Council of State Affiliate Representatives (COSAR)

Coordinates efforts with other AGS committees in order to reach geriatrics health care professionals at the local level. The AGS currently has twenty-four state affiliates across the country.

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Members
Charles Cefalu, MD
Louisiana Geriatrics Society

Diane Chau, MD
California Geriatrics Society

Jerry Ciocon, MD
Florida Geriatrics Society

Parag Dalsania, MD
Metro Washington DC Area Geriatrics Society

Richard Dupee, MD
Massachusetts Geriatrics Society

Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, Co-Chair, Board Representative, Ethno
Representative
Texas Geriatrics Society

Jeffrey E. Escher, MD, Ethics Representative
NY Metropolitan Geriatrics Society

Joseph H. Flaherty, MD
Missouri Geriatrics Society

Christine Furman, MD, MSPH
Kentucky Geriatrics Society

Sara Jane Gainor, MD
West Virginia Geriatrics Society

Stefan Gravenstein, MD, Research Representative
Virginia Geriatrics Society

William Zirker, MD, MPH
Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society

Cynthia Holzer, MD
Rhode Island Geriatrics Society

Tom Jackson, MD, FACP,
South Carolina Geriatrics Society

Don Jurivich, MD, Co-Chair, Board Representative
Illinois Geriatrics Society

Kathy Kemle, PA-C
Georgia Geriatrics Society

Barbara Messinger-Rapport, MD
Ohio Geriatrics Society

Walter J. Nieri, MD
Arizona Geriatrics Society

Patricia Newton, MD
Oregon Geriatrics Society

James S. Powers, MD
Tennessee Geriatrics Society

Abi Rayner, MD, MSPH,
Kentucky Geriatrics Society

Neil Resnick, MD
Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society - Western Division

Upinder Singh, MD, CMD
Nevada Geriatrics Society

Juanita Smith, MPA, RNC
New Jersey Geriatrics Society

Barney S. Spivack, MD, CMD
Connecticut Geriatrics Society

Andrew Weinberg, MD, FACP
South Carolina Geriatrics Society

Staff Contact
Elaine Louis (Elouis@americangeriatrics.org)