Roster
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Designated Federal Officer
Alexander J. Kallen, MD, MPH
Chief
Prevention and Response Branch
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Co-Chair
Michael Lin, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Term: 12/19/2023-6/30/2024
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Laura Evans, MD, MSc
Pulmonary Critical Care Physician Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
12/18/23-6/30/26
Anthony Harris, MD, MPH
Professor
Division Head, Health Care Outcomes Research
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 12/18/23-6/30/26
Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD
Chief of Infection Control, Mass General Brigham
Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2026
Connie Steed MSN, RN
Infection Prevention Consultant
Former Corporate Director
Prisma Health
Term: 12/18/23-6/30/26
David Jay Weber, MD MPH
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Medical Center Medical Director,
Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI
Associate Professor
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Senior Epidemiologist
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
Sharon Wright, MD, MPH
Chief Infection Prevention Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge, MA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Vacant
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Vacant
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Vacant
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Jonathan Merrell, RN, BNS, MBA
Deputy Director
Office of the Director
Quality Health Care Services
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LCDR Scott Steffen, PhD
Senior Program Management Officer
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Association for the Health Care Environment
Chicago,IL
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Vacant
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Karen DeKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Vacant
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Vacant
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Ashley Fell, MPH
Epidemiologist Senior/HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
DNV GL
Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA
Manager, Program Development and Certifications
Lead Surveyor
Milford, OH Nashville, TN
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Lilian Abbo, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer for Infectious Diseases Jackson Health System
Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Benjamin Schwartz, MD
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Population Health
Fairfax County Health Department
Fairfax, VA
Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)
Eve Cuny, MS
Vice Chairperson, Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Karen Ravin, MD
Division Chief of Infectious Diseases
Nemours Children’s Health
Wilmington, DE
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Natalie Bruce
Associate Director, Infection Prevention and Surveillance Division, Infectious Prevention and Control Branch
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN
Clinical Nurse Scientist
Cooper University Hospital
Cooper Research Institute
Camden, NJ
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Hospital Epidemiology
VA Connecticut Healthcare
West Haven, CT
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Vacant
Designated Federal Officer
Alexander J. Kallen, MD, MPH
Chief
Prevention and Response Branch
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Elaine Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Term: 10/8/2018-12/31/2023
Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH
Vice President, Quality and Clinical Integration
Ascension
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Term: 7/1/2019-12/31/2023
Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Term: 7/1/2019-12/31/2023
JoAnne Reifsnyder, PHD, MBA, MSN
Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations
Genesis HealthCare
Kennett Square, PA
Term: 7/1/2019-12/31/2023
Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD
Chief of Infection Control, Mass General Brigham
Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2026
Sharon Wright, MD, MPH
Chief
Infection Prevention Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge, MA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
David Jay Weber, MD MPH
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Medical Center Medical Director, Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI
Associate Professor
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Senior Epidemiologist
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Leyi Lin, MD, FACP
Medical Officer
Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Vacant
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Judy Trawick
Public Health Analyst, Office of Regional Operations
Atlanta, GA
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LCDR Scott Steffen, PhD
Senior Program Management Officer
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Chris Lombardozzi, MD
Vice President and CMO – Quality
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Spartanburg, SC
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Pamela Truscott, MSN, RN
Senior Manager, Clinical and Regulatory Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Evelyn Knoelle
Senior Associate Director, Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Holly Carpenter, RN
Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
American Nurses Association
Silver Spring, MD
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Karen DeKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Darlene Carey, MSN, RN
System Director Infection Prevention and Control
Northside Hospital
Lawrenceville, GA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Kris Ehresmann, RN, MPH
Division Director
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Ashley Fell, MPH
Epidemiologist Senior/HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
DNV GL
Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA
Manager, Program Development and Certifications
Lead Surveyor
Milford, OH Nashville, TN
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Lilian Abbo, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer for Infectious Diseases Jackson Health System
Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Dana Nguyen, RN
Infection Control Practitioner, Program Coordinator II
Clark County Washington
