Updated December 4, 2008
NAME: Gregory A. Kyrouac, MSEd
WORK ADDRESS: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders
P. O. Box 19643
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9643
(217) 545-7199
e-mail: gkyrouac@siumed.edu
EDUCATION
1978 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois B.S.
Psychology
1982 Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois M.S.Ed.
Guidance and Counseling, specialization in community counseling
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
4/82 - 8/85: Counselor and later Assistant Program Manager/Social Services Team Leader, Family Service of Champaign County, TeleCare Program, Urbana, Illinois, a program working with senior citizens.
7/85- 7/85: Gerontological Counselor Trainer, American Association for Counseling and Development, Alexandria, Virginia
8/85 - 11/88: Executive Director, Community Service Center of Northern Champaign County, Rantoul, Illinois, a multi-agency center serving people of all ages
12/93 - 6/94: Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
7/94 – 4/08: Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
4/08 – present: Director of Education & Outreach Programs, Center for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
PUBLICATIONS
Ala T, Kyrouac G. A poll of rural Illinois county health departments regarding the evaluation of Alzheimer disease and the availability of related educational information. 136th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (Abstract); October 2008.
Ala TA, Kyrouac GA. A Poll of County Health Departments in Rural Illinois Regarding the Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Availability of Related Educational Information. Sixty-seventh Annual Illinois Public Health Association Conference, Springfield, IL (Abstract); April 2008.
Kyrouac GA, Ala TA, Elble RJ, Schaver, M, Struble RG. Developing a Network to Provide Quality Alzheimer Care in Rural Communities.Tenth International Hong Kong/Springfield Pan-Asian Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy, Hong Kong (Abstract); February 2008.
Li H, Kyrouac G. The Contribution of Social Care Systems and the Adequacy of Services for Rural Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease. Families in Society. (submitted)
Ala TA, Kyrouac GA. A Poll of County Health Departments in Rural Illinois Regarding the Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Availability of Related Educational Information. Fifteenth Annual Dementia Care Conference, Chicago, IL (Abstract); August 2007.
Li H, Kyrouac G. Adequacy of Care Provided to Rural Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease. Eleventh Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA (Abstract); January 2007.
Edelman P, Kuhn D, Fulton BR, Kyrouac GA. Information and Service Needs of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Family Caregivers Living in Rural Communities. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias 2006;21:226-233.
Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. Use of the MMSE to differentiate Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies— response to Larner. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2004;19:1209-10 (Letter to Editor).
Edelman P, Fulton BR, Kuhn D, Kyrouac GA, Morhardt D. Assessing the Needs of People with Dementia in the Community and Their Family Caregivers. Fifty-seventh Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC; November 2004.
Edelman P, Fulton BR, Kuhn D, Kyrouac GA, Morhardt D. Assessing the Needs of People with Dementia in the Community and Their Family Caregivers. Twelfth National Alzheimer’s Disease Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA (Abstract); July 2004.
Kyrouac GA, McManus DQ, Elble RJ, Ala TA, Struble RG. Developing a Network to Provide Quality Alzheimer Care in Rural Communities. . Eleventh National Alzheimer’s Disease Education Conference, Chicago, IL (Abstract); July 2003.
Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. The Mini-Mental State exam may help in the differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease 2003;7:231-235.
Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. The Mini-Mental State exam may help in the differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Int J Ger Psychiatry 2002;17:503-509.
Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. Pentagon copying is more impaired in dementia with Lewy bodies than in Alzheimer disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001 70(4):483-488.
Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. The Mini-Mental State Examination may help in the differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. In: Programme Book of the 17th International Conference. Christchurch, New Zealand: Alzheimer's Disease International; 2001:149 (Abstract).
Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. The Mini-Mental State exam may help in the differentiation of Alzheimer and Lewy body dementias. In: Ageing Myths, Realities & Management of Alzheimer's Disease. An International (Mini) Symposium to the Millennium 52nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress. Hyderabad, India: Indian Pharmaceutical Association; 2000:3 (Abstract).
Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. Patients with dementia with Lewy bodies copy the interlocking pentagons on the mini-mental state examination less accurately than patients with Alzheimer disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2000;21:S83 (Abstract).
PRESENTATIONS
Have presented on a variety of topics related to aging and dementia at conferences and workshops throughout Illinois, to Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support groups, professional organizations and the general public. Developed regional Dementia Caregiver Networks for downstate Illinois in the Springfield and Collinsville areas.
RELATED BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
- Alzheimer’s Association, Board Member Land of Lincoln Chapter (President, July 1999 - June 2001; 1st Vice President, July 1998 - June 1999, Patient and Family Services Chair, July 1995 – June 1998); Greater Illinois Chapter, Board Member (Vice President, July 2001 – May 2003); Member, Springfield Office Leadership Council, 2001 - 2006.
- Alzheimer’s Association, Early Stage Support Group Leader, 2002 - present
- Cass County Welfare Services Committee, 1993 - present
- Governor’s Dementia Special Care Summit, 2000-2001
- Human Services Education Council (Treasurer), 1996 - present
- Illinois Department on Aging Community Care Program Advisory Committee, 2001 – present
- Illinois Department of Public Health, Alzheimer Disease Advisory Committee, Home and Community-Based Resources Subcommittee Member, 2008 – present; Special Care Unit and Assisted Living Subcommittee Member, 2008 – present
- Illinois Public Health Association, Executive Council Member, Senior Health Section Representative, 2007 - present
- National Parkinson Foundation Interim Leadership Council for Chapter Development, 2001
- Sigma Phi Omega, National Academic Honor and Professional Society in Gerontology, 2004 - present