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FEDERAL ADVOCACY OFFICE: 600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, 4th Fl. Washington, DC 20003 MAIN OFFICE: 1543 Wazee Street, Suite 460 Denver, CO 80202 Shut it down, start over, do it right An open letter to America’s decision makers, on behalf of health professionals across the country. Dear decision makers, Hit the reset button. Of all the nations in the world, we’ve had the most deaths from COVID-19. At the same time, we’re in the midst of “reopening our economy,” exposing more and more people to coronavirus and watching numbers of cases -- and deaths -- skyrocket. In March, people went home and stayed there for weeks, to keep themselves and their neighbors safe. You didn’t use the time to set us up to defeat the virus. And then you started to reopen anyway, and too quickly. Right now we are on a path to lose more than 200,000 American lives by November 1st. Yet, in many states people can drink in bars, get a haircut, eat inside a restaurant, get a tattoo, get a massage, and do myriad other normal, pleasant, but non-essential activities. Get our priorities straight. More than 117,000 Americans had died of COVID-19 by mid-June. If our response had been as effective as Germany’s, estimates show that we would have had only 36,000 COVID-19 deaths in that period in the United States. If our response had been as effective as South Korea, Australia, or Singapore’s, fewer than 2,000 Americans would have died. We could have prevented 99% of those COVID-19 deaths. But we didn’t. The best thing for the nation is not to reopen as quickly as possible, it’s to save as many lives as possible. And reopening before suppressing the virus isn’t going to help the economy. Economists have gone on record saying that the only way to “restore the economy is to address the pandemic itself,” pointing out that until we find a way to

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Page 1: Shut it down, start over, do it right...Shut it down, start over, do it right An open letter to America’s decision makers, on behalf of health professionals across the country. Dear

FEDERAL ADVOCACY OFFICE:  600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, 4th Fl. 

Washington, DC 20003  

MAIN OFFICE:  1543 Wazee Street, Suite 460 

Denver, CO 80202  

Shut it down, start over, do it right   An open letter to America’s decision makers, on behalf of health professionals across the country.  Dear decision makers,   Hit the reset button. Of all the nations in the world, we’ve had the most deaths from COVID-19. At the same time, we’re in the midst of “reopening our economy,” exposing more and more people to coronavirus and watching numbers of cases -- and deaths -- skyrocket.   In March, people went home and stayed there for weeks, to keep themselves and their neighbors safe. You didn’t use the time to set us up to defeat the virus. And then you started to reopen anyway, and too quickly.   Right now we are on a path to lose more than 200,000 American lives by November 1st. Yet, in many states people can drink in bars, get a haircut, eat inside a restaurant, get a tattoo, get a massage, and do myriad other normal, pleasant, but non-essential activities.   Get our priorities straight.  More than 117,000 Americans had died of COVID-19 by mid-June. If our response had been as effective as Germany’s, estimates show that we would have had only 36,000 COVID-19 deaths in that period in the United States. If our response had been as effective as South Korea, Australia, or Singapore’s, fewer than 2,000 Americans would have died. We could have prevented 99% of those COVID-19 deaths. But we didn’t.   The best thing for the nation is not to reopen as quickly as possible, it’s to save as many lives as possible. And reopening before suppressing the virus isn’t going to help the economy. Economists have gone on record saying that the only way to “restore the economy is to address the pandemic itself,” pointing out that until we find a way to 

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boost testing and develop and distribute a vaccine, open or not, people will not be in the mood to participate.   Listen to the experts.  Public health professionals have made clear that even after we’ve contained the virus by staying at home, in order to reopen American cities and towns safely, we will need:  

-- Enough daily testing capacity to test everyone with flu-like symptoms plus anyone they have been in close contact with over the last 2 weeks (at least 10 additional tests per symptomatic person). We currently have only 35% of the testing capacity we need to meet that threshold. The more people get sick, the more testing is required.  

 -- A workforce of contact tracers large enough to trace all current cases. That’s 

210,000 more contact tracers than we had in April, but the number keeps going up as infections rise. Most states are far short of the number of contact tracers they need.  

 In addition, we need more personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep essential workers like health professionals, emergency responders, and grocery store clerks safe.  Shut it down now, and start over. Non-essential businesses should be closed. Restaurant service should be limited to take-out. People should stay home, going out only to get food and medicine or to exercise and get fresh air. Masks should be mandatory in all situations, indoors and outdoors, where we interact with others.   We need that protocol in place until case numbers recede to a level at which we have the capacity to effectively test and trace. Then, and only then, we can try a little more opening, one small step at a time.   You should bar non-essential interstate travel. When people travel freely between states, the good numbers in one state can go bad quickly.   If you don’t take these actions, the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death.   We need you to lead.  Tell the American people the truth about the virus, even when it’s hard. Take bold action to save lives -- even when it means shutting down again.   

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Unleash the resources needed to contain the virus: massively ramping up testing, building the necessary infrastructure for effective contact tracing, and providing a safety net for those who need it.  

Many of the actions of our government thus far have fallen short of what the moment demands. Mr. Trump, federal administration, honorable governors: we remind you that history has its eyes on you.  

Sincerely,  

Matthew Wellington  

Public Health Campaigns Director, U.S. PIRG  

U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups, is a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society. 

U.S. PIRG affiliates: Arizona PIRG, CALPIRG, CoPIRG, ConnPIRG, Florida PIRG, Georgia PIRG, Iowa PIRG, Illinois PIRG, MASSPIRG, Maryland PIRG, PIRGIM, MoPIRG, MontPIRG, NCPIRG, NHPIRG, NJPIRG, NMPIRG, Ohio PIRG, OSPIRG, PennPIRG, RIPIRG, TexPIRG, WashPIRG, WISPIRG. 

 

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. 

Vice Provost of Global Initiatives 

Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy 

Levy University Professor 

Co-Director, Healthcare Transformation Institute 

Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School 

University of Pennsylvania 

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD

Infectious Diseases Physician and Emerging Leader in Biosecurity Fellow at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

William Hanage, PhD

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Saskia Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC

University of Arizona

David Sherman, PhD

University of Washington

Karen Thickman, PhD

University of Washington, Department of Microbiology

Richard H. Ebright, Ph.D.

Rutgers University

Seth Trueger, MD MPH

Northwestern

Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH

Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital

Valerie Bengal, MD FAAFP former UCSF Associate Clinical Professor

UC Santa Cruz and Capacitar International

Reshma Ramachandran, MD, MPP

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National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine

Janet Perlman, MD, MPH

UCSF

David Rosen, MD, PhD

Washington University School of Medicine

Drew Schwartz, MD, PhD

Washington University School of Medicine

Howard Forman, MD, MBA

Yale University

Krysia Lindan, MD MS

University of California, San Francisco

Margaret Handley, PhD MPH

University of California San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Medicine

Thomas Lietman, MD

UCSF

Travis Porco, PhD, MPH

University of California, San Francisco

Veronica Miller, PhD

UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Kenneth Rosenberg, MD, MPH

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PHSU-PSU School of Public Health

Jason Newland, MD

Washington University

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Arizona

Fern P. Nelson, M.D.

