Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Editorial Board

EDITORIAL BOARD

 

Editor in Chief

THOMAS T. YOSHIKAWA, MD, Los Angeles, CA

 

Executive Editor

JOSEPH G. OUSLANDER, MD, Boca Raton, FL

 

Associate Editors

CATHY ALESSI, MD, Los Angeles, CA

ELLEN BINDER, MD, St. Louis, MO

SOO BORSON, MD, Seattle, WA

CYNTHIA BOYD, MD, MPH, Baltimore, MD

ELIZABETH L. COBBS, MD, Washington, DC

MARY GANGULI, MD, MPH, Pittsburgh, PA

SHARON K. INOUYE, MD, MPH, Boston, MA

WAYNE C. McCORMICK, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA

MARY PALMER, PHD, RNC, Chapel Hill, NC

ROBERT M. PALMER, MD, Cleveland, OH

MICHAEL W. RICH, MD, St. Louis, MO

BRUCE E. ROBINSON, MD, MPH, Sarasota, FL

MIRIAM B. RODIN, MD, PhD, St. Louis, MO

DONALD R. ROYALL, MD, San Antonio, TX

 

Section Editors

International Health Affairs: A. MARK CLARFIELD, MD, Beersheva, Israel

Old Lives Tales: A. MARK CLARFIELD, MD, Beersheva, Israel

Nursing:LOIS K. EVANS, PhD, RN, Philadelphia, PA

Dental and Oral Health: GRETCHEN GIBSON, DDS, MPH, Fayetteville, AR

Aging and Surgery: JASON JOHANNING, MD, Omaha, NE

Clinical Trials and Tribulations: ROBERT L. KANE, MD, Minneapolis, MN

Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology: ROBERT L. KANE, MD, Minneapolis, MN and DAVID GANZ, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, CA

Ethics, Public Policy & Medical Economics: JASON KARLAWISH, MD, Philadelphia, PA

Models of Geriatric Care, Quality of Improvement, and Program Dissemination: MICHAEL L. MALONE,  MD, Milwaukee, WI

Innovative Paradigms of Geriatric Practice: Preliminary Data: MICHAEL L. MALONE, MD, Milwaukee, WI

Supplements: WAYNE C. McCORMICK, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA

Clinical Management of the Geriatric Patient: LONA MODY, MD, MSc, Ann Arbor, MI

Perspectives of Geriatrics by Pioneers in Aging: JOSEPH G. OUSLANDER, MD, Boca Raton, FL and THOMAS T. YOSHIKAWA, MD, Los Angeles, CA

Updates in Aging: MIRIAM B. RODIN, MD, PhD, St. Louis, MO

Drugs and Pharmacology: TODD P. SEMLA, MS, PharmD, Hines, IL

Geriatric Bioscience: BRUCE R. TROEN, MD, Miami, FL

Education and Training: NINA TUMOSA, PhD, St. Louis, MO

Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations: GWEN YEO, PhD, AGSF, Palo Alto, CA

 

Assistant Editors for Biostatistics

MOHSEN BAZARGAN, PhD, Los Angeles, CA

RICHARD N. JONES, ScD, Boston MA

 

Consulting Editor

DAVID B. REUBEN, MD, Los Angeles, CA

 

Advisory Editors

Editor Emeritus: PAUL B. BEESON, MD, Redmond, WA (deceased 2006)

Editor Emeritus: GENE H. STOLLERMAN, MD, Boston, MA

Editor Emeritus: DAVID H. SOLOMON, MD, Santa Monica, CA

Editor Emeritus: WILLIAM B. APPLEGATE, MD, MPH, Winston-Salem, NC

 

Managing Editor

FLORY FERNS-JAMES, MA, Los Angeles, CA

 

Editorial Assistant

CATHERINE YOSHIKAWA, BSN, Los Angeles, CA

SCOTT YOSHIKAWA, PhD, Los Angeles, CA

MISTY IRONS, MA, Los Angeles, CA

 

Editorial Office:

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11301 Wilshire Blvd., Building 220, Suite 309, Los Angeles, CA 90073

 

 

Editorial Board

NEIL B. ALEXANDER, MD, Ann Arbor, MI

DAN R. BERLOWITZ, MD, MPH, Bedford, MA

CHAD BOULT, MD, MPH, MBA, Baltimore, MD

SUZANNE F. BRADLEY, MD, Ann Arbor, MI

CYNTHIA J. BROWN, MD, MSPH, Birmingham, AL

ERIC A. COLEMAN, MD, Denver, CO

LEO M. COONEY, Jr, MD, New Haven, CT

KENNETH E. COVINSKY, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA

PAUL K. CRANE, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
XINQI DONG, MD, MPH, Chicago, IL

PAUL J. DRINKA, MD, King, WI

CATHERINE E. DuBEAU, MD, Worcester, MA

VERONICA ENGLE, PhD, RN, CS, Memphis, TN

KAREN S. FELDT, PhD, RN, GNP, Minneapolis, MN

LUIGI FERRUCCI, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD

THOMAS E. FINUCANE, MD, Baltimore, MD

THOMAS M. GILL, MD, New Haven, CT

SHELLY L. GRAY, PharmD, Seattle, WA

JACK GURALNIK, MD, PhD, Bethesda, MD

KEVIN P. HIGH, MD, Winston-Salem, NC

JUDITH L. HOWE, PhD, Bronx, NY

LAURIE G. JACOBS, MD, Bronx, NY

SAMAY JAIN, MD, MS, Pittsburgh, PA

CAROL KAUFFMAN, MD, Ann Arbor, MI

C. SETH LANDEFELD, MD, San Francisco, CA

MELINDA LEE, MD, Portland, OR

SEAN X. LENG, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD

ERIC LENZE, MD, St. Louis, MO

DOUGLAS L. LESLIE, PhD, West Haven CT

STEPHEN R. LORD, PhD, Sydney, Australia

COURTNEY LYDER, ND, GNP, Los Angeles, CA

KENNETH W. LYLES, MD, Durham, NC

JAY MAGAZINER, PhD, MSHyg, Baltimore, MD

KATHLEEN K. MANGIONE, PT, PhD, Glenside, PA

EDWARD R. MARCANTONIO, MD, Boston, MA

MATHEW S. MAURER, MD, New York, NY

PAUL McGANN, MD, Baltimore, MD

JOHN E. MORLEY, MB, BcH, St. Louis, MO

ANNE B. NEWMAN, MD, MPH, Pittsburgh, PA

MARY BETH O'CONNELL, PharmD, Detroit, MI

GERMAINE ODENHEIMER, MD, Oklahoma City, OK

THOMAS T. PERLS, MD, MPH, Boston MA

GREG A. SACHS, MD, Chicago, IL

MICHELLE J. SAUNDERS, DMD, MPH, San Antonio, TX

STEPHANIE A. STUDENSKI, MD, MPH, Pittsburgh, PA

DARRYL Y. SUE, MD, Torrance, CA

GAIL SULLIVAN, MD, MPH, AGSF, Farmington, CT

DAVID SULTZER, MD, Los Angeles, CA

MARK A. SUPIANO, MD, Salt Lake City, UT

MARY E. TINETTI, MD, New Haven, CT

GWEN C. UMAN, PhD, RN, Los Angeles, CA

JOE VERGHESE, MBBS, Bronx, NY

MICHAEL VITIELLO, PhD, Seattle, WA

ROBERT B. WALLACE, MD, MSc, Iowa City, IA

HANSJORG J. WERNER, MD, Darmstadt, Germany

JEAN F. WYMAN, PhD, RN, Minneapolis, MN