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BIOGRAPHY   Gisele P. Wolf-Klein, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York Chief, LIJ Division of Geriatric Medicine Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, New York Gisele P. Wolf-Klein, MD, is Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC), Attending Geriatrician at Parker Jewish Geriatric Institute (PJI), Physician-in-Charge, Geriatric Community Health Center, Professor of Clinical Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), and Director of Geriatric Medical Education and Research at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation. Dr Wolf-Klein earned her MD from the Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, Switzerland. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and her fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) and the Parker Jewish Institute for Geriatric Care (PJI). She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, with added qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. Dr Wolf-Klein is a member of many professional societies, including the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Geriatrics Society, the Gerontological Society of America, and the American Society of Internal Medicine and Sigma Xi Stony Brook Chapter. She has served as President of the Metropolitan Area Geriatrics Society and is the Chairperson of the Scientific Committee for the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF). She is also Member of the Medical Advisory Board of the New York u, representing the needs of the Older Driver. Dr Wolf-Klein has also received many awards and honors, including being named in Best Doctors in America each year since 1993. She has received the American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award 4 times, received the Best Teacher Award from both LIJMC and PJI, and was the 2000 recipient of Muriel & Sidney Resnick Humanitarian Award presented by Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation at the LIAF 13th Annual Remembrance Ball. In 2001, Dr Wolf-Klein was elected to the Davidoff Society, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She was recently awarded the 2003 Samuel Rosen Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Clinical Curriculum, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr Wolf-Klein has served as a consultant or advisor for many national and international programs, including the Alzheimer Forum: Weight Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease, an International Perspective, Cologne, Germany in 1994, and the International Symposium: The Older Driver, Health and Mobility, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, in 1998. She is a consultant for national organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Human Services and Public Health Services, and advisor to the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr Wolf-Klein also served as Contributing Editor/Reviewer for the Journal of the American Geriatric Society in 1996, and has published over 150 articles and abstracts including 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. She has also made many appearances on television and radio news shows to discuss issues associated with geriatric medicine and Alzheimer’s disease.