Vancouver, WA
National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA)
Vacant
Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)
Eve Cuny, MS
Vice Chairperson, Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Andi Shane, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Interim Division Chief
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Marcus Professor of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Natalie Bruce
Associate Director, Infection Prevention and Surveillance Division, Infectious Prevention and Control Branch
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN
Clinical Nurse Scientist
Cooper University Hospital
Cooper Research Institute
Camden, NJ
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Designated Federal Officer
Alexander J. Kallen, MD, MPH
Chief
Prevention and Response Branch
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Co-Chair
(Interim)
Sharon Wright, MD, MPH
Chief
Infection Prevention Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge, MA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Elaine Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Term: 10/8/2018-12/31/2023
Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH
Vice President, Quality and Clinical Integration
Ascension
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Term: 7/1/2019-12/31/2023
Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Term: 7/1/2019-12/31/2023
JoAnne Reifsnyder, PHD, MBA, MSN
Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations
Genesis HealthCare
Kennett Square, PA
Term: 7/1/2019-12/31/2023
Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD
Chief of Infection Control, Mass General Brigham
Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2026
David Jay Weber, MD MPH
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Medical Center Medical Director, Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI
Associate Professor
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Senior Epidemiologist
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
Sharon Wright, MD, MPH
Chief Infection Prevention Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge, MA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Leyi Lin, MD, FACP
Medical Officer
Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Vacant
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Judy Trawick
Public Health Analyst, Office of Regional Operations
Atlanta, GA
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LCDR Scott Steffen, PhD
Senior Program Management Officer
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Chris Lombardozzi, MD
Vice President and CMO – Quality
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Spartanburg, SC
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Pamela Truscott, MSN, RN
Senior Manager, Clinical and Regulatory Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Evelyn Knoelle
Senior Associate Director, Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Holly Carpenter, RN
Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
American Nurses Association
Silver Spring, MD
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Karen DeKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Darlene Carey, MSN, RN
System Director Infection Prevention and Control
Northside Hospital
Lawrenceville, GA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Kris Ehresmann, RN, MPH
Division Director
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Ashley Fell, MPH
Epidemiologist Senior/HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
DNV GL
Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA
Manager, Program Development and Certifications
Lead Surveyor
Milford, OH Nashville, TN
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Lilian Abbo, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer for Infectious Diseases Jackson Health System
Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Dana Nguyen, RN
Infection Control Practitioner, Program Coordinator II
Clark County Washington
Vancouver, WA
National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA)
Vacant
Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)
Eve Cuny, MS
Vice Chairperson, Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Andi Shane, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Interim Division Chief
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Marcus Professor of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Natalie Bruce
Associate Director, Infection Prevention and Surveillance Division, Infectious Prevention and Control Branch
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN
Clinical Nurse Scientist
Cooper University Hospital
Cooper Research Institute
Camden, NJ
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Co-Chairs
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 1/10/2019-6/30/2022
Designated Federal Officer
Michael Bell, MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH
Director
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Term: 10/10/2018-12/31/2021
Nicholas Daniels, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Term: 1/8/2019-6/30/2022
Elaine Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Term: 10/8/2018-12/31/2021
Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH
Vice President, Quality and Clinical Integration
Ascension
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Term: 7/1/2019-6/30/2023
Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Term: 7/1/2019-6/30/2023
Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
Michael Lin, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Term: 4/11/2019-6/30/2022
Michael Anne Preas, RN
Senior Director, Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Term: 1/18/2019-6/30/2022
JoAnne Reifsnyder, PHD, MBA, MSN
Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations
Genesis HealthCare
Kennett Square, PA
Term: 7/1/2019-6/30/2023
Sharon Wright, MD, MPH
Chief Infection Prevention Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge, MA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Melissa Miller, MD, BSN, MS
Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Vacant
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Judy Trawick
Public Health Analyst, Office of Regional Operations
Atlanta, GA
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Jonathan Merrell, RN, BNS, MBA
Deputy Director
Office of the Director
Quality Health Care Services
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Vacant
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Chris Lombardozzi, MD
