Eric Rovner, MD
Dept. of Urology
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Dept. of Urology
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH
Director, Psychiatric Drug Research
R/D Clinical Research Center
Lake Jackson, Texas
Director, Psychiatric Drug Research
R/D Clinical Research Center
Lake Jackson, Texas
Penny Tenzer, MD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair and Director, Residency Program
Department of Family Medicine & Community Health
Chief of Service for Family Medicine, University of Miami Hospital
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami,Florida
Associate Professor
Vice Chair and Director, Residency Program
Department of Family Medicine & Community Health
Chief of Service for Family Medicine, University of Miami Hospital
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami,Florida
Jon W. Draud, MS, MD
Medical Director of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine,
Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
Medical Director of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine,
Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
Jon W. Draud, MS, MD is currently in the private practice of psychopharmacology and adult
psychiatry at Heritage Medical Associates, PC. He is also Medical Director of Psychiatry and
Addiction Medicine Services at Baptist Hospital, and he is on the Clinical Faculty in the
Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Draud received his MS in Pharmacology and his MD at the University of Kentucky in
Lexington. He received postgraduate medical education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
where he completed a residency in Psychiatry. A Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology, Dr. Draud is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American
Medical Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law and American Academy
of Sleep Medicine. He is active in teaching medical students and residents, and he has
delivered over 1,500 professional lectures to medical personnel. Dr. Draud serves on
numerous advisory boards, is an active, national-level speaker for several companies, and is
involved in neurobiological initiatives related to psychiatric illness. Dr. Draud has been involved
in design and implementation of several neurobiology projects, including the disease states of
depression, bipolar disorder, insomnia and pain with an emphasis on fibromyalgia and
neuropathic pain. Most recently, he was appointed by the MJ consulting group to its
Neuroscience Advisory Council and is one of four founding members of the Integrative
Neurobiology Educational Institute which is a nationally based "think tank" aimed at raising
public awareness about the neurobiological underpinnings common among many psychiatric
disease states.
psychiatry at Heritage Medical Associates, PC. He is also Medical Director of Psychiatry and
Addiction Medicine Services at Baptist Hospital, and he is on the Clinical Faculty in the
Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Draud received his MS in Pharmacology and his MD at the University of Kentucky in
Lexington. He received postgraduate medical education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
where he completed a residency in Psychiatry. A Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology, Dr. Draud is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American
Medical Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law and American Academy
of Sleep Medicine. He is active in teaching medical students and residents, and he has
delivered over 1,500 professional lectures to medical personnel. Dr. Draud serves on
numerous advisory boards, is an active, national-level speaker for several companies, and is
involved in neurobiological initiatives related to psychiatric illness. Dr. Draud has been involved
in design and implementation of several neurobiology projects, including the disease states of
depression, bipolar disorder, insomnia and pain with an emphasis on fibromyalgia and
neuropathic pain. Most recently, he was appointed by the MJ consulting group to its
Neuroscience Advisory Council and is one of four founding members of the Integrative
Neurobiology Educational Institute which is a nationally based "think tank" aimed at raising
public awareness about the neurobiological underpinnings common among many psychiatric
disease states.
Steven T. Harris, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, is Director of Psychiatric Drug Research for the R/D Clinical Research
Center at Lake Jackson, Texas.
Dr. Jain attended medical school at the University of Calcutta in India. He then attended
graduate school at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, where he was
awarded a National Institute/Center for Disease Control Competitive Traineeship. His research
thesis focused on alcohol abuse issues. He graduated from the School of Public Health in
1987 with a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree. After graduate school, Dr. Jain completed a
postdoctoral fellowship in Research Psychiatry with the Gerontology Center of the University of
Texas Mental Sciences Institute in Houston. He received the National Research Service Award
for the support of the postdoctoral fellowship. After this, he served a three-year residency in
Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas
Medical School at Houston as well as a two-year fellowship in Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Jain is currently involved in multiple research projects studying the effects of medications on
short-term and long-term treatment of depression, anxiety, pain/mood overlap disorders, and
psychosis in adult and child/adolescent populations. He is the author of several articles on the
issue of mood and pain conditions. He serves on several Boards focusing on drug
development and disease state
education. He was recently named “Public Citizen of the Year” by the National Association of
Social Workers, Gulf Coast Chapter, in recognition of community and peer education and
championing of mental health issues. He was also recently awarded the “Extra Mile Award” by
the local school district, in recognition of the service to the children of the school district and
consultation to the teachers and counselors.
Center at Lake Jackson, Texas.
Dr. Jain attended medical school at the University of Calcutta in India. He then attended
graduate school at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, where he was
awarded a National Institute/Center for Disease Control Competitive Traineeship. His research
thesis focused on alcohol abuse issues. He graduated from the School of Public Health in
1987 with a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree. After graduate school, Dr. Jain completed a
postdoctoral fellowship in Research Psychiatry with the Gerontology Center of the University of
Texas Mental Sciences Institute in Houston. He received the National Research Service Award
for the support of the postdoctoral fellowship. After this, he served a three-year residency in
Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas
Medical School at Houston as well as a two-year fellowship in Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Jain is currently involved in multiple research projects studying the effects of medications on
short-term and long-term treatment of depression, anxiety, pain/mood overlap disorders, and
psychosis in adult and child/adolescent populations. He is the author of several articles on the
issue of mood and pain conditions. He serves on several Boards focusing on drug
development and disease state
education. He was recently named “Public Citizen of the Year” by the National Association of
Social Workers, Gulf Coast Chapter, in recognition of community and peer education and
championing of mental health issues. He was also recently awarded the “Extra Mile Award” by
the local school district, in recognition of the service to the children of the school district and
consultation to the teachers and counselors.
Robert Friedland, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Dr Friedland is a clinical and research neurologist interested in behavior and aging. He is a
graduate of the City College of New York and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1973). He
completed his neurology residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and from 1977-
1978 was a Fellow in dementia and aging under Dr. Robert Katzman at the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, NY. Since then he has worked at the University of California Davis and the
Research Medicine Group of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University California,
Berkeley. He served from 1985 to 1990 as Deputy Clinical Director and Chief of the Section on
Brain Aging and Dementia of the National Institute on Aging Institute, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD. Since 1990 he has worked at Case Western Reserve University in the
School of Medicine, where he is currently Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and Chief of the
Laboratory of Neurogeriatrics. Dr. Friedland’s work has focused on clinical and biological
issues in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. He was among the first to document
patterns of abnormal brain metabolism and cerebral blood flow in the disease using positron
emission and single photon emission computed tomography. He also contributed early studies
on the use of magnetic resonance imaging in dementia. The first studies of problems of driving
behavior in patients with Alzheimer’s disease came from his group at the NIH. More recently, Dr.
Friedland has been working on the patterns of disease occurrence and risk and protective
factors, with studies of the Kikuku in Kenya, Jews and Arabs in Israel and Caucasian and
African-American subjects in Cleveland. He has documented a series of important
determinants of the disease, including physical and mental inactivity, smoking and diet. This
work has focused on interactions of genetic and environmental lifestyle elements. His group is
also using animal models to better define the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and
develop new treatments.
graduate of the City College of New York and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1973). He
completed his neurology residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and from 1977-
1978 was a Fellow in dementia and aging under Dr. Robert Katzman at the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, NY. Since then he has worked at the University of California Davis and the
Research Medicine Group of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University California,
Berkeley. He served from 1985 to 1990 as Deputy Clinical Director and Chief of the Section on
Brain Aging and Dementia of the National Institute on Aging Institute, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD. Since 1990 he has worked at Case Western Reserve University in the
School of Medicine, where he is currently Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and Chief of the
Laboratory of Neurogeriatrics. Dr. Friedland’s work has focused on clinical and biological
issues in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. He was among the first to document
patterns of abnormal brain metabolism and cerebral blood flow in the disease using positron
emission and single photon emission computed tomography. He also contributed early studies
on the use of magnetic resonance imaging in dementia. The first studies of problems of driving
behavior in patients with Alzheimer’s disease came from his group at the NIH. More recently, Dr.
Friedland has been working on the patterns of disease occurrence and risk and protective
factors, with studies of the Kikuku in Kenya, Jews and Arabs in Israel and Caucasian and
African-American subjects in Cleveland. He has documented a series of important
determinants of the disease, including physical and mental inactivity, smoking and diet. This
work has focused on interactions of genetic and environmental lifestyle elements. His group is
also using animal models to better define the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and
develop new treatments.
