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Ad Hoc Workgroup on the Secondary Uses of Health Data
Executive Subcommittee
Workgroup on National Health Information Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Standards and Security
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality
Subcommittee on Populations
Workgroup on Quality

HHS EXECUTIVE STAFF DIRECTOR

James Scanlon
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Science and Data Policy
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS
Humphrey Building, Room 442-E
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 202-690-7100
FAX: 202-690-5882
E-Mail: jim.scanlon@hhs.gov

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Marjorie S. Greenberg
Chief
Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff
Office of the Director
National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
Phone: 301-458-4245
Fax : 301-458-4022
E-Mail: msg1@cdc.gov

Staff to the Ad Hoc Workgroup on the Secondary Uses of Health Data *Lead Staff
Debbie Jackson* Senior Program Analyst Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff Office of the Director National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2002 Phone: 301-458-4614 Fax: 301-458-4022 E-mail: dkj1@cdc.gov	Margret Amatayakul Consultant
Kristine Martin Anderson Principal Booz Allen Hamilton 8283 Greensboro Drive McLean VA 22102 USA Phone: 703-902-5000 Fax: 703-902-3333	Kelly Cronin Director, Office of Programs and Coordination Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Email: kelly.cronin@hhs.gov
Jodi Daniel, J.D, M.P.H. Director Office of Policy and Research Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information and Technology Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-401-5191 Email: jodi.daniel@hhs.gov	Mary Jo Deering, Ph.D. Director for Informatics Dissemination NCI Center for Bioinformatics National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, USDHHS 6116 Executive Blvd. - #403 Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301- 496-3458 Fax: 301- 480-4222 E-mail: deeringm@mail.nih.gov
Erin M. Grant Associate Booz l Allen l Hamilton 1101 Wootton Parkway, 8th Floor Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 240-314- 5622 Fax: 240-314-5510	Marjorie S. Greenberg Chief Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff Office of the Director National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402 Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 Phone: 301-458-4245 Fax : 301-458-4022 E-Mail: msg1@cdc.gov
Morris Landau Policy Analyst Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information and Technology Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-205-8493 Email: morris.landau@hhs.gov	John W. Loonsk, M.D. Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Email: john.loonsk@hhs.gov
Steven J. Steindel, Ph.D. Senior Advisor Standards and Vocabulary Resource Information Resources Management Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road, MD D-45 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Phone: 404-639-7484 Fax: 404-639-7711 E-Mail: sns6@cdc.gov	P. Jon White, MD Health IT Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 Phone: 301-427-1171 Email: jonathan.white@ahrq.hhs.gov

Staff to the Executive Subcommittee
Debbie M. Jackson Senior Program Analyst Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff Office of the Director National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2002 Phone: 301-458-4614 Fax: 301-458-4022 E-mail: dkj1@cdc.gov	Katherine Jones Program Analyst Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff Office of the Director National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2002 Phone: 301-458-4303 Fax: 301-458-4022 E-mail: kdj1@cdc.gov
Lead Staff for Subcommittees and Workgroups

Staff to the Workgroup on National Health Information Infrastructure * Lead Staff **OS/ASPE NHII Liaison
Mary Jo Deering, Ph.D.* Director for Informatics Dissemination Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, USDHHS 2115 East Jefferson - #6600 Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301- 496-3458 Fax: 301- 480-6641 E-mail: deeringm@mail.nih.gov	Linda Fischetti, RN MS Health Informatics Architect Future Health Systems Design and Usability Health Information Architecture Veterans Health Administration 1335 East West Highway suite 3100 Silver Spring MD 20910 Phohe: 301-734-0417 Fax: 301-734-0111 E-mail: Linda.Fischetti@med.va.gov
Kathleen H. Fyffe, Senior Advisor Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) DHHS - Humphrey Building, Room 517-D 200 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-690-7152 or 202-205-0670 E-mail: Kathleen.Fyffe@hhs.gov	Robert Kambic Senior Health Informatics Consultant CMS OCSQ Suite S3-24-15 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, Maryland 21244 Phone: 410-786-1515 E-mail: robert.kambic@cms.hhs.gov
Steven J. Steindel, Ph.D. Senior Advisor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Standards and Vocabulary Resource Information Resources Management Office 1600 Clifton Road, MD D-45 Atlanta, GA 30333 Phone: 404-639-7484 Fax: 404-639-7711 E-Mail: sns6@cdc.gov	Karen Trudel Deputy Director, Office of E-Health Standards & Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mail Stop: S2-26-17 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore MD 21244-1850 Phone: 410-786-9937 Fax: 410-786-1347 E-Mail: ktrudel@cms.hhs.gov
Cynthia Wark, MSN, RN, BC Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services South Building - Rm S3-26-13 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21244 Phone: 410-786-1041 E-mail:Cwark@cms.hhs.gov	Michelle Williamson, R.N., MS Health Informatics Scientist National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Office of the Director Classifications & Public Health Data Standards 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2421 Hyattsville, MD 20782 Phone: 301-458-46818 Fax: 301-458-4022 Email: mwilliamson@cdc.gov

Staff to the Subcommittee on Standards * Lead Staff
Denise M. Buenning, MSM.* Senior Advisor Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of E-Health Standards & Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Phone: 410-786-6700 Email: denise.buenning@cms.hhs.gov	Vivian Auld Senior Specialist for Health Data Standards National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS 8600 Rockville Pike, Mail Stop 20 Bldg. 38A, Room 4S410 Bethesda, MD 20894 Phone: 301- 496-7974 Fax: 301-402-3193 E-mail: auld@nlm.nih.gov
Suzie Burke-Bebee, MS, BSN, RN Senior Informatician National Health Information Infrastructure Office of the Ass't Secretary for Planning & Evaluation Dept. of Health and Human Services Humphrey Bldg, Rm. 440-D 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Phone: 202-401-8266 Email: Suzie.Burke-Bebee@hhs.gov	Jorge Ferrer, MD, MBA Health Informatics Specialist Veterans Health Administration OIFO Office of Health Data and Informatics 10000 Bay Pines Blvd Bay Pines, FL 33744 Phone: 727-792-1880 Email: jorge.ferrer@va.gov
J. Michael Fitzmaurice, Ph.D. Senior Science Advisor for Information Technology Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 540 Gaither Road, Suite 3026 Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 301-427-1227 Fax: 301-427-1210 E-Mail: michael.fitzmaurice@ahrq.hhs.gov	Kathleen H. Fyffe Dept. of Health and Human Services Humphrey Building 200 Independence Ave., S.W., Room 440-D Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-690-7152 E-Mail: Kathleen.Fyffe@hhs.gov
James Garvie Deputy Director Division of Information Resources Indian Health Service 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 5A-21 Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-443-0750 Fax: 301-443-7279 E-Mail: james.garvie@mail.ihs.gov	Marjorie S. Greenberg Chief, Data Policy and Standards Staff Office of the Director National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402 Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 Phone: 301-458-4245 Fax : 301-458-4022 E-Mail: msg1@cdc.gov
Betsy L. Humphreys Assistant Director Health Services Research Information National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 38, Room 2W06 Bethesda, MD 20894 Phone: 301-496-6921 Fax: 301-496-6923 E-Mail: blh@nlm.nih.gov	Randy Levin, M.D., FDA Director for Health and Regulatory Data Standards Food and Drug Administration 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-74 Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-827-7784
Donna Pickett Medical Systems Administrator Classifications & Public Health Data Standards Staff Office of the Director National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2337 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2002 Phone: 301-458-4434 Fax: 301-458-4022 E-mail: dfp4@CDC.GOV	James Scanlon Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of Science and Data Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS Hubert Humphrey Building, Room 442-E 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-690-7100 FAX: 202-690-5882 E-Mail: jim.scanlon@hhs.gov
Steven J. Steindel, Ph.D. Senior Advisor Standards and Vocabulary Resource Information Resources Management Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road, MD D-45 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Phone: 404-639-7484 Fax: 404-639-7711 E-Mail: sns6@cdc.gov	Karen Trudel Deputy Director, Office of E-Health Standards & Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mail Stop: S2-26-17 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore MD 21244-1850 Phone: 410-786-9937 Fax: 410-786-1347 E-Mail: ktrudel@cms.hhs.gov

