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.

2025 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

Heidi K. White, MD, MHS, MEd, CMD

Immediate Past Chair

Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine Geriatric Medicine Specialist, Durham, NC

Arif Nazir, MD, CMD

Chief Medical Officer, Signature Healthcare

Naushira Pandya, MD, FACP, CMD

Associate Professor/Chair, Department of Geriatrics, Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine

Plantation, FL

Meenakshi Patel, MD, FACP, MMM, CMD

Clinical Associate Professor Wright State University; Physician Valley Medical Primary Care; Principal Investigator, Valley Medical Research

Centerville, OH

Barbara J. Zarowitz, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, CGP, FASCP

Program Chair

Advancing Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Solutions – Affiliate Professor, The Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging University of Maryland,
School of Pharmacy
Las Vegas, NV