VACS SCIENTIFIC MEETING

Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington D.C.

April 7-9, 2010

PARTICIPANTS

Brian K. Agan, MD, FACP
Director, HIV/STI
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics
USU/IDCRP, Bldg 28, Room 201
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-295-0597
Fax: 301-295-1812
Email:
W: www.idcrp.org / Kathleen M. Akgun, MD
Assistant Professor
Pulmonary and Critical Care Section
Department of Internal Medicine
P.O. Box 208057
New Haven, CT 06520-8057
Phone: 203-785-3627
Email:
Gina Akopyan
Site Coordinator
Greater LA Healthcare System
W. LA VA Medical Center
Infectious Disease Section (111-F)
11301 Wilshire Blvd. 11301
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: 310-478-3711 x49514
Email:
Harini Bathulapalli, MPH
Biostatistician
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x4341
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email: / Charlene Allas
Site Coordinator
VA Medical Center
Section of Infectious Diseases
50 Irving Street (151B)
Washington, DC 20422
Phone: 202-745-8000 x8457
Fax: 202-745-8694
Email:
Monique (Guyinn) Bethea, MPH
Site Coordinator
Atlanta VA Healthcare System
1670 Clairmont Road (RIM-111)
Decatur, GA 30033
Phone: 404-321-6111 (1) x7253
Fax: 404-728-7782
Email:
Teresa Bohan
Research Coordinator
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3554
Email:
Cynthia A. Brandt, MD, MPH
Director, Medical Informatics
Associate Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Building 35A, Room 216
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x4720
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email:
Kendall Bryant, PhD
Scientific Collaborator, HIV/AIDS Research
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, NIH
5636 Fishers Lane, MSC 9304
Bethesda, MD 20892-9304
Phone: 301-402-9389
Fax: 301-443-8614
Email:
Joyce Chang, PhD
Co-Investigator
Research Assistant Professor, Medicine & Biostatistics
University of Pittsburgh
E826 MUH
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Telephone: 412-692-4868
Facsimile: 412-692-4838
Email: / R. Scott Braithwaite, MD, MSc, FACP
Chief, Section of Value and Comparative Effectiveness
Director, The Operations Research Collaboration for Health (TORCH)
Division of General Internal Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
Office 15-091 S
423 E. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Email:
Sheldon T. Brown, MD
Site Principal Investigator
Chief Infectious Disease Section,
Bronx VA Medical Center
130 W. Kingsbridge Road (00A)
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: 718.584.9000 x:5842
Fax: 718-741-4606
Email:
Adeel A. Butt, MD, MS
Director, International Scholars Program
Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
3601 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3A
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-648-6601
Fax: 412-648-6399
Email:
Darlene Chavis
Site Coordinator
New York Harbor Healthcare System
Manhattan Campus
423 East 23rd Street
Phone: 212-686-7500 x3603
Fax: 212-951-3411
Email:
Dorothy Cohen, MPH
SAS Programmer/Data Analyst
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x5624
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email: / Angela Consorte
VACS Administrator
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3541
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email:
Kristina Crothers, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359762
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-744-9870
Email: / Stephen Crystal, PhD
Chair, Division on Aging
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Rutgers University
30 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NH 08901
Phone: 732-932-8579
Fax: 732-932-8592
Email:
Pat Cunningham
Programmer Analyst
Medical Informatics
Yale University School of Medicine
300 George Street
New Haven, CT 06511-6624
Phone: 203-785-2823
Email: / Maggie Czarnogorski, MD
Deputy Director, Clinical Public Health Programs
1012 14th Street North West SUITE 700
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-638-0750
Fax: 202-638-0749
Email:
Lawrence Deyton, MSPH, MD
Director, Center for Tobacco Products
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Phone: 301-796-4800
Email: / An Dinh
Research Coordinator
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
P.O. Box 208025
New Haven, CT 06520-8025
Phone: 203-932-5711
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email:
Mona Duggal, MD, MHS
Associate Research Scientist
Yale University School of Medicine
Building 35A Room 236 (11-ACSLG)
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x5856
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email: / Brinda Emu, MD
Medical Director, Genentech, Inc.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Positive Health Program (HIV/AIDS Division)
1 DNA Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone: 650-467-4564
Fax: 866-283-0335
Email:
Fletcher Fernau
Research Assistant
Bronx VA Medical Center
Infectious Disease Section (111F)
130 W. Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: 718.584.9000 x6671
Fax: 718.367.4850
Email: / David A. Fiellin, MD
VACS Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
P.O. Box 208025
New Haven, CT 06520-8025
Phone: 203-7688-2984
Fax: 203-688-4092
Email:
Cyndi Frank, RN, MBA
Study Coordinator, EXHALE
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Bldg 35 A, Room 225
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x4009
Email:
Neel Gandhi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Divisions of General Internal Medicine and
Infectious Diseases
Montefiore Hospital
111 East 210 Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 718-944-3865
Fax: 718-944-3841
Email: / Matthew Freiberg, MD, MSc