Veterans Administration Hospital

James Gaudino, MD MS MPH FACPM

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health & Gaudino Consulting

Joan Casey, PhD

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Bruce Agins, MD MPH

UCSF

Kay Mattson, MSW, MPH

Independent international Public Health Consultant

Patricia Harper, MA

San Bernardino Balley College

Bonnica Zuckerman, MPH

UVM

Paul So g, MD

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PNHP

Katherine Villers, MUA

Community Catalyst

Angela Rasmussen, PhD

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

Megan Ranney, MD MPH

Brown University & GetUsPPE

Bethany Letiecq, PhD

George Mason University

Vineet Arora, MD MAPP

University of Chicago and IMPACT4HC

Marian Betz, MD, MPH

Pete DeBalli, MD

UCF School of Medicine

Carrie Beckman, PharmD

UCHealth

Linda Girgis, MD

Owner

Krys Johnson, PhD, MPH

Temple University

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Ryan Marino, MD

Case Western Reserve University

Eric Goralnick, MD, MS

Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Michael Kelly, PhD, MSW

Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work

Wade Berrettini, MD, PhD

U. of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Aalim Weljie, Ph.D.

University of Pennsylvania

Kevin Foskett, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

John Hansen-Flaschen, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Garret FitzGerald, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Amy Humrichouser, MD

University of Michigan

Aurora Horstkamp, MD

Washington State University

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Timothy Ellender, MD

Indiana University

Christine Brewer, MSW MSN RN

Villanova University

Pamela Norton, PhD

Drexel University College of Medicine

Diane McKay, Psy.D.

LECOM

Dominique Ruggieri, PhD

School of Medicine and Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania

Eve Bloomgarden, MD

Northwestern University and IMPACT4HC

Nicole Theodoropoulos, MD

UMass Memorial Medical Center

Catherine Marsh, B.A.

EndCoronavirus.org

Jerry Soucy, RN CHPN

Death Nurse, LLC

Jonathan Moreno, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

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Lana Fishkin, MD

Thomas Jefferson University

Jack Colford, MD MPH PhD

UC Berkeley

Rohini Haar, MD MPH

UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Maimuna Majumder, PhD, MPH

Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School

Sangeeta Ahluwalia, PhD

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Laura Whiteley, MD

Brown University

Patience Afulani, PhD

UCSF

Vernon Chinchilli, PhD

Penn State College of Medicine

Pamina Gorbach, DrPH

Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA

Judith Hahn, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

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Benjamin Lerman, MD

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

William Davidson, M.D.

PNHP

E John Wherry, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Mary Sullivan, RN,DNP

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Mark Cullen, MD

Stanford University

Nathan Wong, PhD

University of California, Irvine

Ondine von Ehrenstein, PhD, MPH

Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA

James Fletcher, MD, FACEP

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

David Albright, MD

UPMC

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Michael Gough, MD

Catholic Health System of Buffalo and University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine

Dianne Friedman, Ph.D.

Retired university professor

Robin Taylor Wilson, PhD

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Temple University

Janice Nash, RN, MSN, DNP

Carlow University College of Health and Wellness

Marsha Ellias-Frankel, MSW

American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists

Yaneer Bar-Yam, PhD

New England Complex Systems Institute

Mae Sakharov, MA, MED, EdD

Bucks County Community College

Jeremy Rossman, PhD

Research-Aid Networks

Judith B Clinco, RN

Catalina In Home Services

Shakuntala Choudhury, PhD

Statistical Research & Consulting LLC

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Kari-Ann Hunter Thompson, PhD Student

Walden University

Aaron Green, PhD

Iridium Consulting

Kate Sugarman, MD

Unity Health Care

Resa M. Jones, PhD, MPH

Temple University

Brandie Taylor, PhD

Temple University

Susan Safford, Ph.D.

Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Graciela Jaschek, PhD, MPH

Temple University

Eunice Wong, BFA, E-RYT, CPT

Ms.

Betelihem Tobo, PhD

Temple University

Michelle Davis, Phd

MSD Consulting

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Maggie Baker, Ph.D.

Baker & Baker Associates

David Tuller, DrPH

School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

Ernest Wang, MD, FACEP

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Ramzi Nahhas, PhD

Wright State University

Felicia Etzkorn, PhD

Virginia Tech

Rhoda Pappert, MBA, MHA, FACHE, RN

Retired, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Christine Severance, D.O.

Doc Moms

Neil Sehgal, Ph.D, M.P.H.

University of Maryland School of Public Health

Kristine Siefert, PhD, MPH

The University of Michigan

Deborah Cohan, MD, MPH

Professor, University of California San Francisco

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Sherry Bassi, EdD, PHCNS,BC

University of CT, Western NMU ( retired )

Anna Valdez, Ph.D., RN

Sonoma State University

Elizabeth Chamberlain, PhD

University of Colorado Anschutz SOM

Cameron Mura, PhD

University of Virginia

Elizabeth (Libby) Schaefer, MD, MPH

Harvard Medical School/Kaiser Permanente

Joyce Millen, PhD, MPH

Willamette University

Jacob Newcomb, MD

VEP Healthcare

Sarah Friedland, LPC, LCMHC, ACS, DRCC

Volunteers of America

Dina Ghosh, MD

Montefiore Medical Center

Neil Korman, MD, PhD

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

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Maura McLaughlin, MD

Blue Ridge Family Practice

Lynn Ringenberg, MD

Physicians for Social Responsibility/Florida

Krisztian Magori, PhD

Eastern Washington University

Timothy McLaughlin, MD

Blue Ridge Family Practice

Brian Thorndyke, PhD

Indiana University School of Medicine

Vee Martinez, Medical Assistant

Uci

Denise Somsak, MD

Pediatrician

Jeannine Tennyson, BSN, RN

School Nurse

Mark Peifer, PhD

UNC-Chapel Hill, Department of Biology

Marvin Brooke, MD, MS

University of Washington

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Michael Halasy, DHSc, MS, PA-C

Mayo Clinic

Kendal Maxwell, PhD

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Richard Reeves, MD, FACP

RAR Consulting LLC (Clinical Pharmacologist)

Brenden La Faive, EMT

WI Licensed EMT EMS

Gina Tartarelli, OT

Baystate

John Holmes, PhD

University Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Ramnath Subbaraman, MD, MSc

Tufts University School of Medicine

Vi Tran, MSW

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Anne Rimoin, PhD, MPH

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Devron Averett, Ph.D.

Retired Pharmaceutical R&D Executive

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Ethel Harris, RN, BSN

home health care

Jeff Jacobs, MD

University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Donald K Wallace, M.D., M.P.H.

