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Dr. Laurie Mallery Division Head Dr. Laurie Mallery graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and completed residency at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Subsequently, she received her subspecialty training in Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie University/Halifax Infirmary Hospital. Her principle interests are the assessment and treatment of dementia, education, and exercise. She has developed a strengthening exercise program for older adults, based on the principles of high intensity resistance training and Pilates exercise.

Dr. Melissa K. Andrew Dr. Andrew is a staff geriatrician and Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie University. She did her MD at Dalhousie University, a Masters of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie. She has recently completed an Interdisciplinary PhD on the topic of social vulnerability in older people.

Dr. Costa Apostolides Dr. Costa Apostolides obtained his medical degree from Dalhousie University in 1999. Subsequently, he completed his Family Medicine residency at Dalhousie in 2001 and then proceeded to the Certificate in Health Care of the Elderly program from 2001-2002. Currently, Dr. Apostolides is an Assistant Professor in the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. He is a member of the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, with major clinical responsibilities in the Geriatric Day Hospital and participation in dementia investigations through the Division's Drug Trials Office. He is also a member of the Departments of Family Medicine and Long-Term Care, working at the Camp Hill Family Medicine Centre, Progressive Care Unit (9 Lane), and V3 West Special Care Unit. His academic and clinical interests include all aspects of geriatric medicine, teaching, medical ethics (recently completed working on new care directives policy - Pathways of Care - for the Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building), provision of medical care in nursing homes and novel modes of geriatric care (member of the Primary Care of the Elderly Initiative), and the design of computerized structured discharge summaries for the Centre for Health Care of the Elderly.

Dr. Daniel Carver Dr. Carver is a graduate of Dalhousie University Medical school. He also did his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie. He has a MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology. Currently he is program director for Geriatric Medicine and co-program director for the Care of the Elderly certificate. Dr. Carver is service chief for the Geriatric Assessment Unit on 7.4 NHI.

Dr. Susan Freter Dr. Freter is a graduate of McGill University. Her particular interest is in the rehabilitation of elderly patients and delirium management. Currently she is Service Chief of the Geriatric Restorative Care and Progressive Care units, as well as the Division's Geriatric-Orthopaedic liaison.

Dr. Glen Ginther Dr. Ginther is a graduate of the University of Manitoba. He is interested in all aspects of clinical geriatric medicine and has a particular interest in falls prevention in older persons. Currently he is the service chief for the Geriatric Day Hospital and Geriatric Ambulatory Care.

Dr. Janet Gordon Dr. Janet Gordon completed medical school and a rotating internship at Memorial University, followed by an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Calgary and subspecialty training in Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie University. She has a particular interest in osteoporosis, polypharmacy and the care of patients in nursing homes. She is actively involved with Undergraduate Medical Education.

Dr. Katalin Koller Dr. Katalin Koller is a Geriatrician with specialty training in palliative care. Her Geriatrics training was completed through Dalhousie University and Palliative Care training through McMaster University. She has a special interest in the end of life care within the frail geriatric population.

Dr. Chris MacKnight Dr. Chris MacKnight is a graduate of Dalhousie University. In addition to his medical training, he completed an MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology. He devotes 75% of his time to research and 25% to clinical care. His research interests include dementia and frailty. He is currently President of the Canadian Geriatrics Society (until 2005) and Editor of Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. He is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Institute on Aging.

Dr. Paige King Moorhouse Dr. Moorhouse joined the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Capital District Health Authority as a clinician researcher in 2007. She draws on her clinical experiences to inspire research projects in vascular cognitive impairment, driving and dementia, end-of-life care, frailty, executive function, and technology solutions for team-based care. Dr. Moorhouse holds a Bachelors of Science from the University of Toronto and completed her MD and residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie in 2007. She completed a Master’s of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in 2008. She is the principle investigator for a Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation grant and was the 2007 recipient of the Kaufman Award for Research from the Canadian Geriatrics Society, and the 2006 recipient of the Award of Excellence from the Gerontology Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) in 2006. She is a consultant for the Public Health Agency of Canada and is the current president of GANS.

Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, MD, FRCPC, FRCP Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology) Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Kenneth Rockwood has had a longstanding interest in clinical and epidemiological aspects of frailty, dementia and delirium. He has focused his investigations on the complexity of frailty, and on what can be termed ‘clinico-mathematical correlation’. Prof. Rockwood has published more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications and seven books, including the seventh edition of the Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology. He is the Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer research at Dalhousie University, and a staff internist and geriatrician at the Capital District Health Authority in Halifax. He holds several CIHR grants, including as Principal Investigator of the Canada China Collaboration on Aging and Longevity and the Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network. The latter is a national, multicentre project to provide better care for people with dementia by facilitating and carrying out translational research and knowledge translation. A native of Newfoundland, he became a Doctor of Medicine at Memorial University in 1985, completed internal medicine training at the University of Alberta and geriatric medicine at Dalhousie University, where he has been on staff since 1991. He is married to Dr. Susan Howlett, Professor of Pharmacology at Dalhousie. They have two sons, Michael and James.

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