Meet the experts

Dr. Holzner is a gerontologist, published researcher and author, university professor, and founder of Advanced Geriatric Educational Solutions International. She consults and speaks globally on the aging ecosystem, enhancing geriatric patient care and rural aging sustainability, and supporting providers, organizations, and echelons of government. Dr. Holzner holds a Ph.D. in gerontology, two masters in neuroscience and psychology, and is a certified clinical psychologist. She has spent more than a decade in clinical Alzheimer's practice. As a daughter of a mother with Alzheimer's, she also brings direct experiential knowledge of caregiver challenges. She has served on educational boards and achieved awards in educational leadership and excellence in geriatric research.

Jodi Knott is a speech pathologist working at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas. Jodi is the first speech pathologist to work within the institution and is working to build the speech pathology program. Jodi received her graduate degree from Eastern Illinois University in 1993. She has worked as a speech pathologist for 29 years, 18 of those years at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Jodi has extensive experience evaluating and treating patients with head and neck cancer, specifically those who will or have undergone glossectomy and laryngectomy.  She is particularly known for her management of laryngectomized patients who have undergone complex reconstructions and require specialized and novel treatment approaches. 

Dr. Strange is a pulmonary and critical care specialist in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he has been faculty for the past 35 years. He is a grant reviewer for the Chest Foundation and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Strange is on the NHLBI Pulmonary Data Safety Monitoring Board and is a committee member for the Alpha-1 Foundation Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee. For the American Thoracic Society, Dr. Strange is a member of the Ziskind Clinical Research Scholar Award Committee and chair the Documents Committee. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and participates as Principal Investigator on current research initiatives in which he holds a longstanding interest in bronchoscopic methods to improve COPD outcomes.