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Lodovico Balducci, M.D.
Professor, Geriatric Oncology
12902 Magnolia Drive, MDC 44
Tampa, FL 33612
Telephone: (813) 979-3822
Facsimile: (813) 972-8468
E-Mail: balducci@moffitt.usf.edu
Website:
Education: 1968 M.D. Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Research Interests: Cancer and Aging; management of the frail elderly; Assessment of quality of life in the older cancer patient.

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Theresa Beckie, R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 22
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
Telephone: (813) 974-9202
Facsimile: (813) 974-5418
E-mail: tbeckie@hsc.usf.edu
Website: http://hsc.usf.edu/nursing/faculty_staff/beckie.html
Education: 1979 R.N. Foothills Provincial Hospital, Calgary, Alberta
1994 Ph.D. University of Alberta
Research Interests: Adult Health, Cardiovascular Critical Care, Quality of Life and Cardiac Surgery, Educational Measurement and Evaluation

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Claudia Beghé, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. -118C
Tampa, Florida 33612
Telephone: (813) 972-2000 x7151
Facsimile: (813) 978-5968
E-Mail: beghe.claudia@med.gov
Website: http://hsc.usf.edu/medicine/internalmedicine/geriatrics/claudia+beghe,+md.,+facp.html
Education: 1971 M.D. Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Research Interests: Health Care Delivery; Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections; Incontinence; Diabetes Mellitus; End of Life Decisions

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Barry B. Bercu, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
801 6th Street S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Telephone: (813) 892-4237
Facsimile: (813) 892-4219
E-Mail: bercub@hsc.usf.edu
Website:
Education: 1969 M.D. University of Maryland
Research Interests: Neuroendocrine Regulation of Growth Secretion; Use of growth hormone secretagoges to diagnose growth hormone deficiency; Use of Growth Hormone to Reverse Maladaptive Aging.

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Paula Bickford, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Center for Aging & Brain Repair
VA Medical Center
Research Service (151)
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33620
Telephone:(813) 974-0887
Facsimile: (813) 974-3074
E-Mail: pbickfor@hsc.usf.edu
Website: http://hsc.usf.edu/com/neurosurgery/cabr.html
Education: 1984 Ph.D., Colorado, Denver, CO.
Research Interests: Aging, Oxidative Stress

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Kathy Black PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Work
USF-Sarasota, Palmer Bldg. E, 5700 N.
Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234
Telephone: (941) 359-4584
Fascimile:
E-Mail: kblack@banshee.sar.usf.edu
Website:
Education: 1988 Ph.D. University at Albany, NY
Research Interest: Aging, advance directives, end-0f-life care, social welfare, dementia, caregiving

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William R. Blount, Ph.D.
Chairperson & Professor of Criminology
4202 E. Fowler Ave., SOC 10
Tampa, FL 33620
Telephone: (813) 974- 9704
Facsimile: (813) 974-2803
E-Mail: blount@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
Website:
Education: 1969 Ph.D. George Peabody College for Teachers
Research Interests: Chemical Dependency and Crime; The Graying of Institutional Populations

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Arthur P. Bochner, Ph.D.
Professor , Communication
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CIS 1040
Tampa, FL 33620
Telephone: (813) 974-6821
Facsimile: (813) 974-5172
E-Mail: abochner@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
Website:
Education: 1971 Ph.D. Bowling Green State University
Research Interests: Communication Theory; Family Communication; Caretaking and Aging

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Voytek Bosek, M.D.
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 59
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
Telephone: (813) 972-8486
Facsimile: (813) 979-3064
E-Mail: bosekv@moffitt.usf.edu
Website:
Education: 1966 M.D. Charles University, Prague
Research Interests: Effect of Anesthetic Agents on Elderly Population

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Tatjana Bulat, M.D., CMD
Medical Director, Patient Mobility Clinical Services, VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry James A. Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, FL
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
VA Patient Safety Center (118M)
11605 N. Nebraska Ave.
Tampa, FL 33612
Telephone: (813) 559-3921
Facsimile: (813) 558-3991
E-Mail: Tatjana.Bulat@med.va.gov
Website:
Education: 1987, University of Zagreb, Croatia; 1989 Foreign Medical Graduate Examiniation in Medical Sciences; 1990 Federal Licensing Examination, 1999 Certified Medical Director (CMD).
Research Interests: Patient Safety, Falls in the Elderly

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Nick Burdash, Ph.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 59
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
Telephone: (813) 254-7037
Facsimile: (813) 254-6174
E-Mail: nburdash@hsc.usf.edu
Webiste:http://hsc.usf.edu/medicine/medmicro/nicholas+burdash.html
Education: 1969 Ph.D. Ohio State University
Research Interests: Effects of Anesthesia/Analgesia on the Elderly

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Patricia A. Burns, Ph.D., FAAN
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing Nursing
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 22
Tampa, FL 33612-4799
Telephone: (813) 974-9091
Facsimile: (813) 974-5418
E-Mail: pburns@hsc.usf.edu
Website: http://hsc.usf.edu/nursing/faculty_staff/p.burns.html
Education: 1988 Ph.D. State University of New York
Research Interests: Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Women

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Robert Byers, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Commuynity and Family Health
13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MHC 1701
Tampa, FL 33612
Telephone: (813)974-7835
Facsimile: (813) 974-7830
E-Mail: rbyers@hsc.usf.edu
Webiste:
Education: 2001 Ph.D. Univrsity of South Florida
Research Interests: Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Domestic Violence and Cognition

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