HEBREW SENIORLIFE - Key Persons
Brian Murphy is vice president of patient access at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center. In this role, he is responsible for managing admissions for 750+ beds across multiple campuses and levels of care. Brian receives more than 9,000 referrals annually as the result of the strong relationships he and his team have built with all of the acute-care hospitals and other referring facilities in HRC's service area.
Brian joined Hebrew SeniorLife in 2006 and has more than 20 years of experience in the rehabilitation and long term care industry. Prior to his current position, he worked in marketing and public relations at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, admissions and marketing at Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newport, Rhode Island, and in medical billing at The Boston Center in West Roxbury, Mass.
Dr. Jordan is a geriatric psychiatrist who specializes in neuromodulation from Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and the research of those modalities.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Medical Director
- International Leader
- Medical Director of the Deanna and Sidney
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, is Medical Director of the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health and a Senior Scientist at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, and a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Pascual-Leone is an international leader in the study and modulation of human cortical plasticity and a pioneer in the use of noninvasive brain stimulation and its application for the study of brain behavior relations and the development of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in neuropsychiatry. An overarching goal has been the development of translational approaches to characterize and modulate brain activity to help patients with debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders while gaining fundamental insights into human brain function.
A major focus of Dr. Pascual-Leone's research is on maintenance of brain health across the lifespan. Dr. Pascual-Leone brought together a group of international investigators and funding partners to establish the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative, a multiyear, longitudinal effort supported by La Caixa and Institut Guttmann that aims at identifying markers of brain health across the lifespan and developing and testing multimodal interventions and lifestyle changes that sustain brain health and prevent age-related cognitive decline. Dr. Pascual-Leone leads this one-of-a-kind study as its scientific director.
At Hebrew SeniorLife, Dr. Pascual-Leone also sees patients as a cognitive neurologist and the medical director at the Wolk Center for Memory Health, where the focus is on comprehensive, patient-centered, personalized care and multi-disciplinary, holistic support of individuals with cognitive decline, their families, and caregivers.
Dr. Pascual-Leone established and directs the Sidney Baer Jr. Fellowship in Clinical Neurosciences, training the future leaders of medical brain sciences, working in the interface of neurology and psychiatry. He also established and directs a training program in noninvasive brain stimulation that has trained over 1,000 clinicians from around the world.
Previously, Dr. Pascual-Leone founded and directed for over 20 years the Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, and served as Chief of the Division of Cognitive Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and as the Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research and Program Director of Harvard Catalyst at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Pascual-Leone has authored over 750 scientific papers and several books and is listed as an inventor on several patents. His work is highly regarded for its innovation and quality and is highly cited (h-index 165; i10-index 626). Dr. Pascual-Leone has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a one of the world's top 15 neuroscientists and one of the "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds." In 2022 Research.com, a prominent academic platform for scientists, ranked him #10 in worldwide in neuroscience. He has been honored with many international awards, and is an elected member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Science (Pharmacy). His work has also gained wide general public appeal and outreach through dissemination in the lay press, television and radio, and several books (e.g. Norman Doidge's The Brain That Changes Itself; and John E. Robison's Switched On). Most recently Dr. Pascual-Leone co-authored, with A. Fernandez and D. Bartres-Faz, El Cerebro que Cura (2019).
Education
Medical School: Albert-Ludwigs' University of Freiburg
Residency: University of Minnesota
Fellowship: University of Minnesota
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Dr. Álvaro Pascual-Leone combines a commitment to scientific inquiry with the compassionate, person-centered care he delivers in his clinical role as medical director of the Wolk Center for Memory Health. He also serves as a senior scientist at Hebrew SeniorLife's Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research and a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. He has been recognized as one of the "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds." In 2022 research.com, a prominent academic platform for scientists, ranked him #10 in worldwide in neuroscience.
Dr. Pascual-Leone enjoys working at the Wolk Center for Memory Health because he likes helping patients and their families live fulfilling, happy lives, even in the face of memory or other cognitive problems.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Eran Metzger, M.D., has been on staff in the Medical Department at Hebrew SeniorLife since 1998; first as the associate director, and subsequently as medical director of psychiatry in 2011. Dr. Metzger received his Bachelor of Science from Haverford College and Doctor of Medicine from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He completed his transitional residency at Brockton Hospital, and his residency in psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He completed his fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Metzger is certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has been an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School since 2003.
Education
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University
Residency: Brockton Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Eric Rogers joined Hebrew SeniorLife in 2012 and was named chief information officer in July 2016. Eric brings 25 years of Health Care-focused information and technology experience to the organization. He provides strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, implementation, and coordination of HSL's IT systems that serve the organization's multiple health care and senior living locations, as well as the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research in Boston. He is responsible for coordination, facilitation, and consultation with staff on information systems, electronic communications, telecom, and information security and technology initiatives.
Prior to his role as CIO, Eric served as HSL's director of applications, reporting, and health information management. Before joining HSL, he held leadership positions at Beacon Partners, Weymouth, Mass., UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Mass., and The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, New Jersey.
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- Medical Director of the Medically Acute Care Unit
Ernest Mandel, M.D. is Medical Director of the Medically Acute Care Unit and Medical Director of Nephrology at Hebrew SeniorLife, where he has been on staff since 2012. He received his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in Chemistry from Harvard University, his medical degree with honors and distinction from Yale University, and his Master of Science in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was also chief resident. He then completed a fellowship in nephrology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is on staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital where he serves as associate program director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Joint Nephrology Fellowship Program. He maintains a teaching appointment as an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and is an associate faculty member at Ariadne Labs where his research focuses on serious illness communication with dialysis patients. He is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Education
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Prior to joining the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health, Heather served as the Life Enrichment Specialist within the memory care unit at Mount Desert Island Hospital's Birch Bay Village and worked as a Research Assistant within the Cognition, Aging, Resiliency, and Enhancement (CARE) Lab and Maine Mood Lab at the University of Maine. Heather presented on mindfulness associations with executive function and well-being in older adults at the 2021 International Neuropsychological Society conference and the National Academy of Neuropsychology conference.
Heather holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Maine where she graduated summa cum laude with a Faculty Research Award. In addition to her role at the Wolk Center, Heather is a Research Associate at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research and maintains membership in the International Neuropsychological Society and Society for Clinical Neuropsychology. She feels privileged to get to know the patients at the Wolk Center and assist them in their journey toward greater health and well-being, and is incredibly motivated by hearing stories of patients and families finding more peace and joy.
Helen Chen, M.D., joined Hebrew SeniorLife as chief medical officer in August 2013 and is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. As a geriatrician, Dr. Chen has a passion for improving care for older adults both at the individual and healthcare system levels. Prior to joining Hebrew SeniorLife, Dr. Chen was the chief medical officer for the Center for Elders' Independence, a Program of All-Inclusive Care for Elders, and the director of Geriatrics and Extended Care at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, where she directed clinical geriatrics services across the continuum of care for Veterans residing in northern California.
Dr. Chen completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at Brown University, and her medical residency and geriatrics fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. She is an alumna of the California Healthcare Foundation's Leadership Fellowship program and is board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine. She currently serves on the admissions and readmissions committee of the National Quality Forum and the American Board of Internal Medicine's geriatrics examination subcommittee.
Education
Medical School (1989): Brown University
Residency and Fellowships (1989-2009): University of California, San Francisco
Certifications
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Located directly across the boulevard from historic Revere Beach, Jack Satter House offers 266 affordable independent living apartments with beautiful ocean views, convenient access to Boston, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and engaging social, cultural, and educational activities.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- NHA / Administrator - Clinic Manager
Lingda Hou joined Hebrew SeniorLife in 2015 after graduating from Brandeis University with a M.A. in Economics and Finance. Prior to joining the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health as their administrative clinic manager, Lingda worked at NewBridge on the Charles, where she managed a receptionist team, worked on continuous improvement projects, and created and organized executive training camps for senior living companies in China. She enjoys that her role allows her to participate in the rewarding experience of making a difference for patients and families in need.
Louis J. Woolf became president and CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife in February 2013 after serving as president of the organization since October 2009. Previously, he was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Partners Healthcare System's North Shore Medical Center, a multi-site, integrated health care delivery system north of Boston. He also spent eight years in leadership at the CareGroup Healthcare System, where he held key positions, including executive vice president and COO of New England Baptist Hospital and senior vice president of system development and communications for all CareGroup's hospitals.
