LIGEC is part of a national network of 45 geriatric education centers funded by the Bureau of Health Professions of the US Department of Health and Human Services Administration. It is also a member of the Coalition of New York Geriatric Education Centers.

Administration

• Suzanne D. Fields, MD, Director
• Peter D. Kuemmel, MS, RPAC, Associate Director
• Barbara R. Chandler, MPA, Program Coordinator
  
  

Stony Brook Faculty Coordinators

• Beverly P. Horowitz, PhD, OTR/L, School of Health Technology and Management
• Kathleen Shurpin, PhD, RN, School of Nursing
• Lisa Strano-Paul, MD, School of Medicine
• Mary Truhlar, DDS, School of Dental Medicine
• Carlos Vidal, PhD, School of Social Welfare
• Arnold S. Jaffe, PhD, Education Consultant<

Consortium Partners

• Stony Brook University
• Eastern Long Island Hospital
• Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Long Island State Veterans Home
• Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
• Winthrop-University Hospital

Contact Information
Long Island Geriatric Education Center (LIGEC)
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center
Level 2, Room 155
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8228
Telephone: 631.444.8279 Fax: 631.444.8240
Email: LIGEC@stonybrook.edu
www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/centers/ligec