As Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Erickson Retirement Communities, Gary Applebaum developed and managed the largest group practice (Erickson Health) of geriatrics providers in America.
Gary lead the installation of Centricity (GE Health Care), a primary care electronic health record system, in less than a year at 10 practices in 7 states including data entry of over 10,000 patients' charts. To accomplish this, the team needed to train over 200 providers and staff members to use system. Erickson's practices are now paperless including all medical documentation, as well as orders and billing. For his efforts, Gary was named Geriatrics Clinician of the Year by the American Geriatrics Society recognizing the unique nature of the system of care developed at Erickson.
Currently, Dr. Applebaum continues to practice medicine at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, trained at the Johns Hopkins University and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He is also a partner and investor in an early stage venture capital fund, Nobska Ventures. In addition, he is a board member and Chairs, the Life Sciences Team of the Maryland/Israel Development Center for The Associated: - Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, as well as serving as an advisory board member for the International Council on Active Aging. In 1992, Gary testified at a congressional hearing for the United States House of Representatives, Select Committee on Aging, Subcommittee on long-term care.
Dr. Applebaum ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives in Maryland to offer national leadership to improve health care for all Americans while decreasing the ever escalating cost of our system. He has stayed active in politics and will continue to work with policy makers towards that goal.
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