| 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
E-mail: 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
CA Coalition for Compassionate Care
1215 K Street, Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-552-7573
Fax: 916-552-2615
E-mail: jcitko@calhealth.org |
California Coalition for Compassionate Care |
| Colorado |
Jennifer Ballentine
President, The Iris Project
2050 S. Saint Paul St.
Denver, CO 80210
Phone: 303-756-5222
Fax: 303-756-3208
jennifer@irisproject.net
David Koets, MD
Chair, Colorado Advance Directives Consortium
Medical Director, Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care-Denver
PO Box 270202
Littleton, CO 80127
Cell: (720) 299-1999
Fax: (303) 972-7400
Email: dkoets@aol.com
Steve Telatnik, MD
Pulmonologist & Palliatist
El Paso County Medical Society Ethics Committee
Colorado Springs, CO
Phone: 719-460-5960
E-mail: Stelatnik@aol.com |
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| Connecticut |
No information |
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| Delaware |
Moonyeen Klopfstein
President
Delaware End-of-Life Coalition
2615 Whitman Drive
Wilmington, DE 19808
Phone: 302.999.9059 |
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| Florida |
Tracy L. Christner
Executive Director
Project GRACE
5771 Roosevelt Blvd, Bldg 720
Clearwater, FL 33760
Phone: 727-536.7366
Toll free 877.99.GRACE
Fax: 727-536.7365
Email: tracychristner@projectgrace.org
Kenneth Brummel-Smith, M.D.
Charlotte Edwards Maguire Professor and Chair,
Department of Geriatrics
Florida State University College of Medicine
1115 West Call St, Suite 3140
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300
Phone: 850-644-2291
Fax: 850-645-2824
Email: ken.brummel-smith@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
E-mail: 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 |
Dia Gainor
EMS Bureau Chief
Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare
590 Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702-0036
Phone: 208-334-4000
Fax: 208-334-4015
Email: gainord@dhw.idaho.gov
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Idaho Department of Health and Welfare |
| Illinois |
Paula Sue Jackson RN, CCRN
President - The Partners Coalition
paulasuej@comcast.net |
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| Indiana |
No information |
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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 |
No information |
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| Louisiana |
Susan E. Nelson, MD, FACP
Internal Medicina / Geriatrics / Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Lake Senior Care Center
Phone: 225-765-3076
Fax: 225-765-1076
E-mail: snelson@ololrmc.com |
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Maine
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Eileen F. McDonald
Program Manager MaineHealth
39 Forest Ave. MHCI Section G
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: 207-662-0765
Fax: 207-541-7547
Email: mcdone1@mainehealth.org
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| Maryland |
No information |
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| Massachusetts |
Jena B. Adams, MPH
MOLST Project Director
Center for Health Policy and Research
UMass Medical School
333 South Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Phone: 508-856-5806
Fax: 508-856-4850
Email: Jena.Adams@umassmed.edu
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| Michigan |
Traverse City:
Jane Dinnen
1105 6th St
Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone: 231.935.6176
E-mail: jdinnen@mhc.net
Jackson:
Sheila Gomez
Phone: 517.788.4800 ext 5359
E-mail: sheila.gomez@wafoote.org |
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| Minnesota |
Minnetonka:
Mark Leenay, MS, MD
National Medical Director
Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care
MN008-W130
9900 Bren Road East
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Phone: 952-936-1704
E-mail: Mark_Leenay@uhc.com
Minneapolis / St. Paul and Surrounding Metro Areas:
Sandra E. Schellinger, RN BSN CHPN
Allina Home Care, Hospice and Palliative Care
Director of Allina Palliative Care
1055 Westgate Drive, Suite 100
St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 651-635-9173
Fax: 612-262-7050
Direct: 612-262-7063
E-mail: sandy.schellinger@allina.com |
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| 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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Joan Eliel
Program Specialist
Montana End of Life Registry
Montana Department of Justice
Office of Consumer Protection and Victim Services
PO Box 201410
Helena, MT 59620
Phone: 406-444-5803
Fax: 406-444-4303
Email: jeliel@mt.gov |
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
E-mail: laweberdevoll@columbushosp.org |
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| Nevada |
Sally Hardwick
School of Public Health
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89577
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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 |
Melanie Phelps
PO Box 27167
North Carolina Medical Society
222 N. Person Street
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: 919-833-3836
Email: mphelps@ncmedsoc.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
Vice President, Education & Development
Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
555 Metro Place North, Suite 650
Dublin, OH 43017
Phone: 614-763-0036
E-mail: doug@ohpco.org
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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 |
Sarah Foreman
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 |
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| Pennsylvania |
Marian Kemp
Coalition for Quality at the End-of-Life (CQEL)
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
120 Fifth Avenue, Suite P4301
Pittsburgh PA 15222
Phone: 412-544-0392
E-mail: marian.kemp@highmark.com |
Coalition for Quality at the End-of-Life (CQEL)
Institute to Enhance Palliative Care
University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging |
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| Rhode Island |
No information |
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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
E-mail: jeads@comcast.net |
Tennessee End of Life Partnership |
| Texas |
Anne K. Moore, LMSW
Texas Partnership for End-of-Life Care
P.O. Box 80204
Austin, TX 78708-0204
Phone: 512-453-9600
Email: amoore@txpec.org |
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| Utah |
Julien Puzey, MA
Manager, End-of-Life Care Project
HealthInsight
348 East 4500 South, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84107
Phone: 801.892.6615
E-mail: jpuzey@healthinsight.org
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Utah Department of Health |
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| Vermont |
No information |
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| Virginia |
Christopher W. Pile, MD
Wythe County Community Hospital
600 W. Ridge Rd.
Wytheville, VA 24382
Phone: 276-228-1710
Fax: 276-228-1719
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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
E-mail: 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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