Vice President and CMO – Quality
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Spartanburg, SC
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Pamela Truscott, MSN, RN
Senior Manager, Clinical and Regulatory Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
VACANT
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Holly Carpenter, RN
Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
American Nurses Association
Silver Spring, MD
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Alan Kliger, MD
Vice President, Medical Director of Clinical Integration
Yale New Haven Health Systems
New Haven, CT
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Karen DeKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC
System Director Infection Prevention and Control
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Kris Ehresmann, RN, MPH
Division Director
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Ashley Fell, MPH
Epidemiologist Senior/HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
DNV GL
Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA
Manager, Program Development and Certifications
Lead Surveyor
Milford, OH Nashville, TN
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
Professor – Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Benjamin Schwartz, MD
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Population Health
Fairfax County Health Department
Fairfax, VA
National Rural Health Association
Hana E. Hinkle, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Interim Division Chief
Associate Director, National Center for Rural Health Professions
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
Rockford, IL
Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)
Eve Cuny, MS
Vice Chairperson, Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Patient Safety Action Network (PSAN)
Lisa McGiffert
PSAN Co-founder and Board President
Austin, TX
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Vacant
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Toju Ogunremi, BSc, MSc
Acting Manager, Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN
Clinical Nurse Scientist
Cooper University Hospital
Cooper Research Institute
Camden, NJ
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Keith Kaye, MD, MPH
Director of Research, Infectious Diseases
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Co-Chairs
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 1/10/2019-6/30/2022
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Term: 04/19/2019-6/30/2021
Designated Federal Officer
Michael Bell, MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH
Director
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Term: 10/10/2018-6/30/2021
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Nicholas Daniels, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Term: 1/8/2019-6/30/2022
Elaine Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Term: 10/8/2018-6/30/2021
Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH
Vice President, Quality and Clinical Integration
Ascension
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Term: 7/1/2019-6/30/2023
Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Term: 7/1/2019-6/30/2023
Michael Lin, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Term: 4/11/2019-6/30/2022
Jan Patterson, MD
Professor of Medicine/Infectious Disease and Pathology
Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Director, Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX
Term: 1/14/2019-6/30/2020
Michael Anne Preas, RN
Senior Director, Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Term: 1/18/2019-6/30/2022
JoAnne Reifsnyder, PHD, MBA, MSN
Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations
Genesis HealthCare
Kennett Square, PA
Term: 7/1/2019-6/30/2023
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Melissa Miller, MD, BSN, MS
Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Judy Trawick
Public Health Analyst, Office of Regional Operations
Atlanta, GA
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Tara N. Palmore, MD
Hospital Epidemiologist
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Chris Lombardozzi, MD
Vice President and CMO – Quality
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Spartanburg, SC
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Pamela Truscott, MSN, RN
Senior Manager, Clinical and Regulatory Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Evelyn Knoelle
Senior Associate Director, Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Holly Carpenter, RN
Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
American Nurses Association
Silver Spring, MD
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Alan Kliger, MD
Vice President, Medical Director of Clinical Integration
Yale New Haven Health Systems
New Haven, CT
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Karen DeKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Darlene Carey, MSN, RN
System Director Infection Prevention and Control
Northside Hospital
Lawrenceville, GA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Kris Ehresmann, RN, MPH
Division Director
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Ashley Fell, MPH
Epidemiologist Senior/HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
DNV GL
Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA
Manager, Program Development and Certifications
Lead Surveyor
Milford, OH Nashville, TN
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
Professor – Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Dana Nguyen, RN
Infection Control Practitioner, Program Coordinator II
Clark County Washington
Vancouver, WA
National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA)
Vacant
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Andi Shane, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Interim Division Chief
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Marcus Professor of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN
Clinical Nurse Scientist
Cooper University Hospital
Cooper Research Institute
Camden, NJ
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Louise Dembry, MD, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Hospital Epidemiology
VA Connecticut Healthcare
West Haven, CT
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Co-Chairs
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 1/10/2019-6/30/2022
Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director, UCSF Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Term: 1/19/2016-6/30/2019
Designated Federal Official
