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		Send Inquiry     Contact Name A value is required.     Email Address A value is required.Invalid format.     Subject A value is required.     Comments A value is required.   Dr. Ouslander or another member of the project team will try to respond to your inquries in a timely manner. Thank you for your interest in INTERACT      Joseph G. Ouslander, M.D. is Professor and Associate Dean for Geriatric Programs at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, and Professor at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida. Dr. Ouslander served as a Professor at UCLA for 15 years developing research, educational, and clinical programs. From 1996-2007 he served as the Director of Geriatric Medicine at Emory University. He is a past-President and Board Chair of the American Geriatrics Society, and serves as the Executive Editor of the society's Journal. He has published over 200 original articles and book chapters and is a co-author of Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics and Medical Care in the Nursing Home, and an editor of Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.  Acknowledgment The INTERACT Program and Tools were initially developed by Joseph G. Ouslander, MD and Mary Perloe, MS, GNP at the Georgia Medical Care Foundation with the support of a contract from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The current version of the INTERACT Program, including the INTERACT II Tools, educational materials, and implementation strategies were developed by Drs. Ouslander, Gerri Lamb, Alice Bonner, and Ruth Tappen, and Ms. Laurie Herndon with input from many direct care providers and national experts in a project based at Florida Atlantic University supported by The Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation supporting independent research on health policy reform and a high performance health system. Some materials herein are © Florida Atlantic University 2011. Such materials and the trademark INTERACTTM may be used with the permission of Florida Atlantic University.
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