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CNYGEC

Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers

CNYGEC Team

CNYGEC Director

  • Judith L. Howe

    Judith L. Howe, PhD
    Associate Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development; Associate Director/ Education and Evaluation, Bronx –New York Harbor GRECC, James J. Peters VAMC

CNYGEC Co-Directors

  • Marianne C. Fahs

    Marianne C. Fahs, PhD, MPH
    Rose Dobrof Co-Director; Research Director of the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging and Longevity of Hunter College; Professor of Urban Public Health at Hunter College

  • Helen Fernandez

    Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

  • Terry Fulmer

    Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN
    Erline Perkins McGriff Professor and Dean, New York University, College of Nursing

  • Barry Gurland

    Barry Gurland, MD
    Sidney Katz Professor; Director of Columbia University Stroud Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

  • Mathy Mezey

    Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN
    Professor and Director, The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing in the New York University College of Nursing

  • Carmen Morano

    Carmen Morano, PhD, LCSW
    Director of Education and Associate Professor, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity

  • John A. Toner

    John A. Toner, EdD, PhD
    Associate Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry, Stroud Center of Columbia University; Faculty of Medicine and Senior Research Scientist, Department of Geriatrics Research at New York State Psychiatric Institute; Director of Geriatric Residency and Fellowship Programs; Co-Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program

Senior Consultants

  • Kenneth Boockvar

    Kenneth Boockvar, MD, MS
    Associate Director/Research, VISN 3 GRECC, JJ Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx; Associate Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

  • Rose Dobrof

    Rose Dobrof, DSW
    Founding Director, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity

  • Della Ferguson

    Della Ferguson, PhD
    Dean of Health Professions and Education, Utica College, Central New York Liaison

  • Robert Kennedy

    Robert Kennedy, MB, ChB
    Consultant in Geriatrics, Maimonides Medical Center; Associate Professor of Nursing, New York University

  • Rosanne Leipzig

    Rosanne Leipzig, MD, PhD
    Gerald and Mary Ellen Ritter Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Brookdale Department of Geriatrics



CNYGEC Core Staff

  • Eugenia Dorisca

    Eugenia Dorisca, BS
    Program Coordinator, CNYGEC (based at Mount Sinai School of Medicine)

  • Jennifer Griffith

    Jennifer Griffith, MA
    Program Manager, CNYGEC (based at Mount Sinai School of Medicine)



CNYGEC Staff

  • Elaine Gould

    Elaine Gould, MSW
    Program Consultant, NYU College of Nursing

  • Ethel Mitty

    Ethel Mitty, EdD, RN
    Adjunct Clinical Professor of Nursing, New York University, College of Nursing

  • Raquel Malina Romanick

    Raquel Malina Romanick, JD
    Director of Special Projects, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity

  • Paula Salinas

    Paula Salinas,
    Upstate Program Coordinator
    SUNY Upstate Medical Center,
    Binghamton Clinical Campus

  • Regina Sokal

    Regina Sokal, RN
    Director of Nursing,
    Masonic Care Community
    CNYGEC Site Coordinator-Utica Program



Abbreviated Faculty List

  • The CNYGEC faculty presenters are clinical and academic leaders in various aspects of geriatrics and gerontology and represent numerous professions and disciplines.


Nursing

  • Robyn Anderson, RN, MS
    Palliative Care Coordinator, JJ Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx
  • Carolyn Auerhahn, EdD, ANP, GNP-BC, FAANP
    Clinical Associate Professor Coordinator, Geriatric and Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Programs Associate Director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing
  • Catherine Brownell, RN, PhD
    Director, Nursing Program Utica College
  • Cathy D'Amico, RN, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Hunter College School of Nursing
  • Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo, Ph.Dc, RN, MA-GNP
    Assistant Professor
    Evelyn L. Spiro School of Nursing
    Wagner College
  • Ronald W. Goralewicz, M.S., R.N., C.S., N.P.P.
    Nurse Practitioner,Geriatric Behavioral Health Specialist, Irving Sherwood Wright Center on Aging, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Mental Health Consultant, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Adult Mental Health Program
  • Sarah Gueldner, RN, DSN, PhD, FAAN
    Professor, Decker School of Nursing Binghamton University
  • Rose Knapp, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, ANP
    Clinical Faculty and Course Coordinator; Fundamentals of Nursing, Adult Health Nursing and Pharmacology; New York University College of Nursing
  • Linda Lake-Morgan, PhD, RN, GNP
    Assistant Professor, Decker School of Nursing
  • Carla Mariano, EdD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAIM
    New York University College of Nursing
  • Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN
    Co-Director, The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing, New York University
  • Ethel Mitty, EdD, RN
    Adjunct Clinical Professor of Nursing, New York University, College of Nursing
  • Sharon Wexler, PhD, RN
    The New York Hospital Queens