Michael Bell, MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH
Director
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Term: 10/10/2018-6/30/2021
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Term: 12/6/2018-6/30/2019
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Nicholas Daniels, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Term: 1/8/2019-6/30/2022
Elaine Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Term: 10/8/2018-6/30/2021
Loretta Fauerbach, MS, CIC
Infection Preventionist Consultant
Fauerbach & Associates, LLC
Gainesville, FL
Term: 1/15/2016-6/30/2019
Michael Howell, MD, MPH
Chief Clinical Strategist
Google Research, Google, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
Term: 1/21/2016-6/30/2019
W. Charles Huskins, MD
Chair, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Term: 10/4/2018-6/30/2019
Jan Patterson, MD
Professor of Medicine/Infectious Disease and Pathology
Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Director, Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX
Term: 1/14/2019-6/30/2020
Michael Anne Preas, RN
Senior Director, Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Term: 1/18/2019-6/30/2022
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Melissa Miller, MD, BSN, MS
Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Yvonne Chow, MPP
Program Coordinator/MBQIP Coordinator
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Chris Lombardozzi, MD
Vice President and CMO – Quality
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Spartanburg, SC
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Holly Harmon, RN, MBA
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Evelyn Knoelle
Senior Associate Director, Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Holly Carpenter, RN
Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
American Nurses Association
Silver Spring, MD
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Alan Kliger, MD
Vice President, Medical Director of Clinical Integration
Yale New Haven Health Systems
New Haven, CT
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Karen DeKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Darlene Carey, MSN, RN
System Director Infection Prevention and Control
Gwinnett Health System
Lawrenceville, GA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Kris Ehresmann, RN, MPH
Division Director
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Marion Kainer, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections
Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
DNV GL
Linda Spaulding, RN
DNV GL NAIHO/CIP Surveyor
Milford, OH
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
Professor – Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Dana Nguyen, RN
Infection Control Practitioner, Program Coordinator II
Clark County Washington
Vancouver, WA
National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA)
Vacant
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Andi Shane, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Interim Division Chief
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Marcus Professor of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN
Clinical Nurse Scientist
Cooper University Hospital
Cooper Research Institute
Camden, NJ
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Louise Dembry, MD, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Hospital Epidemiology
VA Connecticut Healthcare
West Haven, CT
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Co-Chairs
Daniel Diekema, MD, MS
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Term: 12/16/2014-6/30/2018
Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director, UCSF Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Term: 1/19/2016-6/30/2019
Designated Federal Officer
Michael Bell, MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH
Director
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Term: 10/10/2018-6/30/2021
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Term: 12/6/2018-6/30/2019
Vickie Brown, MPH
Infection Prevention Consultant
Carrboro, NC
Term: 12/29/2014-6/30/2018
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Elaine Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Term: 10/8/2018-6/30/2021
Loretta Fauerbach, MS, CIC
Infection Preventionist Consultant
Fauerbach & Associates, LLC
Gainesville, FL
Term: 1/15/2016-6/30/2019
Michael Howell, MD, MPH
Chief Clinical Strategist
Google Research, Google, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
Term: 1/21/2016-6/30/2019
Jan Patterson, MD
Professor of Medicine/Infectious Disease and Pathology
Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Director, Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2018
Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH
Professor and Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Director, Trauma Center
Executive Vice President, Community Health Engagement
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Term: 10/20/2016-6/30/2018
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Yvonne Chow, MPP
Program Coordinator/MBQIP Coordinator
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Melissa Miller, MD, BSN, MS
Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Gary Roselle, MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Chris Lombardozzi, MD
Vice President and CMO – Quality
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Spartanburg, SC
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Holly Harmon, RN, MBA
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Evelyn Knoelle
Senior Associate Director, Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Holly Carpenter, RN
Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
American Nurses Association
Silver Spring, MD
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Alan Kliger, MD
Vice President, Medical Director of Clinical Integration
Yale New Haven Health Systems
New Haven, CT
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Amber Wood, MSN, RN
Senior Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Darlene Carey, MSN, RN
System Director Infection Prevention and Control
Gwinnett Health System
Lawrenceville, GA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Kris Ehresmann, RN, MPH
Division Director
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Marion Kainer, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections
Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
DNV GL
Linda Spaulding, RN
DNVGL NAIHO Surveyor/MIR Coordinator
InCo and Associates International, Inc.
