Speakers

COURSE CO DIRECTORS:

DENNIS H. SULLIVAN, M.D.
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, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.D.A.
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; Arkansas Geriatric Education Center
KAY GUTHRIE, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
PATRICK KORTEBEIN, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; UAMS
REBECCA M. REACH, MSN, RN, BC, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
DENNIS H. SULLIVAN, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Faculty

PAULA ANDERSON, MD
Staff Physician, Medicine Service
Central Arkansas Veteran’s Healthcare System
Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

JOSEPH H. BATES, MD, MS
Deputy State Health Officer and Chief Science Officer
Arkansas Department of Health
Associate Dean, College of Public Health
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

MICHAEL H. BAUMANN, MD, MS
Chief Quality Officer
Medical Director, Quality and Clinical Systems Improvement
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 

PAULA J. BUSSE, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Immunology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

DAVID G. DAVILA, MD
Medical Director
Baptist Health Sleep Clinic
Baptist Health Medical Center
Little Rock, AR

ALI EL SOLH, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Director of Western New York Respiratory Research Center
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

MONROE J. KING, DO
Affiliate Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine
University of South Florida
James Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, FL 

JAMES R. PHILLIPS, MD
Branch Chief Infectious Disease
Arkansas Department of Health
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

TANYANIKA PHILLIPS, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Director, Ireland Cancer Center Health Equity in Cancer Program
Cleveland, Ohio