Public Policy Committee

Mission: To ensure every older American receives high quality patient centered care by providing strategic oversight and planning for AGS public policy efforts.

Getting Involved

Staff Contact

Alanna Goldstein (agoldstein@americangeriatrics.org)

Chair
Peter Hollman, MD, AGSF
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Cranston, RI

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

Members (* = New Member as of 2008)

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

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

Meghan Gerety, MD, AGSF
New Mexico VA
Albuquerque, NM

Shelly Gray, PharmD
University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Seattle, WA

Victor A. Hirth, MD, MHA, AGSF*
University of South Carolina / Palmetto Health
Columbia, SC

Joseph Keenan, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

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

Michael Malone, MD
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Craig Rubin, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Erwin Tan, MD
Johns Hopkins
The Center on Aging and Health West
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Michael Wasserman, MD*
Senior Care of Colorado
Aurora, CO

Internal Liaison
Marie A. Bernard, MD, AGSF
AGS Board of Directors
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
Oklahoma City, OK

External Liaison
Joel Streim, MD
AAGP