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
Professor – Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Dana Nguyen, RN
Infection Control Practitioner, Program Coordinator II
Clark County Washington
Vancouver, WA
National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA)
Vacant
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Andi Shane, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Interim Division Chief
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Marcus Professor of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Louise Dembry, MD, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Hospital Epidemiology
VA Connecticut Healthcare
West Haven, CT
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Craig Coopersmith, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, 5E Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Associate Director, Emory Critical Care Center
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Co-Chairs
Daniel Diekema, MD, MS
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Term: 12/16/2014-6/30/2018
Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director, UCSF Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Term: 1/19/2016-6/30/2019
Designated Federal Officer
Michael Bell, MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Term: 12/10/2013-6/30/2017
Vickie Brown, MPH
Infection Prevention Consultant
Carrboro, NC
Term: 12/29/2014-6/30/2018
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Sheri Chernetsky Tekedor, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics
Division of Hospital Medicine, Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Term: 12/19/2013-6/30/2017
Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Loretta Fauerbach, MS, CIC
Infection Preventionist Consultant
Fauerbach & Associates, LLC
Gainesville, FL
Term: 1/15/2016-6/30/2019
Michael Howell, MD, MPH
Chief Clinical Strategist
Google Research, Google, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
Term: 1/21/2016-6/30/2019
W. Charles Huskins, MD
Chair, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Term: 12/11/2013-6/30/2017
Lynn Janssen, MS
Chief, Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Center for Health Care Quality
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA
Term: 12/9/2013-6/30/2017
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2018
Jan Patterson, MD
Professor of Medicine/Infectious Disease and Pathology
Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Director, Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2018
Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH
Professor and Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Director, Trauma Center
Executive Vice President, Community Health Engagement
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Term: 10/20/2016-6/30/2018
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Paul Moore, PhD
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Melissa Miller, MD, BSN, MS
Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Gary Roselle, MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Elaine Marie Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Holly Harmon, RN, MBA
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Evelyn Knoelle
Senior Associate Director, Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Sharon Morgan, MSN, RN, NP-C
Senior Policy Advisor
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
Silver Spring, MD
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Amber Wood, MSN, RN
Senior Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Darlene Carey, MSN, RN
System Director Infection Prevention and Control
Gwinnett Health System
Lawrenceville, GA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Emily Lutterloh, MD, MPH
Director, Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY
Consumers Union
Lisa McGiffert, BA
Project Director, Safe Patient Project
Austin, TX
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Marion Kainer, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections
Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
DNV GL
Linda Spaulding, RN
DNVGL NAIHO Surveyor/MIR Coordinator
InCo and Associates International, Inc.
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
Professor – Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Jacqueline Lawler, MPH, CDC, CPH
Epidemiologist
Orange County Health Department
Goshen, NY
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Louise Dembry, MD, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Hospital Epidemiology
VA Connecticut Healthcare
West Haven, CT
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Craig Coopersmith, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, 5E Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Associate Director, Emory Critical Care Center
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Co-Chairs
Daniel Diekema, MD, MS
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Term: 12/16/2014-6/30/2018
Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH
Hospital Epidemiologist
Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 1/19/2016-6/30/2019
Designated Federal Officer
Jeffrey Hageman, MHS
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Term: 12/10/2013-6/30/2017
Vickie Brown, MPH
Director, Infection Prevention & Control
WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Raleigh, NC
Term: 12/29/2014-6/30/2018
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Sheri Chernetsky Tekedor, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics
Division of Hospital Medicine, Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Term: 12/19/2013-6/30/2017
Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Research Scientist
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Term: 10/19/2016-6/30/2020
Loretta Fauerbach, MS, CIC
Infection Preventionist Consultant
Fauerbach & Associates, LLC
Gainesville, FL
Term: 1/15/2016-6/30/2019
Michael Howell, MD, MPH
Associate Chief Medical Officer – Clinical Quality
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Term: 1/21/2016-6/30/2019
W. Charles Huskins, MD
Chair, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Term: 12/11/2013-6/30/2017
Lynn Janssen, MS
Chief, Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Center for Health Care Quality
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA
Term: 12/9/2013-6/30/2017
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2018
Jan Patterson, MD
Professor of Medicine/Infectious Disease and Pathology
Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Director, Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2018
Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Term: 10/20/2016-6/30/2018
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Paul Moore, PhD
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Melissa Miller, MD, BSN, MS
Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Gary Roselle, MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Elaine Marie Dekker, RN
Infection Prevention & Control Program Manager
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco
General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Surgery
Baltimore, MD
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Holly Harmon, RN, MBA
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Nancy Foster
Vice President, Quality & Patient
Safety Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Amber Wood, MSN, RN
Senior Perioperative Practice Specialist
Association of perioperative Registered Nurses
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
PREAS, Michael Anne, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC
Director Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Emily Lutterloh, MD, MPH
Director, Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY
Consumers Union
Lisa McGiffert, BA
Project Director, Safe Patient Project
Austin, TX
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Marion Kainer, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections
Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
DNV GL
Linda Spaulding, RN
DNVGL NAIHO Surveyor/MIR Coordinator
InCo and Associates International, Inc.
