Clinical Instructor, University of California, Oakland, California; Geriatric Psychiatrist, Martinez VA Hospital, Martinez, California

Rita Hargrave, MD is a board certified geriatric psychiatrist at the Veteran’s Administration Martinez Outpatient Mental Health Clinic and consulting psychiatrist at the University of California, Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center. She is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, Davis and Chair of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology committee on geriatric psychiatry certification. She has been a prolific contributor to journals, magazines and books exploring neuropsychiatry, cross-cultural psychiatry and ethnic minority caregivers.  She founded www.ethnicelderscare.net, a website focused on ethnicity and dementia.