Public Policy Advisory Group
The Public Policy Advisory Group works with the AGS Washington Representative on developing a coordinated approach to public policy activities. The group's members are drawn from among the members of the AGS Board and Committees and include two appointees from the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs.

Staff Contact
Alanna Goldstein (agoldstein@americangeriatrics.org)

Members

Patricia L. Blanchette, MD, MPH, AGSF, ADGAP Representative, Ex-officio
Professor and Director of Geriatric Medicine
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI

Charles A. Cefalu, MD, MS, AGSF
Louisiana State University HSC
New Orleans, LA

Steven R. Counsell, MD, AGSF, Chair
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

G. Paul Eleazer, MD, ADGAP Representative, Ex-officio
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, SC

Susan C. Emmer, JD, Esq., Ex-Officio, Washington Representative
Emmer Consulting, P.C.

Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Research Advisor
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD

Peter Hollmann, MD, AGSF, Vice Chair, CPT Representative
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Cranston, RI

Joseph Keenan, MD, AMA House of Delegates represenative
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Eugene Lammers, MD, MPH
Clarian Senior Health Center
Indianapolis, IN

Michael Malone, MD
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Paul Mulhausen, MD, MHSC
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Greg A. Sachs, MD, Ethics Committee Advisor
University of Chicago Medical School
Chicago, IL

Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD, Interdisciplinary Geriatrics Advisor
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
University of Southern California
Downey, CA

Holly L. Stanley, MD, RUC Representative
Coordinated Care for Seniors
Richmond, VA

Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD
Health Policy Institute
University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA

Joel Streim, MD, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Representative
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Daniel L. Swagerty, Jr., MD, MPH
University of Kansas Medical School
Kansas City, KS

George Taler, MD
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC

Margaret I. Wallhagen, PhD, RN, GNP, CS,
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

David Wilcox, MD
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN