About Us
The Foundation for Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Medicine is a nonprofit organization that envisions a world in which all post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) patients and residents receive the highest-quality care for optimum health, function, and quality of life.
The Foundation works toward this vision through stewardship, funding and promoting education, training, and provision of clinical resources for PALTC settings. By meeting its goals, the Foundation supports the advancement of a competent PALTC workforce and transformational research that contributes to the innovation in the practice of PALTC medicine.
2026 Board of Directors
Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD
Chair
Professor- Vice Division Head, Health Care Policy and Research. The University of Colorado, School of Medicine
Aurora, CO
Rajeev Kumar, MD, FACP, CMD, FPALTC
Chair-Elect
Medical Director, Optum at Home
Oak Brook, IL
Heidi K. White, MD, MHS, MEd, CMD
Immediate Past Chair
Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine Geriatric Medicine Specialist
Durham, NC
Naushira Pandya, MD, FACP, CMD
Treasurer
Associate Professor/Chair, Department of Geriatrics, Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine
Plantation, FL
Steven Buslovich, MD, MS, CMD
Chief Medical Officer, Senior Care, Point Click Care
Pittsford, NY
Tom Haithcoat
President, Ceptor Consulting, LLC
Indianapolis, Indiana
Meenakshi Patel, MD, FACP, MMM, CMD
Clinical Associate Professor Wright State University; Physician Valley Medical Primary Care; Principal Investigator, Valley Medical Research
Centerville, OH
Victoria Walker, MD, FAAFP
Avel eCare Senior Care
Vermillion, SD
Michelle Zinnert, CAE
Executive Director
The Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine
Columbia, MD
Our Foundation Staff
The Foundation’s work is overseen by a board of directors and senior leadership staff who deeply believe in our vision.
Victoria Hann Hoogstraal, MPA, CFRE
Foundation Director
Columbia, MD
Lauryn Jones, MA
Foundation Manager
Columbia, MD