Social Sciences

  • Nancy Avitable, MSW, CMC
    Professional Geriatric Care Manager
    Urban Eldercare
  • Risa Sue Breckman, LCSW-R
    Consultant on victim and aging issues, Weill Cornell Medical College, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Louisa Daratos, LCSW, ACSW
    Psychosocial Coordinator for Oncology, Brooklyn VA Medical Center
  • Lisa Furst, LMSW

    Director of Education
    Center for Policy, Advocacy, and Education
    Mental Health Association of New York City
  • Kate Geitner, LMSW
    Director
    East Side Case Management Consortium
  • John Genke, LCSW
    Director of Clinical and Social Services
    SAGE
  • Elaine Gould, MSW
    Senior Advisor, Harford Institute for Geriatric Nursing; Geriatrics Awareness Initiatives, Consultant
  • Judith L. Howe, PhD
    Associate Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Brookdale Department of Geriatrics; Associate Director/Education, Bronx-NY Harbor GRECC, Bronx VAMC
  • Nella Khenkin, CSW
    Social Work Case Manager Maimonides Medical Center
  • Lauren King, MSW
    Palliative Care Fellow
    James J. Peters VAMC
  • Patricia Kolb, PhD
    Associate Professor, Lehman College, CUNY, Department of Social Work
  • Patricia Kolb, PhD
    Associate Professor, Lehman College, CUNY, Department of Social Work
  • Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH
    Geriatric Social Worker; Freelance Author and former Associate Director of Social Work at the Masonic Home, New Rochelle, NY
  • Nancy Miller, LMSW
    CEO/Executive Director, VISIONS services for the blind and visually impaired
  • Isaac Monserrate, LMSW, ACSW
    Director, Human Resources Administration, Medical Insurance & Community Services, Administration, Adult Protective Services, Bronx Borough Office
  • Barbara Morano, LCSW
    Administrator, GRECC, JJ Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx
  • Carmen Morano, PhD, LCSW
    Director of Education and Associate Professor, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity
  • Nora O'Brien, MA
    Senior Program Officer, The John A. Hartford Foundation
  • Bobbie Sackman, LMSW
    Director,
    Public Policy Council of Senior Centers and Services
  • Alicia Tennenbaum, LCSW
    Senior Social Worker
    Dept. of Social Work
    Beth Israel Medical Center
  • Judy Willig, MSW
    Executive Director
    Heights and Hill Community Council
  • David Yanofsky, LCSW
    Clinical and Education Coordinator
    Department For The Aging
  • Christina Zarcadoolas, PhD
    Associate Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
  • Mary Zlotnick, LMSW




Medicine

  • Kenneth Boockvar, MD
    Associate Director/Research, VISN 3 GRECC, JJ Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx; Associate Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Edward Bradley, MD
    Member, Community Ethics Committees, Syracuse/Utica, NY
  • Eileen Callahan, MD
    Assistant Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Elizabeth Clark, MD
    Associate Director of Clinical Services, JJ Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx
  • Davangere Devanand, MD
    Director,Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry; Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
  • Alex Federman, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Helen Fernandez, MD
    Associate Professor, Geriatrics; Associate Director, Geriatric Fellowship Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Shikta Gupta, MD
    Montefiore Medical Center, Division of Geriatrics
  • Neil Hall, MD
    Director Emeritus, SUNY Clinical Campus CARES Project; Geriatrician, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Robert Kennedy, MB, ChB
    Consultant in Geriatrics, Maimonides Medical Center; Associate Professor of Nursing, New York University
  • Charles Kim, M.D., F.A.A.P.M.R., C.Ac.
    The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director of Medical Acupuncture; Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology; Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine N.Y.S.; Certified Independent Medical Examiner
  • Paulina Kim, MD, MPH
    Medical Director, Palliative Care, James J. Peters VAMC
  • Elizabeth Lindenberger, MD
    Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Adult Development, GRECC Clinical Faculty, Bronx-New York Harbor, GRECC, James J. Peters VA Medical Center
  • Lisa Littman, MD
    Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Community and Preventive Medicine and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Scienc
  • Mark Nathanson, MD
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry; Attending Psychiatrist, New York and Presbyterian Hospital; Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Elmhurst Hospital and Medical Center
  • Marcia Nelson, MD
    Director, ACE Unit, Maimonides Medical Center
  • Karin-Elizabeth M. Ouchida, MD
    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Full-time Attending Physician; Division of Geriatrics Clinical Instructor of Medicine; Department of Medicine Co-Director, Geriatrics Home Visiting Program; Montefiore Home Health Agency, Medical Director
  • Nisha Rughwani, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine




Clergy

  • Chaplain Sotar Alfonso-Lloyd,
    JJ Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx
  • Rabbi Edith Meyerson,
    Palliative Care Chaplain, The Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, CMSW
    Director of the National Center for Jewish Healing




Pharmacy

  • Rosina Stamati, RPh, MPA, CGP, BCPS
    Clinical Coordinator; Director, Pharmacy Practice and Geriatrics Residency Programs; James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  • Maria Sulli, PharmD
    Associate Clinical Professor; St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions; Wellness Coordinator, King Kullen Pharmacy Wellness Place




Mental Health

  • D. Peter Birkett, MD
    Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology; Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University
  • Edward Bradley, MD
    Member, Community Ethics Committees, Syracuse/Utica, NY
  • Davengere Devanand, MD
    Director of Geriatric Psychiatry, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University; Co-Director of the Memory Disorders Center and Co-Director of the Late Life Depression Clinic
  • Lisa McMurray, MD, FRCPC
    Pierre Janet Hospital, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
  • Barnett Meyers, MD
    Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
  • Patricia Miller, EdD, OTR, FAOTA
    Associate Research Scholar, Programs of Occupational Therapy, Columbia University Faculty of Medicine
  • Fred Moskovitz, PSYD
    Eldercare Advocates, Inc.
  • Mark Nathanson, MD
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry; Attending Psychiatrist, New York and Presbyterian Hospital; faculty member, Statewide Geriatric Psychiatry Residency/Fellowship Program, Stroud Center and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University; Director, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Elmhurst Hospital and Medical Center
  • Douglas Sanders, PhD
    Clinical Director, Rockland Psychiatric Center (Middletown Campus); Associate Professor, Orange County Community College
  • Indra Singh, MD
    Director, Geriatric Inpatient Services
  • James Smith, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Utica College
  • Ellyn Stein, PhD
    Palliative Care Fellow
    James J. Peters VAMC
  • John Toner, EdD, PhD.
    Associate Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry, Stroud Center of Columbia University; Faculty of Medicine and Senior Research Scientist, Department of Geriatrics Research at New York State Psychiatric Institute; Director of Geriatric Residency and Fellowship Programs; Co-Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program
  • Stanley Wainapel, MD, MPH
    Clinical Director, Department Rehabilitation Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
  • Rachel Yehuda, PhD
    Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Director, Traumatic Stress Studies Division, Mount Sinai School of Medicine & Bronx VA Medical Center




Other Disciplines

  • Michelle Berry, MBA
    Director, Broome County CASA
  • Beverly Collier, MBA
    Director, My Turn Program, Kingsborough Community College
  • Steven Bruce Cottler, Esq.
    Private practice of law; Chairperson, Bronx County Bass Association, Elder Law Committee
  • Betty Duggan,
    Director of Volunteer and Community Programs, Medicare Rights Center, Manhattan
  • Paula Fishman, MEd, EdD, RD
    Nutritionist
  • William Grant, EdD
    Executive Director, Center for Emergency Preparedness, SUNY Upstate
  • Ellen Kolodney, BA
    Elder Abuse Coordinator, Bronx District Attorney’s Office; Co-chair, Elder Abuse Multi-Disciplinary Task Force
  • Winston Lawrence, EdD
    Senior Professional Development Associate, Literacy Assistance Center
  • Jed Levine, MA
    Director, Programs & Services, Alzheimer’s Association, NYC Chapter
  • Richard Mandelbaum , RH (AHG)
    Director, Clinical Herbalist Diploma Program, Pennsylvania Institute of Massage Therapy
  • Patricia Miller, EdD, OTR, FAOTA
    Associate Research Scholar, Programs in Occupational Therapy Columbia University Faculty of Medicine
  • Raquel Malina Romanick, JD
    Director of Special Projects, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Longevity
  • James Smith, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Utica College
  • Joy Solomon, JD
    Director & Managing Attorney, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale; Director, Elder Abuse Services and Director, Westchester Division, The Pace Women’s Justice Center
  • Anthony Tassi,
    Executive Director, Mayor's Office of Adult Education, Manhattan