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Speakers

COURSE CO-DIRECTORS:

DENNIS H. SULLIVAN, MD
Director, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Professor of Geriatrics, Vice-Chair for Clinical Research
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

RONNI CHERNOFF, PhD, RD, FADA
Associate Director for Education and Evaluation
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Director, Arkansas Geriatric Education Center (AGEC)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

KAY GUTHRIE
Administrative Officer
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, AR

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, AGEC
Kay Guthrie, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Kathleen L. Maddox, RN, BSN, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS

FACULTY

ALI AHMED, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Geriatric Heart Failure Clinics
VAMC – Birmingham
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

JOHN F. EIDT, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Vascular Endovascular Surgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Staff Surgeon
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, AR

LISA C. HUTCHISON, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, BCPS
Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

MARY McGRAE McDERMOTT, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

ERIN DONNELLY MICHOS, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

SAMER S. NAJJAR, MD
Head, Human Cardiovascular Studies Unit
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science
National Institute on Aging, NIH
Baltimore, MD

DAVID NYENHUIS, PhD, ABPP-Cn
Associate Professor
Director of Clinical Research
Director of Neuropsychology
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois, Chicago
University of Illinois Center for Stroke Research
Chicago, IL

GEORGE E. TAFFET, MD
Staff Physician
Geriatrics and Extended Care
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Chief, Geriatrics Section
Associate Professor in Medicine
Geriatrics and Cardiovascular Sciences Sections
Baylor College of Medicine
Academic Head, Geriatrics
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

JEANNE Y. WEI, MD, PhD
Staff Physician
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Interim Director, Reynolds Institute on Aging
Interim Chair, Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
The Alexa and William T. Dillard Professor of Geriatrics
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR