National Conference on Cvd Prevention:
Meeting the Healthy People 2010 Objectives for Cardiovascular Health

September 27-29, 1999

R. Wayne Alexander, MD, PhD
Chief Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine 
Emory University, Woodruff Building
1364 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone:  404-727-8147
Fax:  404-727-3330
Email:  ralexan@emory.edu

Noel Bairey-Merz, MD
444 S San Vicente Blvd., Suite 901
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone:  310-423-9660
Fax:  310-459-1428

Greg Burke, MD
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Public Health Science
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Wake Forest University
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063
Phone:  336-716-2930
Fax:  336-716-5425
E-mail:  gburke@rc.phs.wfubmc.edu

Michele L. Casper, PhD
Epidemiologist
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control, MSC K-47
4770 Buford Highway, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone:  (770) 488-2571
Fax:  (770) 488-8151
Email:  myc5@cdc.gov

Carolyn Clancy, MD
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
6010 Executive Blvd., Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone:  301-594-2829
Email:  cclancy@ahcpr.gov

Steven Clauser, PhD
Quality Management & Health Assessment
Health Care Financing Administration
7500 Security Blvd., MS S3-02-01
Baltimore, MD 21224-1850
Phone:  410-786-6504
Fax:  410-786-4005
Email:  sclauser@hcfa.gov

Richard Cooper, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Preventive Medicine
and Epidemiology
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 South First Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153
Phone: 708-327-9010
Fax: 708-327-9009
E-mail: rcooper@luc.edu

William Dietz, MD
Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control, MSC-K24
4770 Buford Hwy. NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone:  770-488-6042
Fax:  770-488-6000

Keith Copelin Ferdinand, MD, FACC
Medical Director
Heartbeats Life Center
1201 Poland Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70117
Phone:  504-943-1177
Fax: 504-943-1298

Michael C. Fiore, MD
Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
1300 University Avenue, Room 7278
Madison, WI 53706
Phone:  608-262-8673
Fax:  608-265-3102

Stephen P. Fortmann, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Research
in Disease Prevention
Stanford University School of Medicine
1000 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1825
Phone: 650-723-6145
Fax: 650-725-6906
E-mail: fortmann@stanford.edu

Lawrence Friedman, MD
Director, Division of Epidemiology
and Clinical Applications
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 8100
Bethesda, MD 20892 MSC 7938
Phone: 301-435-0416
Fax: 301-480-1864
E-mail: friedmal@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov

Valentine Fuster, MD
Professor of Cardiology
Dean for Academic Affairs
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212-241-7911
Fax: 212-423-9488

Wayne H. Giles
Associate Director for Science
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, N.E., MSC K-45
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone:  770-488-5514
Fax:  770-488-5964
Email:  hwg0@cdc.gov

Catherine Gordon, RN, MBA
Director, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Health Care Financing Administration
South Bldg., Room S3-06-13
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone:  410-786-1182
Fax:  410-786-4005

Philip Greenland, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University School of Medicine
680 N. Lakeshore Drive, Suite 1102
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone:  312-908-1719, -1723
Fax:  312-908-9588
E-mail:  p_greenland@nwu.edu

Kurt J. Greenlund, PhD
Epidemiologist
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MSC K-45
4770 Buford Highway, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone:  770-488-5495
Fax:  770-488-5964
E-mail:  keg9@cdc.gov

Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75235-9052
Phone:  214-648-2890
Fax:  214-648-4837

William R. Harlan, MD
Associate Director
Office of Disease Prevention
Office of the Director, NIH
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 1, Room 260
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone:  301-496-1508
Fax:  301-480-7660
Email:  wh27v@nih.gov

Gary Hogelin, MPA
Director, Division Adult & Comm. Health
Centers for Disease Control, MSC-K45
4770 Buford Hwy. NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone:  770-488-5269
Fax:  770-488-5964
Email:  gch1@cdc.gov 

George Howard, DrPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ryals Public Health Bldg., Room 327
1665 University Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
Phone:  205-934-4905
Fax:  205-975-2540
Email:  ghoward@uab.edu

Elmer Huerta, MD, MPH
Director, Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening Center
Washington Cancer Institute
Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving Street, NW, Suite C-1219
Washington, DC 20010-2975
Phone:  202-877-8205
Fax:  202-877-8113
Email:  eeh@mgh.edu

Guy Johnson, PhD
Vice President, Nutrition
Kellogg USA
1 Kellogg Square
Battlecreek, MI 49016-3599
Phone:  616-660-7253
Fax:  616-961-6596

Edgar J. Kenton, III, MD
Lankenau Medical Building South
100 Lancaster Avenue, Suite 216
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Phone:  610-642-3668

Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD
Distinguished Professor of Nutrition
Penn State University
S126 Henderson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone:  814-863-2923
Fax:  814-863-6103
E-mail:  pmk3@psu.edu

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Center Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
829 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Phone:  215-898-2629
Fax:  215-573-5315
E-mail:  kumanyi@cceb.med.upenn.edu

