AGS Names New Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs During May 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting

The American Geriatrics Society appointed and reappointed Chairs and Vice Chairs to several of its committees during its annual scientific meeting in May.

Ellen Flaherty, GNP, PhD, was named 2009 Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair.

Debra Saliba, MD, was appointed Clinical Practice and Models of Care Committee Chair and Matthew McNabney, MD, was named Vice Chair.

Lisa Granville, MD, was appointed Education Committee Chair.

Cynthia Pan, MD, was named Ethnogeriatrics Committee Chair, while Carmel Dyer, MD, was appointed Vice Chair.

Richard Stefannaci, MD, was named Health Economics and Technology Committee Chair, and Michael Gloth, MD, was appointed Vice Chair.

Rebecca Silliman, MD, was re-appointed Vice Chair of the Research Committee.

The AGS is grateful for the hard work and dedication of its outgoing Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs. The Society extends a special thank-you to Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, for his work as Chair of the Health Economics and Technology Committee; to Samuel Durso, MD, for his efforts as Chair of the Clinical Practice Committee; to Evelyn Granieri, MD, who served as Chair of the Education Committee; and to Gwen Yeo, PhD, for her work as Chair of the Ethnogeriatrics Committee.

In addition to appointing Chairs and Vice Chairs, the Society appointed a number of new Committee members and also would like to thank those Committee members who are rotating off. (See related story)

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