About Dr. Garry
RONALD T. GARRY, MD, FACP, AGSF
Business address: 681 4th Ave N, Naples, Florida, 34102
Email: Ron@rgarry.com

EDUCATION

1996 Medical Degree with Distinction in Research, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1992 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Cum Laude, Departmental Honors, State University of New York at Stony Brook

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

7/1999 to 6/2001 Fellow, Geriatrics, Harvard Geriatric fellowship
7/1997 to 6/1999 Resident, Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1996 to 1997 Intern, Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

CERTIFICATIONS

9/2000, 9/2010 Added Qualification in Geriatrics
10/1999, 10/2009, 10/2019 American Board of Internal Medicine
2008, 2010, 2020 Hospice and Palliative Care

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

6/2022 to present Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
6/2018 to 6/2022 Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
7/2001 to 6/2003 Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

HOSPITAL & CLINIC APPOINTMENTS

2/2003 to present Naples Community Hospital/North Collier Hospital
7/2001 to 6/2003 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

OTHER POSITIONS

5/2024 to present Medical Director, Naples Concierge Medicine/Northwestern Medicine
1/2004 to present Subsection Chief of Geriatrics, Naples Community Hospital
10/2022 to 2/2025 Board Member, Colonial Square 10/2018 to 2/2025
8/2017 to 8/2022 President, Colonial Square Building 1112 Association
7/2017 to 7/2020 Geriatric Delegate, Florida Medical Association
8/2018 to 8/2020 President, Florida Geriatric Society
7/2016 to 8/2018 Vice President, Florida Geriatric Society
7/2015 to 7/2016 Secretary, Florida Geriatric Society
7/2014 to 7/2015 Board Member, Florida Geriatric Society
12/2003 to 12/2009 Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Naples Community Hospital
12/2003 to 12/2009 Medical Expert, Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), appointed by Governor Jeb Bush
1/2004 to 2009 Director of Palliative Care Program, Naples Community Hospital
7/2001 to 1/2003 Director of Geriatric Consultations, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 7/2001 to 1/2003 Director of ACOVE (Acute Care of Vulnerable Elderly), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

HONORS & AWARDS

2012 to present US News World Report Top Geriatric Doctor
2012 to present Gulf Shore Life Top Geriatric Doctor
2012 to present Castle Connolly Top Geriatric Doctor
2011 to present Patient Choice Award
2015, 2019, 2021 David T. Lowenthal Award from the Florida Geriatric Society
2016 Fellow American Geriatric Society
2016 Top doctor in concierge medicine across the nation from Concierge Medicine Today
2015 David T. Lowenthal Award for Excellence in Geriatrics from Florida Geriatric Society
2009 Fellowship in American College of Physician
2008 Avow Hospice Top Physician Award
2006 Fellow American College of Physicians
2001 AMDA Futures Scholarship to Attend American Medical Directors Association Conference
1999 Dr. James L. Tullis Award for Intellectual Growth and Achievement as a Third-year Resident
1990 Scholar in Medicine program to attend medical school at Stony Brook State University of New York, received sophomore year 1992 Honors Degree in Chemistry
1990 Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
1988 Lion’s Club and Union Local 28 Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

2018 to present Florida Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
2002 to present Collier County Medical Society
2002 to present Florida Geriatric Society
2000 to present American Geriatric Society
1999 to present American College of Physicians
1997 to present Massachusetts Medical Society
2000 to 2010 American Medical Director’s Association
1997 to 2008 American Medical Association

EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP & SERVICE

7/2020 to present Chair, Bylaws Committee
7/2020 to present Chair, Legal Affairs Committee
1/2014 to present Fellowship Reviewer, Advancement for American Geriatric Society
8/2018 to present Member, Education Committee, Florida Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
3/2019 to 3/2022 Member, PCC Committee
1/2018 to present Member, Education Committee, Florida Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
8/2017 to present Delegate, Florida Medical Associations
1/2014 to present Member, General Medical Education, NCH
1/20012 to 1/2016 Member, Palliative Care Committee, NCH
12/2006 to 12/2009 Member, Medical Executive Committee, NCH
1/2004 to 3/ 2014 2002 Member, Information Technology, NCH Founded, Naples Community Hospital Palliative Care Service
7/2001 to 1/2002 Member, Capacity, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
7/2001 to 1/2003 Member, Information Technology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS

1/2004 to present Subsection Chief, Geriatrics, Naples Community Hospital
1/2010 to present Board of Directors, Alzheimer’s Support Network
1/2010 to present Community Counsel, Collier Senior Resource
12/2004 to 5/2016 Medical Director, Cove at Marbella Assisted Living
12/2002 to 5/2016 Medical Director, Terracina Grande Assisted Living
4/2006 to 4/2011 Board of Directors, Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
1/2004 to 3/2009 Director, Palliative Care Program, Naples Community Hospital
7/2001 to 1/2003 Responsible for scheduling speakers, Harvard’s Division on Aging Grand Rounds
7/2000 to 2001 Responsible for scheduling speakers, Geriatric Fellow’s Conference

EDITORSHIPS

2000 to 2002 Medical Editor, Freelance Writer, WebMD, Medscape, and CBSHealthWatch
2000 to 2002 Medical Editor, Harvard Medical School's “Living Better, Living Longer: The Secrets to Healthy Aging and Living Independently in Your Later Years”

MANUSCRIPT REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES

12/2022 to present Reviewer, Cureus medical journal 12/2021 to present Peer Reviewer, American Journal of the Medical Sciences 11/2016 to present Reviewer, new fellowship application for American Geriatric Society

RESEARCH

2015 Implementation of Tai Chi in an Alzheimer’s memory unit, presented to Florida Geriatric Society
2001 to 2003 Impacts of the ACOVE unit on outcomes of care for hospitalized elderly
2000 to 2003 Characterization of elderly scuba divers to learn how aging process affects ability to dive (co-investigator)
2000 to 2002 Curriculum development for obstetrics and gynecology residents during their geriatric rotation
2000 to 2002 Multi-site, randomized, placebo-controlled study looking at effect of growth hormone secretagogue in frail, elderly subjects to identify improvements in physical performance and body composition (sub-investigator at clinical sites)
1990 to 1996 Investigating how iron, selenium, and citric acid are critical to the growth of the “brown tide” microalga Aureococcus anophagefferens
1990 to 1996 Developing techniques using atomic absorption to measure trace amounts of iron in seawater