Ronald Lauer, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine
University Hospital
Division Pediatric Cardiology, 284JPP
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242-1083
Phone:  319-356-2839
Fax:  319-356-4963
Email:  ronald-lauer@uiowa.edu

Sidney Levitsky, MD
Cheever Professor of Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
One Deaconess Road
Surgery, LMOB-2c
Boston, MA 02215
Phone:  617-632-8386
Fax:  617-734-1656
E-mail:  slevitsk@bidmc.harvard.edu

Bonnie Liebman, MS
Director of Nutrition
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, St. 300
Washington, DC 20009-5728
Phone:  202-332-9110
Fax:  202-265-4954
Email:  cspi@cspinet.org

Russell V. Luepker, MD
Department of Epidemiology
University of Minnesota
1300 South Second Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
Phone:  612-624-6362
Fax:  612-624-0315
E-mail:  EPIVAX@EPI.UMN.EDU

Christopher Maylahn
NYS Department of Health
Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Adult Health
Empire State Plaza
Corning Tower, Room 515
Albany, NY 12237-0675
Phone:  518-474-0512
Fax:  518-473-2853

Patrick McBride, MD, MPH
Preventive Cardiology/Family Practice
University of Wisconsin Medical School
777 South Mills Street
Madison, WI 53715-1849
Phone:  608-263-3116
FAX:  608-263-5813
Email:  pem@medicine.wisc.edu

Paul McGovern, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Division of Epidemiology
University of Minnesota
1300 South Second Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
Phone:  612-626-9096
Email:  mcgovern@epi.umn.edu

George A. Mensah, MD, FACP, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology & Head
Department of Cardiovascular Care
VA Medical Center (251)
One Freedom Way
Augusta, Georgia 30904-6285
Phone: 706-823-3984
Fax: 706-823-3911

Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD
Director, Preventive Cardiology
Research and Education Programs
Division of Cardiology
University of Michigan Hospital
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-0363
Phone: 734-998-6301
Fax: 734-998-7456
E-mail: mosca@umich.edu

Gerald O’Connor, ScD, PhD
Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences
Dartmouth Medical School
Hinman Box 7252, MML Building
Hanover, NH 03755-3871
Phone: 603-650-1355
Fax: 603-650-1225
Email: ECS@Dartmouth.edu

Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30310-1495
Phone: 404-752-1158
Fax: 404-222-2628

Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of
Community and Preventive Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 644
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: 716-275-2191
Fax: 716-461-4532
E-mail:  tpearson@prevmed.rochester.edu

Michael Pratt, MD, MS, MPH
Cardiovascular Health Branch
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control, MSC K-46
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 770-488-5692
Fax:  770-488-5964
Email:  mxp4@cdc.gov

Edward Roccella, PhD, MPH
Program Coordinator
National High Blood Pressure Education Program
Office Prevention, Education & Control
National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg 31, Rm 4A16
Bethesda, MD 20892, MSC 2480
Phone:  301-496-0554
Fax:  301-402-1051
E-mail:  rocella@nih.gov

David Satcher, MD, PhD
Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 716G
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone:  202-690-7694
Fax:  202-690-6960

Christopher T. Sempos, PhD
Office of Research on Minority Health
National Institutes of Health
1 Center Drive, MSC 0164, Room 255
Bethesda, MD 20892-0164
Phone:  301-402-2515 (Secretary)
Phone: 301-402-2516 (Desk)
Fax: 301-402-2517
E-mail: semposc@od.nih.gov

Lynn A. Smaha, MD, PhD
President and CEO
Guthrie Clinic, Ltd
Guthrie Square
Sayre, PA 18840
Phone: 570-882-3010
Fax: 570-882-3007

Sidney C. Smith, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Cardiology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
CB 7075
349 Burnett-Womack Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7075
Phone: 919-966-0732
Fax: 919-843-9654
E-mail: scs@med.unc.edu

Edward J. Sondik, PhD
Director
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presidential Building
6525 Belcrest Road, Room 1140
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Phone:  301-436-7016
Fax:  301-436-5202
E-mail:  efs2@cdc.gov

Jeremiah Stamler, MD
Professor Emeritus
Northwestern University Medical School
Department of Preventive Medicine
680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-908-2293
Fax: 39-974-904650 (Italy)
E-mail: hwe216@nwu.edu

Michael P. Stern, MD
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78284-7873
Phone: 210-567-4737
Fax: 210-567-6955
E-mail: STERN@UTHSCSA.EDU

Herman A. Taylor, MD
University of Mississippi, Medical Center
Jackson Medical Hall
350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MI 39213
Phone: 601-815-5061
Fax: 601-815-5055

Dan Wolfson
President and CEO
Alliance of Community Health Plans
100 Albany Street
Suite 130
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-220-1388
Email: dwolfson@ahcp.org

Salim Yusuf, MBBS
McMaster University
Department of Medicine
237 Barton Street, E.
Hamilton, Ontario
CANADA
Phone: 905-527-7327
Fax: 905-521-1166
E-mail:  YUSUFS@FHS.MCMASTER.CA

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