Executive Committee

Chair:

Lotta Granholm, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Director, Center on Aging
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Phone: (843) 297-0652
Fax: 843-792-0679
Email: granholm@musc.edu

Interests: Effects of thyroid hormones on brain development and aging; any age-related topic; Alzheimer's disease; other forms of dementia and Parkinson's disease

Alzheimer Disease Program:

Jacobo Mintzer, M.D.
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Phone: (843) 740-1592 ex. 41
Fax:
Email: mintzerj@musc.edu

Movement Disorders Program:

Vanessa Hinson, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Phone: (843) 792-3221
Fax: (843) 792-1751
Email: hinsonvk@musc.edu

Interests: Parkinsons disease and related movement disorders

Stroke Program:

Mark Kindy, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Phone: (843) 792-0808
Fax: 843-792-1066
Email: kindyms@musc.edu

Interests: The molecular basis of disease; Identification of novel targets for drug therapy, specifically, understanding the amyloid formation in Alzheimer's disease and identifying signal transduction pathways in stroke and spinal cord injury; The primary goal of the laboratory is to determine the underlying mechanisms of these diseases and identify targets and compounds for treatment.

Biology of Aging Program:

Lina Obeid, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Phone: (843) 876-5169
Fax: 843-876-5172
Email: obeidl@musc.edu

Interests: Biology of aging; apoptosis; cancer biology; angiogenesis, hypoxia, sphingolipid mediators in biology.

Clinical Geriatrics Program:

David Bachman, M.D.
Division Director
Divison of Neurology
Phone: (843) 792-3221
Fax: 843-792-3224
Email: bachmadl@musc.edu

Interests: Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia; Parkinson's disease; Geriatric Psychiatry

William Moran, MD
Division Director
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Phone: (843) 792-5386
Fax: 843-792-7283
Email: moranw@musc.edu

Education & Outreach Program:

David Garr, M.D.
Professor and Associate Dean, College of Medicine
Director, SC AHEC
Phone: (843) 792-3449
Fax: 843-792-3598
Email: garrdr@musc.edu

Interests: Educating health professionals about the science and practice of primary care and geriatric medicine; community oriented primamry care; disease prevention/health promotion education and research

Esther Forti, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor, College of Health Professions
Director, SC GEC
Phone: (843) 792-5487
Fax: 843-792-0679
Email: fortie@musc.edu

Interests: Aging research and education; health disparities; rural and medically underserved community outreach; aging policy

Other members:

Jerome Kurent, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Phone: (843) 792-4554 or (843) 792-7278
Fax: (843) 792-6783 or 843/792-7285
E-mail: kurentje@musc.edu

Jack Feussner, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Medicine (Ad Hoc member)
Phone: 792-2914
Fax: 792-5265
E-mail: feussner@musc.edu

Kumar Sambamurti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Phone: (843) 792 4346
Fax: (843) 792-0679
Email: sambak@musc.edu

Marlea Wellein, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Department of Internal Medicine / Geriatrics
Email: wellein@musc.edu

Andrea Wessell, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Family Medicine
Email: wessell@musc.edu

Elaine Amella, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Dean for Research & Evaluation, College of Nursing
Office: 843-792-5627
Fax: 843-792-4645
Email: amellaej@musc.edu

Interests: Care of seriously chronically ill older persons in the
community and nursing homes; end of life issues in dementia; mealtimes
for persons with late-stage dementia; models of practice for advanced
practice nurses in the care of older adults

Jerry Reves, M.D.
Dean, College of Medicine (Ad Hoc member)

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