INVITED TALKS & TEACHING

10/2016 to present “Annual Talk on Principles of Geriatrics,” Greater Naples Leadership
1/2025 “How to Prevent Falls in Older Adults,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
10/2024 “Aging Well,” Greater Naples Leadership
11/2019 “A Thoughtful Discussion of Medical Cannabis,” Lifelong Learning Center at Grey Oaks
10/2019 “Falls: How Can We Prevent Them,” Grand Rounds, Naples Community Hospital
10/2019 “What is Polypharmacy and How to Avoid It?” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
10/2019 “Falls in the Long-term Care Setting: What is New?” Annual Meeting, Florida Medical Directors
8/2018 “Elderly Drivers: How to Assess When It’s Time to Intervene,” Grand Rounds, Naples Community Hospital
8/2018 “Falls: What Clinicians Need to Know to Properly Work Them Up,” Annual Meeting, Florida Geriatric Society
2/2018 “Fall Prevention,” Lifelong Learning Center at Grey Oaks
1/2018 “Living Longer, Living Healthier: Secrets of Healthy Aging,” Keynote Presentation, Florida Chapter of Aging Life Care Association
10/2018 “Fall Prevention in Those Living with Parkinson’s Disease,” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
9/2017 “What is Geriatrics?” NCH Residency Program 2/2017 “Living Longer, Living Healthier: Secrets of Healthy Aging,” Lifelong Learning Center at Grey Oaks
10/2016 “Principles of Geriatrics,” Grand Rounds, Medical Staff Naples Community Hospital
6/2016 “Overview of Dementias,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
11/2014 “Parkinson’s Disease: Advance Planning,” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
5/2014 “What’s New in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease?” Alzheimer’s Support Network
11/2013 “Exercise in Parkinson Disease,” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
5/2013 “Basics of Alzheimer’s Dementia,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
11/2012 “Moving Beyond Plaques and TANGLES,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
2/2012 “Use of Supplements in Parkinson’s Disease,” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida 11/2011 “Controlling Behavioral Issues in Alzheimer’s,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
2/2010 “Emerging Treatments of Parkinson’s Disease,” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
11/2009 “Medications Used in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
2/2008 “Medications to Avoid in the Elderly,” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
11/2007 “How to Avoid Caregiver Burn Out in Alzheimer’s Disease,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
2/2007 “Role of Exercise in Parkinson’s Disease,” Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida
11/2006 “Emerging Theories in Pathology of Alzheimer’s Dementia,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
1/2006 “Acute Care of Hospitalized Elderly,” Grand Rounds, USF 10/2005 “Principals of Geriatric Care,” Grand Rounds, Anchor Health Center
7/2005 “Acute Care of Hospitalized Elderly,” Annual Meeting, Florida Geriatrics Societies
7/2004 “Live Well, Living Longer: Secrets of Healthy Aging,” Collier County Health Fair
9/2003 “Elderly Drivers: What is the Medical Community’s Role?” Grand Rounds Naples Community
8/2003 “Urinary Incontinence: A Focus on Behavioral Therapy,” Monthly Anchor Geriatrics Meeting
4/2003 “What Everyone Should Know About Osteoporosis,” Community Lecture at Naples Community Hospital
4/2003 “Behavioral Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease,” Alzheimer’s Support Network
3/2003 “How to Age Well,” Terracina Grande and Bentley Village
11/2002 “Restraints: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” Grand Rounds, Geriatric Fellows, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged 10/2002 “Restraints: An Approach to Restraint Reduction in Palliative Care,” Grand Rounds, Massachusetts General Hospital, Ether Dome (audience: attending physicians, residents, nurses, social workers)
9/2002 “How Should the Care of Elderly be Different?” MetroWest Hospital (audience: internal medicine house staff)
8/2002 “Acute Care of the Elderly,” Grand Rounds, Harvard Medical School Division on Aging
7/2002 “Career Opportunities in Geriatrics Awardee,” Conference for American Federation on Aging Research
5/2002 “What is Geriatrics?” Noon Conference for Medical House Staff of Beth Israel Deaconess and Brigham and Woman's, Veterans Administration, West Roxbury Medical Center
4/2002 “Geriatric Primary Care: Is Eight Months a Lifetime?” Grand Rounds, Harvard Division on Aging
3/2002 “The Older Driver,” Harvard's Geriatric Medicine CME course (audience: internists, family practitioners)
12/2001 “How Can We Safely Remove Restraints in the Acute Care Hospital?” Grand Rounds, Hale Hospital
12/2001 “How Should the Internist Approach the Older Driver?” MetroWest Hospital (audience: internal medicine house staff)
9/2001 “Principals of Geriatrics,” MetroWest Hospital (audience: internal medicine house staff)
7/2001 “What is Geriatrics?” Noon Conference for Medical House Staff, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
6/2001 “Characterization of Elderly Scuba Divers,” Grand Rounds, Harvard Medical School Division on Aging
5/2001 “Health Status of Geriatric Scuba Divers,” Mount Auburn Hospital (audience: house staff during geriatric rotation)
1/2001 “Integrating Geriatrics into Obstetrics and Gynecology,” Residency Training Program, Geriatric Research Fellow’s Conference (audience: geriatricians, geriatric fellows, nurses)
11/2000 “Alzheimer’s Disease and Driving ,” Newton’s Chapter of Alzheimer’s Association (audience: nurses, social workers, psychologists, police officers)
8/2000 “Principles of Geriatrics,” Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (audience: Ob/Gyn residents, Harvard Medical School students)
7/2000 “The Proper Treatment of Gout,” Hebrew Rehabilitation for the Aged (audience: nurses, nursing assistants, social workers) 6/2000 “Hemochromatosis in the Elderly,” Hebrew Rehabilitation for the Aged (audience: nurses, nursing assistants, social workers) 5/2000 “Elderly drivers: What Should be Done?” Grand Rounds, Harvard Medical School Division on Aging (audience: academic geriatricians, nursing staff)
5/2000 “Restraints in the Acute Care Hospital,” Mount Auburn Hospital (audience: house staff during geriatric rotation)
11/1999 “Restraints: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Grand Rounds, Harvard Medical School Division on Aging (audience: academic geriatricians, nursing staff)
9/1999 “Ocular Disease of the Elderly,” Mount Auburn Hospital (audience: house staff during geriatric rotation)
5/1999 “Tuberculous Meningitis Presenting as Dementia in an Elderly Male,” Clinical Pathology Conference, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (audience: house staff)
11/1998 “Physiology and Medical Implications of Scuba Diving,” Grand Rounds (audience: house staff, pulmonologists)