Penny Tenzer, MD, is Associate Professor, Vice Chair, and Director of the Residency Program of
the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Additionally, she serves as Chief of Family Medicine
Service for University of Miami Hospital,Director of Continuing Medical Education at the
University of Miami School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and is an Attending
Physician in the Department of Family Medicine at Jackson Memorial
Hospital.
In June 2004, Dr. Tenzer was elected to the position of President Elect of the Association of
Family Medicine Residency Directors and assumed the presidency in June 2005. She recently
completed her term as Immediate Past President. She served on the AAFP Leadership Working
Party Group as well as the AFMO Legislative Committee. Presently, she is AFMRD’s liaison to
CAS (Council of Academic Societies) of the AAMC. A prolific author of articles and book chapters
on topics that include diabetes, pain management, smoking cessation, and post-traumatic
stress disorder, Dr. Tenzer’s work has been published in a variety of professional journals. In
addition to her contributions as an author, Dr. Tenzer has been awarded several grants by
educational institutions. These grants allow Dr. Tenzer to continue studies as principal
investigator or co-investigator on
topics inclusive of major depressive disorder, HIV/AIDS, Health Disparities, and Cultural
Competency.
Dr. Tenzer lectures regularly at the national level on a variety of topics including ADHD,
dyslipidemia, geriatrics, pain management, RLS, diabetes, and women’s health issues. She
has been published in several journals including the Clinics of North America Series, Annals of
Family Medicine ,The Journal of Family Practice, Geriatrics, Home Health Care Consultant, the
Journal of Social Science & Medicine and Lipid Links: A Reporter for Primary Care, and she is a
contributing author for Varicella Immunization: Recommendations for Primary Care Clinicians
Consensus Guideline from an Expert Panel, and a variety Restless Leg Syndrome, Diabetes,
and Pain Management articles.A consummate teacher, Dr. Tenzer was named the American
Academy of Family Physicians: 2003 Full Time Exemplary Teacher of the Year and received the
2003 Exemplary Educator Award from the Florida Academy of Family Physicians. She was an
award finalist for the ACGME’s Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” award. She has received
the Golden Apple Teaching Award twice and is also a recipient of the Illinois Academy of Family
Physicians “President’s Award.” She is listed in the 2007-2008 Best Doctors in America
database and the 2006 “Guide to America’s Top Doctors”. The Florida Monthly Magazine June
2004, named Dr. Tenzer one of Florida’s Best Doctors and she was named in Best Doctors in
America for 2005. In 2001, Miami Metro Magazine recognized her as one of “Miami Dade’s Most
Influential Females.”
the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Additionally, she serves as Chief of Family Medicine
Service for University of Miami Hospital,Director of Continuing Medical Education at the
University of Miami School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and is an Attending
Physician in the Department of Family Medicine at Jackson Memorial
Hospital.
In June 2004, Dr. Tenzer was elected to the position of President Elect of the Association of
Family Medicine Residency Directors and assumed the presidency in June 2005. She recently
completed her term as Immediate Past President. She served on the AAFP Leadership Working
Party Group as well as the AFMO Legislative Committee. Presently, she is AFMRD’s liaison to
CAS (Council of Academic Societies) of the AAMC. A prolific author of articles and book chapters
on topics that include diabetes, pain management, smoking cessation, and post-traumatic
stress disorder, Dr. Tenzer’s work has been published in a variety of professional journals. In
addition to her contributions as an author, Dr. Tenzer has been awarded several grants by
educational institutions. These grants allow Dr. Tenzer to continue studies as principal
investigator or co-investigator on
topics inclusive of major depressive disorder, HIV/AIDS, Health Disparities, and Cultural
Competency.
