Program Faculty

Debra Bakerjian, PhD, MSN, FNP
Assistant Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco; Claire M. Fagin Post Doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco; President, geriHEALTHsolutions, Inc., Novato, CA; CALTCM IMQ Standards Subcommittee Leader

Mira H. Cantrell, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Veterans Home of California, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System,
West Los Angeles; Chair, CALTCM Education Committee

Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS
Associate Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Assistant Chief of Staff for Patient Safety/Quality, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Core Investigator and Staff Physician, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), and Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence

Mary Ellen Dellefield, PhD, RN
Adjunct Assistant Professor, San Diego State University School of Nursing; VA San Diego Healthcare System

Janice Marie Diez, MSN, BSN, DON
Director of Nursing, Park View Gardens, Santa Rosa, CA

Randall T. Espinoza, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program; Medical Director, ECT Program; Associate Director, UCLA Center on Aging

Rebecca C. Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD
Medical Director, Edgemoor Hospital, Santee, CA

Smadar Gal, RNC
Director of Nursing, Garden Crest Convalescent Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD
Multi-facility Medical Director, Santa Rosa, CA; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California,
San Francisco; Past-Chair, CALTCM Education Committee

Deborah Greenwood, RN, MEd, CNS, BC-ADM, CDE
Certified Diabetes Educator, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of California, Davis

Christa Hojlo, PhD, RN, NHA
Director, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Living Centers and State Veterans Homes Clinical and Survey Oversight, Silver Spring, MD

Jay Luxenberg, MD, CMD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Chief Medical Officer, Jewish Home for the Aging, San Francisco, CA

James A. Mittelberger, MD, MPH, CMD, FACP
Senior Medical Director, United HealthCare Medicare Solutions; National Medical Director, Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; CALTCM President-Elect; Chair, CALTCM Policy and Professional Services Committee

Dan Osterweil, MD, FACP, CMD
Clinical Professor, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Medical Director, S+AGE at Sherman Oaks Hospital, Sherman Oaks, CA; Medical Director, Garden Crest Convalescent Hospital, Los Angeles, CA; Medical Director, Silverado Senior Living, Calabasas, CA; CALTCM President

Debra M. Saliba, MD, MPH
Anna & Harry Borun Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology at UCLA; Research Physician, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Health Services Research and Development Service Center of Excellence, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda; Director, Anna & Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research; Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Health, Los Angeles, CA

Karl E. Steinberg, MD, CMD
President, Stone Mountain Medical Associates, Oceanside, CA; Associate Medical Director, Scripps Coastal Medical Center, Oceanside, CA; Medical Director, Las Villas de Carlsbad Health Center, Carlsbad, CA; Medical Director, Village Square Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, San Marcos, CA; Medical Director, Hospice by the Sea, Solana Beach, CA; Editor-in-Chief, Caring for the Ages; CALTCM Immediate Past-President

Katherine T. Ward, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Jane E. Weinreb, MD
Chief, Diabetes Program, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Program Director for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cedars Sinai Medical Center-VA Greater Los Angeles  Program; Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA