Appendix B: Participants List

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Surgeon General's Conference on Health Disparities and Mental Retardation

December 5-6, 2001
Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington, DC

Deidra Abbott

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard, MS S2-14-26
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone: 410-786-0690
Fax: 410-786-9004
Email: dabbott@cms.hhs.gov
 

Diane L. Adams, M.D., M.P.H.

Director
Health Policy, Research and
Professional Medical Affairs
National Medical Association
1012 Tenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-347-1895, 286
Fax: 202-962-0265
Email: dadams@nmanet.org
 

Duane Alexander, M.D.

Director
National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 2A03
9000 Rockville Pike, MSC 2425
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
Phone: 301-496-3435
Fax: 301-402-1104
Email: da43w@nih.gov
 

Rene Anderson

President
Federation of Families
P.O. Box 16943
Tampa, FL 33687-6943
Phone: 813-974-2199
Fax: 813-974-7376
Email: randerso@fmhi.usf.edu
 

B.J. Arseneau, D.O., M.P.H.

Chief Psychiatrist
Office of Disability Policy
  and Programs
Division of Medical and Vocational Policy
Social Security Administration
OPNS, MC 3-A-8 Operations
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21235
Phone: 410-966-1970
Email: bernard.arseneau@ssa.gov
 

Sally Atwater

Executive Director
President’s Committee on
  Mental Retardation
U.S. Department of Health
  and Human Services
Aerospace Building, Room 701
370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, DC 20447
Phone: 202-619-0634
Fax: 202-205-9519
Email: satwater@acf.dhhs.gov
 

Susan H. Badeau

Deputy Executive Director and Public Policy
  Consultant
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation
30 Pelham Road
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Phone: 202-824-0316
Fax: 202-824-0351
Email: sbadeau@aol.com
 

Eric J. Bailey, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Medical Anthropologist and
Program Director
National Center on Minority
Health and Health Disparities
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
6707 Democracy Boulevard,
Room 800, MSC 5465
Bethesda, MD 20892-5465
Phone: 301-594-1788
Fax: 301-480-4049
Email: baileye@od.nih.gov
 

Donna Bernhardt Bainbridge,
P.T., Ed.D., ATC

Director
Department of Practice
American Physical Therapy Association
1111 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-706-3170
Fax: 703-838-8910
Email: donnabainbridge@apta.org
 

S. Otesia Barr, M.D.

Medical Director
National Children’s Center
6200 Second Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20011
Phone: 202-722-2312
Fax: 202-722-2383
 

Joan B. Beasley, Ph.D.

Consultant
184 Bonad Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone: 617-469-7391
Fax: 617-469-7391
Email: jbbeasley@rcn.com
 

Daniel Bier, M.P.A., M.S.W.

Associate Director
Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin at Madison
1500 Highland Avenue, Room S101A
Madison, WI 53705-2280
Phone: 608-263-5254
Fax: 608-263-0529
Email: bier@waisman.wisc.edu
 

Arnold Birenbaum, Ph.D.

Associate Director
Rose F. Kennedy University
Center for Developmental
  Disabilities
Albert Einstein College of
  Medicine
Kennedy Building, Room 204
1410 Pelham Parkway South
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-430-8523
Fax: 718-904-1162
Email: birenbau@aecom.yu.edu
 

Aaron Bishop

Association of University Centers
on Disabilities
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 410
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-588-8252
Fax: 301-588-2842
Email: abishop@aucd.org
 

Marty Blair

Staff Writer
Association of University
Centers on Disabilities
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 410
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-588-8252
Fax: 301-588-2842
Email: mblair@aucd.org
 

Betty Bledsoe

Mentor and Advocate for Special
Needs Children
The Rainbows
8084 Wallingwood Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46256
Phone: 317-842-9079
Fax: 317-841-9093
Email: the-bledsoes@prodigy.net
 

Robert Bock, M.A.

Press Officer
Public Information and
  Communication Branch
Office of Science Policy,
  Analysis and Communication
National Institute of Child
  Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 2A-32
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-5133
Email: bockr@mail.nih.gov
 

David Braddock, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for
Research and Executive Director
Coleman Institute for Cognitive
  Disabilities
University of Colorado System
4001 Discovery Drive,
Suite 210, MSC Sys 586
Boulder, CO 80309-0586
Phone: 303-492-0639
Email: braddock@cu.edu
 

Kathleen Braden, M.D.

Director
LEND Program
National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 2A18
9000 Rockville Pike, MSC 2425
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
Phone: 301-496-1877
Fax: 301-496-0588
Email: kathleen.braden@umassmed.edu
 

Yvonne E. Bryan, Ph.D., R.N.

