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