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· Promoting Palliative Care Excellence in Intensive Care Grantees
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Promoting Palliative Care Excellence in Intensive Care Grantees

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School University of Washington School of Medicine and School of Nursing

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
"Lehigh Valley Hospital Critical Care Palliative Care"
Principal Investigator:
Daniel Ray, MD
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Pulmonary Medicine
Cedar Crest Blvd. & I-78
Allentown, PA 18105

Phone: 610.439.8856
Fax: 610.402.7664
Daniel.ray@lvh.com

Principal Investigator:
Gretchen parker Fitzgerald, CRNP
Palliative Care Coordinator
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Pain Management
Cedar Crest Blvd & I-78Allentown, PA 18105

Phone: 610.402.1756
Fax: 610.402.2247
Gretchen.Fitzgerald@lvh.com

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Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
"Merging Palliative and Critical Care Cultures in the Medical Intensive Care Unit"
Principal Investigator:
J. Andrew Billings, MD
Director, Palliative Care Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Palliative Care, Medical Services
Founders 600
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: 617.724.9197
Fax: 617.724.8693
jbillings@partners.org
Principal Investigator:
Adele Kelley, RN
Nursing Director, Medical ICU
Massachusetts General Hospital
Patient Care Services
Blake 7 MICU
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114

Phone: 617.726.2594
Fax: 617.724.8410
akeeley@partners.org

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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School
"Interdisciplinary Model for Palliative Care in the Trauma/Surgical ICU"
Principal Investigator:
Anne Mosenthal, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
New Jersey School of Medicine
Surgery
85 South Orange Ave.
Newark, NJ 07103

Phone: 973.972.6398
Fax: 973.972.6803
mosentac@umdnj.edu
Principal Investigator:
Pat Murphy, PhD, APN, FAAN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Ethics and Bereavement
University Hospital G-345150 Bergen Street
Newark, NJ 07103

Phone: 973.972.7251
Fax: 973.972.7154
murphypa@umdnj.edu

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University of Washington School of Medicine and School of Nursing
"Promoting Palliative Care Excellence in the ICU"
Principal Investigator:
J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359762
Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: 206.731.3356
Fax: 206.731.8584
jrc@u.washington.edu
Principal Investigator:
Patsy D. Treece, RN
Research Nurse
University of Washington
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359762
Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: 206.731.2424
Fax: 206.731.8584
ptreece@u.washington.edu

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Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care Grantees

Baystate Medical Center Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Corporation
Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Cooper Green Hospital Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Department of Veterans Affairs, West Los Angeles Medical Center Henry Ford Health System Ireland Cancer Center: University Hospitals & Case Western Reserve University
Louisiana State University Medical Center Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Metro Suburban Area Medical University of South Carolina
Mount Sinai School of Medicine PhoenixCare at Hospice of the Valley SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Sutter VNA and Hospice University of California, Davis, School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco
University of Chicago Medical Center University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
Volunteers of America, Inc.

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

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Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
"Helping Hands"
Principal Investigator:
Robert Swope
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
PO Box 130
Dillingham, AK 99576

Phone: 907.842.3405
Fax: 907.842.3406
Email: bswope@bbahc.org

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Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
"Pediatric Palliative Care Program"
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

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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
"Balm of Gilead"
Principal Investigator:
Dianne Vandiver
Administrator, Patient Services
Cooper Green Hospital
Hematology/Oncology Services
1515 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233

Phone: (205) 930-3596
Fax: (205) 930-3497
Email: vandi@jcc.co.jefferson.al.us

Project Founder:
F. Amos Bailey, MD
Director, Palliative Care (111)
Birmingham VA Medical Center
700 South 19th Street
Birmingham, AL 35233

Phone: (205) 933-8101 X5355/6676
Fax: (205) 558-4754
Email: amos.bailey@med.va.gov

Featured content:
Personal reflection of a palliative care volunteer.
- 2001 Innovations in End-of-Life Care article
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

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Department of Veterans Affairs, West Los Angeles Medical Center
"Pathways for Caring"
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

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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

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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

Featured content:
Project Safe Conduct integrates palliative goals into comprehensive cancer care: An interview with Elizabeth Ford Pitorak and Meri Armour.
- 2002 Innovations in End-of-Life Care article

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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

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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

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Medical University of South Carolina
"Palliative Care Services for Urban African Americans"
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

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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"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

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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

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SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
"Footprints"
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

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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

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University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
"Simultaneous Care"
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

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University of California, San Francisco
"Comprehensive Care Team"
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

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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

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University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center
"When Cure is No Longer Possible"
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

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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
Featured content:
Integrating palliative care into nursing homes: An interview with Howard Tuch and Pam Parrish.
- 2002 Innovations in End-of-Life Care article

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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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