Nurse Training - Presenters

Brian J. Cowles, Pharm. D.

Pharmacotherapy residency Philadelphia College of Pharmacy;

University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy; child and

adolescent neurodevelopmental clinical practice; Albany College

of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Colchester, Vermont

Albert J. Di Rienzo, President and CEO Blue Highway, LLC

Al Di Rienzo is President and CEO, Blue Highway LLC, a Welch Allyn
Company and leader in the use of technology in front-line healthcare
and medical diagnostics. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief

Science and Technology Officer at Welch Allyn. He serves on the

Columbia University Center for Advanced Information Management

Advisory Board, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Alliance, and the

National Biodefense Science Board, and was recognized as Technologist

of the Year (2009) by the Technology Alliance of Central New York.

Sara Dugan, Pharm. D., BCPP

Associate Professor Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine;

Assistant Professor, Albany College of Pharmacy, board certification in

psychiatric pharmacy, clinical consultant Center for Disability Services

and the Capital District Psychiatric Center, Albany.

Cindy Elsenbeck, RN, CDE

Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator. She is the clinical

specialist for Roche Diagnostics Diabetes Care division, and has provided

diabetes education at Lexington Center (Fulton County ARC), Amsterdam

Family Practice, and via teleconference for OPWDD.

Lisa Ferretti, LMSW

Director of Operations, Center for Excellence in Aging Services, University at

Albany, trainer and researcher in partnership with NYS Office of

Children and Family Services, NYS Office of Mental Retardation

and Developmental Disabilities

Steven Fogelman, MD

Psychiatrist for the Central New York Developmental Services area, Rome, NY;

author of 14 psychiatry publications

Kathleen Keating, RN, MSN, CNP, CNS/DD

Former Director of Nursing and Health Services, NYS Office for People

with Developmental Disabilities; regular presenter at state and national

conferences, including the MR/DD Nurses Association

Phillip McCallion, ACSW, PhD

Director, Center for Excellence in Aging Services, University at Albany;

professor UAlbany School of Social Welfare; Hartford Geriatric Social

Work Faculty Scholar; numerous publications and awards and recognized

expert on dementia

Eileen Trigoboff, RN, APRN/PMH-BC, DNS, DABFN

Clinical Nurse Specialist in psychiatric nursing, Buffalo Psychiatric Center,

recipient of National Institutes of Mental Health Individual National Research

Service Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship in medication teaching and

psychopharmacology; author of 13 nursing education texts; Nurse of Distinction

awarded to outstanding nurse clinicians.