VACS Core Investigator
Principal Investigator, Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms in HIV infected and uninfected Veterans Study
University of Pittsburgh
230 McKee Place, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-586-9847
Fax: 412-692-4838
Email:
Anu Ganesan, MD
IDCRP Research Physician
NNMC Infectious Diseases Service
Bldg 5, 2nd Floor
8901 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20889
Phone: 301-295-2972
Email:
Toorjo Ghose, MSW, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Policy and Practice
University of Pennsylvania
3701 Locust Walk, Caster Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214
Phone: 215-898-5512
Fax: 215-573-2099
Email:
Allen Gifford, MD
Associate Director
Bedford Center for Health Quality, Outcomes & Economic Research
VA New England Healthcare
Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine
200 Springs Road (152), Bldg. 70
Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 781-687-3038
Email:
Adam J. Gordon, MD, MPH
Investigator
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
7180 Highland Drive, Building 2 (151C-H)
Pittsburgh, PA, 15206
Phone: 412-954-5214
Email:
Jane Guidot, RN, CCRC
Site Coordinator, EXHALE
Atlanta VAMC
1670 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033
Phone: 404-321-6111 ext 4183
Fax: 404-327-4005
Email: / Cynthia Gibert, MD
Site Principal Investigator
Section of Infectious Diseases
VA Medical Center
50 Irving Street (151B)
Washington, DC 20422
Phone: 202-745-8000 x7560
Email:
Matthew B. Goetz, MD
Site Principal Investigator
Greater LA Healthcare System
W. LA VA Medical Center
Infectious Disease Section (111-F)
11301 Wilshire Blvd. 11301
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: 310-478-3711 x43818
Fax: 310-268-4929
Email:
Joseph L. Goulet, PhD, MS
Dir., Methodology & Biostatistics Core
Pain Research, Informatics, Medical Comorbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center
Assoc. Research Scientist, Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 5325
Fax: 203 937-4926
Email:
Kelly Haines, MPH
Site Coordinator
VA Medical Center
Section of Infectious Diseases
50 Irving Street (151B)
Washington, DC 20422
Phone: 202-745-8000 x5653
Fax: 202-745-8694
Email:
Donald Humphries, PhD
Scientific Director
MAVERIC Core Laboratory
VA Boston Healthcare System
150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 857-364-5615
Email:
Todd Kawecki , DC
Fellow, Medical Informatics
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: (203) 932-5711 x 2117
Email:
Farah A. Kidwai, MS
Database Administrator
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3557
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email: / Amy C. Justice, MD, PhD
VACS Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Medicine & Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3541
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email:
Barbara L. Kertz, MS, LPC
Site Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, BCM 350
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-798-5693
Fax: 713-798-8403
Email:
Nancy Kim, MD, PhD
Instructor, General Internal Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x5371
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email:
Katherine Kirkwood
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3270
Email: / Glory Koerbel, MSN, RN, CDE
New Initiator and INSIGHT Project Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh
200 Meyran Avenue Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 802-6714
Fax: (412) 802-6714
Email:
Kevin L. Kraemer, MD, MSc
Investigator
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
230 McKee Place, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-692-4844
Fax: 412-692-4838
Email:
Tassos Kyriakides, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Internal Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3771
Email:
David A. Leaf, MD, MPH
Site Co-Principal Investigator
Greater LA Healthcare System
W. LA VA Medical Center
Infectious Disease Section (111-F)
11301 Wilshire Blvd. 11301
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: 310-478-3711 x43818
Fax: 310-268-4929
Email:
Forrest (Woody) Levin, MS
Computer Consultant
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3551
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email: / Ian Kudel, PhD
Research Scientist
Health Services Research and Development
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
3200 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Phone: 513-861-3100 x5540
Email:
Marilyn Last
Site Coordinator
VA New York Harbor Healthcare
Brooklyn Campus
800 Poly Place
Brooklyn, NY 11209
Phone: 718-836-6600 x6588
Fax: 718-630-3761
Email:
Joseph Leung, MD
Associate Professor
Chief, General Internal Medicine
VA NYHHS
423 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-951-6331
Fax: 212-951-6312
Email:
Elliot Lowy, PhD
Data Wrangler
VA Health Services Research & Development
1100 Olive Way, Suite 1400
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206–277–4789
Email:
Grace Macalino, PhD, MPH
Deputy Director, HIV/STI
USU-IDCRP Bldg. 28, Room 201
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-295-1176
Email:
Cheryl McDonald, MD
Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases
National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, NIH
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-7920
Phone: 301-435-0545
Fax: 301-480-2858
Email:
Keith McInnes, ScD, MS
Research Assistant Professor
Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research
Boston University School of Public Health
ENRM Veterans Hospital
200 Springs Road (152)
Bedford, MA 01730
Tel: 781-687-3507
Fax: 781-687-3106
Email:
Larry Mole, Pharm.D.