Former President, National Association of County Health Officers

Gwendolyn Cameron, MH/A Peer Recovery Support Specialist

OHDAMHAS

Kathleen McCarty, RN,MS

Premise Health

Kristen Frazier, DDS

Academy kids dental

Mo Sami, PhD

CSUF

Alan Graham, MD

Banner Health

James Knight, C.B.E.T.; BSEE

Renown Healthcare

Andrew Goldstein, MD, MPH

NYU School of Medicine

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Brad Bigford, NP-C, CCHP

Table Rock Mobile Medicine

James Lee, DO, AAHIVS

Private practice

Pamela Kersey, EdD, MSN, PHN, RN

Cuyamaca College

David Austin, M.D.

Pathologist (Retired)

Ping Fisher, MD

Stanford Health Care

Charles Chiu, MD, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

Jennifer Fish, MD

Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program

Rose Marie Holt, PhD MD

Retired

Jeffrey Halter, MD

Maine Medical Center

Arthur Childs, DO,MSHQSM

Dr Arthur Childs Medical Home

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Nicole Wolfe, MSW, LSW

Indiana School Social Workers Association

Gary Urbano, RT

Kaiser Permanente

Marie Angela Bontigao, MSN, FNP-BC, RN, PHN

AANP

Mark Gubrud, PhD

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Daniel Rio, PhD

Retired NIH, Lecturer JHU

Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, FASAM

Housing Works Medical Director

Karimi Gituma, MD

Kaiser Permanente

Earl Campbell, MD

Emeritus Professor, MCO-University of Toledo

Erin Cluts, MSW, LCSW

Psychotherapist

Elaine Kulawas, RN

Emergency Department, Kent Hospital CNE

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Bernadette Reilly-Smorawski, RN LICSW

MGH NURSING RETIRED/PRIVATE PRACTICE

Paula Aucoin, MD

Infectious Diseases, Berkshire Medical Center

Ashish Tolia, D.O.

MedStar

Sandra Peak, MD

Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics

May Chu, PhD

Colorado School of Public Health

Havon Knight, MD

HKnightMD HealthLink, LLC

Rhonda Merchant, M.D.

Pediatrics

Ernesto Resnik, PhD

Biotech

Stacy Baca, RDA

ALLISON BAHER, RN, BS

National Association of School Nurses

Jaclyn Jennetten, LPN

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Home health nurse

Robert Gilman, M.ED., M.S

Temple University, PCOM, Therapist

Melissa Simon, MD, MPH

Northwestern University, Center for Health Equity Transformation

Arlene Bowes, D.M.D.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Veronica Botello, RN

Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital

Cheryl Parker, PhD, RN-BC

The University of Texas at Tyler

Axel Goetz, Dr.med., Ph.D.

retired

Teri Davis, Ed.D., LCSW

Dr. Teri Psychotherapy

Li Bao, DMD PhD

Private practice

William Smith, MD, MBA, MPH

UCSF

Steven Enkemann, PhD

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Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Michelle Mitchell, DNP, ACNP

Margo Simon, MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

William Kallfelz, PhD

Mississippi State University

Kristine Young, MD

Advocate Good Shepherd, retired

Neesha Patel, MD, MPH

MacNeal Hospital

Michelle Spencer, RN, MSN, FNP-C

Advocates for Healthy Community

Edward Doyle, Jr, MD MS

Emeritus Professor WV University School of Medicine

Emily Wilhoit, RN-BSN

Travel Nurses Across America

Ashley Morgan, DVM, MS (veterinary epidemiology)

University of Glasgow, Massey University

Pamela Small, PhD

University of Tennessee

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Thomas Karagianes, MD, MBA

Karagianes

Jon Jacobson, M.D.

Jon S. Jacobson, M.D.

Sandra Feliksik, RN, BSN

Home Health, Illinois

Thomas White, MD

Hometown Direct Care

Gerald Donowitz, MD

IDSA

Deborah G Johnson, MD, MS

Pikes Peak Forensics, PC

Stacey Anderson, PhD

UCSF

Linda Headrick, MD, MS

University of Missouri

Rosalinda Losoya, RN, BSN

Nursing Professional

Brian Moench, MD

Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment

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Cheryl Copp, RN

UCSF

Cornelia van der Ziel, MD

Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility

Susan Rogers, MD

Physicians for a National Health Program

Robert Blake, MD

University of Missouri

Elizabeth Ziemann, MD

Advocate Aurora Healthcare

Suchart Sivavajchaipong, RPH

Retired

Megan Jennison, PHARMD

AACP

Theresa Pinder, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, ICP

Intentionally Well, Llc

Leigh Watson, Ph.D.

licensed clinical psychologist; part-time faculty at Wake Forest University

Andrea LaCroix, PhD

University of California, San Diego

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Doris Ziefle, RN, MS, NCC

State of NJ Long Term Care Ombudsman

Sulagna Misra, MD

Misra Medical Corp

Michael Mallozzi, PhD Microbiology and Immunology

University of Arizona

Lindi Hayes, MD

Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician

Debra Delaney, DNP MHA RN CEN

Delaney Healthcare Consultants

Heather Pines, PhD, MPH

University of California, San Diego

Mary Moffit, PhD

Oregon Health and Science University

Richard Garfein, PhD, MPH

University of California San Diego

Richard Roemer, PhD, Dr. med. Sci

Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Temple University School of Medicine

Barbara Shapiro, M.D.

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia

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Kenya Ellis, ASCP CM, MBA

ASCP

Deborah Coehlo, PhD, CPNP, CPMHS, CFLE

Juniper Ridge Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Brandy Geiger, MA

Premier Healthcare

Kimberly Kahn, BSN, RN

UC Health

Joanne Perron, MD, MPH

retired OB/GYN

Gere B. Fulton, Ph.D., J.D.

Palmetto Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine (ret.)

Caroline Thompson, PhD, MPH

San Diego State University School of Public Health

Gretchen Bandoli, PhD MPH

University of California San Diego

Thomas Burnett, MD, FACEP

Medical College of Georgia

Steffanie Strathdee, PhD

Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego

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Brian Chen, PhD, MPH

UC San Diego

Benjamin Tanner, MSN RN

UCSF

Edgar Angelone, Ph.D.,FACPN

Marin Neuropsychology Center

Bruce Andrea, MD, FACC

Performance Cardiology

Vafa Tabatabaie, MD

Montefiore Medical Center

Marianne King, RN, BSN

PENN, IBX

Nancy Binkin, MD, MPH

UCSD School of Medicine

Gary Slutkin, MD

Founder and CEO, Cure Violence Global, formerly Director, Intervention Development, World Health Organization

Valerie Barberio, Registered medical assistant

VIRTUA

Rhynda Watson, LPN

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Home care

Claudia Alvarez, DO

Doctors for Camp Closure Florida

Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Farah Shariff, PharmD

N/A

Catherine Guadalupe, RN

Kathy Jacobson, RN

Broadwell Hill Learning Center

Lisa Boston, PA-C

NCCPA

Lisa Martin, Optician

Optometry private

Marina Capella, MD

IHC

Andrew Min, MD

FAAP

Anthony Vaccaro, MD, MDiv

Northwestern Medicine

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Elaine Sullivan, LCPC, LMFT, NCC