TEACHING

1/2020 to present Geriatric Board Review for Medical Residents (quarterly)
7/2019 to present Teaching medical residents from Naples Community Hospital (three days a week)
7/2018 to present Preceptor, Internal Medicine Clerkship, University of Central Florida (supervising up to four students per year) 2/2022 Chair, Geriatric Section, Naples Cardiovascular Conference 2/2002 Evaluator, Physical Diagnosis II
7/2000 to7/ 2002 Evaluator (standardized cases), OSCE, Harvard Medical School
1999 to 2001 Teacher, Physical Diagnosis II (fundamentals of performing a physical and history), Harvard Medical School

PUBLICATIONS & SCHOLARLY WORKS

Davis B L, Garry R T (June 17, 2025) Eustachian Valve Endocarditis Secondary to Candida glabrata Complicated by Frailty and Acute COVID-19 Infection. Cureus 17(6): e86198. doi:10.7759/cureus.86198
Salim K and Garry R. 2024. Hypothermic in the heat: A case of hypothermia in a vulnerable older adult in South Florida. Cureus, 16(4):e59091. doi: 10.7759/cureus.59091
Williams C and Garry R. 2022 May. Evolving frailty in a septuagenarian with a solitary metastatic brain tumor. Poster American Geriatrics Annual Meeting May 2022.
Witte M and Garry R. 2023. Superior vena cava syndrome from pacemaker leads in an elderly woman. Cureus, 15(6):e40323. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40323
Senad P and Garry R. 2021. A case of Fournier’s gangrene in an elderly patient. Florida Geriatric Society Annual Meeting 2021. Cheslock, Garry R, and Stuart J. 2022. Quetiapine leads to hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state in a nonagenarian. Annals of Long Term Care. doi: 10.25270/altc.2022.03.002
Cheslock, M and Garry R. 2020. Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state caused by quetiapine. Florida Geriatric Society Annual Meeting 2020. Morales D and Garry R. 2019. When to close PFO after cryptogenic stroke. Florida Geriatric Society Annual Meeting 2019. Lawrence M, Garry P, Hendrickson P, Garry R. Implementation of Tai Chi in an Alzheimer’s memory unit. Florida Geriatric Society Annual Meeting 2015 Garry RT (consultant), Coltrera F (writer), and Dadoly AM (editor). 2002. Living independently in your later years. Harvard Health Publications. Garry RT (consultant), Coltrera F (writer), and Dadoly AM (editor). 2001.
Living Better, Living Longer: The Secrets to Healthy Aging. Harvard Health Publications. Garry RT, Wei JY. Heart failure: A disease of the elderly. In Lonergan ET, Ed. Geriatrics: An Evidence-based Approach. Cambridge University Press.
Garry RT, Hearing P, and Cosper EM. 1998. Characterization of a lytic virus infectious to the bloom-forming microalga Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae). Journal of Phycology, 34:616–621.
Cosper EM, Garry RT, Milligan AJ, and Doall MH. 1993. Iron, selenium and citric acid are critical to the “brown tide” microalga, Aureococcus anophagefferens. In TJ Smayda and Y Shimizu, Eds. Toxic Phytoplankton Blooms in the Seas. Elsevier, New York, pp. 667–673.