Dr. Moak giving address at the AAGP Annual Meeting

Gary S. Moak, M.D. is a practicing geriatric psychiatrist with over twenty years experience treating elderly patients and their families.  He is the director of the Moak Center for Healthy Aging, a multidisciplinary, geriatric psychiatry group practice, in Westborough, MA.  He has experience developing geriatric psychiatry programs in hospitals, HMOs, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.

Dr. Moak’s resume:

• Past president, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Medical Director, UMASS Geriatric Psychiatry Consultation Project
• Bachelor of arts from the University of Pennsylvania 
• Medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  
• Residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh.  
• Board certified in psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry.
• Former chair of the Committee on Geriatric Psychiatry of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society.
• Member of the Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee.
• Published textbook chapters and medical journal articles on geriatric practice and geriatric mental healthcare services.  
• lectures on topics in geriatric psychiatry including dementia, depression, mental health services for the elderly and healthcare reform, geriatric psychiatry practice management.