Sullivan Mental Health

Caroline Miller, R.N., N.P. student

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Alexandra Soriano, PA-C

Emergency Medicine

Alejandra Argueta, PA-C

COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL

Richard Kanner, MD

University of Utah School of Medicine

Dora Tiggle, LPN, CNA

Legacy healthcare

Jeremy Lawrence, MD

Prohealthcare associates LLP

Suzanne Stensaas, PhD

University of Utah

Kim McTamney, RNC BSN

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Pamela Gordon, MD

Bonnet Healing Center

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Judy Li, RDN

UC Health

Melissa Ehman, MPH

California Department of Public Health

Aaron Tward, MD PhD

UCSF

Britta Dass, RN

Minneapolis VAHCS

Rebecca Kushner, D.O

Steven A Kushner DO, PC

Michael Goldberg, MD, PhD

NeuraWell Pharmaceutical

Valerie Creswell, MD FACP FIDSA FSHEA

Central Infectious Disease Specialists, Clinical Associate Professor University of Kansas

Kimberly Brouwer, PhD

UC San Diego School of Medicine

Anne Nastasi, MD

UCLA

Rurh Heifetz, MD, MPH

UCSD School of Medicine

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Alexandra Weiss, BSN RN

Temple University Hospital

M. Lizabeth Alexander, PhD

Terragraphics Environmental Research

Olivia Forys, MD

NorthShore University Health System

Martin Gelman, MD

University of Utah, emeritus

Karen O'Hara, BSN, RN

Mercy Home Health, Retired

Nestor Punay, MD

Neurologist

Sherry Blair, LCSW

Sherry Blair Institute

Praveen Buddiga, MD FAAAAI

FAMILY ALLERGY ASTHMA CLINIC, UCSF- University of California - San Francisco - Fresno

Kathy Carder, RN

retired

Xiaomiao LAN-Pidhainy, PhD, RN

Emory University

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Elaine Kasten, PT

SOAR365

Carlene Shultz, PsyD

Dr. Carlene Shultz, P.C.

Robert Matza, Pharm.D.

PA Pharmacists Association

Igor Piligramm, BSN, RN

Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Kacia Lee, MD

Hennepin Healthcare

Richard Holsworth, First responder

SFFD, retired

Kara Sergile, MPH, BSN, RN, PHN

Credentialed School Nurse and Public Health Consultant

Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Arthur Lavin, MD

Advanced Pediatrics

Denise Billen-Mejia, MD C-Ht

Akeso & Aglaia

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Joshua Moore, RN BSN

Harbor UCLA Medical Center

Steven Porter, M.D., Ph.D.

Retired (Infectious Diseases)

Rick Johnson, MD, FAAP

Retired, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and UCONN School of Medicine

Scott Palma, MA CCC-A

VA

Casey Goodwin, RN

Temple University

Kristopher Wiebe, MD

University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine

Martha Wiedman, MD

Hawaii Radiologic Associates

Yongping Wang, MD, PhD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania

Min Zhang, PharmD

Boston Medical Center

Kenneth Scope, MD

ICC Healthcare (Intensive Care Consortium)

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Andrea Schindler, DO

American Academy of Family Practice

Eric Schindler, PhD

Child and Family Resources

Terry Isaacson, PhD

Retired

Steven Gallion, RN

SAN BENITO HEALTH CARE DISTRICT

Guy Slater, LPN, Retired

US Army

Jennifer Reynolds, RN

Peacehealth

Sarai Vallw, MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Family health centers of San Diego

Lisa Harris El Mouaquite, MSN RN

Green Meadows Rehab and Nursing

Moira Kelly, RN

HODG

Ashley McClure, MD, FACP

Climate Health Now

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Deirdre Gilbert, RNBSN

Malta Healthcare

Jen Myers, MSPH

Tarik Benmarhnia, PhD

UCSD

Laura Trantas, RN

Penn Medicine

Kaitlyn Johnson, PhD

The University of Texas at Austin

Sierra Lewis, PharmD

UCSF

Arlene Macdonald, PhD

Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch

Stuart Higano, MD

Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Carol Helwig, MPH, CIC

Epidemiologist

Cosette Rae, MSW, LICSW

Restart Life

Eric Brown, PhD

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Retired from NIH

Mona Rosenthal, MPH

Retired

Janet Corbett, DO

Millard Henry Clinic

Margaret Kaufman, RN

UCLA

Binh Ngo, MD

Keck Medical Center of USC

Scott Harris, A.S., B.S.

County of Humboldt

Doris Segal Matsunaga, MPH

Retired community health center administrator

Jennifer Steinbrecher, B.A., BSN, RN, CHPN

Veterans Health Administration

Cristin Richards, AuD

American Academy of Audiology

Mary Brown, NP

National Grid

Jeffrey Bolek, Ph.D.

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Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Daphne Romero, BSN-RN

Sigma Theta Tau

Robert Franklin, MD

University of South Florida

Howard S Hochster, MD; Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ

Arthur Siegel, MD

Abington Jefferson Health

Jennifer Schniebolk, LPN

BAYADA

Charlene Brown, MD, MPH

Caregiver Jobs Now

Annette Shepardson, BSN, RN

Cardiology Procedure Nurse

Carol Hempfield, LPN

School Nurse, Retired

Ben Dover, MD

Harvard University

Christopher Lee, MD, MsPH

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University of South Florida

Conrad Chao, MD

University of New Mexico

Darrell Spurlock, Jr., PhD, RN, ANEF

School of Nursing, Widener University,

Richard Ferrans, MD, ScM

Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Care Mirror

Brittney DeClerck, MD

University of Southern California

Debra Bessen, Ph.D.

New York Medical College

Kira King, Phd

Kynectiv

William Pan, DrPH MS MPH

Duke University

Douglas Vakoch, PhD

METI International

Christina Bennett, RN

Family Medicine Residency of Idaho

Ellen M. Chiocca, PhD, RN, CPNP

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Cook County Health

Rebecca Kushner, D.O

Steven A Kushner DO, PC

Stephanie Campbell, RN

Providence St Joseph Health

Mary Ostrem, DrPH

Boston Public Health Commission, retired

Anna Scott, PhD, MBA

ASU School of Public Affairs

Mahmood Choudhury, MD

Retird physician DOJ BOP

arthur ciancutti, MD

Learning Center

Eric Feigl-Ding, ScD

Federation of American Scientists

John Stough, MPH

Massachusetts Dept of Public Health (retired)

Ali Raja, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Eunice Lee, RN, MSN- EDU

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USC

Caren Measing, NYS LMT

Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences

Jeff Laguna, PhD / Director of Gerontology / Interim Director of Public Health

Chaffey College

Nancy Freeborne-Brinton, PA-C, DrPH

George Mason University

Leonard Schuchman, DO

Infectious Disease

Dawn Gross, MD, PhD, FAAHPM

UCSF, Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Lisa Spannbauer, Doctor of Nursing Practice, NP

