More Than 400 PA Hospital Doctor and Nurse Leaders: Help Us Stop the Spread of COVID-19
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More than 400 PA Hospital Doctor and Nurse Leaders: Help Us Stop the Spread of COVID-19 Joint Statement Signatories Abigail Averitt, MSN, RN, CEN, Emergency Department Unit UPMC Hamot TCRN Director Aileen Delicana , BSN, RN, Unit Director UPMC Pinnacle West Shore CMSRN Hospital Alexandra Crowely, MSN, RN, Unit Director UPMC Presbyterian CMSRN Amanda Cresswell, MSN, BSN, Chief Nursing Officer UPMC RN Amanda Gross, BSN, RN, CPN Clinical Nurse Educator UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Amanda Ramer, RN Unit Director UPMC Jameson Amy Kennedy, RN, MSN Nursing Instructor UPMC Shadyside Hospital Amy McLaughlin, RN, MSN Director of Nursing UPMC Amy Sofranko, RN, MSN Director of Quality, Safety UPMC East and UPMC and Experience McKeesport Andrea Berry, MSN, RN Faculty UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing Andrea Reed, RN, MSN Director of Nursing, Patient UPMC Muncy Safety Officer Andrew Sylvester, MSM, BSN Unit Director, Emergency UPMC Altoona Room Angela Balistrieri, RN, DNP Director UPMC Mercy School of Nursing Angela M. Nicholas , MD, FAAFP Chief Medical Officer Einstein Medical Center Montgomery Angela R. Coladonato, DNP, Senior Vice President, Penn Medicine RN, NEA-BC Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer Anita Soltez, MSN, BSN, RN Operating Room Director UPMC Presbyterian Ann Blankenhorn, DNP, MBA, Vice President, Chief Nursing Tower Health, Pottstown RN, NEA-BC Officer Hospital Ann Kostial, RN, BS, MHA, ACM Senior Administrative UPMC Presbyterian Director, Care Management Shadyside Anne Bialek, BSN RN Senior Practice Manager UPMC Anne M. Catino, RN, BSN, MS, Vice President and Chief Holy Redeemer NEA-BC Nursing Officer Healthsystem Anne M. Conrad, MSN, RN Unit Director Acute Care UPMC Lititz Medical/Surgical Unit Page 2 Anne Sillaman , MSN, RN, CNS, Nursing Clinical Instructor UPMC Shadyside School of OCN Nursing AnnMarie Papa, DNP, RN, CEN, Vice President and Chief Einstein Medical Center NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN Nursing Officer Montgomery Anthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and WellSpan Health Chief Physician Executive Anthony Valente, MD Chief Medical Officer Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton April Martin, RN, MSN Nursing Instructor UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing April McCall, RN Director of Clinical Operations UPMC Home Healthcare of Central PA Ashlee Wells, MSN, RN-BC Unit Director UPMC Ashley Iannazzo, DNP, RN, CNL Director, Clinical Operations UPMC Barbara Cannella, RN Infection Preventionist UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Barbara Lawrence, RN, MEd Clinical Education Specialist UPMC Barbara Romig, DNP, RN, Vice President, Nursing Tower Health CPHQ, NEA-BC Clinical Practice and Professional Development Barbara Wadsworth , DNP, RN, Chief Operating Officer/Chief Main Line Health FACHE Nursing Officer Barry Mitchneck, RN, MSN Director of Nursing UPMC Lititz Benjamin R. Reynolds, MSPAS, Chief Advanced Practice UPMC PA-C, DFAAPA Officer Beth A. Matcho, PT Regional Director UPMC Beth Augustine, MSN-RN, BC Senior Director of Clinical and UPMC Operational Informatics Beth