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- Adult Nurse Practitioner in Boston
- Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Marie Guerrier is an Adult Nurse Practitioner in Boston, MA. She has over 23 years of experience specializing in geriatrics, Alzheimer's care, progressive neurological disorders, end of life care, and acute and chronic disease management. She was a Nurse Practitioner Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine.
Marie is happy to work at the Wolk Center, with its strong geriatric focus plus research and teaching opportunities. She enjoys caring and advocating for patients and their families, ensuring they get the best treatment and care they deserve to live long and healthy lives.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Secretary
- Treasurer
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- Executive Director of Home and Community Based Services
Maureen Bannan is executive director of Home and Community Based Services at Hebrew SeniorLife where she is responsible for the operations of community programs, including certified home health, hospice, adult day health, personal assistance, and private care. Maureen also provides executive leadership to the Wolk Center for Memory Health.
Maureen enjoys collaborating between health care service lines to provide all individuals the opportunity to live their best lives by determining where they are served during a particular point in time and distributing care across a health care system rich in diversity of clinical and social services.
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- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Leader
Melissa Tearney has been a volunteer leader at Hebrew SeniorLife for more than 25 years, including joining the Board in 2008 and serving in such roles as Board Secretary, Chair of the Governance and Conflicts Committees, and member of the Campaign Steering, Development, Audit, and Compliance Committees.
Melissa is a Partner in the Government Enforcement & Compliance Practice Group at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, an international law office based in Boston. As Co-Chair of Choate's Litigation Department, Melissa was named a "Top Woman of Law" by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and a "2016 Woman of Influence" by the Boston Business Journal. She has also made the list of Super Lawyers in Massachusetts, an annual ranking of outstanding lawyers nominated through peer recognition and achievement. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America and in Chambers USA. With 30 years of experience, Melissa helps clients ranging from start-ups to global companies navigate investigations and the development and implementation of effective compliance measures and programs.
Melissa earned her bachelor's and law degrees from Harvard University. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Greater Boston Legal Services and Camp Bauercrest, and is a trustee at Thayer Academy and co-chairs their capital campaign.
Orchard Cove is a warm, welcoming community offering independent living, enhanced living, and skilled nursing apartments on a beautiful, 38-acre pondside campus. In our resident-driven culture we empower seniors to identify and define what matters most to them.
Rachel Fox joined the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health as a medical assistant after graduating with a B.S. in neuroscience and psychology from Trinity College. Rachel is one of the first faces you'll see coming into the Wolk Center as she welcomes you in before you see one of our clinicians. Rachel is very thankful for the opportunity to work with such an extraordinary team and enjoys talking with and learning from patients about their lives, experiences, and happy memories.
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- Medical Director of Hospice
- Palliative Care and Geriatric Specialist
Rashmi Kaura, M.D. is the Medical Director of Hospice and Palliative Care for Hebrew SeniorLife and a Palliative Care and Geriatric Specialist at the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health. She is board certified in hospice and palliative care, geriatric medicine, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Kaura enjoys working at the Wolk Center for Memory Health because she gets to collaborate and practice with an extraordinary team of health professionals in delivering comprehensive and compassionate care.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Trish Eichinger, LICSW, is a geriatric social worker who has more than 15 years' experience working with seniors and their families, and connecting them with needed community supports and services. Her previous work in geriatric psychiatry provides her with a sharpened recognition of the emotional stress for both patients and caregivers that is often associated with receiving a new cognitive impairment diagnosis. Additionally, her history working in elder protective services allows her to comprehensively assess seniors for potential risks associated with memory loss, and subsequently connect them with supports to alleviate risks.
Helping senior patients and their families accept that a diagnosis of cognitive impairment, while obviously upsetting, does not have to be earth-shattering, drives her work at the Wolk Center. She has seen the positive impact when patients are able to recognize that accepting available supports and services can provide a better quality of life for all involved, and helps sustain family caregiver arrangements.
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- Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Assistant for the Deanna
Wendy Shulman is the administrative assistant for the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health. She is the first point of contact for patients and families seeking care at the Wolk Center. Wendy feels grateful to be working with an extraordinary team of professionals and assisting in the care coordination efforts that support families seeking care at the Wolk Center.
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- Member of the Board of Directors