Veterans Affairs

Roberta Hoebeke, PhD, FNP-BC

Professor Emerita, University of Southern Indiana

Peter Barach, PhD

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

D. DeGennaro, R.T. (R) (CT) (M)

Hospitals

Sang Lee, MD

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USC

Miki Harkin, RN

Miki Harkin

wendy Buxton, RN

VA-retired

E Susan Amirian, PhD

Rice University

Christine Cole, RN, MSNed, ND

Nurse Exchange

Debra Howenstine, MD

University of Missouri

Patricia Klinger, RDH

ADHA

Jan Maltzan, OTR

Occupational Therapist

Vera Radford, RN

Retired

Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, MPH

UCSF School of Medicine

Lisa Johnson, RDH

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ADHA

Erin Cook, RDH

ISDS

Gale Hannigan, PhD, MPH, MLS

Medical Librarian

Dongping Lin, PhD

LTCT-NV INC

Neda Mehr, MD

Pure Dermatology

Vincent Penoro, LRT

arrt

Iain Buxton, PHMD

University of Nevada Reno, School of Medicine

Trisha Barnes, OTR/L

St. Luke’s Children’s Rehab

Anne Leake, PhD, APRN

H4 Hawaii Homeless Healthcare Hui

Tamara Bevan, RDH

NDHA

David Sawcer, MD PhD

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University of Southern California

Ashley Crew, MD

USC

Shari Turner, MSW ASW

Mental Health Systems Inc.

Lynn Bonham, PhD

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Maria Ochoa, MD

USC

Juan Pablo Arnoletti, MD

Advent Health Cancer Institute

Pauline White-De Freitas, DPT, CSCS

Cutting Edge Physical Therapy & Wellness

Robert Reiff, MD

FACOG, ret

Fatma Kheri, RN

Contractor

Sherry Zoldi, RN

Cleveland Clinic

Martha Villaescusa, RPT

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Private practice

Bryan King, STNA

St. Rita's Mercy Health

Cedric Garland, Doctor of Public Health, MPH

Univ of Calif San Diego School of Medicine Emeritus Prof

Min Jung, MPH

Epidemiologist

Sandy Skal-Gerlock, MA; CADC2

NA

Kelly Yeh, MD

COVID survivor

Ross McCluney, PhD

University of Central Florida/FSEC

Michael Berardelli, PhD

United States Air Force Civilian Engineer

Heather Lester, PhD

Sphere Psychological Services

Karen Edison, MD

MU Center for Health Policy

Greg Prouty, PharmD

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RUHS

Michael Bristow, DO

Alomere Health, Family Medicine

Robert Scarr, MD

The Everett Clinic

Naftali Kaminski, MD

Yale

GERALD STEARNS, RN, MS

Hacienda Home Health

Joshua Denson, MD

Tulane University

Jonathan Gordon, M.D., F.C.C.P.

Western Connecticut Health Network

April Graber, RDH, BS

ADHA, CODHA

Esther Kaplan, MA, Ph.D.

Clinical Health Psychologist; Pain Therapist

Christine Schmell, RDH

Dental

Jim Russo, PhD

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Whitman College

Noreen McGowan, RN, MPH

ACNM

Cynthia Young, RDH, BSDH

ADHA

Marina Manusov, RDH

Dental Clinic

Susan Derby, RN. NP.

Retired. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Kymberly Gowdy, PhD

Ohio State University

Amy Hajari Case, MD

Piedmont Healthcare

Tiffany Neal, MPH, MCHES

New Jersey Healthy Communities Network

Lauren Metiva, RN, LMSW

HFHC

Loretta LaDestro, RN

Home Health

Farah Al-Hawasli, MPH, RDN, LD

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University of Washington

Patricia F Clark, RDH

Retired

Barbara Gicking, PA-C

Legacy Health System

Lynn Fiellin, MD

Yale School of Medicine

Kirstin Bonning, DPT

VA medical center

Kristi Taylor, APRN, WHNP-BC

Mid Atlantic Women's Healthcare

Joshua Yukich, PhD, M.P.H.

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Rick Thomas, Ph.D.

Missouri and Kansas Licensed Psychologist

Terry Savan, RN, FNP

Retired

Elizabeth Scully, RDH

Dental Hygienist

Jennifer Coomes, CN, MSCRM, MS, MS, BA, E-RYT

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Essence Health & Research (EH&R) LLC

Bruce Walker, MD

Walker Medical Wellness

Elizabeth Walker, BSN RN

Dignity Health

Crystal Jacovino, DO

University of South Florida

Angela Smith, RDH

American Dental Association

Karen Lawler, LMFT

Dignity Health

Elizabeth Milos, State Certified Spanish Medical Interpreter

University of California San Francisco

Mallary Burris, LPN

Baxter Regional Medical Center

Patricia Geyer Carlin, RDH

CDHA/ADHA

Brandon Schroeder, MSW

SCC Behavioral Health

Kamlesh Mania, RPh,MBA

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TLC Medical Arts Pharmacy

Joshua T. Schiffer, MD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Steven Zelman, MD

Southern Illinois Consultants for Kidney Disease

David Hill, MD, FCCP

Waterbury Pulmonary Associates

Stephanie Diem, MSMI, RN-BC

Penn Medicine

Michael Fine, MD

Director RI Department of Health 2011-2015

Murtaza Akhter, MD

University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Nicole Steffee, Lpn.ABS

Battle Born Medical Corps

Tracie Mowdy, RN

UCI

David Baron, MD

Primary Carintg of Malibu

Shawn Kim, DMD

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University of Michigan

Anton Mays, PsyD

J.L.G.

Emma Watson, LPN

Community Health Network

Khanh Nguyen, MD, MA

Bayhealth Medical Center

Andrea Workman, PhD

University of Pittsburgh/UPMC

Vin Gupta, MD, MPA

IHME/University of Washington

Allen Bar, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Benjamin Bamford, MD, PhD

University of Vermont Health Network/Porter Medical Center

Mary Browning, ND

AAMC, AANP

Cynthia Mahoney, MD

Climate Health Now

Allison Motter, RD, LD

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Shepherd Center

Regina Tironi, RHIA,RHIT,CHP

Boulder Community Health

Barbara Gormley, PhD

New Mexico State University

Johnna Cole, CSFA

NPGP

Daniel Cohn, PhD

UCLA

Robert Jackson, MD

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Linda Sternberg, RN, MsT

AMTA

Bernadette Powell, PhD

Fund for People in Parks

Hope Heller, MSW, LICSW

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Cynthia Handrup, DNP, APRN

University of Illinois at Chicago

William Parks, MD

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PNHP

John Maris, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania

David Teachey, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Sarah K Tasian, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Gillie Ramirez, RN

