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

Donald L. Bodenner, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; UAMS
Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; AGEC
Kay Guthrie, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS
Jean K. Zehler, MSE., RN, BC, CNA, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

FACULTY

GURKAMAL S. CHATTA, MD
Associate Professor
Div of Hematology-Oncology
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

ALEX E. FINKBEINER, MD
Staff Physician – Urology Section
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

PATRICIA S. GOODE, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Programs
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Birmingham VA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

GRAHAM F. GREENE, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Urology
Head, Section of Genitourinary Oncology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

TOMAS L. GRIEBLING, MD, FACS, FGSA
Associate Professor & Vice-Chair
Department of Urology
Faculty Associate – The Landon Center on Aging
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, and Director – Orr Academic Medical Society
The University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, KS

UDAYA KUMAR, MD
Chief, Urology Section
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Associate Professor of Urology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

THOMAS MONSON, MD
Chief, Clinical Infectious Disease, Hospital Epidemiology
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Associate Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

PAT D. O’DONNELL, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Southern Illinois University
Springfield, ILL

JOSEPH G. OUSLANDER, MD
Professor of Medicine and Nursing
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Chief Medical Officer, Wesley Woods Center of Emory University
Director, Emory Center for Health in Aging
Research Scientist
Birmingham/Atlanta GRECC
Atlanta, GA