Geriatric Faculty Listing (Partial)



Karen A. Blackstone MD, Associate Director, Fellowship Program
1K117, Wash DC VAMC, 50 Irving St. NW, Wash DC 20422
karen.blackstone@med.va.gov
nursing home care, quality improvement, palliative care, symptom management

Elizabeth L. Cobbs MD, Program Director, Fellowship Program
2150 Penn. Ave. NW, Wash DC 20037
ecobbs@mfa.gwu.edu
palliative care, quality improvement, medical education

Gene Cohen MD, PhD, Director, GW Center for Aging Health and Humanities

gencowdc@aol.com

Developmental stages of older adults, Creativity and Aging.  Alzheimer's Disease, Communication Strategies

James Cooper MD, Director, GW Geriatric Memory Disorders Clinic
2150 Penn. Ave. NW, Wash DC 20037
jcooper@mfa.gwu.edu
health services research. Memory Disorders - Dementia's and Alzheimer's Disease

Mary Corcoran, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Care Sciences

Corcoran@gwu.edu

Spousal Caregivers of Dementia patients, Occupational Therapy and Dementia

Loren Friedman MD, Medical Director, Hospices of the Nat’l Cap Region
lfriedman@thehospices.org
methadone, palliative care, hospice care

Wavell Hodge MD, Assoc. Director, VAMC Geriatric Medicine Clinic
50 Irving St. NW, Wash DC 20422
wavell.hodge@med.va.gov
health services research, long term care

Robert Jayes MD, MPH, Medical Director, Wash Home Sub-acute Unit
2150 Penn. Ave NW, Wash DC 20037
rjayes@mfa.gwu.edu
older adult psychological development, health services research, palliative care

Raya Kheirbek MD, Medical Director, VAMC CNRC
Wash DC VAMC, 50 Irving St. NW, Wash DC 20422
raya.kheirbek@med.va.gov
hospice and palliative care, long term care, advance care planning

 

Joy Laramie, CNP, Co-Director, Palliative Care Team

VA Medical Center, 50  Irving St, NW, Wash DC 20422

Joy.Laramie@med.va.gov

Palliative Care across the spectrum of illness, symptom management

Elizabeth Lindenberger MD, Director, VAMC Home Based Primary Care
1K122, 50 Irving St. NW, Wash DC 20422
elizabeth.lindenberger@med.va.gov
home care, palliative care, medical education

Joanne Lynn MD, Director, Center for Palliative Care
The Washington Home, 4200 Wisconsin Ave NW, Wash DC 20016
jlynn@rand.org
health services research, end of life care, quality improvement

 

Jennifer Moore MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ambulatory Care Center, 2150 Penn. Ave. NW, Wash DC 20037

jmoore@mfa.gwu.edu

Medical education, hospice and palliative care, geriatric assessment, falls syndrome assessment

 

Sonika Pandey MD, Director, Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit

VA Medical Center, 50  Irving St, NW, Wash DC 20422

Sonika.Pandey@med.va.gov

Pressure sores, Rehabilitation

Sara Plehn NP, Nurse Practitioner
2150 Penn. Ave. NW, Wash DC 20037
splehn@mfa.gwu.edu
nursing home care, quality improvement, home bound older adults

Christina Puchalski MD, Director, GW Institute for Spirituality and Health
2131 K Street NW, Wash DC 20037 Suite 510
cpuchalski@mfa.gwu.edu
spirituality and health, medical education, palliative care - www.gwish.org

 

Trish Olin, PA-C, Ambulatory Care Center Geriatric Medicine

2150 Penn. Ave., NW, Wash DC 20037

molin@mfa.gwu.edu

Primary Care, Palliative Care

Katalin Roth, JD MD, Division Director
Ambulatory Care Center, 2 South, 2150 Penn. Ave. NW, Wash DC 20037
kroth@mfa.gwu.edu
health of older women, ethics, medical education, primary care of older adults

Barbara Soniat PhD, Director, IONA Case Assessment and Management
bsoniat@aol.com
risk management models, community dwelling elderly at risk