APPENDIX A
ROSTERS OF STUDY COMMITTEE PANELS AND VALIAISON COMMITTEE
The rosters below list the members of the panels appointed to provide advice and guidance to the study on specific areas of interest, as well as the members of the VA Liaison Committee. An* following a name denotes membership in the Institute of Medicine; a† indicates that the individual was a member of the study committee. The reader should note that the title of a panel member does not necessarily reflect all of his or her academic and clinical appointments.
DATA AND METHODOLOGY PANEL
KERRY E. KILPATRICK (Chair),† Chairman, Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
JO IVEY BOUFFORD,† Director, King's Fund College, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
JACOB J. FELDMAN,*† Associate Director for Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
JOHN R. FEUSSNER, Director, Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
DONALD K. FREEBORN, Senior Investigator, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region, Portland, Oregon
STANLEY J. GEYER, Chief of Staff, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (through May 1990); Director, Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. (from June 1990)
PRAKASH L. GROVER, Chief, Special Projects Office, Health Services Research and Development Service, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland
FRANK M. HOLDEN, Director, Boston Development Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Braintree, Massachusetts
DAVID J. KNESPER,† Director, Division of General Hospital Services, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
DAVID C. SABISTON, Jr.,*† Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
C. DAVID SPENCER, Associate Medical Director, Capitol Area Permanente Medical Group, Washington, D.C.
DONALD M. STEINWACHS, Director, Health Services Research and Development Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
ALBERT P. WILLIAMS,† Director, RAND Health Sciences Program (through November 1990); Corporate Research Manager, Social Policy, RAND (from December 1990), Santa Monica, California
Staff: Joseph Lipscomb, Study Director
AFFILIATIONS PANEL
W. EUGENE MAYBERRY (Chair),† Chairman, Board of Development, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
ERNEST M. BARSAMIAN, Chief of Staff, Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, Brockton, Massachusetts
JOHN D. CHASE,*† Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
ROBERT M. DONATI,† Executive Associate Vice President, St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
JOHN W. ECKSTEIN,*† Dean, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City
DAPHNE K. HARE, Director, Medical/Dental Education Programs Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
ROBERT J. JOYNT,*† Vice President and Vice Provost for Health Affairs, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
LOUIS J. KETTEL, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C.
DAVID H. LAW, Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director for Hospital Based Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
SAVITA PURI, Chief of Staff, Batavia VA Medical Center, Batavia, New York
KARL E. SUSSMAN, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Staff: Judith L. Teich, Staff Officer
NONPHYSICIAN PRACTITIONERS PANEL
HAROLD M. VISOTSKY (Chair),† Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, and Director, Institute of Psychiatry, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
MARJORIE BEYERS,† Associate Vice President for Nursing and Allied Health Services, Mercy Health Services, Farmington Hills, Michigan
PAUL F. FLETCHER, Chief of Staff, Chillicothe VA Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio
ERNEST W. JOHNSON,† Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Associate Dean for External Affairs, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus
A. WENDELL MUSSER, Chief of Staff, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia
J. WARREN PERRY,*† Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Health Related Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo
ROBERT R. RHYNE, Medical Center Director, Grand Junction VA Medical Center, Grand Junction, Colorado
MARLENE R. VENTURA, Associate Chief, Nursing Service/Research, Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York
CHERYL E. WOODSON,† Director, Fellowship Program in Geriatric Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
THOMAS A. ZAMPIERI, Physician Assistant, Surgical Service, Richmond VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Staff: Bobbie J. Alexander, Staff Associate
MEDICINE PANEL
DANIEL W. FOSTER (Chair),*† Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
GALEN L. BARBOUR, Associate Chief Medical Director for Quality Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
JOHN G. DEMAKIS, Director, Health Services Research, and Associate Chief of Staff, Hines VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
WILLIAM F. DENNY, Chief, Medical Service, Tuscon VA Medical Center, Tuscon, Arizona
PHILIP J. FIALKOW, Professor and Dean, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
GERALD S. LEVEY, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
EDWARD RUSCHE, Chief, Medical Service, Ft. Howard VA Medical Center, Ft. Howard, Maryland
MARVIN H. SLEISENGER, Professor of Medicine and Director, Cancer Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco
Staff: Nancy Kader, Staff Officer
SURGERY PANEL
DAVID C. SABISTON, Jr. (Chair),*† Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
ELIZABETH BATES, Director, Health Services Research and Development, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
KIRBY I. BLAND, Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
DON E. DETMER,* Vice President for Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
McIVER W. EDWARDS, Chief, Anesthesiology Section, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JAMES M. GUERNSEY, Chief, Surgical Service, Martinez VA Medical Center, Martinez, California
RONALD D. MILLER, Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesia, University of California at San Francisco
VALLEE L. WILLMAN, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
MARK W. WOLCOTT, Chief, Surgical Service, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Staff: Bobbie J. Alexander, Staff Associate
PSYCHIATRY PANEL
HAROLD M. VISOTSKY (Chair),† Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, and Director, Institute of Psychiatry, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
ROBERT L. LEON (Co-Chair), Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
D. ROBERT FOWLER, Chief, Psychiatry Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
DAVID J. KNESPER, Director, Division of General Hospital Services, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
JOHN O. LIPKIN, Chief of Staff, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland
JOHN A. TALBOTT, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland at Baltimore
ROBERT L. WILLIAMS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Staff: Judith L. Teich, Staff Officer
MEUROLOGY PANEL
ROBERT J. JOYNT (Chair),*† Vice President and Vice Provost for Health Affairs, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
BENJAMIN R. BROOKS, Chief, Neurology Service, Madison VA Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin
MARK DYKEN, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis
JOSEPH GREEN, Chairman, Department of Medical/Surgical Neurology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
JOHN F. KURTZKE, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Staff: Nancy Kader, Staff Officer
REHABILITATION MEDICINE PANEL
ERNEST W. JOHNSON (Chair),† Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Associate Dean for External Affairs, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus
PETER C. ALTNER, Chief, Orthopedic Surgery, and Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Service, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, New York
ROBERT D. BAER, Associate Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City
CATHERINE W. BRITELL, Assistant Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
VALERY LANYI, Medical Director of Rehabilitation Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York
NICOLAS E. WALSH, Professor and Chairman, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio
Study Staff: Nancy Kader, Staff Officer
OTHER PHYSICIAN SPECIALTIES PANEL
ROBERT M. DONATI (Chair),† Executive Associate Vice President, St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
STANLEY J. GEYER, Chief of Staff, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (through May 1990); Director, Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. (from June 1990)
RICHARD C. REBA, Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Director, Division of Nuclear Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
CHARLES C. ROGERS, Professor and Director, Division of Radiation Oncology and Biophysics, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
ROGER H. SHANNON, Director, Radiology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., and Chief, Radiology, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
ELEANOR M. TRAVERS, Director, Pathology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
HENRY N. WAGNER, Jr., Professor of Medicine, Radiology, and Environmental Health Sciences and Director, Divisions of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
Staff: Bobbie J. Alexander, Staff Associate
AMBULATORY CARE PANEL
SANKEY V. WILLIAMS (Chair),† Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
C. RODNEY BAKER, Associate Chief of Staff for Ambulatory Care, Little Rock VA Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
JOHN R. CLARKE, Professor of Surgery and Director, Trauma Center, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
JOHN W. GOLDSCHMIDT, Medical Director (retired), National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, D.C.
ELWOOD J. HEADLEY, Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director for Ambulatory Care, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
GAETANO F. MOLINARI, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
DAVID A. NARDONE, Associate Chief of Staff for Ambulatory Care, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
LOUIS JOLYON WEST, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles
Staff: Bobbie J. Alexander, Staff Associate
LONG-TERM CARE PANEL
CHERYL E. WOODSON (Chair),† Director, Fellowship Program in Geriatric Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
MARGARET GRIFFIN, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
ROBERT W. HUSSEY, Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Richmond VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
JOSEPH M. KEENAN, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Director of Geriatrics, Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
EDWIN L OLSEN, Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry, Miami VA Medical Center, Miami, Florida
L. GREGORY PAWLSON, Chairman, Department of Health Care Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
ANN L. WHALL, Professor and Specialty Head, Gerontological Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Staff: Judith L. Teich, Staff Officer
VA LIAISON COMMITTEE
ELIZABETH L. ROGERS (Chair), Chief of Staff, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
PETER C. ALTNER, Chief, Orthopedic Surgery, and Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Service, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, New York
GALEN L. BARBOUR, Associate Chief Medical Director for Quality Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
CATHERINE W. BRITELL, Assistant Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
JACK R. FEUSSNER, Director, Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
D. ROBERT FOWLER, Chief, Psychiatry Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
STANLEY J. GEYER, Chief of Staff, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (through May 1990)
MARGARET GIANNINI, Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
PRAKASH L. GROVER, Chief, Special Projects Office, Health Services Research and Development Office, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland
JAMES M. GUERNSEY, Chief, Surgical Service, Martinez VA Medical Center, Martinez, California
DAPHNE K. HARE, Director, Medical/Dental Education Programs Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
FRANK M. HOLDEN, Director, Boston Development Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Braintree, Massachusetts
ROBERT W. HUSSEY, Chief, Spinal Cord Injury Service, Richmond VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
DAVID H. LAW, Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director for Hospital Based Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
JOHN O. LIPKIN, Chief of Staff, Perry Point VA Medical Center, Perry Point, Maryland
A. WENDELL MUSSER, Chief of Staff, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia
EDWIN J. OLSEN, Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry, Miami VA Medical Center, Miami, Florida
SAVITA PURI, Chief of Staff, Batavia VA Medical Center, Batavia, New York
ROBERT R. RHYNE, Medical Center Director, Grand Junction VA Medical Center, Grand Junction, Colorado
KARL E. SUSSMAN, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
ELEANOR M. TRAVERS, Director, Pathology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
MARLENE R. VENTURA, Associate Chief, Nursing Service/Research, Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York
B.J. WILDER, Chief, Neurology Service, Gainesville VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida
Ex Officio: GABRIEL O. MANASSE, Associate Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Policy Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.
