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CHF QUERI (Chronic Heart Failure Quality Enhancement Research Initiative)

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Below is a list of CHF QUERI Executive Committee,Local Advisory Board and Center Staff.


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Paul Heidenreich, MD MS
Research Coordinator
Staff Physician, Palo Alto VAMC, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Barry Massie, MD
Clinical Coordinator

Chief Cardiology, Chief Hypertension & Staff Physician, San Francisco VAMC, Professor in Residence Department of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Anju Sahay, PhD
Implementation
Research Coordinator

Research Health Science Specialist Palo Alto VAMC, Palo Alto, CA
Anna Alt-White, RN, PhD
Program Director, Nursing Service, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC
Anita Deswal, MD Research Associate Houston VAMC Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX Mark Dunlap, MD
Staff Physician & Director of the Heart Failure Program, Cleveland VAMC Associate Professor of Medicine, Physiology & Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Stephen C. Ezeji-Okoye, MD
Deputy Chief of Staff & Acting Chief of Service, Palo Alto VAMC, Palo Alto, CA
Gregg Fonarow, MD
OPTIMIZE-HF University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Elaine Furmaga, Pharm D
Pharmacy Benefits, Management, Hines VAMC Hines, IL
Nancy Gardetto, NP
Clinical Manager VA San Diego Healthcare System San Diego, CA
Peter Groeneveld, MD MPH
Staff Physician, Philadelphia VAMC, Asst Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Robert L. Jesse, MD PHD
Director CCU & Staff Physician, Patient Care Services, Richmond VAMC Richmond, VA
Harlan Krumholz, MD MPH
Professor, Internal Med Cardiology, Director for Clinical Scholars Program & Professor, Epidemiology/Public Health Department of Internal Medicine & Cardiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Ileana L. Piña, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine-Case Western Reserve University Attending Physician and Quality Scholar, Cleveland VA, Cleveland, OH
John Rumsfeld, MD PHD
Clinical Coordinator, IHD QUERI & Staff Physician, Denver VAMC, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO
Martha Shively, RN PhD
Associate Chief & Staff Physician San Diego VAMC Professor, School of Nursing, San Diego State University San Diego, CA
John Spertus, MD MPH
Professor, School of Medicine University of Missouri- Kansas City Kansas City, MO
Douglas Wholey, MBA, PHD
Professor, Health Policy & Management, University of Minnesota, and Visiting Professor, National Primary Care Research & Development Center, Universitiy of Manchester

 

 


 

LOCAL ADVISORY BOARD

Susan Frayne MD, MS
Staff Physician Palo Alto VAMC, Palo Alto, CA
Mary Goldstein, MD MSC
Associate Director GRECC & Staff Physician, Palo Alto VAMC, Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Edmund Keung, MD
Director, Pacemaker Program & Staff Physician, San Francisco VAMC Associate Professor in Residence Department of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Kathryn McDonald, MM
Stanford University, Executive Director and Senior Scholar, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Michael Shlipak, MD MPH
Staff Physician, San Francisco VAMC, Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
 

 

 


 

QUERI CENTER STAFF

Martin M. Costa, PhD
Data Analyst, Palo Alto VAMC,
Palo Alto, CA
Theresa Marsh, BA
Administrative Coordinator, San Francisco VAMC, San Francisco, CA
Laura Gaskin, BS
Research Assistant, Palo Alto VAMC, Palo Alto, CA
Parisa Gholami , MPH
Research Associate, Palo Alto HCS , Palo Alto, CA