Clinical Advisory Board

Dr. Philip D. Sloane, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Sloan is the Goodwin distinguished professor of Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he co-directs the Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

His clinical work has included serving as medical director of a skilled nursing facility, founding medical director of a dementia unit, director of a nursing home teaching service, and attending physician and quality improvement consultant to a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. His research areas have included assisted living, nursing home care, infection management, and behavioral symptoms in persons with Alzheimer’s disease. A recipient of the Pioneer Award from the Alzheimer’s Association and of an Academic Leadership Award from the National Institute on Aging, he is a member of the 2020-22 National Academies task force on nursing home quality and is co-editor-in-chief of JAMDA – the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.