Viral Hepatitis Strategic Plan
Acknowledgements
The New York State Department of Health's Viral Hepatitis Strategic Plan is a product of the dedicated efforts of the many partners, stakeholders, and health department staff from across New York State. The Viral Hepatitis Strategic Planning Summit convened on June 3 and 4, 2003, to initiate development of the plan. Each participant brought to the meeting their unique expertise and experience in the field of viral hepatitis. It was this expertise and experience that laid the foundation for the strategic plan development. Much was accomplished during this two-day meeting, and we are grateful for everyone's hard work and dedication to the project.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the Internal Leadership Team who provided their support and expertise from the beginning to end of the plan development process. The Internal Leadership Team Members include: Guthrie Birkhead, Director of the AIDS Institute and the Center for Community Health; Colleen Flanigan, Hepatitis C Coordinator, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control; Marilyn Kacica, Medical Director, Regional Epidemiology/Infection Control Program, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control; Gloria Maki, Executive Deputy Director, AIDS Institute; Dale Morse, Director, Office of Science and Public Health; Monica Parker, Assistant Director, Viral Genotyping Laboratory, Wadsworth Center Laboratory; Elena Rizzo, Chronic Hepatitis Surveillance Coordinator, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control; Perry Smith, Director, Division of Epidemiology; and Barbara Wallace, Director, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control.
We would like to extend our thanks to Mr. Kevin O'Connor, Deputy Director of the Prevention Branch, Division of Viral Hepatitis, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for his presentation at the Viral Hepatitis Strategic Planning Summit. Mr. O'Connor's presentation, Viral Hepatitis at the National Level, along with Dr. Barbara Wallace's presentation, Viral Hepatitis in New York State, appropriately set the stage for the development of the plan.
The Viral Hepatitis Strategic Planning Summit would not have been so successful without the assistance of Paul Ambrose and Joan Pivoran-Wehrle of our former Strategic Consulting Organization Performance Enhancement program. They spent numerous hours with us in the planning and coordinating of the Summit. In addition, the success of the Summit was due in part to the expert group facilitators and strategic planning coordinators placed within each one of the plan's focus areas. They assisted each area with meeting the goals and objectives for that particular focus area of the plan. The facilitators and strategic planning coordinators were: Helen Cannon, Staff Development Unit; Patty Glynn, Office of Medicaid Management; Barbara Harris, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health; Nancy Massaroni, Operations Management Group; Gary Rinaldi, Immunization Program; Robert Walsh, AIDS Institute; and John Wilson, Division of Environmental Health Assessment.
Finally, we would like to acknowledge the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) for their support of this project.