An Open Letter to the US Congress:

Dear Member of Congress:

We represent a broad constituency of academic, clinical and health administrative

professionals who have dedicated our professional lives to the people who receive
care in the American healthcare system. We have taken care of patients, managed
large and small healthcare organizations, taught young students medicine and public
health and conducted research on the quality of healthcare and ways to improve the
healthcare system for all Americans. As healthcare experts and concerned citizens,
we come together in this letter to reaffirm that the current healthcare system is in
crisis and is not sustainable in the future. The bills under consideration contain
provisions that will seriously address problems in healthcare and must be reconciled.
We reaffirm the importance of meaningful policy change in this legislative session
and call upon you to act.

The lack of insurance for 46 million citizens and the rising costs of care for everyone
must be addressed. We believe there are a minimum of policy changes that must be
included in any Health Reform legislation and urge you to adopt the following
provisions:
 Provide coverage to 35-40 million additional US citizens
 Increase competition in the private insurance market and eliminate
discrimination based on pre-existing conditions in the purchase of health
insurance
 Cover essential preventive care and improve access to primary care
 Ensure affordability of health insurance for low- and moderate-income families
through sufficient subsidies of families and small businesses.
 Slow the rise in costs of healthcare and health insurance premiums for
everyone
 Adopt a shared responsibility for achieving savings and financing the added
coverage through contributions from employers, insurance companies,
hospitals, doctors, drug companies and patients
 Support and disseminate the results of Comparative Effectiveness research to
help practitioners and patients chose the best healthcare
 Expand the Federal, State and private sector commitment to improving the
quality of healthcare for all citizens

While this list may not meet all of the policy changes that any one of us supports, it
does offer a core set of provisions that each of us can support.
We are extremely concerned that a small but vocal minority of people in the current
debate have misstated and distorted numerous facts in an effort to scare our citizens.
This is unconscionable and you must not be distracted from the critical task at hand.

For the record, here are facts that you must consider as you move forward. The
current bills
 Do not allow government to ration healthcare. To the contrary, they promote
the use of Comparative Effectiveness Research to give doctors and patients
more information about the latest research so that patients can get the best
care available. How can anyone be opposed to giving physicians the best
information available to treat patients?
 Will not promote or allow euthanasia. To the contrary, they only allow senior
citizens to have an optional consultation with a physician about what end of life
procedures they want or do not want.
 Will not allow government to deny benefits to Down-Syndrome children or any
other disabled person. By expanding Medicaid the proposals will provide
coverage for many disabled persons not now eligible for insurance.
 Will not break the budget. The President and Congress have vowed to make it
budget neutral.
 May slow the rate of increase in some provider payments but will not diminish
benefits or access to physicians. Providers will receive additional payments
from the newly insured persons that will offset proposed savings to help
finance coverage.
 Will not take away existing health insurance coverage. The bills will give
anyone without insurance the option to purchase health insurance regardless
of their health status and economic ability.
 Will not cover illegal aliens. The legislation being considered does not cover or
include immigrants not lawfully present in the US.

In summary, we strongly believe that the legislation being considered by the

Congress significantly improves upon the status quo of our healthcare system.
Congress has a moral and ethical obligation to conclude their deliberations this fall
and send to the President a Health reform bill that will be signed. We often hear that
America has the best healthcare system in the world. While that is debatable, we do
know that no other nation spends the amount of money for healthcare and has such
poor outcomes as we do. This is simply unsustainable. It is time to improve
healthcare for all our citizens.

Respectfully,
THE UNDERSIGNED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
(Due to the publication deadlines for the Press Conference on September 17th we have added signer
names through 9/13/09. We continue to collect signatures at a rapid pace and will release an
additional letter in several weeks. All signers names are listed on the website.)
Stuart Altman, Ph.D. Larry Lewin
Sol C. Chaikin Professor of Nat'l Health Executive Consultant
Policy Chevy Chase, MD
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA Clifton Gaus, ScD.
President
Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D. Health Professor, Inc.
James Madison Professor of Political Holmes Beach, FL
Economy
Princeton University Kenneth Thorpe, Ph.D.
Princeton, NJ Robert W. Woodruff Professor & Chair
Emory University School of Public Health
Peter Budetti, MD., JD. Atlanta, GA
Edward E. & Helen T. Bartlett Foundation
Professor L. Carl Volpe, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Healthcare Consultant
Center Agoura Hills, CA
Tulsa, OK
James Robinson, Ph.D.
Judy Feder, Ph.D. Kaiser Permanente Professor of Health
Professor of Public Policy Economics
Georgetown University University of California, Berkeley
Washington, DC Berkeley, CA

Charles Kahn Greg Scott

President Partner
Federation of American Hospitals Deloitte Consulting
Washington, DC Pittsburgh, PA