Director, Center for Quality Management in Public Health
Department of Veterans Affairs
3801 Miranda Ave #132
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: 650-849-0365
Fax: 650-849-0266
Email: / Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH
VACS Investigator
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x5370
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email:
Kathleen McGinnis, MS
Biostatistician
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
7180 Highland Drive (151C-H)
Pittsburgh, PA 15206-1206
Phone: 412-365-4900 x 545237
Email:
Joan McMorris-Marrow
Site Coordinator
Baltimore VAMC
10 N. Green St., Room 4A-154
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 605-7000 x4155
Email:
Patrick O’Connor, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
P.O. Box 208025
New Haven, CT 06520-8025
Phone: 203-688-6532
Fax: 203-688-1198
Email:
Tim O’Leary
Director, Biomedical Laboratory R&D Services
Department of Veterans Affairs
1722 Eye St., NW
Washington, DC 20420
Phone: (202) 461-1666
Email:
Hannah H. Peavy, MD
Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Rockledge II, Room 10208
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-7952
Phone: 301-435-0222
Fax: 301-480-3557
Email:
Anatoly Ponomarenko
Research Coordinator
James J. Peter’s VAMC
130 W. Kingsbridge Road (00A)
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: 718-584-9000 x5839
Fax: 718-741-4606
Email:
Travis Rabbit
Research Assistant
VACS Cardiovascular Study
230 McKee Place, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 692-2697
Fax: (412) 692-4838
Email: / Kris Ann Oursler, MD
Site Principal Investigator
Baltimore VA Healthcare System
10 N. Greene Street (BT-111)
Baltimore, MD 21201
Pager: 410-447-6354
Fax: 410-605-7914
Email:
Robin W. Peck, MD
Site Co-Principal Investigator
Washington VA Medical Center (SE CBOC)
820 Chesapeake Street SE
Washington, DC 20032
Phone: 202-745-8685
Fax: 202-561-8776
Email:
Yelena Ponomarenko, MD
Site Co-Principal Investigator
Internal Medicine Physician
Bronx VA Medical Center Urology
130 W Kingsbridge Rd
Bronx, NY 10468
Email:
David Rimland, MD
Site Principal Investigator
Atlanta VA Healthcare System
1670 Clairmont Road (RIM-111)
Decatur, GA 30033
Phone: 404-321-6111 (1) x6165
Fax: 404-728-7782
Email:
Charles R. Rinaldo Jr., PhD
Chairman and Professor
Professor, Department of Pathology - School of Medicine
Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
A419C Crabtree Hall
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-624-3928
Fax: 412-624-4953
Email:
Jennifer Rogers
Study Coordinator
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x3558
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email:
Cynthia Rose
Site Coordinator
Michael E. Debakey VAMC (111-G)
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-794-7482
Fax: 713-794-7158
Email:
Lisa Sacchetti
VACS Research Assistant
Yale University School of Medicine
VA Connecticut Medical Center
950 Campbell Avenue (11-ACSLG)
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-932-5711 x5562
Fax: 203-937-4926
Email: / Maria Rodriguez-Barradas, MD
Site Principal Investigator
Michael E. Debakey VAMC (111-G)
2002 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-794-8856
Fax: 713-794-7045
Email:
Carol Rogina
Project Coordinator for Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms in HIV infected and uninfected Veterans Study
University of Pittsburgh
230 McKee Place, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 692-4649
Fax: (412) 692-4838
Email:
David Ross, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Public Health Programs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Public Health Strategic Health Care Group (13B)
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
Phone: (202) 273-8457
Fax: (202) 273-6243
Email:
Jeffery Samet, MD