Drive to Deprescribe: Designing Your Deprescribing Intervention (June 2021)

Arif Nazir, MD, CMD, currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer for BrightSpring Health Services, Primary Care, a large, value-based, geriatric practitioner organization, and the Chief Medical Officer for Signature HealthCARE. He is Past President for AMDA, founding member for the Society’s Innovation Council, and Co-chair of Society’s Drive to Deprescribe initiative. As a healthcare leader, researcher, entrepreneur, and an implementation champion, he continues to focus his efforts on finding practical solutions for solving care coordination gaps and on enhancing leadership and teamwork in the PALTC frontlines.

Dr. Pruskowski is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and the Director of Geriatric Pharmacy Research, Division of Geriatrics, in the School of Medicine, as well as the Associate Director for Education and Evaluation within the Pittsburgh Veteran Affairs Technology Enhancing Cognition and Health Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (TECH-GRECC).

Sabine Von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD, is an Internist and Geriatric Medical Specialist and has practiced in Skilled Nursing Facilities since her fellowship at the University of Washington in 1988. She first became a certified Medical Director in 1992 and has since been enthusiastically engaged in Medical Direction of Skilled Nursing Facilities. In 2011, she was honored by AMDA/Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine as Medical Director of the Year. She is Associate clinical Professor Emerita at the University of Washington and Chief Medical Officer of Avalon Healthcare. As a Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer she is involved in Quality improvement, developing standards and outcomes measures in our facility and the successful translation of medical evidence into clinical care. Her mission is to support the best care possible medical care for all of our patients. Dr. von Preyss-Friedman currently serves as the president of the Washington State Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

Annette Craig Wenzler, MBA,BSN, LNHA has been involved in long term care since the early 90’s. She has had a rounded and successful career serving in a variety of roles including Director of Nursing, Nurse Consultant and Vice President of Clinical Services. She is currently the Chief Nursing Officer for Signature HealthCARE in Louisville, Ky.  Annette graduated from nursing school with her BSN from Union University, Jackson, Tennessee and later obtained her Master’s in Business Administration with a focus in healthcare from University of Miami. Annette began her career in the acute-care setting and grew her  career path by serving as the Director of Emergency Services and the as Director of the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit. Among her many accomplishments, she worked with others to develop and out-of-the-box clinical management process for the units and floors contained within the cardiac services. Creating change through a person-center direction is her passion and she has bee pursuing it since the mid-2000’s. Annette is a Certified Eden Associate and has presented multiple education sessions and training event with her organization as well as Pioneer Network and EDEN Alternative.