The Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center (RIGEC)
at the University of Rhode Island
Faculty and Staff
RIGEC Faculty
Patricia Burbank, DNSc, RN
Professor and Coordinator, CNS in Gerontology, URI College of Nursing
Phillip G. Clark, ScD Director, Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center and URI Program in Gerontology; Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
E. Belle Evans, PhD, MSW, MPH, MEd, BSN
Professor, MSW Program, Rhode Island College School of Social Work
Anne L. Hume, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, URI College of Pharmacy; Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Affiliate Medical Staff, Memorial Hospital of RI
Norma Owens, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, URI College of Pharmacy;
Geriatric Clinical Pharmacy Consultant, Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Cynthia Padula, PhD, RN
Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s Program in Nursing, Rhode Island College
John Stoukides, MD, RPh
Director of Geriatrics, Roger Williams Medical Center; Clinical Associate Professor, URI College of Nursing; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Boston University
Adjunct RIGEC Faculty
Peter Blanpied, PhD, PT
Professor, URI Physical Therapy Program
Theresa Castelli, MS, PT, GCS
Contributing Clinician, URI Physical Therapy Program
Erica Estus, PharmD, CGP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, URI College of Pharmacy; Clinical Practice Sites: St. Elizabeth Home, Omnicare of RI, South Bay Manor
Nancy Fey-Yensan, PhD, RD
Professor of Nutrition and Food Science; Assistant Dean, URI College Human Science and Services; Interim Dean, URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences
David Reilly, Esq.
Attorney in private practice
Kim Salloway Rickler, MSW
Clinical Teaching Associate, Department of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Memorial Hospital of RI
Sandra Saunders, MS, MPH
Associate Professor Emeritus, URI Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Tom Sheeran, PhD, ME
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
Clinical Site Coordinators
Alicia Curtin, PhD, GNP
Associate Professor, URI College of Nursing; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Memorial Hospital of RI
Diane C. Martins, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, URI College of Nursing
RIGEC Staff
JoAnn Evans, MA, Program Manager
Judith P. Sweeney, BS, Program Coordinator
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Workshop II: Legal and Ethical Issues in Geriatric Practice
Workshop III: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Geriatric Clinical Care
Workshop IV: Understanding and Managing Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment
Registration and Cancellation Policies
