Ratner, Edward

Undergraduate: Carleton College, B.A. Mathematics Medical School: University of Chicago, M.D. Residency: Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Internal Medicine Fellowship: Boston University/Harvard, Geriatrics University of Minnesota, Geriatric Medicine

Edward Ratner, M.D.
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine

Medical Director, Heartland Home Health Care and Hospice, Roseville, MN

Biography
Dr. Ratner received his undergraduate degree from Carleton College. Medical school and residency training in Internal Medicine were at University of Chicago and affiliate hospitals. Post-residency training in Geriatric Medicine has included the Harvard's Geriatric Education Center, the Home Medicine Program at Boston University, and the University of Minnesota's Internal Medicine Geriatric Fellowship. He is also a graduate of the National Library of Medicine Medical Informatics Fellowship program. Dr. Ratner has been certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Home Care and Home Care Medical Direction. His clinical practice currently focuses on care in the home. He is a Past President of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians. Research and teaching interests include ethics, home care, interdisciplinary care, end of life care, telemedicine and use of computers and personal digital assistants in medical education. He serves on the faculty of the Center of Bioethics and the Graduate Program in Medical Informatics.

Honors, Awards, Organizations
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
- Credentialled in Home Care
- Certificate in Home Health Agency Medical Direction
- Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics
- American Medical Association (member)
- American Medical Directors Association (member)
- American Academy of Home Care Physicians (Immediate Past Board President)
- Minnesota Medical Directors Association (President-Elect)
- American Geriatrics Society (member)

Recent Publications
1. Ratner, ER, Bartels, D Song, J, A Perspective on Homelessness, Ethics, and Medical Care, 87:60-62, 2004

2. Ratner E. Dollars and sense: revenue opportunities in home care medicine. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 4(4 Suppl):H21-2, 2003.

3. Ratner, ER, Song, J. Ethics of Dying at Home. Home Health Management, 2003, 15:123-125

4. Ratner, ER, Oswald, JW, Patterns and Trends in End of Life Care in Minnesota. In: Final Report of the Minnesota Commission on End of Life Care, January 2002, pp. 86-90.  Available [Online] http://www.minnesotapartnership.org

5. Ratner, ER, ed., Making Home Care Work in Your Practice, A Brief Guide to Reimbursement and Regulations, 5th Edition, American Academy of Home Care Physicians (AAHCP). December 2001

6. Ratner, ER, Role of Home Care in Long-Term Care. In: Cutson, TM, ed. Long Term Care in Geriatrics, Clinics in Family Practice. 3(3):491-500 W.B. Saunders, 2001

7. Ratner ER, Norlander L, McSteen K.  Death at home following a targeted advance care planning process in the home setting: the kitchen table discussion.  JAGS, 2001, 49(6):778-781

8. Garrard J, Makris L, Dunham T, Heston LL, Cooper S, Ratner ER, Zelterman D, Kane RL.  Evaluation of neuroleptic drug use by nursing home elderly under proposed medicare/medicaid regulations.  Journal of the American Medical Association 1991;265(4):463-467.

9. Ratner ER, Fedson D.  Influenza and pneumococcal immunization in medical clinics, 1978-1983.  Archives of Internal Medicine 1983;143:2066-2069.