John E. Morley, MD, director of the division of geriatric medicine and the Dammert Professor of Gerontology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He is coeditor of the textbook Sarcopenia and editor of the professional publication Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Dr. Morley is also a recipient of the American Geriatrics Society’s Lascher/Manning Award for Lifetime Achievement in Geriatrics.
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