Maryland Geriatric Medicine

Dr. Schissler was born and raised in New York City. He earned a BS degree from CCNY, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his MD degree from the N.Y.U. School of Medicine. He was board certified in Internal Medicine in 1980 following residency at George Washington University Hospital. He has been in practice at this same office location since 1981. 
 

He became board certified in Geriatric Medicine in 1988 when this subspecialty was formally recognized, and re-certified in 1998, 2008 and 2018. He has lectured on Geriatric Medicine to physicians, senior groups and radio audiences. He has repeatedly been named as a Washingtonian Top Doctor. He is married, has four children and four grandchildren,  and works hard to stay aerobically fit. He loves geriatric practice, loves to teach and most importantly loves life! 

Dr. Trifoglio was born in Staten Island, N.Y. She received her B.S. degree from Yale University and her M.D. degree from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency in 1989. 
 
She has been Board Certified in Internal Medicine since 1989 and in Geriatrics since 1994, with updated recertification in both specialties in 2003. She recertified again in Geriatrics in 2013. 
 
Dr. Trifoglio is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. This is an honor that marks academic achievement and community service among internists. In 2013, she was named by Aging Well Magazine as one of five Noteworthy Geriatricians nationwide. 
 
For over thirty years, she has given lectures to senior citizens, school groups, medical residents, and other physicians in Maryland and across the country. She speaks on topics ranging from aging in place, dementia, and menopause, to palliative care. 
 
Dr. Trifoglio and her husband were married in 1980 and they have two sons, Gabriel, born in 1989, and Nicholas, born in 1991, and four grandchildren.