About Us
Senior Adults Specialty Research was founded by board certified geriatric psychiatrist, Dr. Jaron L. Winston and Cliff Whitehead to assist in the study of promising new treatments and to support patients and families living with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Jaron L. Winston, MD
Board Certified in General and Geriatric Psychiatry
For over 25 years, Austin-area patients, families, physicians, and professional caregivers have called on Jaron L. Winston, M.D., for his compassion and vast knowledge in the field of Geriatric and General Psychiatry.
Dr. Winston graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston in 1981. He then completed a fellowship in Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, practicing both internal medicine and pediatrics. He completed his post-graduate training in psychiatry at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut, and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Dr. Winston opened his private practice, Senior Adults Specialty Healthcare, P.A., in 1997. In 2001, Dr. Winston collaborated with Cliff Whitehead to open Senior Adults Specialty Research.
John Bertelson, MD
FAAN
Dr. Bertelson (or Dr. B to his many patients) brings a diverse background to his practice. He earned degrees in chemical engineering and biochemistry at Rice University and graduated medical school at UT Houston where he earned AOA honor society distinction. Dr. B later completed a neurology residency at the Mayo Clinic.
He completed fellowships in Behavioral Neurology at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital and in Neuroimaging at the Dent Institute. Dr. B has medical school faculty appointments at Texas Tech and UT Austin and has been an investigator on numerous trials related to stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease.
He is frequently named a Top Doctor by Austin Monthly. Dr. Bertelson has provided care for patients in Central Texas with Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders for over 20 years and has been a Principal and Sub-investigator at Senior Adults Specialty Research since 2016.
Cherie Simpson, Ph.D
APRN, CNS-BC
Cherie Simpson is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and is board certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in adult health.
She received her doctorate in nursing from University of Texas School of Nursing where she taught as an assistant professor and conducted research in health promotion for family and friends caring for someone with dementia.
The focus of her research was improving caregiver sleep. She has worked for Senior Adults Specialty Healthcare and Research since 2005 enjoying both direct patient care and the opportunity to work in pharmaceutical research.