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To: President Obama and Members of Congress 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 481-8219 www.drsforamerica.org To: President Obama and Members of Congress We, the undersigned health care professionals urge you to pass gun safety legislation immediately and present the nation with a comprehensive plan to curtail gun-related violence. America’s health care professionals are on the front lines of gun violence. Together with our allied health professionals, we see the physical, emotional, and psychological toll in our emergency rooms and clinics every day. The human toll of gun violence in our society is heartbreaking and unacceptable. Physicians and nurses can no longer remain silent on this issue. Thirty thousand American lives are lost each year because of bullets, stray or intended. This constitutes a public health crisis of the highest order. The complexity of gun violence and politics of gun safety laws can no longer be excuses for our elected leaders to avoid taking action to curb gun violence. Sincerely, ALASKA ALABAMA Sharon Smith, MD, MPH Suhail Shafi, MD Clinician, Community Health Center Ozark Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center Anchorage Maurice Albin, MD Professor Anne McCue University of Alabama School of Medicine Anchorage Birmingham George Gilson, MD Jasvinder Singh, MD Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Birmingham Anchorage Alice Neumann, MD Susannah Olnes, MD Small business owner Anchorage Pinnacle Pathology PC Auburn Terrin Phillips, PA-S Anchorage Kenneth Saag Birmingham Doctors for America is a national movement of doctors and medical student in all 50 states who are working together to improve the health of the nation and to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, high-quality health care. www.drsforamerica.org Tom Ellison, MD, PhD Nathan Erdmann, MD, PhD Birmingham Birmingham David R Mauritson, MD, JD Stephanie Gaskin President, Cardiology Associates of West Birmingham Alabama Fairhope T.H Delfos Birmingham James Raper, CRNP, JD Director, 1917 HIV Clinic Marsha Sturdevant, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Gina Dobbs, BSN, MSN Nurse Practitioner Kathleen Troup, BSN, MSN University of Alabama at Birmingham Nurse Practitioner Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Michael Messer, BSN University of Alabama at Birmingham Blake Thomas, MD Candidate Birmingham University of South Alabama Mobile David Butler Birmingham Robert Lowe, MD, PhD Attending Physician Karen Savage University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham J. Lamar Rencher, BS, MD Fairhope Ashley Brown Birmingham Susan Balke, DO Marianna Stephen Hunt, MSN Birmingham Rita Officer, BA, MS, PsyD Fayetteville Elizabeth Lindsey, BSN Research Nurse Hosea McAdoo, BS, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham Sherwood Birmingham Hershey Garner, JD, MD Alicarmen Alvarez, BSN Fayetteville Research Nurse Cordinator University of Alabama Birmingham Institution names are listed for identification purposes. Each of us signed the letter and speaks as an individual. ARIZONA Crissy Franchetti, MD Glendale Gregory Lisse, MD Phoenix Linda Morenz, MD Tucson Laurie Menk Otto, ND Tucson Janet Shalwitz, MD Clinical Professor Richard Wahl, MD University of California San Francisco Professor Phoenix University of Arizona Tucson Tamsen Bassford, MD University of Arizona Edward H Shortliffe, MD, PhD Tucson Phoenix Monica Bohlman John Mueller Phoenix Tucson Julie Lindholm, MD Sandra Katz, MD, JD Chief of Staff Tucson Banner Page Hospital Page Vicki Kalen, MD Tucson Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD Scottsdale DebbyJo Blank, MD Primary Care Provider DeShawn Taylor, MD Old Pueblo Healthcare Waddell Tucson Maureen Oskandy, MD Tom Brysacz, MD University of Arizona Tucson Tucson Laurie Menk Otto, ND James Hudson, MD, MPH Tucson Tucson Russell Luebbert, MD Jane Oski, MD Tucson Staff Pediatrician Indian Health Service Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH Flagstaff Tucson Judy Greene, MD Joel Raynak, MD Phoenix Scottsdale Lindsey Kriz, RN Dennis Hughes, MD Phoenix Scottsdale Institution names are listed for identification purposes. Each of us signed the letter and speaks as an individual. Cary Stegman, MD Flavio Casoy, MD Scottsdale President Committee of Interns and Residents / Ashish Shah, MD, MBA SEIU Phoenix San Francisco Raymond Graap, MD Jeanne Tyan, MD Tucson Attending Physician San Francisco Mary Jansen, MD Mesa Heather Bennett, MD Candidate Medical Student Claire Morello, MD UCSF Staff physician San Francisco University of Arizona Tucson Bradley Monash, MD UCSF Dale Manzoeillo, MSN, CPNP, CNE San Francisco Gilbert Judith Ashouri, MD Anne Yoshino, MD Stanford University Hospital Tucson Palo Alto Mark Giesecke, MD Carla Sweet, MD Flagstaff San Diego Donna Tully, MSW, PA ARKANSAS Clinician Santa Rosa