Bruce R. Troen, MD, ASGF

Professor and Chief, Geriatric Medicine
Director, Landon Center on Aging
Physician-Investigator, KCVA Healthcare System
btroen@kumc.eduProfessional Background
Dr. Troen is a physician-scientist formally trained in both geriatrics and molecular biology, a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society, and has been a VA physician-investigator for more than 35 years. He is presently the Chief of the Geriatrics Division and Director of the Landon Center on Aging .
Dr. Troen joined the University of Kansas Medical Center from the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences where he was Professor and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Troen served as a physician-investigator with the Western New York VA Healthcare System, and Chief of Geriatric Services at Erie County Medical Center and founded the Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease of Western New York and the Center for Successful Aging at the University at Buffalo.
He Co-Chaired the NIA/AGS conference on Osteoporosis and Soft Tissue (Muscle and Fat) Disorders and was honored in 2020 to receive a University at Buffalo Exceptional Scholar – Sustained Achievement Award.
Education and Training
- AB, Biochemistry, Harvard College
- MD, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Barnes Hospital
- Post Doctoral Fellowship, Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NCI, NIH
- Clinical Fellowship, Geriatrics, University of Michigan School of Medicine
Licensure, Accreditations & Certifications
- Medicine, State of Kansas
Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Member, 1996 - Present
- Gerontological Society of America, Member, 1992 - Present
- American Federation for Aging Research, Member, 1991 - Present
- American Geriatrics Society, Member, 1991 - Present
Research
Overview
Dr. Troen has several major foci of research: resilience, frailty, longevity/aging mechanisms, and osteoporosis, all of which result in great morbidity in older adults. He and his team have been elucidating what interventions can enhance physical performance, mobility, and cognition, particularly in those who are frail. Most recently, they have been investigating resilience in both pre-clinical and clinical models to understand the impacts on physical and cognitive function and the biological underpinnings, including epigenetics and metabolism. Their study on high intensity interval training was profiled in the New York Times. Dr. Troen is the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on biomedical translational grants from the NIH and VA, and previously from the NY State Department of Health and the State University of New York.
Research Expertise:
Biology of Aging
Frailty and Resilience
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Osteoporosis
Vitamin D
Current Research and Grants
- Enhancing Geroscience Faculty Development and Scholarship in Order to Minimize Frailty and Maximize Healthspan, NIH National Institute of Aging, PI
- Impacts of nicotinamide riboside on functional capacity and muscle physiology in older veterans, VA Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D), Co-I
- Restoring the regenerative capacity of the aged muscle, National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Aging (NIA), Co-I
Publications
- Montero-Odasso, M, van der Velde, N, Martin, F., C, Petrovic, M, Tan, M., P, Ryg, J, Aguilar-Navarro, S, Alexander, N., B, Becker, C, Blain, H, Bourke, R, Cameron, I., D, Camicioli, R, Clemson, L, Close, J, Delbaere, K, Duan, L, Duque, G, Dyer, S., M, Freiberger, E, Ganz, D., A, Gómez, F, Hausdorff, J., M, Hogan, D., B, Hunter SMW, Jauregui, J., R, Kamkar, N, Kenny, R., A, Lamb, S., E, Latham, N., K, Lipsitz, L., A, Liu-Ambrose, T, Logan, P, Lord, S., R, Mallet, L, Marsh, D, Milisen, K, Moctezuma-Gallegos, R, Morris, M., E, Nieuwboer, A, Perracini, M., R, Pieruccini-Faria, F, Pighills, A, Said, C, Sejdic, E, Sherrington, C, Skelton, D., A, Dsouza, S, Speechley, M, Stark, S, Todd, C, Troen, B., R, van der Cammen, T, Verghese, J, Vlaeyen, E, Watt, J., A, Masud, T. 2022. World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative.. Age and ageing, 51 (9)
- Kwack, K., H, Zhang, L, Kramer, E., D, Thiyagarajan, R, Lamb, N., A, Arao, Y, Bard, J., E, Seldeen, K., L, Troen, B., R, Blackshear, P., J, Abrams, S., I, Kirkwood, K., L. 2022. Tristetraprolin limits age-related expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells.. Frontiers in immunology, 13, 1002163
- Elkin, P., L, Resendez, S, Mullin, S, Troen, B., R, Mammen, M., J, Chang, S, Franklin, G, McCray, W, Brown, S., H. 2022. Leukotriene inhibitors with dexamethasone show promise in the prevention of death in COVID-19 patients with low oxygen saturations.. Journal of clinical and translational science, 6 (1), e74
- Troen, B., R. 2021. Falls: To D or Not to D-That Is Not the (Only) Question!. Annals of internal medicine, 174 (2), 261-262
- Shahini, A, Rajabian, N, Choudhury, D, Shahini, S, Vydiam, K, Nguyen, T, Kulczyk, J, Santarelli, T, Ikhapoh, I, Zhang, Y, Wang, J, Liu, S, Stablewski, A, Thiyagarajan, R, Seldeen, K, Troen, B., R, Peirick, J, Lei, P, Andreadis, S., T. 2021. Ameliorating the hallmarks of cellular senescence in skeletal muscle myogenic progenitors in vitro and in vivo.. Science advances, 7 (36), eabe5671
- Seldeen, K., L, Troen, B., R. 2021. Pinpointing a Role for Vitamin D in Frailty: A Time for Animal Models?. Advances in geriatric medicine and research, 3 (2)
- Seldeen, K., L, Shahini, A, Thiyagarajan, R, Redae, Y, Leiker, M, Rajabian, N, Dynka, A, Andreadis, S., T, Troen, B., R. 2021. Short-term nicotinamide riboside treatment improves muscle quality and function in mice and increases cellular energetics and differentiating capacity of myogenic progenitors.. Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 87-88, 111189
- Seldeen, K., L, Thiyagarajan, R, Redae, Y, Jacob, A, Troen, B., R, Quigg, R., J, Alexander, J., J. 2020. Absence of complement factor H reduces physical performance in C57BL6 mice.. Immunobiology, 225 (5), 152003
- Seldeen, K., L, Berman, R., N, Pang, M, Lasky, G, Weiss, C, MacDonald, B., A, Thiyagarajan, R, Redae, Y, Troen, B., R. 2020. Vitamin D Insufficiency Reduces Grip Strength, Grip Endurance and Increases Frailty in Aged C57Bl/6J Mice.. Nutrients, 12 (10)
- Colón-Emeric, C, Whitson, H., E, Berry, S., D, Fielding, R., A, Houston, D., K, Kiel, D., P, Rosen, C., J, Seldeen, K., L, Volpi, E, White, J., P, Troen, B., R. 2020. AGS and NIA Bench-to Bedside Conference Summary: Osteoporosis and Soft Tissue (Muscle and Fat) Disorders.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68 (1), 31-38