JosephOgbonnaNnodimMDPhD, FACP, AGSF.

Geriatrics • Ann Arbor, MI

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Physician

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Office
4260 Plmouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone+1 734-764-6831

Fax+1 734-647-8535

Education & Training

University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Advanced Geriatrics, 2004 - 2005
University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2003 - 2004
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Michigan State UniversityResident, 2001 - 2003
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York Medical CollegeIntern, 2000 - 2001
University of WalesPhilosophiae Doctor, 1982 - 1985
Lagos University Teaching HospitalInternship, 1978 - 1979
University of Lagos College of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2001 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member American College of Physicians, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Member Michigan State Medical Society, 2012, 2013
Member Washtenaw County Medical Society, 2012, 2013
Member Gerontological Society of America, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Member Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Member American Geriatrics Society, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow American College of Physicians, 2011
Member American Association of Anatomists, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Member American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Member Association for the Study of Medical Education, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Foreign Faculty Fellow Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; University of Michigan Medical School, 1992, 1993
Teaching Excellence Award University of Benin Medical Students’ Association, 1993
Academic Merit Scholarship for the study of Cell Biology Federal Government of Nigeria, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Outstanding Professional Service Award State Committee of the National Youth Service Corps, 1980
Academic Merit Scholarship for the study of Medicine Federal Government of Nigeria, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

27 citations
Exploring the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare.
Timothy W Farrell, William W Hung, Kathleen T Unroe, Teneille R Brown, Christian D Furman
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022-12-01
29 citations
Balance and its Clinical Assessment in Older Adults – A Review
Joseph O. Nnodim, Raymond Yung
Journal of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 2015-09-02
43 citations
Dynamic Balance and Stepping Versus Tai Chi Training to Improve Balance and Stepping in At‐Risk Older Adults
Joseph O. Nnodim, Debra M. Strasburg, Martina Nabozny, Linda V. Nyquist, Andrzej T. Galecki
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2006-12-01

Journal Articles

Effect of age on the ability to recover from a single unexpected underfoot perturbation during gait: Kinematic responses.
Hogene K, Nnodim JO, Ashton-Miller JA, Gait and Posture
A cross-sectional survey of medical student attitudes to social issues in medicine.
Nnodim JO, West African Journal of Anatomy
Peptidergic and catecholaminergic innervation in rat and human brown adipose tissue.
Lever JD, Jung RT, Norman D, Symons D, Leslie PJ & Nnodim JO, Experimental Brain Research
A morphofunctional perspective of thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue.
Nnodim JO, Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences
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Abstracts/Posters

Experience with multiple-choice testing.
Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record
Effect of age and vocal reaction time on the kinematics of the first recovery step following single unexpected medial or lateral underfoot perturbations during gait.
Kim H, Nnodim JO, Richardson JK, Ashton-Miller JA, International Society for Posture and Gait Research Joint World Congress
Effect of age on recovery step kinematics following a single unexpected underfoot perturbation during gait.
Nnodim JO, Kim H, Richardson J & Ashton-Miller J, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Effect of a vocal choice reaction time task on step kinematics following a sudden underfoot perturbation during gait.
Nnodim JO, Kim H & Ashton-Miller JA, Gerontological Society of America
A shoe-based method for randomly perturbing the stance phase of gait and its effect on step width.
Kim H, Richardson JK, Nnodim J, Takemura H & Ashton-Miller AJ, Annual American Society of Biomechanics Meeting
Dynamic balance and stepping training improves balance in at-risk older adults.
Nnodim JO, Strasburg D, Nabozny M, Nyquist L, Galecki A, Chen S & Alexander NB, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
A Case of Pulmonary Actinomycosis.
Nnodim JO, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting
Effect of aging on myofiber and satellite cell numbers in rat levator ani muscle.
Nnodim JO, FASEB Journal
Satellite cells in muscle atrophy and aging.
Carlson BM, Borisov A, Dedkov E & Nnodim JO, Proceedings of the Muscle Satellite Cell Workshop: Growth, Regeneration and Muscle Disease
Denervation does not stimulate satellite cell proliferation in the levator ani of castrated rats.
Nnodim JO, FASEB Journal
Antecedent academic record and performance in preclinical anatomy.
Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record Supplement
The use of plastinated specimens within the CAI lesson program ATLAS-plus.
Fischer TV & Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record Supplement
A fine structural study of parenchymal, vascular and paravascular elements in brown adipose tissue (BAT) of the adult rat.
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
A second look at a First Professional Examination in Anatomy.
Nnodim JO, Proceedings of the VIth International Conference of the Anatomical Society of West Africa
Pre-clinical anatomy: to dissect or not to dissect, that is the question.
Nnodim JO, Proceedings of the Grillo Symposium
Brown adipose tissue is present in man inhabiting the tropics.
Nnodim JO, Anatomical Record
Evidence of peptidergic innervation within rat and human brown adipose tissue.
Lever JD, Norman D, Symons D, Jung RT & Nnodim JO, Journal of Anatomy
Stereological assessment of age-related changes in capillary volume and lipid droplet surface densities in rat interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT).
Nnodim JO & Lever JD, Proceedings of the IIIrd International Conference of the Anatomical Society of West Africa
Adrenergic innervation of brown adipose tissue at adult rat and human perirenal sites: a fluorescence histochemical and histological study.
Lever JD, Jung RT, Nnodim JO, Leslie P & Symons D, Proceedings of the XIIth International Anatomical Congress
Three-dimensional reconstruction of arteriovenous anastomoses (AVAs) in rat interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT).
Nnodim JO, Lever JD & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Arteriovenous connections in relation to interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT) in the rat.
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Observations on the innervation of brown adipose tissue in the adult rat: an ultrastructural and fluorescence histochemical study after 5-hydroxy and 6-hydroxydopamin...
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
Microscopical comparisons between human neonatal periadrenal fat and rat brown adipose tissue (BAT).
Lever JD, Nnodim JO & Symons D, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Pre- and perinatal development of interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT) in the rat.
Nnodim JO, Lever JD & Symons D, Journal of Anatomy
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