Meet the New AGS Fellows
Kathryn Daniel, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC
AGS Member since 2001
Dr. Kathryn Daniel has been an AGS Clinical Practice and Models of Care Committee member since 2007 and a GAPNA Research Committee member since 2010. She has reviewed Omnicare guidelines for AGS since 2009 and presented two posters at the AGS Annual Meeting in 2010. In 2009 and 2010, Dr. Daniel was the recipient of UT Arlington Sigma Theta Tau grants and co-authored articles published in Geriatric Nursing and the Journal of Gastroenterology Nursing.
Tomas L. Griebling, MD, MPH
AGS Member since 1996
Dr. Tomas L. Griebling is the John P. Wolf 33° Masonic Distinguished Professor of Urology at the University of Kansas. He is Vice-Chair of the Department of Urology, Faculty Associate in The Landon Center on Aging, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director of the Orr Academic Medical Society at the University of Kansas, School of Medicine. He completed medical school and his urology residency training at the University of Iowa.
Ramzi Hajjar, MD
AGS Member since 1997
Dr. Ramzi Hajjar completed his residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in geriatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He was appointed as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Saint Louis University and Director of Long-Term Care, St. Louis Veterans Administration Medical Center. Currently, he is the founding director of the Division of Geriatrics at the American University in Beirut Medical Center.
Irene Hamrick, MD, FAAFP
AGS Member since 1999
Irene Hamrick is an Associate Professor in Family Medicine at East Carolina University where she received her medical degree after completing a nursing degree at Western Carolina University. She completed her residency and a fellowship in geriatrics also at East Carolina University.
Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH
AGS Member since 1986
Dr. Helen Hoenig is an Assistant Professor of Medicine/Geriatrics at Duke University Medical Center and Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service and of the Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Service Line. Dr. Hoenig received her degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Puget Sound, her medical degree from the University of Arizona, and her degree in Public Health/Epidemiology from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Allen R. Huang, MD
AGS Member since 1998
Dr. Allen Huang is a graduate of McGill University medical school where he completed his Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine post-graduate training. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at McGill University and past Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre.
Marie-Luz Villa, MD
AGS Member since 1992
Marie-Luz Villa, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Washington and serves as an attending physician in the Long Term Care Service. Following training in Internal Medicine, she completed both clinical and research fellowships in Geriatrics.
Daniel A. Mendelson, MD, MS, FACP
AGS Member since 1999
Dr. Daniel Mendelson is a graduate of the University of Rochester where he completed his residency in Primary Care Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Geriatrics. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester and the Medical Director of the Highlands of Brighton nursing home.
Sandra Y. Moody, MD
AGS Member since 1997
Dr. Sandra Moody is certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hospice & Palliative Medicine. She has been a member of both the AGS Ethnogeriatrics and Research committees. Dr. Moody has been published in JAGS, has presented several times at AGS Annual Meetings and has volunteered as an AGS mentor. She has received teaching awards from the UCSF Geriatrics Division as well as grants from the VA and HERSA.
Mary H. Palmer, PhD
AGS Member since 2000
Dr. Mary Palmer received her BSN and Master of Science degrees from the University of Maryland at Baltimore and her PhD in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Currently, Dr. Palmer is a Professor and the Helen W. and Thomas L. Umphlet Distinguished Professor in Aging at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill school of Nursing and interim co-director of the University of North Carolina Institute on Aging.
Arun S. Rao, MD
AGS Member since 2001
Dr. Arun Rao is the Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.
Jeanette S. Ross, MD
AGS Member since 2004
Dr. Jeanette Ross is an Assistant Professor in the department of Family Medicine with cross-appointment to the Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (UTHSCSA). She completed her residency and fellowship training at UTHSCSA and she is Board Certified in Family Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine.
Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD
AGS Member since 1986
Dr. Freddi Segal-Gidan is the director of the Rancho/USC Alzheimer's Disease Research Center of California in Los Angeles and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, USC. Dr. Segal-Gidan received her medical training at the Johns Hopkins University, Health Associate Program in Baltimore, Maryland.
Brian Unwin, MD
AGS Member since 2002
Dr. Brian Unwin completed a geriatrics fellowship at American Lake VA - Madigan Army Medical Center in 2004 and is an instructor for the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland.