Donald Berwick. MD. Dr. James Block

President and CEO President J A Block Health Associates,
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Former President Johns Hopkins Hospital
Boston, MA Senior Health Advisor, The Center to
Advance Palliative Care
Linda Aiken, Ph.D. Baltimore, MD
The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor
of Nursing Jerri Kaple Boswell, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA AZ Health Sciences Center
Tucson, AZ
Christopher Dawes
CEO Len M. Nichols, Ph.D.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Director, Health Policy Program
Stanford New America Foundation
Palo Alto, CA Washington, DC

Harvey J Cohen, MD., PhD.
Deborah E. Addicott-John A. Kriewall and
Elizabeth A. Haehl Family Professor in
Pediatrics
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Director, Population Health and Policy
Director, Center for Population Health
Research
Professor of Medicine and Community
and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Anya Wallack
Executive Director
Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute
Boston, MA
Dorothy Rice
Professor Emerita
Institute for Health & Aging
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Robert M Crane
Health Policy Consultant
Encinitas, CA
Merwyn R. Greenlick, Ph.D.
Representative
Oregon House of Representatives
Professor and Chair Emeritus
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Thomas Rice, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Services
Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel
UCLA School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Bruce Merlin Fried, Esq.
Attorney
Washington, DC
William L. Roper, MD, MPH
Dean, School of Medicine
Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
CEO, UNC Health Care System
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Judith Lave Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Health Policy &
Management
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Gloria J. Bazzoli, PhD
Bon Secours Professor of Health
Administration
Department of Health Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23298-0203
Arnold Epstein, MD.
Professor and Chairman
Dept of Health Policy & Management
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Michael Lin, MSPH, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of
Health Policy and Management
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Lynn Etheredge
Health Insurance Reform Project
Washington, DC
William Nevin, MD.
Pulmonary Associates of Southern AZ
Tucson, AZ
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH Sheryl M Neely, MSW
Surgeon Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
Brigham and Women's Hospital Butler, PA
Boston, MA
J. Sanford Schwartz, MD
Ellen Rigsby, Ph.D. Leon Hess Professor of Medicine and
Associate Professor Health Management & Economics
Saint Mary's College of CA School of Medicine and the Wharton
Berkeley, CA School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Sherri Sager, MPA
Chief Government Relations Officer Michelle M. Mello, J.D., Ph.D.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Professor of Law and Public Health
Palo Alto, CA Department of Health Policy and
Management
Fernando R. Kirchner, MD Harvard School of Public Health
Retired Professor Boston, MA
Head and Neck Surgery
Univ. of Kansas Med. Sch. Marianne Martin, M.Ed.
Tucson, AZ Tucson, AZ

Lisa Simpson MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP Jean C. Whelan, Ph.D., RN

Professor and Director Assistant Adjunct Professor of Nursing
Child Policy Research Center School of Nursing, University of
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Pennsylvania
Center Philadelphia, PA
Cincinnati, OH
R. Vance Hall
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD Senior Scientist, Professor Emeritus
Professor of Social Medicine Emeritus APA, Univ. of Kansas Bureau of Child
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research
Chapel Hill, NC Overland Park, KS

Stephen S. Mick, Ph.D. Jerome L. Epstein. BSc.Phm., M.D.

Glasgow Professor Scottsdale, AZ
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia Judith Bonaduce
Associate Course Director
Barbara J Turner MD, MSED School of Nursing
Professor of Medicine Family Community Health
Director, Primary Care Physician Scientist Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania Health System Katheryn Ruffel
Philadelphia, PA Retired Medical Social Worker
Butler, PA

Patricia W. Stone, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director, Center for Health Policy
Columbia University School of Nursing
New York, NY
C. Ross Anthony, Ph.D.
Director of Global Health
RAND
Arlington, VA 22202
Howard Degenholtz
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Julie Fairman, Ph.D., RN
Professor
School of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia. PA
Joy Buck, APRN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor WVU School of
Nursing & RCB HSC, Eastern Division
Martinsburg, WV
Ciaran S. Phibbs, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Ahrin Mishan
Executive Director
The Alex Hillman Family Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN
Fairfax, Virginia
Arlene Smaldone, DNSc, CPNP
Assistant Professor
Columbia University School of Nursing
New York, NY
Eileen Lake, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy
Research
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Lauren M. Massimo MSN, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Pamela Ryan BA, RN
Tucson, AZ
John F. Beasley
President and CEO
ARCHIMEDES, INC.
San Francisco, CA
Leonard M. Fleck, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy/Medical Ethics
College of Human Medicine
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Francis E. Johnston
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Alexander G. Fiks, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia & University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Joan Mechlin, PMHBC, MSN
Philadelphia, PA