Lakewood Ranch, FL
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
Professor – Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Jacqueline Lawler, MPH, CDC, CPH
Epidemiologist
Orange County Health Department
Goshen, NY
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Mark E. Rupp, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Department of Infection Control & Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Craig Coopersmith, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, 5E Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Associate Director, Emory Critical Care Center
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
C. Bruce Morton Professor of Surgery and Public Health Sciences
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Chair
Daniel Diekema, MD, MS
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Term: 12/16/2014-6/30/2018
Designated Federal Officer
Jeffrey Hageman, MHS
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Term: 12/10/2013-6/30/2017
Vickie Brown, MPH
Director, Infection Prevention & Control
WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Raleigh, NC
Term: 12/29/2014-6/30/2018
Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics
Division of Hospital Medicine, Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Term: 12/19/2013-6/30/2017
Susan Huang, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institue
University of California Irvine Health School of Medicine
Orange, CA
Term: 7/1/2013-6/30/2015
W. Charles Huskins, MD
Chair, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Term: 12/11/2013-6/30/2017
Lynn Janssen, MS
Chief, Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Center for Health Care Quality
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA
Term: 12/9/2013-6/30/2017
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2018
Jan Patterson, MD
Professor of Medicine/Infectious Disease and Pathology
Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Director, Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2018
Gina Pugliese, RN, MS
Vice President, Safety Institute
Premier Healthcare Alliance
St. Joseph, MI
Term: 12/19/2014-6/30/2015
Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Term: 9/5/2012-6/30/2016
Thomas Talbot, MD MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Chief Hospital Epidemiologist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Term: 12/17/2014-6/30/2016
Michael Tapper, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Term: 9/5/2012-6/30/2016
Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH
Hospital Epidemiologist
Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 3/5/2012-6/30/2015
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Paul Moore, PhD
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
William Baine, MD
Chief Medical Officer (Research)
Division of Practice Improvement
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Rockville, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Gary Roselle, MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Michael McElroy, MPH, CIC
Infection Preventionist
Infection Control/Prevention Department
Alameda Health System
Oakland, CA
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Surgery
Baltimore, MD
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Holly Harmon, RN, MBA
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Nancy Foster
Vice President, Quality & Patient
Safety Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Amber Wood, MSN, RN
Senior Perioperative Practice Specialist
Association of perioperative Registered Nurses
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
PREAS, Michael Anne, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC
Director Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Emily Lutterloh, MD, MPH
Director, Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY
Consumers Union
Lisa McGiffert, BA
Project Director, Safe Patient Project
Austin, TX
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Marion Kainer, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections
Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
DNV Healthcare, Inc.
Vacant
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
Professor – Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Vacant
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Mark E. Rupp, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Department of Infection Control & Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Michael Howell, MD, MPH
Associate Chief Medical Officer – Clinical Quality
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
C. Bruce Morton Professor of Surgery and Public Health Sciences
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Chair
Neil Fishman, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Designated Federal Officer
Jeffrey Hageman, MHS
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Term: 12/10/2013-6/30/2017
Ruth Carrico, PhD, RN, CIC
Associate Professor
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Louisville, KY
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics
Division of Hospital Medicine, Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Term: 12/19/2013-6/30/2017
Daniel Diekema, MD, MS
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Mary Hayden, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Director, Division of Clinical Microbiology
Rush Medical Laboratories, Rush University Medical Center, Rush Medical College
Chicago, IL
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Susan Huang, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institue
University of California Irvine Health School of Medicine
Orange, CA
Term: 7/1/2013-6/30/2015
W. Charles Huskins, MD
Chair, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Term: 12/11/2013-6/30/2017
Lynn Janssen, MS
Chief, Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Center for Health Care Quality
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA
Term: 12/9/2013-6/30/2017
Gina Pugliese, RN, MS
Vice President, Safety Institute
Premier Healthcare Alliance
St. Joseph, MI
Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2014
Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Term: 9/5/2012-6/30/2016
Thomas Talbot, MD MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Chief Hospital Epidemiologist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Michael Tapper, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Term: 9/5/2012-6/30/2016
Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH
Hospital Epidemiologist
Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 3/5/2012-6/30/2015
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Paul Moore, PhD
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
William Baine, MD
Chief Medical Officer (Research)
Division of Practice Improvement
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Rockville, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Gary Roselle, MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS
Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Michael McElroy, MPH, CIC
Infection Preventionist
Infection Control/Prevention Department
Alameda Health System
Oakland, CA
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Surgery
Baltimore, MD
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Holly Harmon, RN, MBA
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Nancy Foster
Vice President, Quality & Patient
Safety Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Amber Wood, MSN, RN
Perioperative Nursing Specialist
Association of perioperative Registered Nurses
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
PREAS, Michael Anne, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC
Director Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Emily Lutterloh, MD, MPH
Director, Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY
Consumers Union
Lisa McGiffert, BA
Project Director, Safe Patient Project
Austin, TX
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Marion Kainer, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections
Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
DNV Healthcare, Inc.