Dietrick, NR, MSN Chief Nursing Officer Penn Highlands Tyrone, Penn Highlands Healthcare Beth Quinn, MSN, RNC Director, Women's Health UPMC Magee-Womens Operations Hospital Beth Savage, PhD, MSN, RN, Director, Clinical and UPMC St. Margaret NEA-BC, RN-BC Operational Informatics Beth Wislie, Administrative Coordinator, UPMC St. Margaret Nursing Administration Beverly Lawton, RN, MSN Director of Regulatory and UPMC Northwest Accreditation Services Bonnie Joyce, MSN, RN Nursing Instructor UPMC Shadyside Hospital Brandon Kaefer, CPhT Pharmacy Technician UPMC St. Margaret Brent Jackson, PharmD Lead Pharmacist UPMC St. Margaret Page 3 Brian Barth, RN, BSN, PHRN Emergency Manager The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Brian Helt, RN Unit Director UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Brianna Thompson, PharmD, Critical Care Clinical UPMC BCPS, BCCCP Pharmacist Camellia Herisko , DNP, MSN Chief Nursing Officer, Vice UPMC Western Psychiatric RN, PMHNCS-BC, CRNP President of Operations and Hospital Patient Care Services Candice Pilarski, RPh Director of Pharmacy UPMC St. Margaret Cari Lowman, BSN, RN, CMSRN Unit Director UPMC Pinnacle Carl Homa, MBA, BSN, RN Unit Director UPMC Lititz Carmella Nachreiner, MSN, RN Senior Director, Physician UPMC Physician Services Practice Support Carmine Volpe, MD Chief Medical Officer St. Mary Medical Center Carol J. Fox, MD, FAAFP Senior Vice President and Excela Health Chief Medical Officer Carol Mathews, BSN, RN, Manager, Wound Care UPMC Presbyterian- CWOCN Shadyside Carol Scholle, MSN,RN, NEA-BC Clinical Director, Transplant UPMC Presbyterian and Inpatient Surgery Carol Stevenson, MSN, RN Clinical Instructor and Faculty UPMC Carrie Milliken, BSN, RN Unit Director UPMC Horizon Casey Eisengart, MSN, RN-BC Unit Director UPMC Cassidy Williams, PharmD, PGY2 Ambulatory Care UPMC St. Margaret BCPS Pharmacy Resident Cassie Palmer, RN, MSN, MBA Unit Director UPMC St. Margaret Catherine Mohr, DNP,RN,NEA- Executive Vice President and The Guthrie Clinic BC Chief Nursing Officer Catherine Witsberger, DNP, RN, Advanced Clinical Education UPMC Presbyterian NPD-BC Specialist Catriona Harrop, MD Associate Chief Medical Jefferson South Officer Philadelphia Charlane Verdi, RN, BSN Director, Staff and UPMC Jameson Community Education Charlene Walters, BSN, RN, Clinician Nurse Leader UPMC CMSRN Cheri Bechtel , MSN, RN-BC Chief Nursing Officer, Vice UPMC Pinnacle President of Patient Care Services Cheryl A. Como, RN DNP NEA - Director UPMC BC Page 4 Cheryl A. Steele, MSN, MPM, Senior Director UPMC Hillman Cancer RN, AOCN Center Cheryl Lenhart, RN, BSN, HRM Clinical Director UPMC St. Margaret Chris Chamberlain, RN Emergency Management The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Christie Muza , MSN, BSN, RN, Director Clinical Operations UPMC Pinnacle CEN Informatics Christina Crawford, RN Nurse Educator UPMC Home Healthcare Christine Garner, MSN Edu, RN Chief Nursing Quality Penn Highlands Elk, Penn Grievance Officer Highlands Healthcare Christine Mendez, MSN, RN Chief Nurse Executive Crozer Health Christy Keller, MBA, BSN, RN Clinical Director UPMC Lititz Cindy Frosztega, RN, MSN Unit Director Emergency UPMC Services Cindy Graham, MSN, RN Unit Director UPMC Cindy Russo, BS, CPhT Administrative Coordinator UPMC St. Margaret Cindy Westphal, RN Senior Director of Nursing Grand View Health Colleen D. Cochenour, MSN, Unit Director, ENT/Plastics UPMC Presbyterian RN, NPD-BC Colleen Mattioni, DNP, RN, Chief Nurse Executive Hospital of the University CNOR of Pennsylvania Colleen McIsaac, MSN, RN, CMSRN, TCRN UPMC Presbyterian Corie Schultheis , RN Nursing Faculty UPMC Courtney Coda , MSN, RN, CLC Nursing instructor UPMC Shadyside Hospital Cynthia N. Conte, MSN, RN Director of Patient Care UPMC Shadyside Hospital Services Cynthia Shaffer, RN, BSN, OCN Clinician UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Cynthia Swank, BSN, RN, CCRN Quality Manager UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Cynthia Zimmerman, RN, BSN, Clinician Lititz Emergency CEN Department Dana Yobbi, RN MSN Director of Nursing UPMC Horizon Daniel Blough, CEO Punxsutawney Area Hospital Daniel Feinberg, MD Chief Medical Officer Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine Daniel J. Muccio, MD FAANS Chief Medical Officer Allegheny Health Network, St. Vincent Hospital, Erie PA Page 5 Darla Hardy, DNP, MHA, MSN, Director of Nursing & Patient UPMC Lock Haven RN, NE-BC Safety Officer David Burmeister, DO, MBA Chair, Department of Lehigh Valley Health Emergency and Hospital Network Medicine and Chief Medical Officer, Lehigh Valley Health Network - Coordinated Health David Courson, MSN, RN, CEN, Unit Director, Emergency UPMC McKeesport NE-BC Department David Csikos, MD Chief Medical Officer Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber David Lopatofsky, MD Chief Medical Officer UPMC in the Susquehanna Region David Rottinghaus, MD Chief Medical Officer Butler Health System Dawn Caudill, RN, MSN-NE Director UPMC Jameson School of Nursing Dawn Klejka, DNP, RN, NPD-BC Director, Organizational UPMC East and UPMC Development Nursing McKeesport Education & Research Dawn Speece, MSN,RN Nursing Instructor UPMC Dawn Vocke, MSN, MBA, RN, Clinical Director Surgical UPMC St. Margaret CNOR Service Dawndra Jones, DNP, RN, NEA- Chief Nursing Officer, Vice UPMC East and UPMC BC President of Patient Care McKeesport Services Dayna Jornsay-Hester, M.Ed Patient and Employee UPMC McKeesport Engagement Debbie Balcik, RN-BC, BS, BSN, Director Clinical Operational UPMC Mercy MS Informatics Debbie Schweitzer, MSN RN-BC Unit Director UPMC Deborah Beer, DNP, RN-BC, Director, Clinical and UPMC Western Psychiatric CNE Operational Informatics Hospital Deborah Cannon , BSN, RN, Process Improvement UPMC Mercy CEN Specialist Deborah Lidey, MSN, RN Clinical Nurse Educator UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Debra Garton, RN, BSN, MSN Chief Nursing Officer OSS Health Debra Thomas, RN, BSN, MHA Vice President of Patent Care Penn Highlands Brookville, Services and Chief Nursing Penn Highlands Clearfield, Officer Penn Highlands Healthcare Delores McCreary, DNP, RN, Director Organizational UPMC Altoona CNE Development, Nursing Education and Research Page 6 Denise Abernethy, MSN, RN, Senior Director, Emergency UPMC Presbyterian CEN Services and President, Shadyside Pennsylvania Emergency Nurses Association, Western Chapter Denise Booher, MSN Director of Care Management UPMC East Dennis John, Pharmacy Inventory UPMC St. Margaret Specialist Derek Solomon, MSN, APRN, Unit Director UPMC Memorial FNP-C DiAmanda D. Murray, MHS, RN, Unit Director UPMC Altoona CNOR,