Charles H Debrovner, MD
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY
Gary S. Kaplan, MD
Chairman and CEO
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Gordon R, Lang, M.D, FACP
Kidney Disease Specialists S.C.
Schaumburg, Il
Salimah Meghani, Ph. D. CRNP
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Mary A. Blegen, RN, Ph.D.
Professor in Community Health System
Director of the Center for Patient Safety
School of Nursing - University of
California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Patricia Rogers, MA Nursing
Nurse
University of Pennsylvania
Haddon Township, NJ
Sarah Kagan, Ph.D., RN
Professor of Gerontological Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Barbara A. Blakeney M.S., RN
Innovation Specialist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Waltham, Massachusetts
Joanne Spetz, Ph. D.
Professor
University of California, San Francisco
San Mateo, CA
Jack Needleman, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Services
UCLA School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Judith Baron, Ph.D.
Psychologist
West Chester University
Berwyn, PA
David S. Abernethy BA, MPH
Senior Vice President
EmblemHealth
Washington, DC
Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.
Director Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Ann Rhodes, MA Nursing, J. D.
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH
George S. Pepper Professor of Public
Health & Preventive Medicine
Vice Dean for Institutional Affairs, School
of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gary Raskob, Ph. D.
Dean, College of Public Health
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Rebecca H. Bryan, MSN, CRNP
Faculty and Clinical Coordinator
Family Health Nurse Practitioner Program
University of Pennsylvania School of
Nursing
Haddonfield, NJ
Marjorie Muecke, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of
Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Lynn Unruh, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Department of Health Management &
Informatics
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Jeane Ann Grisso, M.D, M.Sc.
Professor of Medicine and Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Bernard Wagman, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
George Washington University
Bethesda, MD
Diana W. Hilberman, Dr.PH, MSPH
Professor and Director
MPH Programs in Health Policy and
Management
UCLA School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Paul Batalden, M.D.
Professor, Center for Leadership and
Improvement
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy
and Clinical Practice
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Sonia C. Smith
Program Coordinator
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Office of Professional Development &
Continuing Education
Baltimore, MD

Sankey Williams, MD Tina Foster MD, MPH

Sol Katz Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Haverford, PA
Neera Goyal, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Leif Wellington Haase
Director, California Program
New America Foundation
921 11th Street, Suite 901
Sacramento, CA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Kathleen Brochu, RNC
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Team Leader for ObGyn Generalist Team
Weathersfield Bow, Vermont
Jo Ivey Boufford, M. D.
President
New York Academy of Medicine
New York, NY

Dylan Small, Ph.D Dianne L. Chambless Ph.D. MA

Associate Professor, Department of Professor
Statistics University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Barbara Krimgold,
National Program Director, Kellogg
Health Scholars
Center for Advancing Health
Washington, DC
Julia Lynch Ph.D. Cynthia Connolly Ph.D., RN
Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Associate Professor
Professor in the Soc Sciences University of Pennsylvania School of
University of Pennsylvania Nursing
Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia PA

Eleanor Rees, MS, CGC Tom Tomlinson Ph. D.

Certified Genetic Counselor Professor, Director for the Center for
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Ethics and Humanities in the Life
Waterbury, VT Sciences, College of Human Medicine
Michigan State University
David G. Smith East Lansing, MI
Senior Research Scholar and Richter
Professor of Political Science June Roman, MSN, RN
Swarthmore College Faculty
Swarthmore, PA University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa
Dr. Barbara Riegel
Professor and Interim Chair, Family and Nancy E. Donaldson, RN, DNSc.
Community Health Division Nurse Scientist
School of Nursing San Carlos, CA
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Judith Long, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jack Hudes, Dr.PH. University of Pennsylvania School of
Former Vice President Medicine
Health Plan Program Management Philadelphia, PA
Kaiser Permanente
La Canada, CA Janet A. Deatrick
Voorhees, New Jersey
Carol Emmott, Ph. D.
Leader, Health Services Practice David A. Asch, MD, MBA
Russell Reynolds Associates Executive Director, Robert D. Eilers
San Francisco, CA Professor of Health Care Management
and Economics
Maureen Bisognano Leonard Davis Institute of Health
Executive Vice President and Chief Economics
Operating Officer Philadelphia, PA
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Cambridge. MA Barry D. Smith, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Jessica Way, BSN Emeritus
Health Related Technology Instructor Chairman Emeritus Dartmouth Hitchcock
Philadelphia School District Medical Center
Elkins Park, PA Lebanon, NH
Karen L. Peifer PhD, MPH
College of Nursing (Mary) Jan Carroll, PhD, PMH/CNS
University of Colorado Denver Clinical Faculty, University of Maryland,
Aurora, CO School of Nursing, Department of Family
and Community Health
Michael A Ashburn, MD, MPH Baltimore, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical
Care Paul D. Allison, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Professor
Philadelphia, PA Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Janet D. Allan Ph.D. MS Philadelphia, PA
Dean & Professor
University of Maryland Kathy Kirkland, MD
Baltimore, MD Associate Professor of Medicine,
Infectious Disease and International
Ian M. Bennett MD Ph.D. Health Dartmouth Medical School
Assistant Professor Lebanon, NH
University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine Albert A. Woodward, JD
Philadelphia, PA Counsel
Leonard, Street and Deinard
Margaret Heldring PhD Minneapolis, MN
Clinical Faculty
Department of Family Medicine, David Eddy
University of Washington Chief Medical Officer Emeritus
Seattle, WA ARCHIMEDES, INC.
San Francisco, CA
Marilyn Falik, Ph.D.
MDS Associates Norman Epstein, MD, FACP
Washington DC Arizona Community Physicians
Tucson, AZ
David C. Leach, M.D.
Retired Executive Director Grace E. Dean, PhD, RN
Accreditation Council for Graduate Assistant Professor of Nursing
Medical Education (ACGME) University at Buffalo
Asheville, NC Buffalo, NY

Adrienne M. Martin Eve Shapiro MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Tucson, AZ
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Charles S. Kaplan, M.D
Tucson, AZ
Jeffrey C. Lerner, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer Patricia Christie
ECRI Institute Headquarters Harrison, NY
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Charles Katzenberg MD Dora Ghetie, Psy.D.
Tucson, AZ Ardmore, PA

Walter A. Zelman Jane Shin

Chair, Department of Health Science Physician
California State University Philadelphia, PA
Los Angeles, CA
Melissa G. Hunt, Ph.D.
Jean-Paul Bierny, MD Clinical Psychologist
Tucson, Arizona Philadelphia, PA

John D. Blum JD, MHS Alan Regenberg, MBe

John J Waldron Professor of Health Law Baltimore, MD
& Policy
Loyola University Chicago School of Law Holly Flachs, MBE
Chicago, IL Associate Director
University of Pennsylvania
Eric S. Holmboe, MD Philadelphia, PA
Senior Vice President for Quality
Research and Academic Affairs Nancy Hanrahan, RN, Ph.D.
American Board of Internal Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Dominic Sisti, MBE
James E. Dalen, MD,MPH PhD Candidate & Instructor
Dean Emeritus, College of Medicine Michigan State University
University of Arizona East Lansing, MI
Tucson, AZ
Stan Brull, MD, MBE
Jessica Byron, MD Penn Center for Bioethics
Tucson Arizona Baltimore, MD

Dr. John C. Mueller MD Letty Piper, BSN

Tucson, AZ Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania
Barbara S. Cooper Mullica Hill, NJ
Consultant
McLean, VA Renee C. Fox, AB, Ph.D.
Annenberg Professor Emerita of the
David Fleischer, MD Social Sciences
Physician University of Pennsylvania
Phoenix, AZ Philadelphia, PA

Phil Harnick Evan Fieldston, MD, MBA

CEO RWJ Clinical Scholar
Humantouch, Inc University of Pennsylvania
Los Angeles, CA Philadelphia, PA
Barry Furrow J.D. Marni Holder, MSN
Professor of Law Durham, NC
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pa Kerri L Rupe, Doctorate
Nurse Practitioner
Frances Ward, Ph.D., RN Ottumwa, IA
Westfield, NJ
Henry Tarlian, MD
Danielle Olds, RN, MSN President
Pre-doctoral Research Fellow Western Vascular Institute
Univesity of Pennsylvania School of
Nursing Henry Tarlian, MD
Arlington, VA President
Western Vascular Institute
Deborah Braccia, DrN, MPA Mesa, Arizona
Hoboken, NJ
Judith Swazey, Ph.D.
Patricia A. White, MSN, RN Independent Scholar
Dean Bar Harbor, ME
Brandywine School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Jill Scott-Cawiezell Ph.D., MSN
Ken Culp Ph.D., RN Professor
Professor University of Iowa
University of Iowa Muscatine, IA
Iowa City, IA
Karen S. Kauffman, Ph.D. CRNP
Robert DeRubeis, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Chair, Department
Licensed Psychologist of Family and Community Health
University of Pennsylvania University of Maryland School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA Baltimore, MD

Nicollet Markovetz, BSN, MSN Duncan Neuhauser Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor Professor of Health Manaement
University of Iowa College of Nursing Case Western Reserve University
Iowa City, IA Cleveland, OH

Ann Marie McCarthy Ph.D., RN Andrew Greene, MHCA

Professor President
University of Iowa ARG Management
Iowa City, IA New Brunswick, NJ

Carol L. Caldwell, MS Demie Kurz, Ph.D.

ARNP, Lecturer Sociologist
University of Iowa College of Nursing University of Pennsylvania
Omaha, NE Glen Mills, PA
Beverly A. Hal, Ph.D. Eugene C. Nelson
Professor Emeritus Norwich, VT
University of Texas
Baltimore, MD Jason Schnittker
Philadelphia, PA
Judy E. Stern, PhD
Professor, Ob/Gyn and Pathology Rita Ryan, PhD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Assistant Professor of Clinical
Hanover, NH Psychology
School of Medicine
Michelle L. Roy, BA University of Pennsylvania
OBGYN Residency Program Philadelphia, PA
Administrator
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Rosemarie Di Mauro Satyshur, PhD,
Lebanon, NH MSN
Assistant Professor
Barbra Mann Wall, PhD University of Maryland
Associate Professor Crofton, MD
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Barbara Milrod, MD
New York, NY
Kevin Kuehlwein
Philadelphia, PA Victoria Sherry, MSN
Glenside, PA
Malcolm Paine, MD
Wilder, VT Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, MS
Registered Nurse
Robyn Cheung, PhD University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Research Professor University Drexel Hill, PA
of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Teresa S. Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor
Edward J. Bergman J. D. University of WI-Milwaukee
Director of Mediation Studies, Center for Racine, WI
Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN
Philadelphia, PA Rudin Professor
Hunter College, City University of New
Anna J Williams, PhD York
Psychologist New York, NY
Athens, GA
Karen E. George, MD
Carol A. Watson, PhD Ob/gyn Residency Program Director
Clinical Professor University of Iowa Dartmouth Medical School
College of Nursing Hanover, NH
Iowa City, IA
Kris Strohbehn, MD Center for Africana Studies University of
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Pennsylvania
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Philadelphia, PA
Norwich, VT
Violet Juodakis, MD
Marik Moen, MSN, MPH Tucson, Arizona
Faculty
University of Maryland School of Nursing James L Dumbauld, DO
Baltimore, MD Tucson, AZ

Doris D. Coward, PhD, RN Ivan J Kamil, MD

Retired Associate Professor of Nursing VP and Senior Medical Director
Austin, TX Anthem Blue Cross
Woodland Hills, California
Samuel E Gandy, MD
Professor Steven S. Lazarus, PhD
Mount Sinai President
New York, NY Boundary Information Group
Denver, Colorado
Virginia S. Wangerin, MSN, RN
Clive, IA Vicki L. Krohn, MBN, RN
Professional Development Coordinator
Andrea Husson Franklin Square Hospital Center
Chapel Hill, IN Philadelphia, PA

Marylou Butler, PhD Carol Zechman, LCSW

Santa Fe, NM Director, CarePartners
MedAccess
Ruth L. Greenberg, PhD Portland, ME
Licensed Psychologist
Philadelphia, PA Tonya Dowd, MPH
Health Policy and Economics
Laurel Coleman, MD Professional
Physician Dana Point, CA
Manchester, ME
Elizabeth Baca, MD, MPA
Robert Otto Valdez, PhD Clinical Instructor, Co-Director
Executive Director, RWJF Center for Community Pediatrics Rotation
Health Policy Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director, UNM Office of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at
Community Health Stanford
Albuquerque, NM Palo Alto, CA

Camille Z. Charles, PhD Georgia Goldfarb, MD

Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Diplomat in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Professor in the Social Sciences Miller Children's Hospital
Long Beach, CA
 Anjana Solaiman, MS
Robert Margolis, MD faculty
Chairman and CEO University of Maryland
HealthCare Partners Medical Group Rockville, MD
Torrance, California
Donna Diers, RN
Cynthia Zizack, RN
Professor Emerita
Nurse Educator
Deborah Heart & Lung Center Yale School of Nursing
Browns Mills, NJ New Haven, CT

Stephanie E. Whitson, MSN, RN-BC Thomas Gillespie¸ MD FACC, AB

Assistant Director, Clinical Practice & Interventional Cardiologist
Education Private
Deborah Heart and Lung Center Philadelphia, PA
Browns Mills, NJ
Ann Kutney Lee
Sandra Hernandez, MD Philadelphia, PA
Chief Executive Officer
The San Francisco Foundation
Jennifer Fidelo, Post Masters NPP¸
San Francisco, CA
Nurse Practitioner- Psychiatry
Fitzhugh Mullan, MD Self Employed
Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Mt' Sinai, NY
Health Policy
Department of Health Policy Teresa Labov, PhD
The George Washington University Sociology
Washington D.C. Philadelphia, PA

Judy Hines, RN, MSN

Clinical Faculty
Paul Rockey, M.D.
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Chicago, IL
Baltimore, MD

Valerie LaCroix, M.Sc. Edward Salsberg

Senior Genetic Counselor Washington , DC
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire Elizabeth Simmons, BS Nursing/Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner, School Nurse
Retired
James Bleiberg, Psy. D.
Santa Rosa, California
Associate Professor
West Chester University Counseling Center
Barbara Berney, Ph.D.
Wynnewood, PA
Associate Professor
Hunter College
New York, NY
 Reed Shnider, MD
Goldie Pyka Cardiologist
Washington, DC Cardiology Associates
Kensington, MD
Richard Scheffler, PhD
Distinguished Professor James Lambert Jr.
UC Berkeley Salem, Wisconsin
Berkeley, CA
Harold Kundel, MS
Sheryl Innerarity, PhD Nursing Professor Emeritus of Radiology
Associate Professor for Clinical Nursing Philadelphia, PA
The University of Texas at Austin
Smithville, TX Barbara Bean, MD
Cardiologist
Charles Giffin, M.D. Cardiology Associates PC
M.D.¸ F.A.C.P Annapolis, MD
Arizona Community Physicians
Tucson¸ AZ Arthur Rosenfeld, JD
Vice President¸ Kaiser Permanente
Michael Hamant, MD Retired
Michael F. Hamant¸ MD¸ PC Moraga, CA
Tucson, AZ
Jim Stiles
John Boyer Healthcare Executive¸ Retired
Professor Emeritus East Quogue, NY
Univ. of AZ College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ Michael Singer, J.D.
Health Law Attorney
Linda Karl, MD White Plains, NY
Tucson, AZ
Frank Marcus
John Curtiss, MD Tucson, AZ
Senior Pediatrician¸ Desert Pediatrics
Arizona Community Physicians George Renert
Tucson, AZ Secaucus, NJ

