Public Health Emergency Preparedness
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The Hospital Surge Model was originally developed in 2005 under a contract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to Abt Associates and its subcontractors, Gryphon Scientific and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The Hospital Surge Model is a modified version of the original Surge Model. For information about the original Surge Model, contact AHRQ or the Abt Associates Project Director.
Appendix A: Project Team
| Name |
Organization |
| Tom Rich (Project Director) |
Abt Associates Inc. |
| Rocco Casagrande (Principal Investigator) |
Gryphon Scientific |
| Nathaniel Hupert (Co-Principal Investigator) |
Weill Medical College, Cornell University. |
| Myfanwy Callahan |
Abt Associates Inc. |
| Bill Rhodes |
Abt Associates Inc. |
| Andrea Hassol |
Abt Associates Inc. |
| Eric Hollingsworth |
Weill Medical College, Cornell University |
| Shirish Chinchalkar |
Department of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University |
| Wei Ziong |
Weill Medical College, Cornell University |
| Chris Macek |
Relyon Media, Inc. |
| Chris Templin |
Relyon Media, Inc. |
Appendix B: Project Steering Committee Members
The following persons attended at least one of the Surge Model steering committee meetings held in March 2005, October 2005, and October 2007.
| Name |
Organization |
| Sally Phillips (Project Officer) |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| George Alexander |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Robert Claypool |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Norm Coleman |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Mary DesVignes-Kendrick |
Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health |
| Michael Feeser |
Office of Policy, Plans and Preparedness Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Edward Gabriel |
Director of Crisis Management Walt Disney Corporation |
| Derek Goldstein |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Robert Gougelet |
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center |
| Keith Holtermann |
Secretary's Operation Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Edbert Hsu |
Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response Johns Hopkins University |
| Ann Knebel |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Sara Klucking |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Teresa Lustig |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Carter Mecher |
Director, Medical Preparedness Policy
White House Homeland Security Council |
| F. Christy Music |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, Department of Defense |
| Jonathan Newmark |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Segaran Pillai |
CBD Chief Medical and Science Advisor
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Mark Roupas |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense
Department of Defense |
| James Rush |
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Roslyne Schulman |
Senior Associate Director, Policy Development
American Hospital Association |
| Thomas Terndrup |
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Daniel Walsh |
Decision and Information Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory |
| Eric Wasserman |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Richard Zane |
Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham & Women's Hospital |
Appendix C: Additional Surge Model Reviewers
| Name |
Organization |
| Brooke Buddemeier |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Murray Cohen |
Chair
Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation |
| Peter Estacio |
Office of Research and Development Coordination
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Joseph Forsha |
Office of Mass Casualty Planning
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Richard Hatchett |
Associate Director for Radiation Countermeasures Research and Emergency Preparedness
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| William Hummer |
Office of Research and Development Coordination
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Dawn Myscofski |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Lisa Rotz |
Director, Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Melissa Sanders |
Chief, National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Jaclyn Van Lieu Vorenkamp |
Head, Occupational Health Service
New York Presbyterian Hospital |
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AHRQ Publication No. 10-M057-2-EF
Current as of September 2010