Injury Free Staff
National Office:
Dr. Barbara Barlow, MD, Executive Director
E. Lenita Johnson, MA, Communications & Marketing Director
Joyce Pressley, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Medical Center.
DiLenny Roca-Dominguez, Administrator
Ann Arbor:
Peter F. Ehrlich, M.D. , Director of Pediatric Trauma
Amy Teddy, Injury Prevention Program Manager
Cindy Wegryn, Pediatric Trauma Coordinator
Dianne DeGregorio, Child Passenger Safety Coordinator
Atlanta:
Terri McFadden-Garden, MD, Co-Principal Investigator
Barbara Pettitt, MD, Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Jana MacLeod, Director of Research and Assistant Director of Trauma for Division of Trauma and Critical Care at Grady Health System, Assistant Professor and Director of Int Research & Partnerships Emory School of Medicine - Department of Surgery
Donna Childress, MPA, Program Coordinator
Ana Christina Everett, MPA, MA, Injury Prevention Program Director
Austin:
Nilda M. Garcia, MD, FACS, Trauma Medical Director
Dr. Julie I. Sanchez, M.D., Principal Investigator
Paula Yuma, MPH, CHES, Program Coordinator
Karla Lawson, PhD, Injury Free Austin Program Coordinator, Trauma Research Manager
Baltimore:
Dylan Stewart, M.D., Director, Pediatric Trauma Program
Paul Colombani, M.D., Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Susan Ziegfeld, MSN, CRNP, CCRN, Pediatric Trauma and Burn Program Manager
Rosemary Nabaweesi, MPH, MBCh.B, Pediatric Trauma Program Coordinator
Birmingham:
Kathy Monroe, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Michele Nichols, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
William D. King, Professor of Pediatrics
Boston:
David Mooney, MD, Director
Lois Lee, MD, MPH, Injury Prevention Program Director
Michelle Dean, Injury Prevention Program Community Liaison
Taranjeev Walia, Injury Prevention Program Community Liaison
Charleston:
Dr. Christian J. Streck, Jr., MD, Pediatric Trauma Director, Director of Injury Free, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics (MUSC)
Melanie Stroud, RN, MUSC Children's Hospital Trauma Coordinator, Program Coordinator Injury Free
Benjamin F. Jackson, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine MUSC, Principal Investigator
Chicago (Lurie Children's):
Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH, Medical Director
Amy L. Hill, MS, Project Manager
Elizabeth Powell, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Gail Brodkey, LCSW, Program Coordinator and Community Liaison
Herman Verner, III, Community Coordinator
Chicago (U. Chicago):
Kyran Quinlan, M.D., M.P.H., Principal Investigator
Joseph Strickland, Community Liaison
Mindy B. Statter, MD, Director, Pediatric Trauma
Cincinnati:
Mike Gittelman, MD, FAAP, Co-Director
Wendy J. Pomerantz, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P., Co-Director
Dawne Gardner-Davis, Program Coordinator
Emily Eschmeyer, Safety Resource Center Coordinator
Nicole McClanahan, Research Coordinator
Columbus:
Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH, Director, Center for Injury Research and Policy
Jonathan I. Groner, MD, Trauma Medical Director, Children's Hospital
Nichole Hodges, MPH, CHES, Program Coordinator, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Columbus
Des Moines:
Vidya T. Chande, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
Detroit:
Scott Langenburg, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director of Trauma
Sue Jane Smith RN, MSN, Program Manager of Trauma, Burn & Injury Prevention
Renee Pospisil, Injury Prevention Education Coordinator
Kristin Rosenthal, MEd, CHES, CPST, Coordinator, Injury Prevention Outreach
Greenville:
Herb Garrison III, MD, MPH, FACEP, Director of Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program
Leigh McManus, ECIPP Assistant/Nurturing Project Coordinator
Ronald M. Perkin, MD, MA, FCCM, FAAP, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
Ellen Walston, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, Child Safety Coordinator
Sarah Magdalene Foxworth, Program Assistant
Hartford:
Brendan Campbell, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator / Director of Pediatric Trauma at CT Children's Medical Center
Steven Rogers, MD, Co-PI Injury Free Hartford / Pediatric Emergency Department Attending Physician
Kevin Borrup, JD MPA, Director IFCK of Hartford
Garry Lapidus, PA-C, MPH, Advisor / Director of the Injury Prevention Center at CT Children's Medical Center / Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics & Public Health, UConn School of Medicine
Indianapolis:
Dr. Thomas M. Rouse, MD, FACS, Medical Director-Pediatric Trauma; PI for Injury Free Coalition for Kids
Joseph O'Neil, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Dawn Daniels, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Jacksonville:
Joseph J. Tepas III, M.D. Medical Director, Director Pediatric Trauma
Danny Tuten, Senior Technical Consultant, Senior Technical Consultant
Pam Pieper MSN ARNP BC, Program Consultant, Clinical Coordinator
Wayne Marshall, MBA, NREMT-P, Administrative Director, Director, Division of Emergency/Trauma/Flight Services & Disaster Preparedness
Phyllis L. Hendry, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville and Division Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pam Taylor, R.N., B.S.N. Clinical Coordinator, Injury Prevention Coordinator
Kansas City:
David Juang MD, PI - Director - Trauma & Burns.
