Dr. Cummings-Vaughn has specialized in geriatric medicine for many years, providing care for older adults in outpatient, inpatient, and long-term care settings. She has provided acute care, primary care, and comprehensive assessments of older adult memory loss, confusion, immobility, and other signs and symptoms of cognitive decline. A certified medical director, her research interests cover factors affecting disability and morbidity in vulnerable older adult populations.
Dr. Cummings-Vaughn maintains her faculty appointment with Washington University School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. She also serves as a Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality. She sees patients exclusively at Parc Provence. After many years as the Associate Medical Director for Parc Provence, she has agreed to serve as the Medical Director. She worked as a clinician for the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and as Medical Director for the Stay Healthy Clinic and Outpatient Program, the primary readmission prevention program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for over 10 years.
Dr. Cummings-Vaughn is also an Age-Friendly Health Systems Advisory Group member for the Institute for Health Care Improvement, editorial board, and series co-editor for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and on various committees for the American Geriatrics Society. She is a steering committee member for the Milken Institute Alliance to Improve Dementia Care and a board member for Memory Care Home Solutions.
Dr. Cummings-Vaughn completed a geriatrics fellowship at Saint Louis University, advanced fellowship at VA St. Louis Healthcare System, and advanced postgraduate training with the European Academy for the Medicine of Ageing.