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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

FACULTY

FAITH AKIN, PhD
Director of Vestibular/Balance Laboratory
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center
Associate Professor
Department of Communicative Disorders
East Tennessee State University
Mountain Home, TN

RICHARD A. HARPER, MD
Staff Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Professor ofOphthalmology
Sally McSpadden Boreham Chair in Ophthalmology
Lutterloh Professor of Medical Education
Residency Program Director, Ophthalmology
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

TERRY (JR) McCOY, Au.D.
Board Certified- Audiology
Advanced Practice Audiologist-CAVHS
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, AR

CHRISTOPHER TRAVIS RAY, PhD, ATC, CSCS
Research Health Scientist
Dallas VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor,
Department of Kinesiology
The University of Texas at Arlington
Dallas, TX

RONALD ALAN SCHUCHARD, PhD
Director, Rehabilitation Research & Development Center of Excellence
Atlanta VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine
Decatur, GA

JOHN P. SHOCK, MD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Founding Director, Jones Eye Institute
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR 

SHERRI  L. SMITH, PhD
Research Audiologist
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center
Mountain Home, TN

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, PhD
Rehabilitation Planning Specialist
Blind Rehabilitation Service National Program Office
Rehabilitation Services, Office of Patient Care Services
Veterans Healthcare Administration
Washington, DC

PLANNING COMMITTEE:

RONNI CHERNOFF, PhD, RD, FADA, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, AGEC
KAY GUTHRIE, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
SANDRA R. BROWN, MSN, RN-BC, Clinical Nursing Instructor, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
DENNIS H. SULLIVAN, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS