| State |
Contact Information |
Program Link |
Alabama |
Paul Strong, M.D.
Medical Director of "Caring Choices"
Jackson Hospital Palliative Care Program
8107 Fletcher Hill Dr.
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: 334-293-8133
Email: plstrong@charter.net |
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Alaska
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Dr. Maria Wallington
Providence Alaska Medical Center
3200 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: 907-212-6077
Email: maria.wallington@providence.org |
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| Arizona |
No information |
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| Arkansas |
No information |
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California
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Judy Citko, J.D.
Executive Director
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
1331 Garden Highway, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: 916-993-7740
Fax: (888) 789-9475
Email: jcitko@CoalitionCCC.org |
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California |
Colorado
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Jennifer Ballentine, MA
Executive Director
Life Quality Institute
501 S. Cherry St., Ste. 700
Denver, CO 80246
Phone: 303-398-6317
Email:jballentine@lifequalityinstitute.org
David Koets, MD
Chair, Colorado Advance Directives Consortium
Chief Medical Officer, The Denver Hospice
PO Box 270202
Littleton, CO 80127
Cell: 720-299-1999
Fax: 303-972-7400
Email: dkoetsmd@q.com
Steve Telatnik, MD
Pulmonologist & Palliatist
El Paso County Medical Society Ethics Committee
Colorado Springs, CO
Phone: 719-460-5960
Email: Stelatnik@aol.com |
Colorado Advance Directives Consortium |
| Connecticut |
No information |
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| Delaware |
John Goodill, M.D.
Section Chief, Pain and Palliative Care
Christiana Care Health System, Suite 220 MAP 1
4745 Ogletown–Stanton Road
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: 302.229.4809
E-mail: jgoodill@dca.net |
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| Florida |
Marshall B. Kapp, J.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law
Florida State University College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Geriatrics
1115 West Call Street, P.O. Box 3064300
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300
Courtesy Professor, FSU College of Law
Phone: 850-645-9260
Fax: 850-645-2824
Email: Marshall.Kapp@med.fsu.edu |
Project GRACE
Florida State University - Department of Geriatrics |
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| Georgia |
Beverly Tyler
Executive Director
Georgia Health Decisions
1720 Peachtree Street, Suite 1029
Atlanta, GA 300309
Phone: (800) 544-5751
Email: ghd@atlanta.com
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Improving Care At The End Of Life: A Long Term Care Initiative |
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Hawaii
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Kenneth Zeri, RN, MS
President & CPO
Kokua Mau Hospice Hawai'i
860 Iwilei Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: 808-924-9255
Fax: 808-922-9161
Email: kzeri@hospicehawaii.org
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Kokua Mau |
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Idaho
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Cheryl Simpson-Whitaker, MSW, President
Idaho End-of-Life Coalition, Inc.
P.O. Box 496
Boise, Idaho 83701
Phone: 208-841-1862
Email: President@IdahoEndofLifeCoalition.org
Wayne Denny
Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare
590 Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702-0036
Phone:
208-334-4000
Email: dennyw@dhw.idaho.gov |
Idaho End of Life Coalition
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare |
Illinois
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Julie Goldstein, MD
Section Chief, Clinical Ethics and Palliative Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Palliative Care Consultation Service
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 W. Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: 773-296-7245
Email: julie.goldstein@advocatehealth.com |
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| Indiana |
Nancy F. Slater, MD, JD
Slater Law Office LLC
301 E. Carmel Drive, Suite G-100
Carmel, IN 46032
Phone: (317) 281-6706
Fax: (317) 571-9614
Email: nslater@slaterelderlaw.com |
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Iowa
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Christine Harlander, RN BSN
Palliative Care Coordinator
Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids
Phone: 319-533-0106
Email: charlander@mercycare.org
Stephanie Anderson, RN
Director, Palliative Care and Hospice
St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids
Phone: 319-213-5098 |
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Kansas
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John G. Carney
Vice President, Aging and End of Life
Center for Practical Bioethics
Harzfeld Building
1111 Main, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816.221.1100 ext 220
Fax: 816.221.2002
Email: JCarney@practicalbioethics.org |
Center for Practical Bioethics |
Kentucky
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Brandy Cantor
Kentucky Association of Hospice & Palliative Care
305 Ann Street, Suite 308
Frankfort, KY 40601
Email:bcantor@mmlk.com |
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| Louisiana |
Susan E. Nelson, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Medical Director, PACE Baton Rouge
Medical Director, Senior Services
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
Phone: 225-490-0604
Fax: 225-490-0354
Email: susan.nelson@fmolhs.org |
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Maine
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Natalie Stockbridge
Maine Hospice Council
45 Memorial Circle, Suite 103
Augusta, ME 04330
800-438-5963
Phone: 207-626-0651
Fax: 207-622-1274
Email: Nstockbridge@mainehospicecouncil.org |
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Maryland
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Patricia Tomsko Nay, MD, CMD, CHCQM, FAAFP, FAIHQ, FAAHPM
Medical Director, Office of Health Care Quality
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Spring Grove Center
Bland Bryant Building
55 Wade Avenue, Room 246
Catonsville, MD 21228
Phone: 410-402-8055
Fax: 410-402-8211
Email: pnay@dhmh.state.md.us
Paul J. Ballard
Assistant Attorney General
Counsel for Health Decisions Policy and the Office of Health Care Quality
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
300 West Preston Street, Suite 302
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-767-6918
Fax: 410-333-7894
Email: pballard@dhmh.state.md.us |
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Massachusetts
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Christine McCluskey, RN, MPH
Community Outreach DirectorCommonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolCenter for Health Policy and Research333 South StreetShrewsbury, MA 01545-2732
Phone: 508.856.4819
FAX: 508.856.8543
Email: Christine.McCluskey@umassmed.edu |
Massachusetts MOLST |
| Michigan |
Traverse City:
Jane Dinnen
1105 6th St
Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone: 231.935.6176
Email: jdinnen@mhc.net
Jackson:
Sheila Gomez
Phone: 517.788.4800 ext 5359
Email: sheila.gomez@wafoote.org |
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| Minnesota |
Edward Ratner, MD
Chair, Minnesota POLST Steering Committee
University of Minnesota
MMC 741
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-384-9029
Email: Ratne001@umn.edu |
Minnesota Medical Association |
| Mississippi |
No information |
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| Missouri |
John G. Carney
Vice President, Aging and End of Life
Center for Practical Bioethics
Harzfeld Building
1111 Main, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816.221.1100 ext 220
Fax: 816.221.2002
Email: JCarney@practicalbioethics.org |
Center for Practical Bioethics |
Montana
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Linda Bierbach, RN, BS, CHPN
Palliative Care and ACP Coordinator
Ph: (406) 327-1831 Pager: (406) 329-6091
Fax: (406) 329-2761
lbierbach@saintpatrick.org
mtsphacp@saintpatrick.org |
Montana Board of Medical Examiners |
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| Nebraska |
Lisa Weber-DeVoll
Medical Social Worker
Columbus Community Hospital
POB 1800
4600 38th Street
Columbus, Nebraska 68601
Phone: (402) 562-4496
Fax: (402) 562-3396
Email: laweberdevoll@columbushosp.org |
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| Nevada |
Sally Hardwick
School of Public Health
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89577
Email: hardwick@unr.nevada.edu
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University of Nevada, Reno |
| New Hampshire |
Shawn LaFrance
New Hampshire Partnership for End-of-Life Care
Phone: (603) 225-0900
Email: slafrance@healthynh.com |
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| New Jersey |
Jeanne Kerwin
Jeanne.Kerwin@atlantichealth.org |
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| New Mexico |
No information |
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| New York |
Patricia A. Bomba M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director, Geriatrics
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
165 Court Street
Rochester, New York 14647
Phone: 585-238-4514
Fax: 585-453-6365
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| North Carolina |
Dee Leahman
Director, Community Partnership for End of Life Care
Director, Community Education
Hospice & Palliative CareCenter
101 Hospice Lane
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Phone: 336-331-1317
Fax: 336-331-1361
Email: Dee.Leahman@hospicecarecenter.org |
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| North Dakota |
Nancy Joyner, RN, MS, APRN-CNS, ACHPN
Clinical Nurse Specialist-Palliative Care
Altru Health System
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Phone: 701-780-5442
Fax: 701-780-1942
Email: njoyner@altru.org |
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| Ohio |
Doug Cluxton, MA, LPC
Bereavement Counselor
HomeReach Hospice
Kobacker House
3595 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43214-4034
(614)566-5377
dcluxto2@ohiohealth.com
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Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization |
| Oklahoma |
Rodrigo Mariano, MD
310 Morford Drive
Lawton, OK 73507
580-458-2246
rodrigo.mariano@us.army.mil |
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| Oregon |
POLST Program
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd
Mail Code: UHN-86
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: 503-494-3965
Fax: 503-494-1260
Email: polst@ohsu.edu |
Oregon POLST Program
Order Oregon POLST Forms and Materials
Oregon POLST Registry |
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Pennsylvania
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Judith Black, MD
Coalition for Quality at the End-of-Life (CQEL)
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
120 Fifth Avenue, Suite P4301
Pittsburgh PA 15222
Phone:
412-544-3523
Email: judith.black@highmark.com |
Institute to Enhance Palliative Care
Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh |
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| Rhode Island |
Therese (Terry) Rochon, MSN, MA RNP, ACHPN
Improving End of Life Care Coalition
1085 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02904
Email: improvingendoflifecare@yahoo.com |
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| South Carolina |
Dr. Janet Craig
Phone: 864-422-8302
craigjb@charter.net |
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| South Dakota |
Lois Schuller RN, MS
Director
Sanford Hospice/ VNA
Phone: 605 328 5903
Email: schullel@sanfordhealth.org |
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Tennessee
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Judy Eads
President
Tennessee End of Life Partnership
711 Shenandoah Dr.
Brentwood, TN 37027 Phone: 615-289-4275
Fax: 615-246-2773
Email: jeads@comcast.net |
Tennessee End of Life Partnership |
| Texas |
No information |
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Utah
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Maureen Henry
395 South 1500 East
Center on Aging
Room 268
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0260
Phone: 801-585-6835
Email: maureen.henry@utah.edu |
Utah Department of Health
Utah Commission on Aging |
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| Vermont |
No information |
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Virginia
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Christopher W. Pile, MD
Wythe County Community Hospital
600 W. Ridge Rd.
Wytheville, VA 24382
Phone: 276-228-1710
Fax: 276-228-1719
Email: cpile@mail.wcch.org
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| Washington |
Jim Shaw, MD
Medical Director
Chair WA State POLST Task Force
Sacred Heart Medical Center
W 101 8th Ave
PO Box 2555
Spokane, WA 99220-2555
Phone: 509-474-3097
Fax: 509-474-4236
Email: ShawJ@shmc.org
Sally Denton, RN
Administrator
St Joseph's Care Center
Providence Health Care
17 E 8th Ave
Spokane, WA 99202
Phone: 509-474-2161
Email: dentons@shmc.org |
Washington State Medical Association
Washington State Department of Health |
| Washington, D.C. |
Charlie Sabatino
ABA Commission on Law and Aging
740 Fifteenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-662-8686
Fax: 202-662-8698
Email: sabatinoc@staff.abanet.org |
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| West Virginia |
Morgantown:
Alvin H. Moss, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director
Center for Health Ethics and Law
Section of Nephrology
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 9022
Morgantown, WV 26506-9022
Phone: (304) 293-7618
Fax: (304) 293-7442
Email: amoss@hsc.wvu.edu
Arthurdale:
Malene Davis, RN, MSN, MBA
Executive Director
Hospice Care Corporation
P O Box 760
Arthurdale, WV 26520
Phone: 304-864-0884
Fax: 304-864-6306
Email: mdavis@hospicecarecorp.org |
West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care |
| Wisconsin |
La Crosse and Surrounding Area:
Bud Hammes, Ph.D
Mail Stop C01-005
1900 South Avenue
La Crosse, WI 54601-5494
Phone: 608-386-0318
Email: bjhammes@gundluth.org |
Respecting Choices |
| Wisconsin |
Northern Wisconsin:
Colette Zunk, CSW
Palliative Care Coordinator
Sacred Heart-St. Mary's Hospitals, Inc
2251 N. Shore Dr, Suite 100
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Phone: 715-361-2105
Email: czunk@shsmh.org
Fax: 715-361-2119 |
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Wyoming
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Pat Boyer
1339 South Mitchell Street
Casper, WY 82601
Phone: 307-265-7755
Jackson Hole:
James Little Jr, MD
PO Box 4010
Jackson, WY 83001
Phone: 307-739-8999
Fax: 307-739-9222
Email: jimlittle@gmail.com |
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