MCGEC Advisory Board

Ernestine Bowers
Director, GNRCAAAD
Greater Nashville Regional Council
Area Agency on Aging and Disability

Christine Minja-Trupin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Public Health Practice
Meharry Medical College

Maciej Buchowski, PhD
Research Professor
Director, Energy Balance Laboratory
Department Bacteriology
Vanderbilt University

Sumathi Misra, MD, MPH
Attending Geriatrician,
VA Hospital
Assistant Professor,
Medicine, VU Director,
Palliative Care Services

Juanita Buford PHD
Assistant Professor – Vice Chair
Department of Medical Education, Clinical Skills & Competency
Meharry Medical College

Samuel Okpaku, MD
Executive Director, Elam Center
Professor & Chair
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Meharry Medical College

William Butler, DDS, MS, FACP
Dean, School of Dentistry
Professor, Restorative Dentistry
 Meharry Medical College

Marian Patton RDH, EdD
Associate Professor,
Dental Hygiene
Interim Assistant Dean
Department Head Dental Hygiene
TSU

Susan Dereimer, PhD
Professor, Integrated Didactics
Meharry Medical College

James Powers, MD
Program Director, Geriatric Fellowship Program
Associate Director, Clinical GRECC
Associate Professor, Medicine, VU

Patrick Griffith, MD, FAAN
Professor & Chair
Department of Neurology,
Meharry Medical College

Alexander Prikhojan, MD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Inmed Office
Meharry Medical College

Baquar Husaini, PhD
Professor & Director
Center for Health Research, TSU

Christine Pat Sharpe, PhD, RN
Community Outreach
Meharry Medical College

Kathleen McEnerney, DA, MT
Professor & Dean
College of Health Sciences, TSU

Angel Torres-Rivera, DDS, MPH, PhD
Dean, Dental Public Health
Meharry Medical College