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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. Mariam Mufti is board certified in Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. She is a graduate of Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in New Brunswick, NJ and her fellowship at the University of Florida in Gainesville. With her interests in delirium and dementia she facilitated in expanding the Geriatric Consult Service at Shands Hospital for which she served as Chief, collaborated with a Hospital wide Delirium Task Force and participated in national research. Her career in Geriatric medicine has now led her to UTMB where she is an assistance 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. 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.

Andrea Wirt completed her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch. A few years later, she came back to UTMB to join the Geriatric Division as the Geriatric Nurse Practitioner. Throughout her tenure, Andrea has presented on over 20 topics and has a chapter publication in Gerontological Nursing. In April 2016, she received the UTMB DAISY award which recognizes the inspired effort nurses put forth every day.

Jennifer Young is a Texas native, completing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center on the Dean's Honor List and Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. In 2014, she was nominated for Who's Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Jennifer is an Adult and Geriatric Nurse practitioner also certified in Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Team. She is an active member of the Galveston Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses and the Geriatric Advance Practice Nurses Association.

Jessica Den Herder is a Texas native, completing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in 2013. She then went on to complete her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Jessica is an Adult and Geriatric Nurse practitioner and works exclusively as a provider for the UTMB Geriatrics House Call Program. She is an active member of the Galveston Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.