Jeff D. Williamson, MD Associate Professor of Gerontology, Clinical Director of Sticht Center.Area of Expertise: Aging - Gerontology Williamson is a Co-Principal Investigator of SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) and directs the SPRINT-MIND component of this trial. He is also PI for the ACCORD-MIND Coordinating Center and the LIFE_Cognition Coordinating Center. He also leads the Clinical Research Core of the Wake Forest Claude Pepper Center where his work focuses on developing clinical trial research methods in older populations. He is listed in Best Doctors in America.
Hal H. Atkinson, MD Associate Professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Program Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, Director, Geriatric Consultation ClinicArea of Expertise: Aging - Gerontology Atkinson is a geriatrician with experience in consultative geriatrics for older patients with multiple medical problems, including frailty, functional decline, cognitive or memory problems, and other geriatric syndromes. Dr. Atkinson is involved in clinical education of medical students, residents, and geriatrics fellows. His work focuses on geriatrics education across multiple specialties, translating clinical evidence into education, and improving quality of care for older adults through education. He is listed in Best Doctors in America.
Kaycee M. Sink, MD, MAS Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and GerontologyArea of Expertise: Aging - Gerontology Sink is a geriatrician with expertise in Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias. In addition to leading the Memory Assessment Clinic, she is a Co-Investigator on multiple NIH funded studies involving aspects of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's and other dementias. Her work on risk factors for cognitive impairment and dementia has been presented nationally and internationally.
Kevin P. High, MD, MS Chief, Section on Infectious Diseases, Professor of Medicine, Sections on Infectious-Diseases Hematology/Oncology, and Molecular Medicine Area of Expertise: Infectious DiseaseIn addition to his faculty appointment at Wake Forest Baptist, High is currently the section editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. He is also a member of the editorial board for MEDSCAPE in the area of infectious disease. Some of his major research areas include changes in immunity and infection risk in older adults, clinical relevance of surrogate markers of immune senescence, infections in patients with suppressed immunity and nutritional modulation of immune responses in transplant recipients and the elderly. High is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in infectious diseases. He is listed in Best Doctors in America.
Denise K. Houston, PhD, RD Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and GerontologyArea of Expertise: Aging - Gerontology Houston is a nutrition epidemiologist and registered dietitian specializing in nutrition, chronic disease and physical function in older adults. Her research focuses on the role of weight history, dietary patterns, and micronutrient status, specifically vitamin D, on physical function among older adults.
Dalane W. Kitzman, MD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine - CardiologyArea of Expertise: ImagingA cardiologist whose research focuses on heart failure, especially in the elderly, Kitzman's work has been funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the American Heart Association. He was among the first to identify diastolic heart failure as a distinct type of disease. Another research focus is improving echocardiography as a diagnostic tool. Kitzman has served on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, chaired an NIA study section of clinical aging, and is a past president of the Society for Geriatric Cardiology.
Stephen B. Kritchevsky, PhD Deputy Director, Translational Science Institute, Professor, Geriatrics and GerontologyArea of Expertise: Aging - Gerontology Kritchevsky is an epidemiologist specializing in nutrition, chronic disease and physical function in older adults. He is on the Executive Committee of the Health Aging and Body Composition Study and directs the Wake Forest Field Center of the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Clinical Trial. He is the director of the National Institute on Aging supported Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, and is the deputy director of Wake Forest's Translational Sciences Institute. He is broadly knowledgeable about issues related to health and aging in older adults with particular expertise in the areas of obesity, body composition and nutrition.
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