Promoting Excellence : Grantees : Consolidated Listing

Baystate Medical Center
"The Renal Palliative Care Initiative"
Principal Investigator:
Lewis M. Cohen, MD
Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut Street
S-2669
Springfield, MA 01199

Phone: 413.794.3376
Fax: 413.794.9803
Email: lewis.cohen@bhs.org


Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
"Establishing a Culturally-Sensitive Hospice in Rural Alaska"
Principal Investigator:
Kristy Jones, MPH
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
PO Box 130
Dillingham, AK 99576

Phone: 907.842.3405
Fax: 907.842.3406
Email: Kjones@bbahc.alaska.ish.gov


Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
"Supporting Children at the End of Life: Improving Access and Quality of Care"
Principal Investigator:
Russ Geyer, MD
Clinical Director
Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
4800 Sand Point Way, North East
Mailstop CH-27 CHRMC
Seattle, WA 98105

Phone: 206.526.2107
Fax: 206.528.2651
Email: rgeyer@chmc.org


Principal Investigator:
Ross Hays, MD
Associate Director
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
4800 Sand Point Way, North East
Mailstop CM-71 CHRMC
Seattle, WA 98105

Phone: 206.526.2114
Fax: 206.528.2651
Email: rhays@chmc.org


Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan
"Palliative Care Program"
Principal Investigator:
Kenneth J. Pienta, MD
Associate Professor
University of Michigan
Internal Medicine and Surgery
1500 East Medical Center Drive
7303 CCGC
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0946

Phone: 734.647.3422
Fax: 734.647.9480
Email: kpienta@umich.edu


Principal Investigator:
John Finn, MD
Hospice of Michigan
16250 Northland Drive
Crossroads Building
Suite 212
Southfield, MI 48075


Phone: 248.443.5865
Fax: 248.559.7507
Email: jfinn@hom.org


Cooper Green Hospital
"The Balm of Gilead Center"
Principal Investigator:
F. Amos Bailey, MD
Medical Director
Cooper Green Hospital
Hematology/Oncology Services
1515 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233

Phone: 205.930.3282
Fax: 205.930.3772
Email: baiam@jcc.co.jefferson.al.us

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
"Project ENABLE: Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends"
Principal Investigator:
Marguerite M. Stevens, PhD
Director, Cancer Prevention Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756

Phone: 603.650.8039
Fax: 603.650.8380
Email: Marguerite.Stevens@Dartmouth.edu


Principal Investigator:
E. Robert Greenberg, MD
Director, Norris Cotton Cancer Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756


Phone: 603.650.6300
Fax: 603.650.6333
Email: e.robert.greenberg@dartmouth.edu


Department of Veterans Affairs, West Los Angeles Medical Center
"Critical Pathways for Poor-Prognosis Conditions: The Veteran’s Affairs Center for Patient-Focused Care"
Principal Investigator:
Kenneth E. Rosenfeld, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs, West Los Angeles Medical Center
11301 Wilshire Boulevard Mail Code 111G
Los Angeles, CA 90073

Phone: 310.478.3711 x41250
Fax: 310.268.4933
Email: Kenneth.Rosenfeld@med.va.gov


Henry Ford Health System
"Enhancing Communication for Improved End-of-Life Care"
Principal Investigator:
Leslie J. Bricker, MD
Senior Staff Physician
Henry Ford Health System
Division of Hematology/Oncology
2799 West Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48202

Phone: 313.916.1859
Fax: 313.916.7911
Email: lbricke1@hfhs.org


PhoenixCare at Hospice of the Valley
"PhoenixCare"
Principal Investigator:
Carol A. Lockhart, PhD
Project Director and Special Projects Coordinator
Hospice of the Valley
Special Projects
1510 East Flower Street
Phoenix, AZ 85014

Phone: 480.345.9445
Fax: 602.287.7051
Email: carol@lockhartassociates.com


Ireland Cancer Center: University Hospitals & Case Western Reserve University
"Project Safe Conduct"
Principal Investigator:
James K.V. Willson, MD
Director, Ireland Cancer Center
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-5065

Phone: 216.844.8565
Fax: 216.844.7832
Email: jkw@po.cwru.edu


Louisiana State University Medical Center
"PalCare: End-of-Life Care for Persons with AIDS"
Principal Investigator:
Harlee Kutzen, BSN, ACRN, MNC
HIV Homebased Care Coordinator
Louisiana State University Medical Center
136 South Roman Avenue
HIV Division, Third Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112

