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Technical Advisory Panels

Technical Advisory Panel for Intravascular Catheters and Bloodstream Infections

Gary A. Roselle, MD (Chair)
National Program Director for Infectious Disease, Department of Veterans Affairs, Cincinnati, OH

Kim Delahanty, RN
Lead Infection Control Practitioner, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Steven M. Gordon, MD
Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Henry Masur, MD
Chief, Department of Critical Care, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Rita D. McCormick, RN, CIC
Senior Infection Control Practitioner, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

Leonard A. Mermel, DO, ScM
Medical Director, Department of Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital and Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI

Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and Head, Division of Healthcare Quality Outcomes Research, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Columbia, MD

Technical Advisory Panel for Indwelling Catheters and Urinary Tract Infections

William Claiborne Dunagan, MD (Chair)
Vice President of Quality, BJC Healthcare, St. Louis, MO

Inga M. Himelright, MD
Regional Medical Director, Blue Cross Bl ue Shield of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Ebing Lautenbach, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Gina Pugliese, RN, MS
Vice President, Safety Institute Premier, Inc., Chicago, IL

Sanjav Saint, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Sue Sebazko, RN, BS, CIC
Infection Control/Employee Health Director, Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, TX

Arjun Srinivasan, MD
Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Richard A. Van Enk, PhD
Director, Infection Control and Epidemiology, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI

Edward S. Wong, MD
Chief, Infectious Diseases, McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA

Technical Advisory Panel for Panel Ventilator and Respiratory Infections

Jay Deshpande, MD, MPH (Chair)
Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital/Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Donald E. Craven, MD
Chair, Division of Infectious Disease, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

John Hensing, MD
Senior Vice President, Care Management and Quality, Banner Health System, Phoenix, AZ

Thomas F. Keys, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

Raed Khoury
Director of Patient Safety, John Muir/Mt. Diablo Health System, Walnut Creek, CA

C. Glen Mayhall, MD
Professor, Healthcare Epidemiologist, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Beverly Mihalko
Corporate Director Infection Control, Oakwood Healthcare System, Dearborn, MI

Denise Murphy, RN
Vice President, Chief Safety and Quality Officer, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Shannon Oriola, RN, CIC, COHN
Director of Infection Control, Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus, San Diego, CA

Technical Advisory Panel for Surgical Site Infections

Robert S.D. Higgins, MD (Chair)
Chair, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center
American Medical Association, Chicago, IL

Aaron S. Fink, MD (Invited)
Chief, Surgical Service, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, GA

Raymond Chinn, MD
Hospital Epidemiologist, SHARP Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA

E. Patchard Dellinger, MD
Professor, Vice Chairman, Chief of Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Anthony Harris, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

Keith M. Olsen, PharmD
Professor of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

William E. Scheckler, MD
Hospital Epidemiologist, St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, Madison, WI

Rachel L. Stricof, MT, MPH
Epidemiologist, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

Rodney Thompson, MD
Infection Control Officer, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Robert A. Weinstein, MD
Chairman, Division of Infectious Diseases, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL

Technical Advisory Panel for Pediatric Infections

Timothy G. Ferris, MD, M.Phil, MPH (Chair)
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy, Boston, MA

Susan Coffin, MD
Medical Director, Department of Infection Prevention Control, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Craig Gilliem, BSMT, CIC
Hospital Epidemiologist, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR

Stephen T. Lawless, MD, MBA
Chief Knowledge and Quality Officer, Nemours, Newark, DE

Wilbert Henry Mason, MD
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Naliti Singh, MD
Chief, Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Kevin Slavin, MD
Chief Section of Quality and Safety, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital/Hackensack, Hackensack, NJ

Technical Advisory Panel Implementation and Reporting

Dennis Shubert, MD, PhD (Chair)
Executive Director, Maine Quality Forum, Augusta, ME

Katherine Browne
Managing Director, National Partnership for Women and Families, Washington, DC

David Carvalho
Deputy Director, Policy, Planning & Statistics, Illinois Department of Health, Springfield, IL

Eddie Hedrick, MT
Emerging Infections Coordinator, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO

Teresa C. Horan
Leader, Performance Measurement Team Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Richard Johannes, MD
Vice President for Medical Affairs, Cardinal Health Information Companies, MediQual, Marlborough, MA

Brian Koll, MD
Director, Infection Control, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY

Denise Love
Executive Director, National Association of Health Data Organizations, Salt Lake City, UT

Ellen Mangione, MD
Assistant Chief Medical Officer and Director, Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO

Gregg S. Meyer, MD
Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Michael Parry, MD
Director of Infectious Diseases, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT

Richard Platt, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Professor of Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist, Harvard School of Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Jill Rosenthal
Project Manager, National Academy for State Health Policy, Portland, ME

Jane P. Stewart
Vice President, Health Information Services, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Peggy Thompson, RN
Director, Epidemiology and Vascular Access Team, Tamps General Hospital, Tampa, FL

Mark Volavka
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, Harrisburg, PA