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Zachary Carson completed his Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Colorado in Aurora, Colorado in 2012. He then went on to complete his Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Zachary is an Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner and works exclusively as a provider for the UTMB Geriatrics House Call Program. In He is an active member of the Galveston Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses where he serves as Vice President of Membership.

Although born in San Diego, California, Jonne Davis's roots are in Texas. She received her Associate's Degree in Nursing at Alvin Community College in Alvin, Texas in 1987. She then completed her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. In 1997 she became a Nurse Practitioner board certified through the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners. Jonne is a member of the National Student Nurses Association, Texas Nursing Student Association, Alvin Nursing Students Association, Organization for the Advancement of Associate Degree Nursing, Texas Nurses Association, and American Nurses Association.

Dr. Aditi Ghosh is a graduate of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India. She completed her Family Medicine residency and Geriatric Medicine fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Ghosh is board certified in Family Medicine.

Dr. Ghosh is an Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine and serves as attending faculty on the ACE (Acute Care for the Elders) Unit, Geriatric Consults, and Geriatric Clinic Service. She also serves as Medical Director at The Meridian in Galveston.

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Dr. Elizabeth Jaramillo graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Science from the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas in 2005.  She attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas and graduated in 2009. She continued her training at UTMB with a residency in Internal Medicine, graduating in 2012, and a fellowship in Geriatrics, graduating in 2013.

She had developed an interest in health outcomes research and pursued it while seeing patients once a week. She became a Scholar with the Sealy Center on Aging, completed the Scholars in Education program, and in 2014 she was awarded a KL-2 grant, funded through the UTMB Clinical Science and Translational Award.

She became an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Translational Sciences and continued her research on overuse of cancer screening in older adults. During this time she worked toward a Masters Degree in Science (Clinical Science) and graduated in August 2015. She continued research at UTMB and started working on Project 1 of the Patient Centered Outcome Research Grant at UTMB. This evaluated older women's thoughts, beliefs, and opinions on screening mammography for breast cancer.

While she continued to see patients once a week and enjoyed her research she wanted to spend more time with patients in clinic. She started working at the UTMB Community Based Clinic in Angleton, Texas in June 2016.

Dr. Vinod Kaushik is a graduate of Mahatama Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Devi Ahilya University in India. He completed his residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and his fellowship at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, with a special interest in dementia and disabilities in the elderly.

Dr. Kaushik currently serves as the Medical Director of Gulf Health Care Center in Texas City and the Geriatric Track Program Director at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He is Program Director of the UTMB Geriatric Medicine Fellowship. He is an assistant professor of Geriatric Medicine and serves as attending faculty on the ACE Unit, Geriatric Consults, and Geriatric Clinic Service.

Dr. Cecil Kumfa is a graduate of the Windsor University School of Medicine in St Kitts, West Indies. She completed her residency at Richmond University Medical Center in New York and her Geriatric Medicine fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Dr. Kumfa is an assistant professor of Geriatric Medicine and serves as attending faculty on the ACE (Acute Care for the Elders) Unit, Geriatric Consults, and Geriatric Clinic Service. Dr. Kumfa currently serves as the director of the Acute Care for the Elders Unit, as well as the Medical Director of Gulf Health Care Center in Galveston.

Tammie Michael completed her Associates Degree in Nursing at Galveston College in Galveston, Texas in 2005 on the National Dean's List. She then completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Arlington and Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Upon completion of her MSN, Tammie joined UTMB as a Nephrology Nurse Clinician and later transitioned to Geriatrics as an Adult- Geriatric Nurse practitioner heading the House Call Program. She is also a specialty certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse. Tammie is currently a BSN Clinical Instructor at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing. She is also an active member of organizations such as the Galveston Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Nurse Practitioners Association, and the Texas Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee.

Dr. Mukaila Raji attended medical school at the University of Ife in Nigeria. He also completed his internal medicine residency at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, USA, a Geriatric Fellowship at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA, and Master of Science Degree in pharmacology at the University of Alberta in Canada. Dr. Raji is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He is a tenured Professor and Director of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, 80 research abstracts, and several book chapters in the areas of geriatric pharmacology, cognitive aging, and disability.

Dr. Raji is a recipient of the 2006 Sir William Osler Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award and has earned the Edgar Gnitzinger Distinguished Professorship in Aging. He is also listed in U.S. News & World Report Top Doctors in America and has been listed in Super Doctors®. Dr. Raji teaches medical students, residents, and geriatrics fellows and serves as attending faculty on the Acute Care for the Elders Unit, Geriatric Consults, and Geriatric Clinic Service.

Dr. Anna Rotkiewicz is a graduate of Medical University of Warsaw in Poland. She also completed her internships at Grochow Hospital in Poland and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and her residencies at Grochow Hospital and University of Texas HSC at Houston. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, along with a certification in Functional Medicine.

Dr. Rotkiewicz currently serves as the Medical Director of Meridian Nursing Home in Galveston. She is an assistant professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and serves as attending faculty on the Acute Care for the Elders Unit, Geriatric Consults, and Geriatric Clinic Service.

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Dr. Volpi attended the School of Medicine of the University of Perugia, Italy, and graduated in 1989. There she also completed her Internship in Internal Medicine, her Residency in Endocrinology and Diabetes and her Ph.D. as well.

Dr. Volpi is an Expert on Aging. She is Daisy Emery Allen Distinguished Chair in Geriatric Medicine, the Director of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, and the Associate Director of the Institute for Translational Sciences.

Dr. Volpi is licensed to practice medicine in the states of Texas and California, and in Italy. She is also certified by the Italian Board of Endocrinology.

Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of muscle loss in older adults and finding new treatments to improve muscle function and promoted independence in seniors.

Dr. Volpi specializes in Geriatric Diabetes.