Program Director
Office of Extramural Programs
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
45 Center Drive, MSC 6300
Bethesda, MD 20892-6300
Phone: 301-594-6908
Fax: 301-480-8260
Email: bryany@mail.nih.gov
 

Larry Burt, M.S.

Program Coordinator
Disability and Health Branch
National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Building 101, Room 2407
4770 Buford Highway, MS F-35
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-7081
Fax: 770-488-7075
Email: lrb1@cdc.gov
 

Nancy N. Cain, M.D.

Director, Mental
Retardation/Developmental
  Disorders Psychiatric Service
Strong Behavior Health Services
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center
300 Crittenden Boulevard
Rochester, NY 14618
Phone: 585-275-3587
Fax: 585-273-1093
Email: nancy_cain@urmc.rochester.edu
 

Faye Calhoun, D.P.A., M.S.

Associate Director
Office of Collaborative Research
National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institutes of Health
Willco Building, Suite 302
6000 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-443-1269
Fax: 301-480-2358
Email: fcalhoun@mail.nih.gov
 

Vincent A. Campbell, Ph.D.

Health Scientist
National Center on Birth Defects
  and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control
  and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway,
MS F-35, Building 101
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-7684
Fax: 770-488-7075
Email: vbc6@cdc.gov
 

Paul Casamassimo, D.D.S., M.S.

Professor and Chair and
Chief of Dentistry
Section of Pediatric Dentistry
Ohio State University College of Dentistry
Columbus Children’s Hospital
700 Children’s Drive
Columbus, OH 43205
Phone: 614-722-5651
Fax: 614-722-6791
Email: casamassimo.l@osu.edu
 

Jill Center, M.P.H.

Public Affairs Specialist
National Institute of Child Health
   and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 2A-32
9000 Rockville Pike, MSC 2425
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
Phone: 301-496-5133
Email: centerj@mail.nih.gov
 

Mary C. Cerreto, Ph.D.

Director of the Center on
Self-Determination and
   Health
Department of Family Medicine
Boston University Medical School
Dowling 5 South Building
One Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 508-653-9165
Fax: 617-414-3345
Email: mcerreto@aol.com
 

Mae M. Chin, R.D.H., M.Ed.

DECOD Clinics Manager
Dental Education in Care
  of Persons with
  Disabilities Program
Department of Oral Medicine
University of Washington
School of Dentistry
Health Sciences Center, Box 356370
1959 Northeast Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-543-4619
Fax: 206-221-5276
Email: mgmchin@u.washington.edu
 

Loretta Claiborne

1240 Bockius Avenue
Abington, PA 19001
Phone: 215-885-3870
Fax: 215-885-9636
Email: ziggygee@aol.com
 

Janis Lambert Connallon

Family Voices-DC
Suite 1003
3003 Van Ness Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-537-6046
Email: j-rcon@starpower.net
 

Stephen Corbin, D.D.S.,
M.P.H.

Dean
Special Olympics University
Special Olympics, Inc.
1325 G Street, N.W.,
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-824-0283
Fax: 202-824-0397
Email: scorbin@specialolympics.org
 

José F. Cordero, M.D., M.P.H.

Director
National Center on Birth Defects and
  Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control
  and Prevention
Chamblee - 101, Room 2116
4770 Buford Highway, MS F-34
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-7150
Fax: 770-488-7156
Email: jfc1@cdc.gov
 

Elin Cortijo-Doval, M.Ed.

Senior Consultant
9600 Kings Croft Drive
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Phone: 804-273-1063
Fax: 804-273-0699
Email: elind11@aol.com
 

David L. Coulter, M.D.

Attending Neurologist
Department of Neurology
Children’s Hospital
Fegan II
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-355-2711
Fax: 617-277-1924
Email: coulterdl@aol.com
 

M. Doreen Croser

Executive Director
American Association on
Mental Retardation
444 North Capitol Street,
N.W., Suite 846
Washington, DC 20001-1512
Phone: 202-387-1968
Fax: 202-387-2193
Email: dcroser@aamr.org
 

Felix de la Cruz, M.D., M.P.H.

Acting Branch Chief
Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities
  Branch
Center for Research for
  Mothers and Children
National Institute of Child
   Health and Human
Development
National Institutes of Health
Neuroscience Center, Room 4B09
6100 Executive Boulevard,
  MSC 7510
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
Phone: 301-496-1383
Fax: 301-496-3791
Email: delacruf@mail.nih.gov
 

Kim Daniels

Parent Consultant to the
Vermont Self-Determination Project
State of Vermont
103 Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05663
Phone: 802-485-8271
Fax: 802-485-4596
Email: kdaniels@together.net
 

Sharon Davis, Ph.D.

Director
Professional and Family
Services
The Arc of the United States
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-565-5478
Fax: 301-565-3843
Email: davis@thearc.org

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