Phone: 504.568.7050
Fax: 504.568.5313
Email: hkutzen@aol.com


Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Metro Suburban Area
"End of Life Care for Persons with Serious Mental Illness"
Principal Investigator:
Mary Ellen Foti, MD
Area Medical Director
Department of Mental Health
MetroSuburban Area Office B-3
45 Hospital Road
Medfield State Hospital
Medfield, MA 02052

Phone: 508.242.8015
Fax: 508.242.8455
Email: maryellen.foti@dmh.state.ma.us


Medical University of South Carolina
"The Enterprise Community: Improving Palliative Services and End-of-Life Care for an Urban African-American Population"
Principal Investigator:
Jerome E. Kurent, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology
Medical University of South Carolina
Center for the Study of Aging
505 Wachovia Bank Building
171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425

Phone: 843.792.4554
Fax: 843.792.6783
Email: kurentje@musc.edu


Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Improving End-of-Life Care: Integrating Community Case Management and Palliative Care"
Principal Investigator:
Diane E. Meier, MD
Geriatics and Medicine Professor
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Box 1070
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029-6574

Phone: 212.241.6796
Fax: 212.426.5054
Email: diane.meier@mssm.edu


Principal Investigator:
William Thar, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Franklin Health, Inc.
10 Mountainview Road
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1933


Phone: 201.512.7067
Fax: 201.934.4953
Email: tharb@franklinhealth.com


SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
"Project P.A.T.H.S. (Pediatric Approach to Hospice Support)"
Principal Investigator:
Suzanne S. Toce, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
1465 South Grand Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63104

Phone: 314.577.5642
Fax: 314.268.6410
Email: tocess@slu.edu


Sutter VNA and Hospice
"CHOICES: Comprehensive Home-Based Options for Informed Consent about End-Stage Services"
Principal Investigator:
Brad Stuart, MD
Medical Director
Sutter VNA & Hospice
1110 North Dutton Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Phone: 707.542.5045
Fax: 707.887.7609
Email: bradstuart@msn.com

Principal Investigator:
Carol D'Onofrio, DrPH
3 Requa Place
Piedmont, CA 94611



Phone: 510.547.2554
Fax: 510.547.3798
Email: cnd@uclink4.berkeley.edu

University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
"Improvements in End-of-Life Care for Selected Populations"
Principal Investigator:
Frederick J. Meyers, MD
Professor and Chair
University of California, Davis
School of Medicine
4150 V. Street
Suite 3100
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone: 916.734.8596
Fax: 916.734.7906
Email: fred.meyers@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu


University of California, San Francisco
"The Comprehensive Care Team: A Controlled Trial of Care at the Beginning of End of Life"
Principal Investigator:
Michael W. Rabow, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Mt. Zion General Internal Medicine
1701 Divisadero Street
Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115

Phone: 415.353.7918
Fax: 415.353.7901
Email: mrabow@medicine.ucsf.edu


University of Chicago Medical Center
"PEACE: Palliative Excellence in Alzheimer Care Efforts"
Principal Investigator:
Greg A. Sachs, MD
Associate Professor
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 South Maryland
MC 6098
Chicago, IL 60637

Phone: 773.702.0102
Fax: 773.702.3538
Email: gsachs@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Principal Investigator:
Patricia Hanrahan, PhD
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 South Maryland
MC 6098-5841
Chicago, IL 60637


Phone: 773.702.9697
Fax: 773.834.3017
Email: phanrahan@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu

University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center
"When Cure is No Longer Possible: A Palliative Care System of Excellence in Rural New Mexico"
Principal Investigator:
Walter Forman, MD, FACP, CMD
University of New Mexico
Epi - CC
2325 Camino de Salud NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131-5306

Phone: 877.280.5520
Fax: 505.272.2841
Email: wbforman@unm.edu

University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
"Palliative Care in Nursing Homes"
Principal Investigator:
Neville E. Strumpf, PhD, RNC, FAAN
Interim Dean and
Edith Clemmer Steinbright Chair in Gerontology
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096

Phone: 215.898.8802
Fax: 215.573.7492
Email: strumpf@nursing.upenn.edu

Principal Investigator:
Howard Tuch, MD
Director of Palliative Care Services
Genesis ElderCare
8800 Grand Oak Circle, Suite 400
Tampa, FL 33637


Phone: 813.558.6629
Fax: 813.558.6571
Email: hstuch@msn.com

Volunteers of America, Inc
"Guiding Responsive Action for Corrections at End-of-Life (GRACE)"
Principal Investigator:
Margaret Ratcliff, MSW
Vice President of Services
Volunteers of America
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Phone: 703.341.5039
Fax: 703.341.7001
Email: MRatcliff@voa.org

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