Injury Free Staff
National Office:
Dr. Barbara Barlow, MD, Executive Director
Sally Jacko, RN,MPH, Deputy Director
Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPH, Director of Research
E. Lenita Johnson, MA, Communications & Marketing Director
Carol L. Adelson, R.D., M.S., Coordinator of the IFCK Childhood Obesity Prevention Program
Joyce Pressley, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director of Injury Free Health Policy and Population Studies
DiLenny Roca-Dominguez, Administrator
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
Ana Christina Everett, MPA, MA, Injury Prevention Coordinator
Kirsten E. Bradbury, Reseach Coordinator
Tanneshia Sherrer, BS, Injury Prevention Health Educator
Donna Childress, Associate Health Educator
Austin:
Dr. Julie I. Sanchez, M.D., Principal Investigator
Laura B. Weiss, Program Coordinator
Baltimore:
Dr. Paul Colombani, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Mahseeyahu Ben Selassie, MSW, MPH, ACSW, LCSW, Project Administrator
Susan Ziegfeld, Pediatric Trauma and Burn Program Manager
Rosemary Nabaweesi, MPH, Pediatric Trauma Program Coordinator
Andrea Gielen, Sc. D, Director-Center for Injury Research and Policy
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
Kristi Kangas, M.P.H., M.S.W., Injury Prevention Community Coordinator
Chicago:
Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH, Medical Director
Sandra Sanguino, MD, MPH, Attending Physician
Amy L. Hill, MS, Project Manager
Kathleen Monahan, Director, Safe at Home and Stop the Falls Program
Elizabeth Powell, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Ashley Gold, MSW, LCSW, Program Director, Chicagoland SAFE KIDS, Uptown Injury Prevention Program
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, Program Coordinator
Talicia M. McNealy, MBA, Program Coordinator
Jennifer Phillips, Secretary
Lauren Frey, 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
Denver:
Theresa Rapstine BSN, RN, Director of Injury Prevention and Outreach Education, KPTI
Arleta Rewers, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Emergency Department Attending Physician
Bethany K. McDowell, Prevention and Education Coordinator
Des Moines:
Vidya T. Chande, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
Lisa M. Roth, B.S., Program Coordinator
Detroit:
Scott Langenburg, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director of Trauma
Sue Jane Smith RN, MSN, Trauma Coordinator
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
Garry Lapidus, PA-C, MPH, Co-PI IFCK of Hartford / Director of the Injury Prevention Center at CT Children's Medical Center / Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics & Public Health, UConn School of Medicine
Kevin Borrup, JD MPA, Director IFCK of Hartford
Tuere Miller, Program Coordinator, IFCK of Hartford
Indianapolis:
L.R. "Tres" Scherer, MD, Medical Director of Kiwanis-Pediatric Regional Trauma Center
Joseph O'Neil, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Dawn Daniels, DNS, RN, CCRN, Program Coordinator; Pediatric Trauma Researcher
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, Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Coordinator
Steven A. Sheffer, Administrative Director, Administrative Director
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
Stephen M. McCloskey , Program Manager, Injury Prevention, Duval County Health Department
Pam Taylor, R.N., B.S.N., Injury Prevention Coordinator
Kansas City:
Denise Dowd, MD, Director
Douglas Geehan, MD, Medical Director of Trauma Services
Jane F. Knapp, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.E.P., Co-Director
Phyllis Larimore, RN, Car Seat Coordinator at Children's Mercy Hospital
Chris Harris, Community Coordinator
Lexington:
Susan H. Pollack MD, PI, Pediatric and Adolescent Injury Prevention Program
Naga Maruthi Perisetti, MBBS, Graduate Research Assistant
Julia Shaw MSW, Community Development and Injury Prevention Specialist
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, Coordinator , Center for Health Promotion
Scott B. Allen, Director, Arkansas Children's Hospital Community Outreach Department
Hope Mullins, Research Coordinator
Sharon Bilbrey, Injury Prevention Educator
Joyelle Mitchell , Coordinator,Injury Free Coalition for Kids
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
Holly Terry, Adminstrative Coordinator,UAMS Child Passenger Safety Education
Virginia Lancaster, Education Coordinator,UAMS Child Passenger Safety Education
