AGS Board of Directors
Officers
Sharon A. Brangman, MD, AGSF
Chairman of the Board
Professor & Division Chief, Geriatric Medicine
Director, Central NY Alzheimer's Disease Center
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
President
University of Maryland
James T. Pacala, MD, MS, AGSF
President-Elect
Associate Professor and Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Univ. of MN Medical School
Cathy Alessi, MD, AGSF
Treasurer
Associate Director, Clinical Programs GRECC
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Systems Sepulveda
GRECC 11E; VA Medical Center
Keela Ann Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF
Secretary
Professor & Chair, Adult Gerontological Nursing
College of Nursing, 452 NB
The University of Iowa
Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MSN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer
American Geriatrics Society
Directors (* = New Director)
Sally L. Brooks, MD
VP, Medical Director
Kindred Healthcare
Charles A. Cefalu, MD, MS, AGSF
Professor and Associate Chairman
LSU School of Medicine
Steven Counsell, MD, AGSF
Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Professor
Director, IU Geriatrics
Scientist, IU Center for Aging Research
Indiana University School of Medicine
Jeffrey E. Escher, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
New York Medical College
Ellen Flaherty, PhD, APRN, BC
Associate Clinical Professor
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Laurie Jacobs, MD, AGSF*
Professor of Clinical Medicine/ Vice Chairman of Medicine
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Charles Seth Landefeld, MD
Professor of Medicine & Chief
UCSF Division of Geriatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Wayne C. McCormick, MD, MPH, AGSF
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Harborview Medical Center
Adrienne Mims, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Georgia Medical Care Foundation
James Powers, MD*
Associate Professor of Medicine
AD/C TVHS GRECC
Vanderbilt University
Debra Saliba, MD, MPH
UCLA/JH Borun Center for Gerontological Research
Margaret I. Wallhagen, PhD, APRN, GNP, AGSF*
Professor
University of California, School of Nursing
Thomas T. Yoshikawa, MD, AGSF
Ex officio
Senior Academic Advisor, Office of Research
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
