Undergraduate education: University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 1985

Medical school: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1989

Residency: Family Medicine, Akron City Hospital, 1992

Advanced training: American Medical Directors Association certified medical director; Faculty Development Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Certified Medical Director - American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

Board certification: Family medicine

Specialty interests: Geriatrics, dementia, public policy of caring for the elderly, medical student and resident geriatric education