Our Team
Administration
Catherine Verrier Piersol, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy
Director, Jefferson Elder Care
Email
Catherine Verrier Piersol
215-503-9509
Faculty
Tracey Vause Earland, PhD, OTR/L
Associate Professor
Faculty, Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education
Email
Tracey Vause Earland
215-503-4831
E. Adel Herge, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Professor
Director, BSMS OT Program Center City
Site Coordinator, OTD East Falls
BS-OTD East Falls
Email
E. Adel Herge
215-503-9608
Medical Advisors
Barry W. Rovner, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Director of Clinical Alzheimer's Disease Research at the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Rovner graduated Jefferson Medical College in 1980 and completed his residency in Psychiatry and fellowship training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1985. His clinical research concerns neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and vision disorders such as Age-Related Macular Degeneration. The focus in both disorders is to test novel interventions to improve cognition, prevent depression and enhance quality of life.