Annual Meeting Program Committee

Mission: The Annual Meeting Program Committee plans the educational program for the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting.

Getting Involved

Staff Contact

Dennise McAlpin (Dmcalpin@americangeriatrics.org)

2009 Program Committee Chair
Ellen Flaherty, PhD, ARPN, BC, RN
Village Nursing Home of NYC
New York, NY

Members (* = new member as of May 2008)
Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, AGSF*
Ethnogeriatrics Committee Vice Chair
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, TX

David P. Elliott, BSC (Pharm), PharmD
West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
Charleston, WV

Moira Fordyce, MD, FRCP, EdD
Vice Chair, Public Education Committee
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA

Andrea R. Fox, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Ethics Committee
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Pittsburgh, PA

Michael Gloth, MD, AGSF
Health Education and Technology Committee Vice Chair
Victory Springs Senior Health Association
Reisterstown, MD

Matthew McNabney, MD
Clinical Practice and Models of Care Committee Vice Chair
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Annette Medina-Walpole, MD, 2008 Chair
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Peter Pompei, MD, AGSF
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Rebecca Silliman, MD, Research Committee Representative
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

Catherine Starner, PharmD
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
Minneapolis, MN

Peggy Szwabo, PhD, ACSW, RN, APN, CCS
Education Committee Vice Chair
Szwabo and Associates
St. Louis, MO

Bruce R. Troen, MD, 2010 Program Chair
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Miami, FL

Neil Wenger, MD
Quality Performance and Performance Measurement Committee Vice Chair
University of California at Los Angeles Medical School
Los Angeles, CA

Glenda Westmoreland, MD, MPH
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Margaret I. Wallhagen, PhD, RN, CS, GNP
Vice Chair, Public Policy Committee
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Internal Liaisons

Sally L. Brooks, MD, AGSF
AGS Board of Directors
Evercare
Cincinnati, OH

John M. Heath, MD, AGSF
Professional Education Executive Committee
UMDNJ-Robert Woods Foundation Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ

Don Jurivich, DO
Council of State Affiliate Representatives
WSVA Hospital
Chicago, IL

John Murphy, MD, AGS President
Brown University Medical School
Providence, RI

James T. Pacala, MD, MS,
AGS Board of Directors
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN

Cheryl Phillips, M.D., AGSF, AGS President-Elect
CMO Sutter Health Partners and
Sacramento, CA

External Liaisons
Joel Streim, MD, AGS-AAGP Program Liaison
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA