Ethnogeriatrics Committee
Mission: To ensure every older American receives high quality patient centered care through incorporating an Ethnogeriatrics focus into Society activities through participation in standing AGS Committees.

Getting Involved

Staff Contact
Christine Campanelli (Ccampanelli@americangeriatrics.org)

Chair
Cynthia X. Pan, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Vice Chair
Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, AGSF, FACP
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, TX

Members (* = new member as of May 2008)

Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD
Representative to QPMC
Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Rockville, MD

Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH*
New York, NY

Michael P. Gerardo, DO, MPH*
Ohio University
Athens, OH

Rita Hargrave, MD
UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA

Fred A. Kobylarz, MD, MPH
Representative to Ethics
Florida State University College of Medicine
Tallahassee, FL

Sandra Moody-Ayers, MD
Representative to Research
San Francisco VA Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Irene Moore, MSSW, LISW, AGSF
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, MD
Representative to Education
VA Geriatrics and Palliative Care Clinics VAPAHCS
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA

Arun S. Rao, MD
Weill-Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Marisol S. Sanchez-Lance, DO*
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Pushpendra Sharma, MD
Representatives to CPMC
Florida State University College of Medicine
Tallahassee, FL

Richard Sims, MD*
Birmingham VA Medical Center
Birmingham, AL

Mariluz Villa, MD
Representative to Public Education
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA

Internal Liaisons
Cathy A. Alessi, MD
AGS Board of Directors
VA Greater Los Angeles Health System Sepulveda
Sepulveda, CA

Deepshikha Bhasin Deepshi
Fellows-in-Training Section
Birmingham, AL

Upinder Singh, MD
Ethnogeriatrics SIG Chair
Chief of Geriatrics, SMA
Las Vegas, NV

External Liaisons
Bruce Finke, MD
Indian Health Services (IHS) Eldercare Initiative
Northampton, MA