Mission

The goals of the American Delirium Society are to foster research, education, quality improvement, advocacy & implementation science to minimize the impact of delirium on short- and long-term health and well being, and the effects of delirium on the health care system as a whole.

Vision

The American Delirium Society will fulfill the leadership role in the United States for advancing professional, consumer, governmental and health-industry knowledge concerning delirium and the most promising strategies for minimizing its human and capital costs.

Our Board of Directors  (2013 - 2014)

Karin Neufeld, MD, MPH - President
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director of General Hospital Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD - President Elect
Associate Professor - Department of Surgery, Anesthesia and Physiology
F.W. Duval Clinical Research Professor
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH - Past President (2012)
Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Indiana University Department of Public Health
Associate Director, Indiana University Center for Aging Research
Co-Founder, The Healthy Aging Brain Center at Wishard
Scientist, Regenstrief Institute

Jim Rudolph, MD, MS - Past President (2011)
Director, Postoperative Delirium Service, VA Boston Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University School of Medicine
Associate Physician, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Director, Boston Medical Student Training in Aging Research Program

Yesne Alici, MD - Secretary
Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College

Ann Gruber-Baldini, PhD - Treasurer
Professor, Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Noll L. Campbell, PharmD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University
Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research
Investigator, Regenstrief Institute
Clinical Pharmacist, Wishard Health Services

Joseph Flaherty, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, St. Louis University School of Medicine & Geriatric Research
Medical Director, Home Based Primary Care, St. Louis VA
Medical Director, ACE Unit, Des Peres Tenet Hospital

Sharon Gordon, Psy.D
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine
Chief, Psychology Section - Mental Health Care Line, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare Systems

Barbara Kamholz, MD
Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry
Jewish Home of San Francisco

Jose R. Maldonado, MD, FAPM, FACFE
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Surgery & Law
Medical Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Service
Chief, Medical Psychotherapy Clinic
Stanford University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Law
Stanford University School of Law

Marianne Shaughnessy, PhD, CRNP
Associate Professor, Organizational Systems and Adult Health Department - University of Maryland School of Nursing
Associate Director for Education/Evaluation - Baltimore, VA Geriatric Research & Clinical Center