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 (Children's):
Chris Jordan-Morrow, Injury Prevention Coordinator
Miami:
Judy Schaechter, MD, Director
Julia Belkowitz, MD, Director of Training
Gayane Stepanian, Director of Community Affairs
Steve Dearwater, Senior Research Associate
Leslie C. Jauregui, MS, Research Associate/Study Coordinator
Susan Brunner Uhlhorn, Senior Research Associate
Lyse Deus, Lead Child Safety Educator
Magalie Thomas, Child Safety Educator
Maria Calvo Llovera, 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
Julie Davidson, Injury Free Coalition for Kids Program Coordinator
Minneapolis:
Robert L. Kriel, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator
Andrew Kiragu, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator
Julie Philbrook, R.N., M.A., 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 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
Angela Sim-Laramee, MSW, Program Coordinator
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
Nancy Hammond, MPH, Program Coordinator
Jamie Athas, MPH, Community Education Specialist
Kerry Barcus, Injury Prevention Speaker
James Boomer, Injury Prevention Speaker
Ginger Coleman, RN, BSN, Children's Rehabilitative Services Orthopaedic Staff Nurse
Bridget Mulligan, MEd, Community Education Specialist
Lucy Ranus, RN, BSN, Program Coordinator, Barrow Community Education, Outreach and Prevention Programs; Bicycle Safety Education Coordinator
Faith Whipple, RN, MSHSA, CCRN, Trauma Coordinator
Melissa Spade, Trauma Center Wake Up! Youth Program 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
P. David Adelson, MD, Director, Pediatric Neurotrauma
Dayna Jornsay-Hester, M. Ed., Director, Community Education
Holly A. Sloan, Program Assistant, Injury Free Coaliton for Kids
Pittsburgh (Mercy):
John Golestan, M.D., Emergency Pediatric Physician
Jorge Raul Varcelotti, M.D., FACS, Trauma Surgeon - Trauma & Burn Dept.
Stacey E. Randolph, BA, Program Coordinator Injury Prevention
Kathryn Richardson, Program Assistant/Outreach Coordinator
Kathryn Sullivan Richardson, Assistant Program Coordinator
Portland, OR:
Craig R. Warden, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics
Providence:
Michael Mello, MD, MPH, Director, Injury Prevention Center; Co-Investigator
Lynne Palmisciano, MD, Co-Prinicipal Investigator
Ted Nirenberg, PhD, Co-Director, Injury Prevention Center; Co-Prinicipal Investigator
Julie Bromberg, MPH, Program Officer, Injury Prevention Center
Rochester:
Anne Brayer, MD, Associate Professor Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Lynn Babcock Cimpello, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Karen Knauf, Program Coordinator, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester
Salt Lake City:
Edward P. Junkins, Jr., , Co- Principal Investigator
Lenora Olson, Co-Investigator
Elisabeth Guenther, , MD, MPH, Co-Principal Investigator
Ryan Barrett, Program Coordinator
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, Co- Principal Investigator
Cheri Fidler, M.Ed., Director--Center for Healthier Communities for Children
Susan A. Cox, RN, MS, CEN, MPH, Director—Rady Children’s Hospital- San Diego Trauma Services, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of San Diego
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
Denise Gonzalez-Walker, Program Manager
Elizabeth "Tizzy" Bennett, MPH, CHES, Patient/Family Communications and Education Manager
Anthony Gomez, RS, Manager, Violence and Injury Prevention Unit
St. Louis:
David M. Jaffe, MD, Director
Greta Todd-Moorhead, Director, Child Health Advocacy and Outreach
Mark Manary, Co-Director
Kimberly Quayle, Co-Director
Margie Bosman, RN, Trauma Coordinator
Michelle Mitchell, BS, MM, Injury Prevention Coordinator
Jill Thompson, Director, Child Health Advocacy and Outreach, St. Louis Children's Hospital
Washington, D.C.:
Elizabeth A. Edgerton, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive and Community Health, George Washington University School of Medicine and Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center
Joseph Wright, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Prehospital Pediatrics and Medical Director of Advocacy and Community Affairs, Children's National Medical Center
Worcester, MA:
Michael Hirsh, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Co-Director, Injury Free Worcester
Mariann M. Manno, M.D., Co-Director, Injury Free Worcester
Carol Carpenter, Administrative Assistant
Colleen McGuire, New Program Facilitator