Janet Franck
Global Program Director
Managing Infection Risk (MIR)
DNV Healthcare US and Global
Chicago, IL
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Stephen Weber, MD, ScM
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
Chief Medical Officer
Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Diana Gaviria, MD, MPH
Health Officer
Berkeley County Health Department
Martinsburg, WV
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Mark E. Rupp, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Department of Infection Control & Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Michael Howell, MD, MPH
Associate Chief Medical Officer – Clinical Quality
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
University of Virginia Professor of Surgery and Public Health Sciences
Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery
and Outcomes Research
Charlottesville, VA
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC
Chair
Neil Fishman, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Designated Federal Officer
Jeffrey Hageman, MHS
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH
Professor and Associate Dean
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
College of Public Health
Oklahoma City, OK
Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013
Ruth Carrico, PhD, RN, CIC
Associate Professor
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Louisville, KY
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Daniel Diekema, MD, MS
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Alexis Elward, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Term: 7/1/2009-3/30/2013
Mary Hayden, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Director, Division of Clinical Microbiology
Rush Medical Laboratories, Rush University Medical Center, Rush Medical College
Chicago, IL
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Susan Huang, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institue
University of California Irvine Health School of Medicine
Orange, CA
Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013
Stephen Ostroff, MD
Director, Bureau of Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Harrisburg, PA
Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013
Gina Pugliese, RN, MS
Vice President, Safety Institute
Premier Healthcare Alliance
St. Joseph, MI
Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2014
Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Term: 9/5/2012-6/30/2016
Thomas Talbot, MD MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Chief Hospital Epidemiologist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014
Michael Tapper, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Term: 9/5/2012-6/30/2016
Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH
Hospital Epidemiologist
Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 3/5/2012-6/30/2015
HICPAC ex officio members represent various health-related federal agencies.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Paul Moore, PhD
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
William Baine, MD
Chief Medical Officer (Research)
Division of Practice Improvement
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Rockville, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Gary Roselle, MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Survey and Certification Group
Baltimore, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Sheila Murphey, MD
Medical Officer
Infection Control Devices Branch
Office of Device Evaluation
Center for Devices and Radiology Health,
Silver Spring, MD
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH)
Silvia Munoz-Price, MD
Medical Director – Department of Infection Control Jackson Memorial Hospital
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine -University of Miami
Miami, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
Sandra Fitzler, RN
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Nancy Foster
Vice President, Quality & Patient
Safety Policy
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Amber Wood, MSN, RN
Perioperative Nursing Specialist
Association of perioperative Registered Nurses
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
PREAS, Michael Anne, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC
Director Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Emily Lutterloh, MD, MPH
Director, Bureau of Healthcare Associated Infections
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY
Consumers Union
Lisa McGiffert, BA
Project Director, Safe Patient Project
Austin, TX
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Marion Kainer, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Associated Infections
Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
DNV Healthcare, Inc.
Janet Franck
Global Program Director
Managing Infection Risk (MIR)
DNV Healthcare US and Global
Chicago, IL
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
Donna Tiberi, RN
Standards Interpretation Staff
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
Chicago, IL
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
W. Charles Huskins, MD, MSc
Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Diana Gaviria, MD, MPH
Health Officer
Berkeley County Health Department
Martinsburg, WV
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Kathleen Dunn, RN
Manager, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Section
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Mark E. Rupp, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Department of Infection Control & Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Michael Howell, MD, MPH
Associate Chief Medical Officer – Clinical Quality
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
George Dock Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Associate Chief of Medicine
Ann Arbor VAMC
Division of General Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
University of Virginia Professor of Surgery and Public Health Sciences
Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery
and Outcomes Research
Charlottesville, VA
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Margaret Vanamringe, MHS
Vice President for Public Policy and Government Relations
The Joint Commission
Washington, DC