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The Reynolds Team

The Reynolds Team unites faculty leaders in both education and geriatrics dedicated to the pursuit of bolder and higher set points for geriatrics training and care. Students themselves have requested better preparation for caring for older adults. Residency program directors seek more enlightened faculty educators for both primary care and subspecialty residents. Subspecialists want more help with humane evidence-based decision making. With support from the Reynolds Foundation,
the Reynolds Team can fulfill the School of Medicine mandate to advance care for the rural and multicultural aging population
of West Texas. Senior members of the Reynolds Team include:

Faculty Leaders Title
Lynn Bickley, M.D. Associate Dean for Curriculum, Professor of Medicine, and Project Leader
Steven Berk, M.D. Dean of the School of Medicine, Professor of "Internal Medicine and Mirick-Myers Endowed Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Associate Project Director
Paul Casner, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Internal Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at El Paso
Stephanie Leeper, M.D. Regional Associate Dean for Faculty Development in Amarillo, Professor of Internal Medicine and Family and Community Medicine, Faculty Development in Geriatrics Lead
Maria Ranin, M.D. Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Amarillo Clinic
Chau Le, M.D. Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Geriatric Fellowship Arkansas, Evaluation Instrument Development and Integrated Geriatrics Practice
Kenneth Nugent, M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine, Residency Program Director and Chief Pulmonary Unit, Residency Training in Geriatrics Lead
R. Michael Ragain, M.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Family and Community Medicine
Mary Spalding, M.D. Regional Chairperson, Department of Family Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at El Paso
Cynthia Jumper, M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine, Physiology, Microbiology/Immunology and Regional Medical Director of VistaCare Hospice of Lubbock, Pain Management and Palliative Care Lead
Randolph Schiffer, M.D. Chair and Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science and Haggerton Chair in Neurology
Betsy Goebel Jones, Ed.D. Research Coordinator and Residency Faculty, Family Medicine, Project Evaluator