Staff to the Subcommittee on Privacy and Security * Lead Staff ***OS/OCR Privacy Liaison
Maya Bernstein, J.D .* Privacy Advocate ASPE/OSDP Room 436E Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-690-5896 E-Mail: maya.bernstein@hhs.gov	Amy Chapper, J.D. Technical Advisor Privacy Rights & Protection Staff Center for Beneficiary Choices Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard, Mailstop S1-05-06 Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850 Phone: 410-786-0367 Fax: 410-786-9963 E-Mail: achapper@cms.hhs.gov
Kathleen H. Fyffe Dept. of Health and Human Services Humphrey Building 200 Independence Ave., S.W., Room 440-D Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-690-7152 E-Mail: Kathleen.Fyffe@hhs.gov	Gail Horlick, M.S.W., J.D. Program Analyst National Immunization Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E-62 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Phone: 404-639-8345 Fax: 404-639-8548 E-Mail: gyh6@cdc.gov
Hetty Khan Health Informatics Specialist Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics 3311 Toledo Road Room 2410 Hyattsville, MD 20782 Phone: 301-458-4311 Fax: 301458-4022 E-mail: hdk1@cdc.gov	Susan McAndrew, OS/OCR*** Senior Policy Specialist Office for Civil Rights 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-260-3314 E-mail: Susan.McAndrew@hhs.gov
Sarah Wattenberg, LCSW-C Public Health Advisor/SAMHSA HIPAA Coordinator Organization and Financing Branch, Rm.740/7-195 Division of Services Improvement Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adm. 5515 Security Lane Rockville , MD 20852 Phone: 301-443-0092 Fax: 301-443-3543 E-mail: sarah.wattenberg@samhsa.hhs.gov

Staff to the Subcommittee on Populations * Lead Staff
Debbie M. Jackson* Senior Program Analyst Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff Office of the Director National Center for Health Statistics, CDC 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2002 Phone: 301-458-4614 Fax: 301-458-4022 E-mail: dkj1@cdc.gov	Nancy Breen, Ph.D. Economist Health Services and Economics Branch Aplied Research Program National Cancer Institute, EPN 4005 6130 Executive Blve, MSC 7344 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7344 Phone: 301-496-4675 Fax: 301-435-3710 E-mail: nbl9k@nih.gov
Leslie Cooper, Ph.D ,MPH,BSN,RN CAPTAIN/USPHS Nurse Epidemiologist NIH/NCI/CRCHD/HPB 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 602 Rockville, MD 20852-8341 Phone: 301-402-5557 Fax: 301-435-9225 E-mail: lc58q@nih.gov	Brenda Evelyn
Miryam Granthon, M.P.H., OPHS Office of Minority Health Office of Public Health Service 1101 Wootton Parkway Suite 600 Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: 240-453-6152 E-Mail: Miryam.Granthon@DHHS.GOV	Dale C. Hitchcock Office of Science and Data Policy, DHHS Humphrey Building, Room 440-D 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202-690-7100 Fax: 202-690-5882 E-Mail: Dale.Hitchcock@HHS.gov
Jacqueline Lucas, NCHS Senior Health Statistician Division of Health Interview Statistics National Center for Health Statistics 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2002 Phone: 301-458-4355 Fax: 301-458-4035 E-Mail: JLucas@cdc.gov	Edna L. Paisano Principal Statistician Office of Public Health Indian Health Service 801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 120 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Phone: 301-443-1180 FAX: 301-443-4087/1522 E-mail: epaisano@hqe.ihs.gov

Staff to the Subcommittee on Quality

*Lead Staff

** Liaison

Marybeth Farquhar, RN, MSN*
Senior Advisor, Quality Indicators Initiative
Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets
Agency for Healthcare, Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-427-1317
Fax: 301-427-1430
E-mail: marybeth.farquhar@ahrq.hhs.gov

J. Michael Fitzmaurice, Ph.D.
Senior Science Advisor for Information Technology
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road, Suite 3026
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-594-3938
Fax: 301-594-2168
E-Mail: mfitzmau@ahcpr.gov

Robert Kambic
Senior Health Informatics Consultant
CMS OCSQ Suite S3-24-15
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21244
Phone: 410-786-1515
E-mail: robert.kambic@cms.hhs.gov

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Last updated 08/29/08

Staff to NCVHS

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Staff to the Ad Hoc Workgroup on the Secondary Uses of Health Data

Staff to the Executive Subcommittee

Staff to the Workgroup on National Health Information Infrastructure

Staff to the Subcommittee on Standards

Staff to the Subcommittee on Privacy and Security

Staff to the Subcommittee on Populations

Staff to the Subcommittee on Quality