This Geriatric Medicine expert is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine who is board certified in Internal Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics. Her clinical practice includes long-term care, nursing home medicine, hospice and palliative care, and adult hospital medicine. She serves as an attending physician in geriatrics and palliative care and has held leadership roles including Director of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, Geriatrics Fellowship Director, and Associate Medical Director for hospice services. She is certified in hospice and palliative medicine and is a Certified Medical Director (CMD).

In addition to her clinical leadership, she has extensive experience in regulatory and quality review. She has served as a physician reviewer for peer review organizations, conducting Medicare and Medicaid appeals reviews and evaluating quality-of-care matters. Her professional activities include ethics committee service, including prior service as chair, as well as formal training in ethics participation and end-of-life care education. She has also contributed to professional guideline development initiatives, including pain management consensus efforts, and served as a reviewer for updates to nationally recognized prescribing criteria for older adults.

Her combined expertise in geriatric medicine, hospice and palliative care, long-term care oversight, physician education, and regulatory review supports matters involving elder care standards, nursing home and hospice management, Medicare and Medicaid compliance, prescribing considerations in older adults, end-of-life care, and the medical management of medically complex geriatric patients. Her background reflects integrated experience across bedside care, administrative leadership, ethics oversight, and quality evaluation.