Ann Mongoven, Ph.D. Grace Dean, PhD¸ RN

Asst. Professor Assistant Professor
Michigan State University Center for Ethics and Humanities
University at
in Buffalo¸
the Life School
Sciences
of Nursing
East Lansing, Michigan Buffalo, New York
 Tosan Oruwariye, MD
Andrea Regenberg Medical Director
Baltimore, MD Morris Heights Health Center
Bronx, NY
Judith A Hines, MSN
Clincial Faculty Melvyn Weinberg, MD
University of MD School of Nursing Tucson, AZ
Easton, Md
Christine Mueller, BA International Relations
Verona Greenland , BSc Early Interventionist
CEO Addison Co Parent/Child Center
Morris Heights Health Center Middlebury, VT
Bronx ¸, New York
Gideon Dunkley
Katie Bowen, LMSW Senior Staff Associate
Staff Social Worker SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Social Worker Bronx, NY
Saratoga Springs, New York
Tracy Kennedy, MSW
Rita John, DNP Staff Social Worker
Asst. Professor of Clinical Nursing Saratoga County Mental Health Center
Columbia University Hadley, NY
Hillsborough, New Jersey
Lisa Duchon, Ph.D.
Richard Wahl, MD Senior Consultant
Professor of Pediatrics Health Management Associates
University of Arizona Austin, TX
Tucson, AZ
William Mangold¸ MD, MD
Martin Gawoski Medicare Contractor Medical Director
Albany, NY Tucson, AZ

Lily Fountain, MS Nursing Midwifery Linda Emanuel MD PhD

Assistant Professor Chicago, IL
Univ of MD School of Nursing
College Park, MD Carol Mangold
Tucson, AZ
Cheryl Hall
Brooklyn, New York Joe Feinglass, PhD
Research Professor of Medicine
Margie Bowen, Master's Degree/Nursing Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
East Quogue, NY Chicago, IL
Julie Darnell, PhD Carl Bucholt, M.A. in Psychology
Assistant Professor School Psychologist
Chicago, IL Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union
Manchester , VT
Susanna Ginsburg
President Brendan Phibbs¸ M.D., M.D.
SG Associates Consulting Professor of Clinical Medicine¸ Sec. Cardiology¸ U of A
New York, New York Self
Tucson, Arizona
Thomas Bruce, MD
Senior Advisor to Director¸ Ark. Dept. Health Walter Zelman, PhD¸ UCLA
Little Rock, Arkansas Chair¸ Dept of Health Science
California State University¸ LA
Karen Glasser Scandrett, M.D. Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics
Northwestern University School of Medicine Kate Sullivan Hare, M.H.S.A.
Chicago, IL President
Health Policy Insight & Strategy
Robert Pantell, MD Washington, D.C.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California¸ San Francisco Steven Fliesler, PhD
San Francisco, CA Professor¸ Vice-Chair and Director of Research
University at Buffalo/SUNY
Muayyad Al-Ubaidi, Ph.D. Buffalo, NY
Professor
Oklahoma City, OK Deborah Fernhoff, Ph.D.
Director
Paul Newacheck, DrPH Atlanta Center for Psychotherapy¸ Inc.
Professor of Health Policy Atlanta, GA
University of California¸ San Francisco
Berkeley, CA Robert Rubin, MD
Professor of Medicine
Christopher Waters, Ph.D. Georgetown University
Professor and Vice Chair of Physiology Washington, DC
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN J. Theodore Anagnoson, Ph.D. in Political Science
Professor of Political Science
David Johnson, Doctor of Philosophy California State University LA
Professor Los Angeles, CA
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Luther, Oklahoma
Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D. Neal Halfon
Associate Professor Professor of Pediatrics¸ Health Services¸
University of North Carolina Public Policy
Chapel Hill School of Medicine UCLA Center for Healthier Children Families
School of Public Health and Communities
Chapel Hill, NC Los Angeles, CA

May Waldron, BSN Michele Solloway, Ph.D.

