Participants
Peter Almenoff, MD
National Program Director
Pulmonary/Critical Care (111)
VHA, Headquarters
4801 Linwood Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64128
816-861-4700
816-922-3323 (fax)

Scott Arnold, MD
Charleston VAMC
109 Bee Street
Charleston, SC 29401
803-577-5011
803-805-5798 (fax)

Jose B. Aguera-Arcas, MD
Senior Medical Consultant
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
104 South Rolling Road
Catonsville, MD 21228
410-747-3144
410-719-9152 (fax)

Carole Bachtel, RN, MSN
Quality Manager
Huntington WV VAMC
1540 Spring Valley Dr.
Huntington, WV 25704
304-429-6741 ext.2525
304-429-6713 (fax)

Gail Bentley, PhD, RN
ACOS, Education
Dallas VAMC (141)
4500 South Lancaster Road
Dallas, TX 75216
214-372-7916
214-372-7932 (fax)

Dean Bross, PhD
Office of Performance and Quality
VA Headquarters
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
202-273-8490

Paul Brunner, MA
Performance Support Team Leader
VA Roseburg Healthcare System
913 NW Garden Valley Blvd.
Roseburg, OR 97470-6513
503-440-1358
541-440-1225 (fax)

Sammy Campbell, MD
Chief, Pulmonary Section
Tucson VAMC (1-111A)
3601 So . 6th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85723
520-629-4627, ext. 4627
520-629-4641 (fax)

John Christman, MD
Chief, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Nashville VAMC
1310 24th Ave., S.
Nashville, TN 37212
615-327-4751 ext. 7928
615-321-6327 (fax)
john.christman@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu

Barry Cusack, MD
Boise VAMC (111)
500 West Fort Street
Boise, ID 83702
208-422-1325
208-422-1319 (fax)
 

Carlos Daughaday, MD
St. Louis VAMC (111E-JC)
915 N. Grand Blvd..
St. Louis, MO 63106
314-652-4100, ext 4475
314-289-7007 (fax)
daughaday.carlos@st-louis.va.gov

Linda DeBor, MSW
Quality Manager
Cleveland VAMC (004B)
10000 Brecksville Rd.
Brecksville, OH 44141
216-526-3030, ext. 7752
216-546-2721 (fax)

Sally DeForest, RRA
Regional Coordinator
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
136 Church Street
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-469-7387
815-469-7387(fax)

Noreen Durkin, RN, MSN
Tampa VAMC
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612
813-972-2000
813-979-3693 (fax)

Judith Feldman, MD, MPH
Clinical Manager
VISN #4
7180 Highland Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412-784-3939
412-784-3940 (fax)

Jim Fink, MS, RRT
Hines VAMC
5th Avenue & Roosevelt Rd.
Hines, IL 60141
708-343-7200, ext.1405
708-216-2195 (fax)

Rosalie Fishman, RN, MSN
Field Operations Director
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
8905 Fairview Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-650-0218
301-650-0398 (fax)

Serena J. Fox, MD
2940 28th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
202-822-3142

Cindy Franklin, RN, APN
HBHP Program
Little Rock VAMC
4300 W. 7th Street
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-660-2051
501-671-2567 (fax)

Jennifer Garrett, RRA
Regional Coordinator
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
1215 Devonshire Drive
Columbia, SC 29204
803-779-1821
803-256-8719 (fax)

Ronald Gebhart, MD
Chief Consultant
Primary & Ambulatory Care
VA Medical Center-MS 112
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
202-273-8558
202-273-9148 (fax)

Nicholas Gross, MD, PhD
Hines VAMC
5th Avenue & Roosevelt Ave.
Hines, IL 60141
708-216-2738
708-216-2319 (fax)

Michael Habib, MD
Assoc. Prof., Clinical Medicine
University of Arizona
3601 S. 6th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85723
520-792-1450, ext. 5058
520-629-4641 (fax)
habib.m@tucson.va.gov
mhabib@resp-sci.arizona.edu

Mary Hanley, MA, RN
Boston VAMC (118A)
150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
617-232-9500, ext. 5142
617-278-4453 (fax)
hanley.mary-v.rn@boston.va.gov

Pat Heringa, MS, RNC, CPHQ
VA Headquarters (105A)
810 Vermont Avenue
Washington, DC 20402
202-273-8332
202-273-9030 (fax)
pat.heringa@mail.va.gov

Don Holleman, MD
Director, Primary Care
Lexington VAMC
2250 Leestown Road
Lexington, KY 40511
606-281-4971
606-281-3949 (fax)
drholl1@pop.uky.edu

Sarah Ingersoll, RN, MSN
Regional Coordinator
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
1263 S. El Molino Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106
626-796-4745
626-564-0245 (fax)
singerso@hsc.use.edu

Barbara Jones, RRA
Program Development Coordinator
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
8905 Fairview Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901
301-650-0269
301-650-0398 (fax)