County Health Center Robert Patton, MD, JD Petaluma Fayetteville Carol First, MD Vikki Stefans, MD Sherman Oaks Little Rock Tung Nguyen, MD San Francisco CALIFORNIA Denise Davis, MD Lara Wright, MD UCSF Staff Physician Berkeley Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Martinez Anne Rosenthal, MD San Francisco Mitesh Popat, MD, MPH O'Connor Hospital Anne Rosenthal San Jose San Francisco Institution names are listed for identification purposes. Each of us signed the letter and speaks as an individual. Kiran Mitha, MD Alan Sugar, MD UCLA Medical Center Attending Physician Los Angeles Sansum Clinic Santa Barbara Peter Emblad, MD Department Chief James Eichel, MD Kaiser San Francisco Physician San Francisco Bayside Medical Group Berkeley Ami Parekh, MD San Francisco Heather Fullerton, MD, MS UCSF Hermila Brito, BA, AS San Francisco RN Kaiser Permanente Vishnukrupa Reddy, MD San Jose Attending Kaiser Permanente Mehrnaz Hadian, MD, MSc San Francisco Founder and President INSPIRE CCM Adam Ellis, MD West Hollywood Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Encinitas Cynthia Li, MD Berkeley Anita Gaind, MD, MPH East Bay Physicians Medical Group Bridget Harrison, MD, MPH Oakland Family Physician Sunnyvale Jonathan Chou, MD UCSF Courtney Beach, MD San Francisco Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Richmond Joan Hoffman, MD Associate Medical Director Wendelin Slusser, MD, MS La Clinica de la Raza Santa Monica Oakland Jessica Matchett, MD, MPH Mark Berman, MD Clinician San Francisco San Francisco Stephen Hansen, MD Martina Nicholson, MD Medical Director OB/GYN Southern Virginia Regional Medical Harbor Medical Group Center Santa Cruz San Luis Obispo Institution names are listed for identification purposes. Each of us signed the letter and speaks as an individual. June Fisher Ann Marie Thurmond San Francisco Nurse Alameda Iris Lowenberg Lin, MSN Nurse Practitioner Edmund Levin, MD El Camino Medical Group Richmond San Francisco Chris Gebert-Parikh, MD Taraneh Razavi, MD Cupertino Stanford Hospital Menlo Park Patrice Villars, MS Charlotte Thompson, MD Registered Nurse Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics San Rafael UCSD School of Medicine La Jolla Laura Davies, MD St. Lukes Hospital, Sutter, California Paula Hillard, MD Pacific Medical Center Stanford University School of Medicine San Francisco Menlo Park Susan Stone, MD Anthony Russell, MD Venice Sacramento Lesan Banko, MD Jeffrey Pierce, MD Rancho Cucamonga Physician Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa Kay Yatabe, MD Santa Rosa San Francisco Dept. of Public Health Jonas Green, MD, MPH San Francisco UCLA Santa Monica Lynn Flint, Md Assistant Clinical Professor Karen Jackson, MD UCSF The Permanente Medical Group Mill Valley San Carlos Dorthe Welch, BA Laurel McClure, MD Study Coordinator Mountain View San Francisco Robert Lefkowitz, MD Cheryl Reid, MD Ventura County Medical Center Pasadena Ventura Robert Collins, BA, MD Vanessa Cid, BSN Attending ER Doctor Registered Nurse Community Hospital of Monterey Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Peninsula Downey Aptos Institution names are listed for identification purposes. Each of us signed the letter and speaks as an individual. Robert Morris, MD Kathleen Andersen, DO Professor Emeritus Laguna Beach UCLA Pasadena Kristen Lum, MD Children's Hospital Oakland Loraine Goodwin, MD Oakland Madera Gina Johnson, MD Lauren Spieler, DO Sherman Oaks Sebastopol Corinne McLeary, MD Pamela Simms-Mackey, MD Assistant Chief of Emergency Medicine Associate Director, Graduate Medical Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Education Center Children's Hospital & Research Center San Francisco Oakland Oakland William Choctaw, MD Covina William Shore, MD Faculty J Yusuf Erskine, DO UCSF Sebastopol San Francisco Linda Maki, MD Cindy Purdy, BSN, MPH Menlo Park Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland Tonya Hoffman, MD Orinda Santa Rosa Serena Way, MD Katrina Saba, MD, MS San Francisco Kaiser Permanente Oakland Dinesh Ghiya, MD LA HABRA HGTS Janet Perlman, MD Berkeley Mike Long, MD Resident Suzanne Rosen, MD Children's Hospital and Research Center Salinas Oakland Oakland Daniel Kang, MD, MPH Los Angeles Alan Baron, MD ER Attending Gena Lewis, MD Sutter Med Center, Santa Rosa Attending Santa Rosa Children's Hospital Oakland Oakland Institution names are listed for identification purposes. Each of us signed the letter and speaks as an individual. Barbara Kamholz, MD Maureen Mavrinac, MD Staff Psychiatrist Santa Monica Jewish Home of San Francisco San Rafael Janene Mitchell Los angeles Marie Williams, RN San Jose Celeste Allen, MD Children's Hospital and Research Center Sharad Wadhwani, MD, MPH Oakland Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland Oakland Oakland Patricia Castaneda-Davis, MD Richmond Elizabeth Conrad, MD Children's Hospital
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