Administrative Supervisor Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Mercy Suburban Hospital Portland, OR
Warrington, PA
Steven H. Woolf, MD
Eric Holmboe, MD Professor of Family Medicine¸ Epidemiology and Com
Senior Vice President and Professor Adjunct Virginia Commonwealth University
ABIM and Yale University Richmond, Virginia
Phoenixville, PA
Alexander Melamed, MPH
Janis Sloane, BSN, RN Medical Student
Hyattsville, MD Univeristy of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Steven Greene
Medical Office Administrator Karen Hein, MD
Coral Springs, FL Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Elizabeth Schulz Jacksonville, VT
Bronx, NY
Janet Lis, BSN
Joseph Alpert, BA Attorney
Professor Janet M. Lis¸ Attorney at Law
University of Arizona College of Medicine Media, PA
Tucson, AZ
David Smith, MD
Karen M. MacDonald, PhD Director of Graduate Medical Education
Matrix45 Abington Memorial Hospital
Earlysville, Virginia Philadelphia, PA

Wendy White, MA¸ EdS Helen Halpin, PhD

Psychologist Professor of Health Policy
Narberth, PA UC Berkeley¸ School of Public Health
Berkeley, CA
Stephen M. Davidson, Ph.D.
Professor
Boston University School of Management
Brookline, MA
Robert Echenberg, MD Susan Ettner, Ph.D.
Owner Professor
Private Medical Practice UCLA
Bethlehem, PA Culver City, CA

Margret Amatayakul David Perlman, Ph.D.

Schaumburg, IL Senior Lecturer in Health Care Ethics
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Irma T. Elo, M.P.A. Philadelphia, PA
Professor of Sociology¸ Director¸ Population Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania Jean Castaldi, RN
Philadelphia, PA Internal Audit RAC Coordinator
The Chester County Hospital
Yolanda Ramsey, B.A West Chester, PA
Bronx, New York
Margaret Jordan, BSN
John Valentine, PhD Health Care Consultant
Professor The Margaret Jordan Group
Florida Atlantic University Dallas, TX
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Joseph Restuccia, Dr.PH
Michael Kaufman, MD Professor of Health Care and
Newport Coast, CA Operations Management
Boston University
Allison Richardson, MD Boston, MA
Electrophysiologist
Cardiology Associates¸ P.C. Kristine Biggie, Master's in Pediatric Nursing
Washington, DC Pediatric Trauma Nurse Practitioner
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Joyce Clifford, PhD Philadelphia, PA
President and CEO
The Institute for Nursing Healthcare Leadership Elizabeth Stuart , MD
Boston, MA Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Judith Baseden, MSN Palo Alto, CA
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Martin Paley, MPH
Wilmington, DE Berkeley, California

Janet Leger, BSN Catherine Frey, MPH

Retired UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Dunnellon, Fl Madison, Wisconsin
John Frey, MD Sylvia Raban, RN
Professor Hermosa Beach, CA
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Madison, Wisconsin Naomi Bardach, MD
Health Policy and General Pediatrics Fellow
Chuck Norlin, MD UCSF
Professor and Chief of General Pediatrics San Francisco, CA
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Salt Lake City, UT Christopher Hiromura, BA Biology
MD
Tumaini Coker, MD Family Care Specialists
Clinical Instructor Los Angeles, CA
Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA
Los Angeles, CA Mario Vera, Medicine
Family Medicine Physician
George Bunch, MD Los Angeles, CA
Pediatrician
Pediatric Medical Group of Watsonville Thomas Robinson, MD
Santa Cruz¸ , CA The Irving Schulman¸ MD
Endowed Professor in Child Health
Alan Goldstein, Ph.D Stanford University
Philadelphia, PA Palo Alto, CA

Stephanie Bangs, BSN Darcia Booth, BS in Healthcare Administration

New York, NY Assistant Nurse Manager - ICU
Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Mayer Davidson, MD Willingboro, NJ
Professor of Medicine
Charles Drew University Jennifer Kolker, MPH
Los Angeles, CA Assistant Professor
Drexel University School of Public Health
Juancy Rodriguez, BA Philadelphia, PA
Registered Nurse
Columbia University School of Nursing Kara Coluccio Bern, B.A.
New York, NY Healthcare Recruiter
Russell Reynolds Associates
Gina Rowe, MSN New York, New York
Family Nurse Practitioner
University of Maryland School of Nursing Henry Schulte, MD
Severn, MD Schulte Institute
Scottsdale, AZ
Rebecca Greenleaf, RN
New York, NY Afaf Meleis
Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
David Baker, MD University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Chief¸ Division of General Internal Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL Kathleen Hoover, MSN(R)
Dean¸ Nursing & Health Sciences
Maggie Bynum, BA- Psychology Neumann University
Reegistered Nurse Aston, PÀ
Jersey City, NJ
Michael Rodriguez
Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD Los Angeles, CA
Northwestern University¸ Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL Sandy Sentivany-Collins, RN
Pediatric Pain Management and Palliative Care
Elisa Nicholas, MD Packard Children's Hospital @ Stanford
Chief Executive Officer Belmont, CA
The Children's Clinic Serving Children and Their Families
Long Beach, Ca Sarah Babin, RN
Health Educator
Lauren Machin, Masters in Social Work PAMF
VP Mental Health Menlo Park, CA
Morris Heights Health Center
New York, Ney York Mary-Anne Meyer APN/CNP, MS
Nurse Practitioner
JoAnn Lamphere, DrPH Northwestern Memorial Physician's Group
Director¸ State Government Relations Chicago, IL
AARP
Bethesda, MD Flora Bair
Deborah Heart & Lung Ctr
Regina Baptiste Browns Mills, NJ
Registered Nurse
New York, NY Patricia Bellas, MD
Associate Medical Director
Teresa Waters, PhD The Children's Clinic
Associate Professor Long Beach, Ca
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN Lisa Chamberlain, MD
Assistant Prof Pediatrics
Melinda Leash, BS Molecular Biology Palo Alto, CA
RN
New York, NY
Agustin Lara, MD Douglas Stuart, PhD
Los Angeles, CA Emeritus Professor of Physiology
University of Arizona
Justin Henderson, MPH Tucson, AZ
Chicago, IL
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D
Deborah Cross Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor
Dresher, PA Columbia University
New York, New York
Barbara Reale, BSN
Lecturer Rachel O'Mara, MD
Univ of PA School of Nursing HIV Program Director
Hopewell, NJ Erie Family Health Center
Chicago, IL
Barbra Wall, MS Nursing
Assoc. Professor Sharon Katz, MSN PMH-CNS¸ BC
Uhiv. of Pennsylvania APNA
Philadelphia, PA Abington, PA

Patricia D'Antonio, RN¸ PhD¸ FAAN Sandra Engberg, BSN and MSN
Associate Professor Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA

Barbara Riegel Frances Pluchino, RN¸ MS

Professor Geriatric Nurse Consultant
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Geriatric Consultation and Services
Philadelphia, PA Downingtown, PA

Eileen Sullivan Marx Natalie Wilson, BA in English

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Student
Philadelphia, PA Columbia University
New York, New York
Terri Weaver, BSN¸ MSN
Professor and Chair¸ Biobehavioral & Health Sciences
Marc Binder, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Philadelphia, PA University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
Jeffrey Aalberg, MA
Senior Medical Director
MaineHealth
Portland, Maine
Carol Cirka, PhD Roberta (Bobbie) Salveson, RN CPNP
Associate Professor Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Ursinus College Mount Sinai Medical Center
Exton, PA Brooklyn, NY

Susanna Randall, BSN Linda Echols, PhD¸ CRNP

adjunct instructor¸ Nurse Practitioner Nurse Practitioner
University of Penn School of Nursing Swarthmore, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Kent Thompson, M.D.
Regina Mason, BSN Corralitos, CA
Nurse practitioner
Philadelphia VA Medical Center Patricia Gabow, M.D.
Folcroft, PA Denver , Colorado

Kathleen Boyle-Giannini, BSN MIchele Lauria, MD

nurse practitioner Professor OB/Gyn and Radiology
Foulkeways at Gwynedd Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Harleysville , PA Lebanon, NH

Donna Aronson, BS in nursing Judith Catenacci, Certified Nurse-Midwife

Retired RN CNM
Sequoia Hospital All Women's Healthcare
Los Altos, Ca Flemington, NJ

David J. Sanchez¸ JR., Ph.D. Robert Weech-Maldonado, MBA

Commissioner Professor
S.F. Health Commission University of Alabama at Birmingham
San Francisco, Calif Birmingham, AL

Lynn Roberts, BS Susan Mooney, MD

Assistant Professor Chief Medical Officer
Hunter College Urban Public Health Program Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Teaneck, New Jersey Lebanon, NH

William F. Edwards, BSN Lisa Skemp, RN¸ MA

Deontological Nurse Practitioner Associate Professor
Univ. of Penn Health System University of Iowa
Glenside, PA Iowa City, Iowa
Denise Martin, BSN Kathryn Burgess
Community Health BA in Microbiology
The San Francisco Foundation Associate of Nursing
San Francisco, California Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Bordentown, NJ
Alice Reynolds, BSN
Sandy Ching, RN, BS
Course Coordinator/Instructor
New York, NY
Lafayette Hill, PA

Mary Schucker, MSN The views expressed are those of the

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner individual signers and should not
UPENN be taken as reflecting a position of the
institutions with which they are affiliated.
Douglassville, PA

Jessica Richmond
Portland, ME

Rebecca Phillips, BSN RN

Director Penn Nursing Consult Service Healthy In Phila
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA

Lawrence Aronson, MD
Family Practice
Saratoga Medical Clinic
Los Altos, CA

Heidi Roman, MD
Pediatrician
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Gwendolyn Hughes, BSN

Nursing Supervisor
Deborah Heart & Lung Center
Browns Mills, New Jersey

Bruce Solomon, MBA MPH

COO
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, New York