Tutors 2026
Worldwide full Professors in Geriatric Medicine and other medical specialities.
Worldwide full Professors and Experts in Gerontology (nursing, nutrition, psychology, sociology and also architecture, demography, economy, and engineering.
The tutors involved in a session should participate in all teaching activities.
April 2026, Managing Chronic Cardiovascular Conditions
Prof. Hidenori Arai
Hidenori Arai, MD, PhD. President of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, President of the Japan Gerontological Society, President of the Japanese Association on Sarcopenia and Frailty, Vice-President of the Japan Geriatrics Society. President of Asian Academy of Medicine for Ageing and Chairman of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and Chairman of Asian Working Group for Cachexia.
Dr. Fiona Ecarnot
Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Fiona Ecarnot works as a research engineer at the Cardiology Department of the University Hospital of Besançon, France. She received an MSc in biostatistics and epidemiology from the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, and obtained a PhD at the same university in 2019 in the field of cardiovascular sciences, focussing in particular on the use of qualitative research methods in the field of cardiology. Her research areas include vaccines, geriatrics and gerontology, ethics in healthcare, palliative care and end-of-life issues. She has authored or co-authored over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, plus numerous book chapters.
Prof. Joël Belmin
Joël Belmin is Professor of Geriatrics at Sorbonne University in Paris. He coordinates a number of geriatrics and gerontology courses at Sorbonne Université, including the Master 2 Expertise in Gerontology speciality (Master Santé), the Capacité de Gérontologie, and 16 university diplomas covering specific areas of gerontology and geriatrics, some of which relate to Alzheimer’s disease. He runs the Trans-Innov Longévité programme for Sorbonne University, which focuses on teaching gerontology using innovative teaching methods that incorporate digital technology and distance learning. He has coordinated several books on geriatrics, including Gériatrie (collection pour le praticien, Elsevier/Masson, 2018) and Gériatrie du Collège National des Enseignants-Chercheurs de Gériatrie (collection référentiels des collèges, Elsevier/Masson, 2014). He heads the neuro-psychogeriatric geriatrics department at Hôpital Charles Foix in Ivry-sur-Seine and coordinates the hospital’s geriatrics unit. He also provides memory and geriatric consultations at the hospital.
March 2026, Aging Physiology, Pharmacology & Pathology
Prof. Kichu Nair
Professor Nair holds the position of Director of the Centre for Medical Professional Development, Hunter New England Health Service at Newcastle. He is assigned to the Health Education & Training Institute of NSW as the District Medical Director.
He is a member of the National Panel of Examiners of the RACP and Board of Examiners of the Australian Medical Council, and the Director of the Workplace Based Assessment Program at Hunter New England Health.
Internationally, he has delivered Faculty development workshops in many countries. He is Emeritus Advisor for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Prof. Gauri Godbole
Gauri Godbole is a specialist clinical pharmacist with expertise in aged and palliative care. A qualified dementia practitioner, she has experience across community, hospital, and academic settings, with involvement in examinations, assessments, and multiple committees. She is widely published, presents internationally, and has received several awards for her contributions to pharmacy practice.
Prof. William Browne
Will Browne received undergraduate training at the University of Auckland and subsequently completed physician training in Newcastle,NSW and Melbourne, VIC. He has worked as a Geriatrician in Melbourne since 2007, based predominantly at Eastern Health. He has been the director of physician education at Maroondah Hospital since 2023. His interests include the physical exam as a diagnostic tool, the history of medicine, and movement disorders. He divides his time between clinical work and teaching.
February 2026, Biology of Ageing & Functional Decline
Prof. Reshma Merchant
Associate Professor Reshma Merchant
Head of Division Geriatric Medicine and Senior Consultant
Department of Medicine
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. National University of Singapore
National University Health System, Singapore
She graduated from the University of Edinburgh and obtained her postgraduate qualification from the Royal College of Physicians, London, in 1999, where she worked for several years before returning to Singapore in 2001. She is a member of WHO Global Network on Long-term care (GNLTC), Clinical Consortium on Healthy Aging and recognised as a thought leader and special expert in policy, research and practice in fields associated with population ageing globally. She has won multiple clinical and teaching awards, including the NUHS-Mochtar Riady Pinnacle Master Clinician Award in 2022. She is well published and her main areas of research interests are in sarcopenia, frailty and healthy ageing in community dwelling older adults. She is currently leading the frailty prevention initiative at Health District @ Queenstown in Singapore.
Dr. Arvind Mathur
For more than the past 35 years, Dr Arvind Mathur has been actively engaged in teaching, doing clinical work and research at Dr. S.N. Medical College (Jodhpur) and recently retired as Principal of the college.
He has had an excellent academic career and has been the recipient of the award of Talent Search Scheme Senior Research Fellowship by Indian Council of Medical Research during his studies. He has received and undergone extensive training in various frontiers of the medical field.
He has often served as the inspector for MCI. He is a member of the Technical Resource Group of NACO and various other national consultative committees for health care of elderly.
He is currently the Director of his most recently launched project – ACMERI – Asian Centre for Medical Education, Research & Innovation. The aim of the Organization being to work for improving health of people of Asian continent by imparting medical education, conducting research on relevant health issues, and developing innovative ways of improving health care delivery.
He is also the founder of Caregivers Asha Society. Caregivers Asha Society has been registered to assess the needs of caregivers, conduct evidence-based research and various programs to reduce stress and burden associated with family caregiving. The objective of society is to improve the quality of care and thus the quality of life of the family caregivers and the care recipients by providing appropriate support to family caregivers with practical skill-building and information. The society will undertake advocacy for proper recognition by the community of the services of family caregivers and their issues.
His latest book on Caregiving for the Elderly has been published in 3 languages – English, Tamil & Hindi
Prof. Liang-Kung Chen
Dr. Chen is full professor in Geriatrics at the National Yang-Ming University in Tapei.
Prof Chen is also the Director of the Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and the Director of Aging and Health Research Centre of National Yang-Ming University.
Dr. Chen’s research work is focused on several domains: (1) frailty and sarcopenia, (2) insulin resistance and metabolic resistance of the older people, (3) age-friendly healthcare systems, including long-term care and dementia care, and (4) smart health care and artificial intelligence.
January 2026, Global Aging and Principles of Geriatric Medicine
Prof. Jean-Pierre Michel
Prof. Jean-Pierre Michel was Professor of Medicine and chairman of the Academic Geriatric department in Geneva University Hospitals till 2011.
Then, he was president of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS), while acting as World Health Organization (WHO) expert of the “Aging and Life course program”. He is full member of the French Academy of Medicine and Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Spain. He is also director of the International Association Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG-world) “Federation of Geriatric Education” and co-responsible of the IAGG e-TRIGGER online training
He has authored over 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals, was responsible of a European report on “Transforming the future of Ageing”. He also co-edited the International Textbook of Geriatric Medicine with Dr Cho (2010) and was the first editor of the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine (2018). He is currently in charge of co-editing the updated versions of these two textbooks.
Dr. Urza Bhattarai
Dr. Bhattarai is a geriatrician, geriatrics educator, and researcher from Nepal with a strong interest in frailty, complex multimorbidity, and chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among older adults. She played a key role in establishing a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)–based frailty clinic in Nepal at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan.
Dr. Bhattarai is a government-certified clinical trainer in Geriatrics in Nepal and has contributed to national geriatric training programs for healthcare professionals, including nurses, medical officers, and health assistants, based on the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework
