UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

1982-1986 Brown University, B.A. in Medical Anthropology, Providence, RI

1985 School for International Training, Kenya East Africa

1992-1993 Columbia University, post baccalaureate Pre-Medical Education, New York, NY

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1994-1998 State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY

1999-2002 Internship and Residency in Family Medicine at the Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC

CURRENT POSITION
2010-present   Director, MemoryCare

2002-present   Staff Physician, MemoryCare. Non-profit clinic providing medical care and support services to those affected by a memory disorder and their caregivers. Served as Associate Director until 2009.

2003-present Adjunct Faculty, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

2005-present   Community Faculty for Mountain Area Health Education Center Geriatric Fellowship.

2006-present   Staff Physician, Four Seasons, Flat Rock, NC. Provide hospice services.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1991-1994     Data manager for NIH-funded program, “Family Case Management for Maternal Drug
Users.” Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Division of Community Health, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

1989-1991     Project Coordinator for two NIMH-funded projects, “Social Support Study” and “TEEN
Project.” Department of Pediatrics, Preventive Intervention Research Center for Childhood Health, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY.

1988-1989   Research Assistant for NIH-funded program to study “The Effect of Cocaine Use During Pregnancy on Infant Behavior.” Department of Ambulatory Pediatrics, North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, NY.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2002-2005       Coordinator of Geriatric curriculum for the Mountain Area Health Education Center Family Practice Residency Program

2000-2004       Emergency Room Physician, part-time. Cherokee Indian Hospital. Cherokee, NC.

1986-1987       House Manager for group home of head injured adults. Center for Neuro-Educational Therapies, Eugene, OR.

1986                Nursing Assistant
at Friends Home Nursing Home, Greensboro, NC.

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE
1998    Student of Dermatology at the M. Bufalino Hospital, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Cesena, Italy. 1994    Volunteer for Doctors of the World, El Salvador Project.

1994     Volunteer with Xela-Aide Health Project; Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

1985      Clinical Aide/Health Worker with Catholic Relief Services, Kenya, East Africa.

CERTIFICATION
American Board of Family Practice, 2002, renewed 2008
Added Qualifications in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2008

LICENSURE
North Carolina State Medical Board Licensure, issued in 2001, renewed annually
Drug Enforcement Agency Licensure, 1999, renewed 2004, 2009

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Staff physician, Mission Hospitals and Park Ridge Hospital
Covering Physician, Pardee Hospital

PUBLICATIONS
Templeton, Virginia H. and Kirkman, David. Fraud, Vulnerability, and Aging: Case Studies. Alzheimer’s Care Today. July/September 2007; 8(3):265-277.
Templeton, Virginia H. Dementia Care: An Outpatient, Community-based, Multi-disciplinary Approach. North Carolina Medical Journal. January/February 2005, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 64-66.

Neuspiel D, Martin T, Templeton VH, Drucker E. Determinants of Discharge Custody of Cocaine-Exposed Newborns. American Journal of Public Health. Dec.1993; 83:12:1726-1729.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/OTHER
Project Coordinator, MemoryCare’s African American Program
Developed Healthy Aging lecture series
Early Memory Loss: When Should I Be Concerned?; Fall Prevention; Managing Medications;
How to Talk to Your Doctor; Nutrition, Vitamins, Supplements, and Aging; Prevention and
Screening Over 65; How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep.
Member Ethics Committee, Mission Hospitals, Dec 2006-present
Member, North Carolina Family Caregiver Support Services steering committee, 2004-present
Member, Geriatric Journal Club
Member, Interfacility Ethics Committee, 2002-2005
Participant in Scam Jam with AARP to discuss aging and vulnerability, November 2003
Helped organize and participated in educational conference to limit elder fraud, April 2004

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Over 50 presentations to professional and community based audiences in the past three years; available upon request.

Contact Us:

MemoryCare™
100 Far Horizons Lane
Asheville, North Carolina 28803
828.771.2219
office@memorycare.org

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