Viral Hepatitis Strategic Plan

Viral Hepatitis Strategic Planning Summit Participant List

Michael Acosta, Health Program Administrator I, Office of Minority Health, New York State Department of Health

Charles N. Aswad, MD, Executive Vice President, Medical Society of the State of New York

Paul Barrett, Clinical Research Assistant, Dutchess County Health Department

Sandra Baum, RN, Western New York Hepatitis Coordinator, New York State Department of Health

Anthony Benedetto, CSW, CASAC, Vice President, Samaritan Village, Inc.

Kimberly Berkhoudt, NP, Manager, Center for Health and Behavioral Training Rochester, New York

Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Community Health and AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Debra Blog, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Immunization Program, New York State Department of Health

Katherine Bornschlegel, MPH, Research Scientist, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Nancy Brandt, MSW, AIDS Program Manager, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Hwa-Gan Chang, PhD, Director, Statistical Unit Division of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health

Roy Cohen, MD, Division of Substance Abuse, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Richard Cotroneo, MA, Director, HIV Education and Training Programs, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Jason Farrell, Executive Director, Positive Health Project

Ira Feldman, Director, Bureau of HIV Program Review and Systems Development, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Colleen Flanigan, RN, MS, CIC, Hepatitis C Coordinator, Regional Epidemiology and Infection Control Program, New York State Department of Health

Marguerite Gebhardt, MPS, RN, Executive Director, Project Samaritan Health Services, Inc.

Arlene Halpert, Director, Medical Affairs, New York Health Plan Association

Elizabeth Herlihy, RN, BSN, MS, Hepatitis B Coordinator, Immunization Program, New York State Department of Health

Denise Hernas, RN, BSN, MS, Public Health Program Nurse, Bureau of Women's Health, New York State Department of Health

Geraldine Johnson, Program Manager, Regional Epidemiology and Infection Control Program, New York State Department of Health

Marilyn Kacica, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Regional Epidemiology and Infection Control Program, New York State Department of Health

Laurence Klein, Coordinator, Statewide AIDS Center Program, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Linda Klopf, BSN, MSED, Communicable and Infectious Disease Coordinator, New York State Department of Correctional Services

Cecelia Kohlmeier, RN, MS, Nursing Coordinator, Preventive Health Clinics, Erie County Department of Health

Daniel Kuhles, MD, MPH, Assistant Director, Division of Disease Control, Nassau County Health Department

Harris K. Lampert, MD, New York State Coalition of Prepaid Health Services Plans

Harold S. Levine, Consultant, Levine & Company

Michelle Louy, RN, Public Health Representative V, Bureau of Direct Program Operations, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Laurie MacDonald, NP, Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, New York

Laura Manning, Public Health Representative II, Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control, New York State Department of Health

Victor Matinez, New Rochelle, New York

Matthew Mauer, DO, MPH, Medical Director, Bureau of Occupational Health, New York State Department of Health

Noemi Nagy, Woodside, New York

Martha Newcomb, RN, Infertility Prevention Project Coordinator, Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control, New York State Department of Health

Kevin O'Connor, BS, MA, Deputy Chief, Prevention Branch Division of Viral Hepatitis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Gregory O'Keefe, MD, Public Health Director, Herkimer County Public Health Nursing Services

Monica Parker, PhD, Director, Viral Genotyping Laboratory, Wadsworth Center Laboratory, New York State Department of Health

Hope Plavin, AIDS Program Manager I, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Edna Recher, CSW, Hepatitis C Coordinator, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Bronx, New York

Elena Rizzo, MA, Hepatitis Surveillance Coordinator, Regional Epidemiology and Infection Control Program, New York State Department of Health

Jeffrey Rothman, MS, MBA, Assistant Director, Bureau of HIV Ambulatory Care, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Diane Rudnick, M. Ed, Director, Substance Abuse Section, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Christine Salmon, Director, Bureau of Health Media and Marketing, New York State Department of Health

Karen Savicki, Associate Director, Division of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health

Karen Schlanger, MPH, Director, Hepatitis C Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Susan Solomon, RN, COHN, Director, Occupational Health and Safety Program, New York State Department of Health

Sharon Stancliff, MD, Medical Consultant, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Andrew Stern, MPA, MA, Health Program Administrator, Office of Managed Care, New York State Department of Health

Sharon Thompson, RN, Director, Communicable Disease Program, Capital District Regional Office, New York State Department of Health

Wilma Waithe, MA, RD, CDN, Director, Office of Minority Health, New York State Department of Health

Barbara Wallace, MD, MSPH, Director, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health

Ling Wang PhD, Research Scientist IV, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health

Judy Wethers, MS, Director, HIV Diagnostic Lab, Wadsworth Center Laboratory, New York State Department of Health