Verna R. Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD, AGSF is Medical Director of Centra PACE (Program of All- inclusive Care for the Elderly and Geriatrics Service for Centra Health in Lynchburg, Virginia. PACE is a comprehensive program for adult 55 years of age and older who meet the criteria for nursing facility placement but prefer to stay in their home. She relocated to Lynchburg in 2008 for the opportunity to open the PACE program and expand the geriatric services provided by Centra Health. Dr. Sellers is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Geriatric Medicine and in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Society of Post-Acute and Long Term Care.
Dr. Sellers received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Virginia. She earned her Doctorate in Medicine from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr. Sellers completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. She completed a two-year geriatric fellowship and obtained her Masters in Public Health in Administrative Medicine from George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Dr. Sellers is a clinician, administrator and educator. She provides medical care for patients in their homes including assisted living, and nursing facilities. As Medical Director of Centra PACE, Dr. Sellers is responsible for the oversight of the quality assurance performance improvement program (QAPI) and the development and implementation of participant care policies. Dr. Sellers is a faculty member for the Society of Post-Acute and Long Term Care Core Curriculum in Medical Direction and a preceptor for the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency Geriatric Fellowship Program.
Dr. Sellers is a member of the Lynchburg Academy of Medicine, American College of Physicians, American Geriatric Society, the Virginia Geriatric Society, The Society for Post -Acute and Long Term Care (AMDA), and the Virginia Medical Directors Association (founding member). She is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. an international service sorority.