Course Faculty

Debra Bakerjian, PhD, MSN, FNP
CALTCM IMQ Standards Subcommittee Leader; President, geriHealthsolutions, Inc.; Postdoctoral Fellow, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of California, Davis, Novato, CA

Barbara Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN, CWOCN
Associate Professor of Nursing and Medicine, School of Nursing, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA

Flora Brahmbhatt, PharmD, CGP
Chair, CALTCM Website Subcommittee; Owner, Metro Rx Consulting, Milpitas, CA

Loriann De Martini, PharmD
Chief Pharmaceutical Consultant, Licensing and Certification Program, California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality Licensing and Certification Program, Sacramento, CA

Lynn A. Flint, MD
Attending Physician, Jewish Home of San Francisco; Associate Director, Short-Term and Rehabilitation Services (STARS), A Jewish Home of San Francisco Center of Excellence, San Francisco, CA

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

Lynda Hooper, RN, MBA, CPHQ, CQIA
System Clinical Transformation Director, Clinical Integration Department, Sutter Health Support Services, Sacramento, CA

Solomon S. Liao, MD, FAAHPM
Director of Palliative Care Services, Hospitalist Program; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine,
Irvine, CA

James A. Mittelberger, MD, MPH, CMD, FACP
CALTCM President-elect, Chair of CALTCM Policy and Professional Services Committee; National Medical Director, Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care, Oakland, CA

The Reverend Sarah W. Nichols
Director of Pastoral Care, The Episcopal Home Communities, Alhambra, CA

Dan Osterweil, MD, FACP, CMD
CALTCM President; 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, Silverado Senior Living, Calabasas, CA

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

Karl E. Steinberg, MD, CMD
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

Randall R. Walton, Esq.
Attorney at Law, Walton Law Firm, Carlsbad, CA

William C. Wilson, Esq.
Partner, Wilson Getty LLP, Attorneys at Law, San Diego, CA