Executive Committee
Jeffrey Gould, MD, MPH - Chair
Principal Investigator, CPQCC
Shabbir Ahmad, DVM, MS, PhD
Acting Chief, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
California Department of Public Health
Dilip R. Bhatt, MD
Past-Chair, AAP District IX
Neonatologist, Kaiser Permanente, Fontana
David Braun, MD
AAP District IX, Southern CA Representative
Regional Physician Coordinator, Perinatal Services
Kaiser Permanente
Kathy Chance, MD
Neonatologist, Medical Consultant
Children’s Medical Services
Ronald Cohen, MD
CAN Board Member-At-Large, Northern CA
Medical Director, IICN
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Marian Dalsey, MD, MPH
Chief, Children’s Medical Services Branch
Cheryl Damberg, PhD
Director of Research and Quality
Pacific Business Group on Health
Steven Goldman, MD
AAP District IX, Northern CA
Chief, Newborn Services
California Pacific Medical Center
Al Hackel, MD
Director, Northern CA Perinatal Dispatch Center
Pediatric Anesthesiologist (Emeritus)
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Andrew Hopper, MD
AAP District IX, Southern CA
Neonatology
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Jeffrey Horbar, MD
Chief Executive and Scientific Officer
Vermont Oxford Network
Leslie Kowalewski
Associate State Director
March of Dimes
Sudeep Kukreja, MD
CAN Board Member-At-Large, Southern CA
Neonatologist
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Eugene Lewit, PhD
Senior Program Manager
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Elliott Main, MD
Principal Investigator
Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology
California Pacific Medical Center
Anita Mitchell, MD
Chief, Programs & Policy Section
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
California Department of Public Health
Les Newman
Assistant Chief
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
California Department of Public Health
Alan Oppenheim
Research Program Specialist
Center for Health Statistics
California Department of Public Health
Joseph P. Parker, PhD
Acting Deputy Director
Health Care Quality and Analysis Division
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Roderic H. Phibbs, MD
Neonatologist
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Richard Powers, MD
Chair - AAP District IX
Chief, Neonatology
Good Samaritan Hospital (HCA)
Rangasamy Ramanathan, MD
Immediate Past-President, CAN
Director of Neonatology
LAC+USC Medical Center, Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Karen Ramstrom, DO
Policy Section Chief
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
California Department of Public Health
Melissa Reyes, RN
Office of Vital Records
California Department of Public Health
Michael Rodrian
Deputy Director, Healthcare Information Division
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Paul Sharek, MD, MPH, FAAP
Director of Quality, CPQCC
Medical Director of Quality Management/Chief Clinical Patient Safety Officer
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Leona Shields, PHN, MN, CNP
Nurse Consultant III
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
California Department of Public Health
Terri Slagle, MD
AAP District IX, Northern CA Representative
Neonatology
California Pacific Medical Center
Susann Steinberg, MD, ABPM
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program
California Department of Public Health
David K. Stevenson, MD
Co-Principal Investigator, CPQCC
Vice Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine
CPQCC Staff:
Debra Bingham, RN, MS, LCCE
Executive Director, CMQCC
Grace Villarin Duenas, MPH
Data Center Program Manager, CPQCC
Erika Gray, BA
CPQCC Program Manager
High Risk Infant Follow-up Data Management Program
Barbara Murphy, RN, MSN
Director, CPQCC
Courtney Nisbet, RN, MS
Quality Improvement Program Manager, CPQCC
Cele Quaintance
Senior Program Manager
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Stanford University
Megan Sullivan, BA
Program Assistant, CPQCC/HRIF