Denise Dowd, MD, Director
Jane F. Knapp, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.E.P., Co-Director
Christi Cassidy, Burn Education Specialist
Phyllis Larimore RN BSN MPH PhD(c), Program Coordinator
Chris Harris, Community Coordinator
Lexington:
Susan H. Pollack MD, PI, Pediatric and Adolescent Injury Prevention Program
Melanie Tyner-Wilson M.S., Special Needs and Early Childhood Outreach
Little Rock:
Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator,Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of Arkansas College of Medicine and Arkansas Children Hospital
Beverly Miller, MEd, Associate Director of Research
Scott B. Allen, Director, Arkansas Children's Hospital Community Outreach Department
Heather J. Williamson, OTR/L, MBA, Associate Director of Education and Outreach
Hope Mullins, Research Coordinator
Sharon Bilbrey, Injury Prevention Educator
James Graham, Chief, section of Pediatric University of Arkansas College of Medicine and Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Donna Parnell, RN, M.N. Sc, Trauma Program Coordinator
Dr. Rhonda Dick, Director of Emergency
Anne Ruud, Outreach Coordinator
Chelle McCarroll, CPSE Outreach Coordinator, UAMS Child Passenger Safety
Virginia Lancaster, Education Coordinator,UAMS Child Passenger Safety Education
Mechelle Winslow, Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Coordinator
Los Angeles:
Carol Berkowitz, MD, FAAP, Principal Investigator
Alina M. Bueno, MPH, Associate Director
Violeta Garduno, Literacy Coordinator
Teri Gray, MPH, Program Manager
Andrew Wilson, Bicycle Safety Coordinator
Margarita Ajanel, Promotora
Sophia Bello, Promotora
Elvia Corona, Promotora
Norma Hernandez, Promotora
Zoila Tello, Promotora
Los Angeles (Childrens Hospital):
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD, Director of Trauma
Helen Arbogast, MPH, CHES, Injury Prevention Coordinator
Mary Taylor, CSTR, Trauma Registrar
Michael Jordan, MSN, MBA, HC , Trauma Program Manager
Miami:
Judy Schaechter, MD, Director
Lyse Deus, Program Manager/Lead Child Safety Educator
Isidro Perez, Transportation Specialist/Safety Educator
Milwaukee:
Dr. Andrea Winthrop, Associate Professor and Medical Director, Trauma and Injury Prevention Program Children's Hospital of WI
Marlene D. Melzer-Lange, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical College of WI
Minneapolis:
Andrew Kiragu, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator
Julie Philbrook, R.N., M.AN, MAL, Trauma Prevention Specialist
Joni Geppert M.P.H., R.D., L.N., Epidemiologist
Patricia Graham B.A. , Community Health Specialist- IFCK Intervention specialist
Tu Quan M.P.H., Research and Grants Director
New Haven:
Pina Violano, MSPH, RN-BC, CCRN, PhD (c) , Co-principal investigator/Program Coordinator/Injury Prevention Coordinator
Felix Y. Lui, MD, FACS, Co-principal investigator/Associate Director of Pediatric Trauma at Yale New Haven Hospital/ Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Med
Linda Roney, MSN, RN-BC, CPEN, Pediatric Trauma Coordinator, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
Kirsten Bechtel, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine; Attending physician in the Pediatric Emergency Department of Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital; Medical director of the Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program
Federico E. Vaca, MD, MPH, FACEP, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine
Linda Honan Pellico, PhD, APRN, Associate Professor in Nursing at Yale University
New York (Children's):
Patricia A. Hametz, MD, Director, Injury and Violence Prevention Center
Steven Stylianos, MD, Co-Director, Injury Free Coalition for Kids at CHONY
Madeline Solano, Program Coordinator
Jeanne Rubsam, RN, MS, CPNP, Pediatric Trauma Coordinator
New York (Harlem):
Arthur Cooper, M.D., Medical Director
Erik A. Cliette, Director
Stephen W. Nicholas, MD, Medical Director
Landon Wickham, Communications Coordinator
Peoria:
John Hafner, MD, Co-Principal Investigator
Richard Pearl, MD, Co-Principal Investigator
Yvette Whitehurst, Program Coordinator
Margo Yoder, LPN, Injury Surveillance Collection
Philadelphia:
Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD, Director and Principal Investigator
Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE, Epidemiologist
Flaura K. Winston M.D., Ph.D, Senior Advisor
Philadelphia (St. Christopher's):
Matthew Moront, MD, Principle Investigator
Phoenix:
John L. Boyd, III, MD, MBA, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, St. Joseph's Hospital; Principal Investigator
Pamela W. Goslar, PhD, Injury Epidemiologist, Trauma Administration; Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director
Cecelia Ralston, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Phoenix Coordinator
Polly Turpin, Coordinator
Melissa Spade, Trauma Center Wake Up! Youth Program Coordinator
Kerry Barcus, Injury Prevention Speaker
James Boomer, Injury Prevention Speaker
Brian Peters, Trauma Center Wake Up Youth Assistant Coordinator
Ginger Coleman, RN, BSN, Children's Rehabilitative Services Orthopaedic Staff Nurse
Bridget Doherty, MEd, Community Education Specialist
Lucy Ranus, RN, BSN, Program Coordinator, Barrow Community Education, Outreach and Prevention Programs; Bicycle Safety Education Coordinator
Brandyn Speckman, Community Education Specialist
Vanessa Asarisi, Community Education Coordinator
Faith Whipple, RN, MSHSA, CCRN, Trauma Coordinator
Pittsburgh (Children's):
Barbara A. Gaines, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery; Director of Trauma and Injury Prevention
Christine McKenna, RN, MSN, CRNP, Coordinator, Trauma Clinical Services
Christine A. Vitale MSN, RN, Program Coordinator, Injury Free Coalition for Kids; Injury Prevention Coordinator
David A. Rodeberg, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Assistant Director of Trauma and Injury Prevention at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Dayna Jornsay-Hester, M. Ed., Director, Community Education
Holly A. Sloan, Program Assistant, Injury Free Coaliton for Kids, Safe Kids of Allegheny County Coordinator
Providence:
Michael Mello, MD, MPH, Director, Injury Prevention Center; Co-Investigator
Dina Morrissey, M.D., M.P.H., Program Coordinator
Amanda DeSenna, Research assistant
Manuel Ortiz, Research Assistant
Rochester:
Anne Brayer, MD, Associate Professor Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Karen Knauf, Program Coordinator, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester
Salt Lake City:
Charles Pruitt, MD, FAAP, Principal Investigator
San Antonio:
Lizette Villarreal, M.A., Project Coordinator
Juan M. Parra, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor
Ronald M. Stewart, M.D., Associate Professor
San Diego:
Sue A. Cox, RN, MS, CEN, Principal Investigator
Cheri Fidler, M.Ed., Director--Center for Healthier Communities for Children
Mary Hilfiker MD, Medical Director-Trauma Services
Mary Beth Moran, PT MS M.Ed, Program Manager, Injury Prevention
Seattle:
Beth Ebel, M.D., M.Sc., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics , University of Washington
Linda Quan, MD, Children's Hospital Emergency Services; Professor, University of Washington, Dept. of Pediatrics
Brian Johnston, MD, MPH, Chief of Pediatrics, Harborview Medical Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington
Elizabeth "Tizzy" Bennett, MPH, CHES, Patient/Family Communications and Education Manager
Lorena Chavez, MPH, CHES, Program Coordinator
Anthony Gomez, RS, Manager, Violence and Injury Prevention Unit
St. Louis:
David M. Jaffe, MD, Professor of Pediatrics- Washington University, St. Louis
Greta Todd-Moorhead, Director, Child Health Advocacy and Outreach
Nicole Kozma, Manager, Advocacy and Outreach
Anyah Land, MPH, Evaluation and Analytics Coordinator
Marci Bono, Clinical Education Specialist, Trauma Services
Washington, D.C.:
Joseph Wright, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Vice President, Children's National Medical Center The Child Health Advocacy Institute
Leticia Manning Ryan, MD, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine and Trauma, Children's National Medical Center
Kimberle Searcy, Manager, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs
Worcester, MA:
Michael Hirsh, M.D., Co-Director, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Worcester, MA
Mariann M. Manno, M.D., Co-Director, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Worcester
Esther Borer, Injury Prevention coordinator