NYC Department of Education

Alix Seif, MD, MPH

University of Pennsylvania

Stephan Grupp, MD PhD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

Beth Rivin, MD, MPH

Uplift International & University of Washington

Deb Vanderpoel, RN

Operating Room

Shelly Heimfeld, PhD

Fred Hutchinson

Mariposa Mccall, MD

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Farheen Qurashi, MD, FACS

Anthony Orvedahl, MD, PhD

Cathie Currie, PhD

Pamela Koehler, JD MPH

Daisy Sherry, PhD, ACNP-BC

Joyce Garrison, PhD

Jeffrey Cohn, MD, MHCM

Jared Rubenstein, MD

Ann Batista, MD

Morgan Eutermoser, MD

Marc Futernick, MD

Megan Whitman, MD

Iris Riggs, PhD

Catherine Cowley-Cooper, RN

Michael Core, MD

Jason Ayres, MD

Craig Norquist, MD

Vasilis Pozios, MD

Michael Becker, DO, MS

Alan Peterson, MD

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Kay Vandenberg, MD, FACOG

Melissa Freeman, MD

Robin Aronow, MA

Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP

Reid Masters, MD

Keelin Garvey, MD

Laurence Carroll, MD

Lynne Agar, APRN, MPH

Margarita Fallena, MD

Shelley Ross, Ph.D.

Steven Pergam, MD, MPH

Cynthia Baum-Baicker, Ph.D.

Ilene Tannenbaum, NP

Virginia Soules, MD.

Jean Goodloe, DO

Lindsay Martin, PhD

Teresa Brandt, MD

Annamaria Murray, RN

Judith F. Rand, PhD

Victor Ilegbodu, MD, PhD, MPH

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Rebecca Benson, MHA, PBT(ASCP)MLT CM, CHCO, QMBHC

Stanley Weiss, MD, FACP, FACE, FRCP Edin.

Briggs Clinco, In-Home Care Client Coordinator

Dipesh Patel, MPH

Timothy Sankary, MD MPH

Michael Hertz, MD, MPH

Patrick Keschl, LPN, NHA

Constance Walker, MD, MA, MPH

Shauna Laughna, PhD

Jeremy Ogusky, MPH

Amparo Adkins, MSN,RN

Kate Shinberg, RN

Sally Rosenfeld, MD

Andrew Frank, MD

Lynn Santillo, RN

Regina Goetz, PharmD, PhD

Martha Christie, MA, Pharm.D

Lise Spiegel, PhD

David Hanson, MD

Oleh Hnatiuk, MD, FACP, FCCP

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Maryanne Llave, RN

Jason Deutsch, MD

Monica Modi, MD

Eric Mueller, MD

Xuan Le, M.D

Tanya Wiseman, BSN,RN

Raul Easton-Carr, M.D.,M.P.H.

Brandon Crossley, CNA

Michelle Crossley, RN

Jacob Malone, RN

Kanika Blunt, RN

Luiza Davila, Healthcare specialist

G. J. Ledoux, PhD

Jane Corrarino, DNP, RN, C

Theresa DeLuca, RN

Allison Williams-Wroblewski, Pharm.D.

William David Wick, PhD

Joanna Harran, AGACNP-BC, MSN, APRN, RN

Michael Manning, BS, LMT (3rd year med student)

Karen Smith, DNP, FNP-BC

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Monty Bradford, RN

Dominique Motta, RN, BSN, CPN

Russell Etheridge, BSN, RN, CNML

Ariana Ornelas, RN

Sherry Wells, AEMT

Marcella Smithson, M.S., MPH, LMFT

Camea Gagliardi, PhD

Carrie Lybecker, MPA, RN

Margaret Clark, LCSW

Kristina Stefan, DMD, MS

Parsa Owtad, DMD

Macklin Guzman, DHSc, MPH

Josh Rubin, MD

Jessica Lautz, Pharm D

Azhar Bisle, MSM-HCA

Dorothy Lowe, MD

Cynthia Campbell, MD

Denise Mohr, LMFT

Kimberly Hurst, CRNA, MHS

Tammy Barthel, RN

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Irina Podolsky, PsyD

Abigail Cohen, PhD, MA

Cesljarev Vesna, LPN

Jean Lawrence, ScD, MPH, MSSA, FACE

Ali Khan, MD, MPP, FACP

Donna Bertinelli, Licensed Practical Nurse

Lorraine Rowe-Conkan, RPh

Anna Turabelidze, DDS

Norbert Goldfield, MD

Danial Hocson, MD

Gina Gatten, CPhT

Jon Clemens, BSN, RN

Louis DeCola Jr., Ph.D.

Sarah Wade, RN, BSN

Lucy Wang, MS4

Denise Adams, MSN, MBA, RN, CNS, PHN

Chia-Ye Chu, DO

Evan Wilson, PharmD

Contessa Petrini, PhD

hubert rodriguez, MD

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Amy Voelker, MD

Phillip Hunt, M.D., FACEP

Roger Vail, BSN, PHN,CCRN

Donna Banks, BSN, RN (ret)

Ramona Anderson, RN BA ACM-RN

Beth Blacksin, PhD RN

Bruce Hlodnicki, MD

Wenda Hunt, PharmD

Kevin Lombardo, EMT

Jonathan Weiner, Ph.D., M.D.

Phillip Barnes, DO

Deanna Wathington, MD, MPH

Arlen Leight, DDS, MSW, PhD

John McNulty, MD

Meade Palmer, MD

Patricia McNulty, RN

Thomas Beckner, MD

Dianne Lindewall, PhD

Jason Sonnenschein, PA-C

Nancy Llewellyn, MD

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Nicole Joslin, BSN, RN

Milan Satcher, MD MPH

William Dean, JD, MSW

Amy Caulkins, RN

Michelle Maman, LCSW

Gloria Antall, RN, ND

Sunder Strouse, EMT-B, ED TECH

Kathleen Long, Masters in Health Administration, MBA

Iris Baker, RN CCM

Anthony J Mazzeo, MD

Karen Monroe, MD

Danna Richkun, RN

Andrea Larson, LPN

Stephen Taylor, MD, MPH

Jenna McCauley, PhD

Robert Cohen, MD

Susan E. (Brown, Gottsman)Teague, BSN, RN

Lotita Hickman, Rna

Jake Kushner, MD

Marta Jacobsen, RN, WCC

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Kimberly Gambill, RN

Alexandra Vrazo, PhD MPH

Leigh Meltzer, MD

John Metcalf, RN, LMSW

Greg Prouty, PharmD

Rev Kathleen Raphael, DD LPN

Terry Winter, RN, MPH

Steven Miller, RN, Teacher

Annie Wenz, RN

Marsha Ng, PharmD, MS

Theodore Dushane, MD PhD

Tamar Earnest, MD, FACS, MJS

Devon Martin, RN

Nanda Devi Rich, MSW, LSW, ACSW, CDP

Julie Hackler, RN

Jeanette Schneider, PhD MD

Katherine Grogan, PharmD

Vicky Curry, PhD

Dawn Bielawski, PhD

Sophia Przybylo, RN, BSN

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Thomas Holubeck, MD

Jill Legg, MD

Margaret Donowitz, MSN, RN

H. Griffin Cupstid, MD

David Share, MD., FACP

Shara Blake, MA, RT, MR

Janet Fleetwood, PhD, MPH

Jana Adams, RN BSN

Nana Twum-Danso, MD, MPH

Nancy Cullinane, RN

Claire Lindberg, PhD, Family Nurse Practitioner

Karen Wubbena, RN

Marc Castellani, PhD

Catherine Troisi, Ph.D.

Jonathan Heilman, PMHNP

Jenny Gitchel, RN, CMSRN

Tiffany Prater, RN

Devyn Shafer, MPH

Robin Corcoran, RN

Urvashi` Rangan, PhD

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Margie Sable, DrPH, MSW

Gisele Rojo, Pharmacist

Beth Barba, PhD, RN

Joseph Prefontaine, RN, LEEP AP

Katelyn Stuart, BSN, RN, CPN

Richard Rovin, MD

Indalicia Bargas, LVN

Patricia Hassing, RN

Fred Sturpets, MD

Barbara Roseborough, MSN

Sarah Rosen, MD

Andrew Johanek, DO

Lisa Calistri, RN

Jeanie Hamamura, RN, MSN

Dana Fairbanks, MD

Chandra Whittley, M.D.

Katie Sondergaard, RN

Marianna Feigina, EMT

Margaret Dansie, RN retired

Donna Seely, RN, MSN, CFNP

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Michael Daignault, MD

Chalaya Bondurant, RN

Dana J Hodak, RN, CERN

Sharon Mutzberg, RN

Bonnie Gaulke, RN

Asra Sheriff, PharmD

Jessica Lopeman, MPH, BSN, RN-BC

Julia Brochstein, M.A., LMFT

Renee Mazzocco, BSN, RN

Gordon Wallace, MPC, MHS, LCPC, LAC

Marc Solomon, MD MPH

Felicia Alingu, MPH

Cai Guangqiang, PhD

Liberty Martinez, CNA

Mersedeh Tariverdi, PhD

Kaytlin Brown, LMT

Shannon Robertson, RDN, MHA

Casey May, RN

John Newland, DMD

Jo Buechler, RN

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David Comstock, MD

Cheryl Chastine, MD

Shahriar Khezri, MD

Stephany Pawling, BSN, RN-ONC, OCN, BC

Drew Lewis, MD, MTM&H, FACP

Michele Blum, Ph.D.

Richard Watkins, Ph.D.

Christine Beavers, PT, DPT

Leigh Ann Pincus, ARNP

Kathy Leonhardt, Lpn

Vasanta Weiss, MD

Jill Niemeyer-Clarks, BSN, RN

Christa Cuison, MSW, MPH

Roger Shen, D.O.

Ashley Lovett, LPN

Lyndia Clark, BSN, RN

Deborah Robbins, CRNP, MSN

Myra Rodriguez, RN

Sean McKeown, PTA

Lindsay Anderson, RN, BSN, MS

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Jonas Jesko, MD

Terry Ann Makar, RN

Stephanie Marks, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C, RN

Kylette Banks, CNA

Sandra Ferrarese, MS, OTR/L

Jackilyn Lopez, RDH

Tracy Berg, Nurses aid

Ariana Venziano, RN

Sydney Vasaturo, Nurse assistant

Sarah Waters, RDH

Thomas Lampinen, PhD, NA-C

Jennifer Herrmann, RN

Laura Throckmorton, RN

Kaitlin Baker Kerr, MSN, RN, CNL

Ouzama Henry, MD

Norma Allred, MSN, PhD

Marcie Sexton, RN

Roxane Javid, MD

Kimberly Crawford, MA, LPC, SCL

Nyeusi Holmes, STNA/HHA

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Moxie Loeffler, DO, MPH

Stacey Klein, LCSW

Eileen White, MPH, BSN, RN

Christine McCall, MD

Ashley Raymond, RN

Kathy Drehobl. OTR, OTRL

Monica Lyons, RN

Frank Mazzeo, MD

Alyse Gonzales, PA-C

Christina Barletta, RN

Nicole Bobey, LSCSW

Jean Schoening, R.Ph.

Sana Syed, MD

Reverend Jonny Diane Thompson, RN

James Kolter, MD

Jane Lessard, RT RDMS RDCS RVT

Julia Campbell, RN, MBA, CHC

gabrielle dixon, CNA

Cassandra Swenson, BSN-RN

Virgil Ross Calhoon, RN

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Vanessa Marchal, RT(R)(CT)(MR)

Heather Goodman-D'Anna, MA, PLPC

Ceciloa Pruott, BSN, RN

Aimee Nefcy, MD

Shaila Serpas, MD, MPH

Alison Smith, MPH, BSN, RN

Judith Finneren, M.A. LPC

Chloe Steinshouer, MD

Terrance Mays, CNA

Navdeep Mander, RN

Leslie Navarro, RN

Doina Popescu, RN

Michael Leighton, PharmD

Stephanie Cantore, RDH

Patricia Leighton, Rph

Christy Johnson, RN

Maria Whitt, RN

Virginia Nardella, RN

Mary Hove, MS Psychology

Fawn Suibielski, RN

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Alma Carter, RN

Lorene Gonzales, CLS II

Pamela LaPorte, ERT, CPT

Alan Engelberg, MD, MPH

Allan Post, L.AC MSAOM

Joy Akins, MD

Kristen Somogyi, Au.D.

Kelly Trauth, B.S.N., R.N.

Bimpe Obadare, PharmD

Colleen Hanna, RN-BSN

Thomas Grugle, MD

Amanda Jean-Pierre, Au.D.

Penelope Rayas, LMFT

Mary Vanderpool, RN

Teri Mills, MS, RN

Keri Zwerner, MA, LCPC

Ciaran DellaFera, MD

Greg Gobrecht, MD FAAFP

Christa Cuison, MSW, MPH

Sherrell Holtshouser, RN MPH

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Kim Wallant, LMHC, RPT, ATR

Carina Guzman, BSHCA

Virginia Sustarsic, MSW, LISW-S

Beth Erickson, RN, BA

Marie Villaruel, PT

Nora Walters, RN, BA, BSN

Joy Smith, LPN

Crystalyn Jones, LPC

Debbie Pelkey, RN

Larry Lundberg, RN

SANDRA WICKS, BSN,RN

Elizabeth Feldman, MD, FAAFP

Sue Kloor, MSW

Patricia Gingrich, RN, MSN, WHNP

Delia Trujillo-Ramirez, RN

Deborah Mattei, Patient Care Associate

Mirza Alzugaray, X Ray técnico retired

Rebecca Howard, AuD

Georgene Parton, RMA ret.

