2024 CALTCM Summit for Excellence Faculty

Alex Bardakh, MPP, PLC                                                                                                                                                       
Director of Public Policy and Advocacy
AMDA: The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

Jacob Berelowitz, LNHA, LMSW, CPHQ, CCM
Program Director 
Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF).  

Jennifer Birdsall, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Director 
ComPsych Corporation  


Rick Canvel, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Clement Law Group, PC

Lesley Ann Clement, Esq. 
Trial lawyer devoted to the prosecution of egregious cases of elder and dependent
adult abuse and neglect. Frequent speaker regarding case selection, critical thinking,
trial advocacy, elder care issues, and patient rights.
Clement Law Group, PC
 

Emily Do, PharmD, JD, MBA
Chief Pharmacy Officer
County of San Diego


Cassie Dunham
Deputy Director, Center for Health Care Quality
California Department of Public Health

 
Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD
Medical Director Edgemoor DP SNF, Behavioral Health Services
Health and Human Services Agency, County of San Diego, CA

Dolly Greene, RN, BSN, CIC
Co-owner of Infection Prevention & Control Resources 


Ashkan Javaheri, MD, CMD
Geriatrican, Mercy Medical Group-Dignity Health Medical Foundation, Sacramento, CA 
Assistant Clinical Professor at UC Davis School of Medicine

Noachim Steve Marco, MD, CMD
Chief Medical Officer, Los Angeles Jewish Health 
Executive Director of Brandman Research Institute
Medical Director of IPA, LAJH Medical Associates 

 
Jennifer Moore Ballentine, MA
CEO of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
Board of Directors for the National POLST Collaborative

Kourosh A.P. Moshiri, MD, EMHA, FACP, AGSF, CMD, HMDC, FACCWS
Internal Medicine Section Chief, Eisenhower Medical Center
Associate Medical Director, Eisenhower Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Desert Mountain Care Center; Associate Clinical Professor, UCR, School of Medicine

Aida Oganesyan, PharmD, BCGP, APh
Director of Pharmacy, Los Angeles Jewish Health; Reseda, CA


Karl E. Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC
Past-President of AMDA: The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine;
CALTCM BOD member; Chief Medical Officer of Mariner Health Care & Beecan Health; San Diego, CA

Michael Wasserman, MD, CMD
Retired Geriatrician; CALTCM Past-President; Los Angeles, CA

 
George Woods, MD, LFAPA
2018 Distinguished Alumni Award
University of Utah Medical Center

Eric Widera, MD
Professor of Medicine and clinician-educator in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Director of the Hospice & Palliative Care Service at SF VA Medical Center
Co-founder of GeriPal, a Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog and Podcast 

Glen Xiong, MD, CMD
Board-certified in Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, and Post-Acute and Long-term Care (PALTC) Medicine. 
Practices at UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center, and in Skilled Nursing Facilities in the Greater Sacramento Area. 
Voluntary Clinical Professor at UC Davis