Medical Editor

Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD, is a full-time SNFologist and associate medical director at Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., a multifacility medical director, president and CEO of Stone Mountain Medical Associates Inc., a medicolegal consulting corporation, and a clinical geriatrics instructor in the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital family medicine residency program. He is immediate past president of the California AMDA chapter and is active on multiple AMDA committees.

Editorial Advisory Board

Robin Arnicar, DON, RN, CDONA/LTC, is director of nursing at the Frederick Villa Nursing Center in Baltimore, where she supervises 100 nursing employees. She also is president of the Maryland chapter of the National Association Directors of Nursing Administration (NADONA). She was awarded both the Northeastern Region and National Nursing Administrator of the Year in 2007 by NADONA.

Ian L. Cordes, MBA, is president of Corecare Associates Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla., where he consults with long-term care companies and facilities on marketing, advertising, and public relations. The company also manages the Florida Medical Directors Association as well as the Florida Association of Directors of Nursing Administration and the Florida Health Care Social Workers Association. He is a former nursing home administrator.

Jonathan Evans, MD, MPH, CMD, is a full-time long-term care physician in Charlottesville, Virginia, and medical director of two skilled nursing facilities. He serves on the Board of Directors of AMDA as Treasurer. His areas of special interest include geriatrics and palliative care. He authors the Medical Ethics column in Caring for the Ages.

Janet Feldkamp, RN, BSN, LNHA, JD, an attorney, practices in various aspects of health care, including long-term care survey and certification, certificate of need, health care acquisitions, physician and nurse practice, managed care and nursing related issues, and fraud and abuse. She is a partner with Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP in Columbus, Ohio, and writes Legal Issues, a bimonthly column in Caring for the Ages.

Robert M. Gibson, PhD, JD, is the senior clinical psychologist and an attorney working at Edgemoor DP SNF, County of San Diego. He is a member of the California Long-Term Care Medicine Policy and Professional Services Committee, the Ethics Committee of the San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital and Edgemoor, the San Diego Medical Society Bioethics Commission, and the advisory board for Caring Advocates, which provides assistance for end-of-life planning. Dr. Gibson is also an expert reviewer for the California Board of Psychology and since 2004 has provided private addiction-recovery services for Pyrysys/Practical Recovery.

Daniel Haimowitz, MD, FACP, CMD, is an internist and geriatrician in private practice in Levittown, Pa. He serves as medical director of two nursing homes and two assisted-living facilities, as well as a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. He has a special interest in assisted living.

Jennifer Heffernan, MD, CMD, is assistant professor of medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, department of medicine, division of geriatrics. She is board certified in family medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualification in geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine. She is program director for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine senior mentor program.

Bill Kubat, MS, LNHA, is director for mission integration for the Good Samaritan Society, based in Sioux Falls, S.D. As such, he leads the focus on Christian communities of care, social accountability, and ethics. He has been active nationally in quality improvement and long-term care culture change. He coordinates the Community LTC column for Caring for the Ages.

Dan Osterweil, MD, CMD, is medical director of S+AGE at Sherman Oaks Hospital. He also serves as clinical professor in the division of geriatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Osterweil was trained at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and UCLA, and is the former editor in chief of the journal JAMDA.

Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Sonya Ziporkin Gerschowitz Chair in gerontology. She maintains a clinical/faculty position as a GNP at Roland Park Place, a Lifecare community. Her research interests focus on motivating older adults to engage in healthy activities, as well as optimizing recovery from illness and managing chronic disease. Dr. Resnick has received numerous honors for both her clinical work and her research.

Frederick L. Wendt, RPh, TCCP, FASCP, is vice president of pharmacy services and clinical operations for Fundamental Clinical Consulting, which is the parent company of more than 100 skilled nursing facilities in 10 states. As such, he oversees pharmacy services for hospice and home care divisions as well as skilled nursing facilities and LTACHs. He has more than 20 years of long-term care experience from both the perspective of pharmacy services and that of health care providers. His areas of expertise are geriatric depression, diabetes, chronic kidney disease anemia, metabolic disorders, and Alzheimer’s.

Bonnie Wirfs, MD, CMD, is a certified medical director, past president of the Wisconsin Association of Medical Directors, faculty member of the AMDA Core Curriculum, and member of the AMDA Online Education Committee. She has practiced long-term medicine for more than 20 years. She writes the IDT Rounds column for Caring for the Ages.

Updated May 4, 2012