Janis Hogan, RN, NCSN

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Nan McKinley, Nurse Practitioner

Rachel Secor, BSN, RN

A.R P., RN

Paul Fransen, PT

Nancy Whitson, RN, CNM, ARNP

Sandra Larson, RN

Bendita Qian, CNA

Barbara Clemens, RN

Amanda Butterfield, MSN, FNP-C

Allison Gunderson, RN

Karen Valerio, RN

Theresa Peet, MD

Janet Petkau, RN

Birgit Reeves, PhD

Beth McHugh, RN, BSN

Fredric Adler, MD

Charish Barry, MD, FAAP

Linlee Jones, RN, BSN

Terry Datz, MT ASCP

Majorie Brown, Clinical Research coordinator MSHS

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Renuka Sinnathamby, PT, DPT

Kristina Beglarian, FNP-C

Thai Hoa Huynh, MD

Claudia Carcamo, PA-C

Karin Harp, MD, FAAD, FASDS

Sam Ehrlichman, PhD

Melissa House, DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC

Lisa Matthews, Rn

Ovvie Bray, LPN

Kayte Bush, CRDH

Jay Davis, MS EnvE

Heather Wilde, CPhT

Keith So, MD, MPH, CTropMed

Pamela Bonkoski, LFD

Caia LaCour, DNAP

Linda Burke, Phlebotomist

Tami Reifenberg, RN

Courtney Pickar, MS, RNC-OB, ACNS-BC, C-EFM

Amy Pestreich, M.A. CCC-SLP

Heather Tenney, RB, BSN

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Diane Saunders, RT(Ret), MN-CEM

Karen Ross, Physical therapist

Laura Kruse, PT, MEd

Jacquelyn DelGrosso, SPHR

Robert Eidus, MD

Warren Streisand, MD

Mary Crotty, RN MBA JD

Meghan Marrone, RN

Bill Campbell, PhD

Jan Derrah, RN, CCM

Sarah Allen, DVM, DACVECC

Natasha Fair, PA-C

Ronald Kaufman, MD, MBA

Christina Carter, MA, MLS

Donna McQueen, RN

Yashar Salek, MD

Julie Shamas, MD

Carlos Weiss, MD, MHS

Stephen Luk, DPM

Jill Souders, LCSW

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Alyssa Kim, MD

Sarmila Shrestha, DDS

Joan Hintz, BSN, RN

Kristin Snyder, BSN, CCRN

Agnes Kwong, PhD

Như Phúc Nguyễn, MD

Bethany Butler Prater, AuD

Samantha Cooper, RN

Lauran Mizock, MD

Denise Yun, MD

Tara Baietto, RN

Tricia Marshall, NP-C

Michelle Simeno, RDH

Teneshia Underwood, CPht

Christina Olsson, RDH

Victor Alvarez, PCT

Ashlee Stanton, RDH

Peter Wyman, MD

David Cranston, MD

Jessica Johnson, RDH

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Patricia Bernardino, PT

Lorreen Serls, RDH

Heather Burns, RDH

Alan Kohrt, MD

Holly Blackford, RDH

Richard Baldo, PhD

Carrie Gross, RDH

Jennifer Churchill, RDH

Catherine Rowan-Collier, FNP-C

Kathleen Green, RN-BS

Rachael Stalker, MSN, FNP-BC, RN

Thomas Kowalski, RRT

Hardeep Bhatti, RDH

jeanne klein, RN

Crystal Malave, CCMA, CPT

Jenny McDowell, RDH

Jessica Evangelidis, RDH

Jill S, LPN

Shirley Tironi, RDH

Jacqueline Burgess, RPSGT, RST

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Victoria O'Reilly, AuD, Doctor of Audiology

Emily Fridenmaker, MD

Tiffany Greco, Rdh

Nada Elbuluk, MD, MSc

Megan Vossler, RDH

Joanne Sigal, RDH

Caroline Bryant, RN

Martha Fackler, RDH

Rebekah Pearson, BSW

Marianne Joyce, RDH

Rachelle Staley, RDH

Stuart Shalat, Sc.D. (Epidemiologist)

Alessio Signorini, PhD

Bridgett Wendel, PharmD

Kelly Lesser, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNL

Susan Riblett, RDH

April Armstrong, MD

Rhea Crawford, RDH

Liana Neyfeldt, RDH

Jennifer Chiang, MD

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Rebecca DeWitt, CNA

Erica Gooch, PharmD

Victoria Grillo, RN

Lisa Cohen, RDH, BS

Laurie Zimmer, RN BSN

Donna Crady, MSN, RN

Luis Vasquez, LVN

Angela Kirkpatrick, RDH

Peter Wilcox, MD

Lynne Severance, APRN

Jill Epstein, DPM

Victoria Reihl, RDH

Cheryl Walch, NP-C

Ashley Hall, RDH

Michelle Lopez, RN

Marta Peimer, MSN

Elisa Dauphinee, BSN

Michelle Highland, RDH

Claudia McClintic, LVN

Elizabeth Grillo, BSDH, RDH

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Sydney Morrisson, PhD

Christin TaylorDomingo, RN

Cleo Hugnes, RDH

Lisa Gertz, RDH

Allison Davis, PharmD

Barbara Egan, LCSW

Lisa Nisevich, RN, BSN, MA

Kelly Reed, MS, PA-C

Christin Kelly, RT(R)(CT)(ARRT)

Abby Wisler, RDH

Tara Dewitt, PhD

Jacquelyn Alderson, MSN, RN

Amanda Taylor, FNP-BC

Christina Hamrick, STNA

Sarah Schmitt, RDH, BS

Vanessa Jones, RN

Lori Cavera, RDH

Michael H. Sellers, Air Force Med.Ser.Spec.(Medic) Veteran

Gerrick Lordsburg, PhD, MD, PsyD, MDiv

Adam Plotkin, MD

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Dana Caldwell, RDH

Tracy Taylor, RN, BSN

Denise Sulliavn, RN BSN CSNT

Patra Duangjak, MD.

Leslie Hudson, DVM

Allison Gold, LCSWR

Emily Crosby, RDH

Lisa Lim, MS, CPT-1

G. Andrew McIntosh, MD

Jana Richardson, RDH

Heather Rodgers, RDH

Karen Howden, RN

Jennifer Dutt, RDH

Robert Browne, D.M.D.

Anne Coleman, RDH

Betty Miller, RDH

Oded Greenberg, MD

Gayle Marshall, RDH

Cheryl Knott, PhD

Antonio D, R.N

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Danielle H, LCSW

Todd Schultz, MSN, RN

Loren Council, Psy.D.

Robert Schiff, MD

Lashantee Barclay, Rn

Jw Mills, Md

Ashley Hadean, RN

Leslie Salgado, Administrative Medical Assistant

Raymond Tan, MD

Erica DeBaggis, MPH

Kathy Schill, RDH. BS

Anna Jo Smith, MD

Fabiola Ramos-Mercado, DMD, MPH

Elizabeth Harrison, RN

Tuyen Nguyen, PharmD

Gwen Davey, PhD

Nanette Chiafala, RN

Sara Noble, BSN, RN

Shilpa Patel, LPN

Isa Ryan, MD

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Laura Michielsen, RN