Dr. Tenzer lectures regularly at the national level on a variety of topics including ADHD,
dyslipidemia, geriatrics, pain management, RLS, diabetes, and women’s health issues. She
has been published in several journals including the Clinics of North America Series, Annals of
Family Medicine ,The Journal of Family Practice, Geriatrics, Home Health Care Consultant, the
Journal of Social Science & Medicine and Lipid Links: A Reporter for Primary Care, and she is a
contributing author for Varicella Immunization: Recommendations for Primary Care Clinicians
Consensus Guideline from an Expert Panel, and a variety Restless Leg Syndrome, Diabetes,
and Pain Management articles.A consummate teacher, Dr. Tenzer was named the American
Academy of Family Physicians: 2003 Full Time Exemplary Teacher of the Year and received the
2003 Exemplary Educator Award from the Florida Academy of Family Physicians. She was an
award finalist for the ACGME’s Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” award. She has received
the Golden Apple Teaching Award twice and is also a recipient of the Illinois Academy of Family
Physicians “President’s Award.” She is listed in the 2007-2008 Best Doctors in America
database and the 2006 “Guide to America’s Top Doctors”. The Florida Monthly Magazine June
2004, named Dr. Tenzer one of Florida’s Best Doctors and she was named in Best Doctors in
America for 2005. In 2001, Miami Metro Magazine recognized her as one of “Miami Dade’s Most
Influential Females.”
Dr. Harris is a board-certified internist and endocrinologist with a subspecialty focus on
osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease and disorders of mineral metabolism. He received his
medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed a residency and
chief residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution. He completed a clinical and research
fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In
1983, he returned to the University of California, San Francisco, where he is a Clinical Professor of
Medicine. Dr. Harris has spent many years working on a variety of clinical research projects to
examine the effects of nutrition, calcium supplements, vitamin D, hormone therapy,
bisphosphonates, calcitonin, PTH (parathyroid hormone) and SERMs (selective estrogen receptor
modulators) upon the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Dr. Harris maintains an active
consultative practice in metabolic bone disease, but is also engaged in a wide variety of
educational initiatives related to osteoporosis.
osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease and disorders of mineral metabolism. He received his
medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed a residency and
chief residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution. He completed a clinical and research
fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In
1983, he returned to the University of California, San Francisco, where he is a Clinical Professor of
Medicine. Dr. Harris has spent many years working on a variety of clinical research projects to
examine the effects of nutrition, calcium supplements, vitamin D, hormone therapy,
bisphosphonates, calcitonin, PTH (parathyroid hormone) and SERMs (selective estrogen receptor
modulators) upon the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Dr. Harris maintains an active
consultative practice in metabolic bone disease, but is also engaged in a wide variety of
educational initiatives related to osteoporosis.
Eric S. Rovner, M.D. is a Professor in the Department of Urology at the Medical University of South
Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the director of the Section of Voiding
Dysfunction, Female Urology and Urodynamics in the Department of Urology at MUSC. He has a
highly specialized clinical practice within Urology and sees mostly patients with complex voiding
problems including urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, urinary fistulae and neurogenic bladder
dysfunction.
He is a Board Certified member of the American Urological Association, Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the Society of Pelvic Surgeons, Society of University
Urologists, Societe Internationale D’Urologie, and the Society for Urodynamics and Female
Urology among others. Dr. Rovner has served on several committees for the WHO International
Consultation on Incontinence and is currently a member of the AUA Stress Incontinence Surgery
Guidelines Committee as well as the American Board of Urology Examination Committee.
Dr. Rovner’s research interests include the study of voiding dysfunction, overactive bladder,
interstitial cystitis, neurourology and urodynamics. He has held several visiting professorships
and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles, monographs and book chapters
on these topics as well as a book on urinary incontinence. He has been an invited speaker on
numerous occasions throughout the United States and the world, and has been the Principal or co-
investigator on multiple grants.
Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the director of the Section of Voiding
Dysfunction, Female Urology and Urodynamics in the Department of Urology at MUSC. He has a
highly specialized clinical practice within Urology and sees mostly patients with complex voiding
problems including urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, urinary fistulae and neurogenic bladder
dysfunction.
He is a Board Certified member of the American Urological Association, Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the Society of Pelvic Surgeons, Society of University
Urologists, Societe Internationale D’Urologie, and the Society for Urodynamics and Female
Urology among others. Dr. Rovner has served on several committees for the WHO International
Consultation on Incontinence and is currently a member of the AUA Stress Incontinence Surgery
Guidelines Committee as well as the American Board of Urology Examination Committee.
Dr. Rovner’s research interests include the study of voiding dysfunction, overactive bladder,
interstitial cystitis, neurourology and urodynamics. He has held several visiting professorships
and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles, monographs and book chapters
on these topics as well as a book on urinary incontinence. He has been an invited speaker on
numerous occasions throughout the United States and the world, and has been the Principal or co-
investigator on multiple grants.
