SENIOR CARE ADVOCATE - Key Persons
Dajana Gorski is our Head of IT & Social Media Marketing. Dajana has a background in healthcare, technical support, and marketing. She enjoys helping others achieve their healthcare needs. She is in school to become a Registered Nurse.
Daphne Amara is our Elite Caregiving Service Director. She has more than 16 years of experience working in the medical field as a CNA. She works under the direct supervision of Mary Leeds, the founder of Senior Care Advocate, to schedule and manage the caregivers, as well as assist clients with the registration process. Daphne also manages client accounts, making sure that clients are getting the best care from our caregivers.
Dr. Keith Berger serves Senior Care Advocate in a consulting capacity. He is an internist and gastroenterologist who has been in medical practice in Virginia Beach since 1981. Dr. Berger formed the current Center for Health and Cancer Prevention in 2001. He is a product of Norfolk public schools (Granby). Dr. Berger earned his bachelor's degree in Biology with honors from Harvard University and his M.D. from Duke University where he completed his residency in Internal Medicine. His final two years of specialized gastroenterology training were at Yale University.
Dr. Susan Mullen Kaplan PhD, RN, CCRP has worked in the healthcare field for over four decades. She has provided direct clinical care to patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings, nursing education and staff development, clinical research and patient education. Currently she is a nurse specialist coordinating nursing research for Sentara Healthcare. Dr. Kaplan earned her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Simmons College in Boston, MA, her master's degree in Maternal Child-Health from Texas Woman's University in Dallas, TX, and her doctorate from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
Mary Kell Mooney, MS is our Head of Marketing is very knowledgeable about the senior living industry with over 10 years of experience in assisted living, memory care and long term care. She has worked in for-profit and non-profit senior living communities as both a frontline worker and manager. Mary Kell earned her Master's in Health Science with a focus in Gerontology at George Mason University. Her passion for helping seniors developed by helping her father and caring for her stepmother who had Alzheimer's disease and her father. Mary Kell knows both personally and professionally the overwhelming need for medical advocacy, resources and support for seniors and their families.