wasting and cachexia in medicine. (In press)

Liu L, Bopp MM, Sullivan DH: Weight change and 5-year mortality: a prospective study of frail older patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 51:S185, 2003.