Anurekha Rajeev is a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner in the cognitive neurology division at Penn Memory Center. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in India before moving to the US in 2008. She has worked as a staff nurse for almost 14 years at different levels of care, including long-term care centers, acute rehab hospitals, progressive care units, and critical care units. Before becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked in the neuro progressive and intensive care unit at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center for 8 years. She has always had a special interest in neurology and has obtained two certifications in neuroscience nursing—Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN) and Stroke Certified Registered Nurse (SCRN)—while working at Presbyterian Hospital. She completed her master’s in nursing with a Nurse Practitioner program at Drexel University and is certified as an Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. Her goal as a nurse practitioner in cognitive neurology is to provide individualized care to address the unique needs of patients and families with cognitive impairments, helping them cope with the challenges associated with cognitive decline through education, support, and counseling.
Emily Kulpa, DO
Dr. Emily Kulpa is a University of Pennsylvania geriatric psychiatry fellow originally from Connecticut. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and medical degree from New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Kulpa graduated from Mountain Area Health Education Center’s psychiatry residency program in Asheville, NC where she was Chief Resident of Education. Dr. Kulpa’s professional interests include end of life care and improving caregiver support.
Isabelle Duerr, MD
Dr. Isabelle Duerr is a geriatric psychiatry fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary, where she majored in biology and minored in public health. She completed both psychiatry residency and medical school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. During residency training she was heavily involved in supporting resident wellness, becoming president of the Psychiatry Resident Wellness Committee during her final year, and participated in the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry’s annual Scholars Program.
Maggie Tubiello MBA, MSN, RN, CCRN
Maggie Tubiello is a program coordinator in the department of neurology for the new Lecanemab program. She graduated with a BSN from Pennsylvania College of Technology and recently graduated from Bloomsburg University with dual master’s degrees in business administration and science in nursing. Tubiello worked as a staff nurse for 1.5 years in a Neuro ICU in North Carolina before moving back to PA to start travel nursing. She has been an ICU travel nurse for 4 years before working for Penn Medicine.
Jenny Rodriguez, MD
Dr. Jenny Rodriguez, a board certified Geriatric and adult psychiatrist, is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She did her residency and fellowship training at the University of Miami, where she was involved in geriatric clinical care at the Center on Aging. Dr. Rodriguez worked as medical director of the geriatric psychiatry unit at McNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois, and was the Clinical Director of the acute inpatient psychiatry unit at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital in Chicago.
Her practice has been dedicated to the care of older adults, with multiple age-related mental health disorders such as delirium, dementias, depression, mood disorders of later life, anxiety disorders, psychosis, alcohol and substance abuse, personality disorders, and bio-psycho-social problems. She has provided psychotherapy to aging adults and their families, as well as long-term psychiatric care and consultation liaison services.
Dr. Rodriguez currently works at the Outpatient Psychiatry Center where she specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in older adults, and in patients with cognitive impairment and dementia, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, late-onset schizophrenia, and certain other medical conditions. She also trains psychiatry residents and geriatric fellows.
Dr. Rodriguez is accepting new patient appointments through the Outpatient Psychiatry center. To schedule an appointment, call 215-746-6702.
Arushi Kapoor, MS, MD
arushi.kapoor@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Dr. Arushi Kapoor is the Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, where she leads clinical care, education, and research initiatives aimed at improving geriatric mental health outcomes. In her role, she dedicates significant time to patient care at the Penn Memory Center and plays a pivotal role in teaching and mentorship.
Beyond her contributions at Penn, Dr. Kapoor pioneered the establishment of the first dedicated Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic within the outpatient services at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She serves as a consultant to the VA’s Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) program, providing critical mental health support to veterans with limited mobility who are receiving care at home. As part of her commitment to veterans’ health, she is also an integral member of the STAR-VA team, guiding treatment planning and interventions focused on addressing behavioral disturbances associated with cognitive decline as team leader to the behavioral health team at the Community Living Center (CLC), a long-term care facility for veterans.
Dr. Kapoor’s academic contributions include authoring multiple book chapters in Absolute Geriatric Psychiatry Review (Springer Science) and co-authoring peer-reviewed publications on the use of pimavanserin and ketamine in dementia-related neuropsychiatric symptoms. As an invited grand rounds speaker, she has given talks on Neuropsychiatric symptoms, inappropriate sexual behaviors seen in dementia and the evidence surrounding neuromodulation in management of behavioral disturbances. At the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) annual conference, she continues to chair multiple symposiums, participate in the selection of Scholars and focus her efforts on mentoring the next generation of scholars and academic clinicians in geriatric psychiatry.
Driven by a passion for advancing geriatric mental health care, Dr. Kapoor is committed to building comprehensive geriatric behavioral health services. She is particularly focused on integrating disease-modifying therapies, such as lecanemab, into clinical practice within both the VA and Penn healthcare systems.
Dr. Kapoor is accepting new patient appointments through the Penn Memory Center. To schedule an appointment, call 215-662-7810.