Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD
 The Dr. John Meyers Professor of Primary Care Medicine
 Professor of Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, and Population and
     Quantitative Health  Sciences
 Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine
 Executive Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute
 Academic Profile
                        Clinical Profile

 Susan E. Andrade, ScD

 Research Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical  School

 Academic Profile

Areas of expertise:

• Pharmacoepidemiology and medication safety

• Epidemiology of chronic diseases

 Gary Blanchard, MD

 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

 Academic Profile

•  Memory loss

•  Helping elders maintain their independence in the community

 Jessica Boatman Dray, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Clinical Profile

Medical School:
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA 2014

Residency:
University of Massachusetts Medical School

 
 Mara Meyer Epstein, ScD

 Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine

 Academic Profile

Areas of expertise:

• Epidemiology of chronic diseases

• Nutritional epidemiology

• Inflammation and cancer

 Gerald S. Gleich, MD

 Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

 Academic Profile
 Clinical Profile

 Elizabeth Woodcome Howard, MD

 Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine

 Academic Profile 
 Clinical Profile

Medical School:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD 1985

Residency:
Madigan Army Medical Center

Fellowship:
UMass Memorial Medical Center - UMass Graduate Medical Education (Geriatrics)

 Kouta Ito, MD, MS
 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Areas of expertise:
 - Decision analysis
 - Cost-effectiveness analysis

 Kathleen Juchno, MS, ANP-BC, GNP-BC

 Affiliate, Graduate School of Nursing

 Academic Profile

 Kathleen Mazor, EdD

 Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
 Associate Director, Meyers Primary Care Institute

 Academic Profile

Areas of expertise:

• Communication in healthcare

• Health literacy

• Patients' perspectives and experiences

 Nancy Morris, PhD, ANP

 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Nursing

 Academic Profile

• Health literacy and relationship to health and health outcomes

• Health care communication

• Enhancing self-care of older adults with chronic health conditions

• Behavioral change to optimize health

 Randall J. Morse, MD

 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine

 Clinical Profile
 Academic Profile

 Erika N. Zimmons, DO

 Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
 Director of Education, Division of Geriatric Medicine
 Fellowship Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine 

 Academic Profile
                        Clinical Profile 

 Linda M. Pellegrini, MS, GNP-BC

 Affiliate, Graduate School of Nursing

 Academic Profile

 Zahra S. Sheikh, MD

 Mayra S. Tisminetzky, MD, PhD, MPH

 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Affiliated Faculty

 Jennifer Donovan, PharmD, RPh

 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
 Assistant Dean, Curriculum and New Programs, MCPHS University
 Professor of Pharmacy Practice, MCPHS University

 Academic Profile

Areas of expertise:

• Patient safety and quality improvement

• Pharmacoepidemiology and medication safety

• Comparative effectiveness research

 Abir Kanaan, PharmD, RPH

 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
 Associate Professor of Pharmacy, MCPHS University

 Academic Profile

Areas of expertise:

• Patient safety and quality improvement

• Pharmacoepidemiology and medication safety

• Comparative effectiveness research 

 David Polakoff, M.D., M.Sc.

 Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health
 Professor, Department of Medicine
 Chief Medical Officer and Associate Dean, Commonwealth Medicine
 Director, Center for Health Policy and Research 

 Academic Profile

David Wilner, MD, FACP, AGSF

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Academic Profile

 Ning Zhang, PhD

 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics
 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health University of Massachusetts Amherst School  of Public Health and Health Sciences

 Academic Profile

Areas of expertise:

• Obesity

• Aging and long term care

• Health information technology

• Health policy, health economics and health services research

• Program evaluation