Expert Panel and Staff
Technical Expert Panel Members
Katherine Browne, MHA, MBA
Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer
Center for Healthcare Quality
George Washington University
David J. Casarett, M.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Staff Physician, Philadelphia VAMC
Fellow of the Institute on Aging
University of Pennsylvania
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Carlos F. Gomez, MD, PhD
Adjunct Scholar
The Center for Clinical Bioethics
School of Medicine
Georgetown University
Medical Director
District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration
Jill C. Jacobson
VP, Operations & Compliance
Corporate Compliance Officer
American Hospice
Ada Jacox, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director, Clinical Practice Guidelines Program
University of Virginia
Susan Johnson, RN, Certified Care Manager
President
Care Management Associates, LLC
Diane Jones, MSW
Project Administrator
Hospice-Veteran Partnership Program
Ethos Consulting Group
Barbara Kreling, MSPH
Research Associate, Cancer Control Programs
Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center
Rosemary L. Lee, RN
Social Science Research Analyst
DHHS/Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Center for Beneficiary Choices
Plan Oversight & Accountability Group/Division of Consumer Assessment & Healthcare Surveys
Melanie P. Merriman, PhD, MBA
Touchstone Consulting
Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Deneen Richmond, MHA, RN
Assistant Vice President, Quality
Inova Health System
Martha Tecca, MBA
Founder & Principal Consultant
M&M Strategies
Measurement & Management to Improve Healthcare
Joan Teno, MD
Associate Dir., Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research
Brown University
American Hospice Foundation Staff
Naomi Naierman, MPA
President and CEO
American Hospice Foundation
Marsha Nelson, ACSW, MBA
Vice President
American Hospice Foundation
Baruch College Staff
Project Director:
Shoshanna Sofaer, DR. P.H.
Robert P. Luciano Professor of Health Care Policy
School of Public Affairs
Baruch College
City University of New York
Project Coordinator:
Susan S. Hopper, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
School of Public Affairs
Baruch College
City University of New York
Kirsten Firminger, MA
Research Associate
School of Public Affairs
Baruch College
City University of New York