Arthur Kaufman, MD
Medical Director
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
8905 Fairview Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-650-0268
301-650-0398 (fax)

Betty Kirkwood
Executive Vice President
West Virginia Medical Institute, Inc.
3001 Chesterfield Place
Charleston, WV 25304
800-642-8686, ext. 268
304-346-9863 (fax)

Michael Littner, MD
Chief, Pulmonary
Sepulveda VAMC
16111 Plummer Street
Sepulveda, CA 91343
818-895-9395
818-895-9516 (fax)
mlittner@ucla.edu

Carmi Margolis, MD
Physician
Institute for Health Care Improvement
135 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02215
617-754-4800, ext 4849
617-754-4848 (fax)

Edward S.Mehlman, MD
5625 Bradley Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-652-9239
301-652-5673 (fax)

Louise Nelson, RN, BSN
CQI Coordinator, Dir., Review
West Virginia Medical Institute, Inc.
3001 Chesterfield Place
Charleston, WV 25304
304-346-9864, ext. 261
304-342-3352 (fax)
lnelson@wvpro.sdps.org

Linda Ogle, RN
Regional Coordinator
5016 Cannon Bluff Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22192
703-690-4513
703-590-5391 (fax)

Margaret (Sue) Pennington, RN, MSN
Tucson VAMC
3601 S. 6th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85723
520-792-1450, ext 6415
520-629-4774 (fax)

Shirley Pfister, RN, MSN
Denver VAMC
1055 Clermont Street
Denver, CO 80220
303-393-2912

Shirley Pikula, RN, BSN
VA Western NY Health Care
System (Buffalo, Batavia)
3495 Bailey Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14215
716-862-4817
716-862-3447 (fax)
pikula@buffalo

Eileen Potvin, RN, BSN
Risk Manager
Long Beach VAMC-002
5901 E. 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90822
562-494-5419
562-494-5972 (fax)
potvin@long beach.va.gov

Laura Reisinger, RN, MBA
Manager, Nat'l. Ctr. for Cost Containment
5000 W. National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53295
414-384-2354
414-382-5375 (fax)

Mitchell Rice, RN, MN
Pulmonary Nurse
San Diego VAMC (118)
3350 LaJolla Village Drive
San Diego, CA 92161
619-552-8585, ext. 4276
619-552-7422 (fax)

Nancy Risser, RN, CS, ANP, MN
Nurse Practitioner
New Jersey Health Care System-118
151 Knollcroft Road
Lyons, New Jersey 07939
908-647-0180 ext 6207
908-580-3701 (fax)

Valerie Robinson, RN, MSN, CPHQ
Director, Quality Management
Salt Lake City VAMC (00Q)
500 Foothill Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84148
801-255-8651, ext 4608
801-584-1289 (fax)

Lorey Shrader, BA
Consultant
Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.
8905 Fairview Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-650-0285
301-650-0398 (fax)

Gordon L. Snider, MD
Boston VAMC
150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
617-278-4554
617-232-9231 (fax)

Bonnie Steele, PhD, RN
Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 South Columbian Way-118
Seattle, WA 98108
206-764-2496
206-764-2074 (fax)

Pamela Steele, MD, MPH
Chief, Medical Service
VA Headquarters
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
202-273-8490

Mabel Stevenson, MD
West Virginia Medical Institute, Inc.
3001 Chesterfield Place
Charleston, WV 25304
304-346-9864
304-342-3352 (fax)

Flo Sullivan, RN
Philadelphia VAMC
University and Woodland Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-823-5836
215-823-6010 (fax)
sullivan,flo@forum

Ira Tauber, MD
10301 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-681-7200
301-681-5968 (fax)

Stuart Turkewitz, MD
OAO Building, Suite 430
7500 Greenway Center Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-345-5857
301-474-5621 (fax)
theturks@aol.com

Debby Walder, RN, MSN
Performance Mgmt. Facilitator
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, RM 875
Washington, DC 20420
202-273-8336
202-273-9030 (fax)
debby.walder@mail.va.gov

Lewis Wesselius, MD
Chief, Pulmonary Medicine
Kansas City VAMC
4801 Linwood Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64128
816-861-4700, ext 6713
816-922-3323 (fax)

K. Randall Young, MD
Birmingham VAMC
700 S. 19th Street
Birmingham, AL 35233
205-933-8101
205-934-1721 (fax)

Marcy Young, MBA, MHA,CPMQ
Exec. Asst/Quality Improvement
Chillicothe VAMC
17273 State Rte. 104
Chillicothe, OH 45601
614-773-1141, ext 7258
614-772-7124 (fax)
young,marcy@chillicothe.va.gov

Joy Williams, RN, RRT, MHA
Tampa VAMC
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612
813-972-2000, ext. 6830
813-979-3606 (fax)

Russell Wolf, MD, MPH
Chief Medial Officer
Lowell VA OPC
150 Marshall Road
Lowell, MA 01852
508-671-9000
508-671-9192 (fax)


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