Contacts for Screening & Brief Intervention with

National Medical Organizations

The representatives of the National Medical Organizations that attended the 2/12/04 National Medical Leaders Meeting on Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention agreed to provide a contact person for alcohol screening and brief intervention.  This information is being provided to foster partnerships between organizations to promote alcohol screening and brief intervention as a part of general practice. 

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Joyce Haas
Special Projects Manager, AAFP
11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
Leawood, KS 66211
Phone: (913) 906-6000, ext. 5540
Fax: (913) 906-6093
Email: jhaas@aafp.org

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Jan Towers, PhD
Director of Health Policy
PO Box 40130
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: (202) 966-6414
Fax: (202) 966-2856
Email: dcoffice@aanp.org

American Academy of Pediatrics
Elizabeth Edgerton, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
George Washington University
111 Michigan Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 884-4859
Fax: (847) 424-8000
Email: eedgerto@cnmc.org

American Academy of Physicians Assistants
Bob McNellis
Director, Clinical Affairs and Education
950 N. Washington St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 836-2272
Fax: (703) 684-1924
Email: bmcnellis@aapa.org

American Ambulance Association
Jim O'Connor
Board Member
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 610-9018
Fax: (703) 610-9005
Email: jimo@metroamb.com

American College of Emergency Physicians
Margaret Montgomery, RN, MSN
Practice Management
1125 Executive Circle
Irving, TX 75038
Phone: (972) 550-0911
Fax: (972) 580-2816
Email: mmontgomery@acep.org

American College of Nurse Practitioners
Janet Selway, DNSc, CRNP
Instructor
Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing
525 N. Wolfe St., 416
Baltimore, MD  21205
Phone:  (410) 614-1525
Fax:  (410) 955-7463
Email:  jselway@son.jhmi.edu

American College of Physicians
Patrick C. Alguire, MD, FACP
Director, Education and Career Development
American College of Physicians
190 North Independence Mall West
Philadelphia PA 19106
Phone: (215) 351 2845
Fax: (215) 351-2594
Email: palguire@mail.acponline.org

American College of Surgeons
Carol R. Schermer, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Burn and Trauma
University of New Mexico
915 Comino De Salud
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 272-6441
Fax: (505) 272-1970
Email: cschermer@salud.unm.edu

American Medical Association
Richard Yoast, PhD Director,
Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
515 N. State St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 464-4202
Fax: (312) 464-4024
Email: richard_yoast@ama-assn.org

American Psychological Association
Lynn Bufka, PhD
Director, Professional Development Demonstration Projects
750 First St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 336-5869
Fax: (202) 336-5797
Email: lbufka@apa.org

American Public Health Association
Georges Benjamin, MD Executive Director
800 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3710
Phone: (202) 777-2742
Fax: (202) 777-2534
Email: georges.Benjamin@apha.org

American Society of Addiction Medicine
Lawrence Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, FASAM
President, ASAM
C/o Urban Resource Institute
Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation
22 Chapel St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 260-2917
Fax: (718) 522- 3186
Email: lbrown@artcny.org

Association for Medical Education and Research on Substance Abuse
Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
President-Elect
125 Whipple Street
Third Floor, Suite 300
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 349-0000
Fax: (877) 418-8769
Email: rsaitz@bu.edu

Emergency Nurses Association
Mary Ellen Wilson, RN, MS, FNP, CEN
President
915 Lee St.
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Phone: (847) 460-4095
Fax: (847) 460-4006
Email: emergencymel@aol.com

NAADAC - The Association for Addiction Professionals
Roger A. Curtiss, NCACII, LAC
President
118 East 7 th St, Suite 2E
Anaconda, MT 59711
Phone: (406) 563-6601
Fax: (406) 563-7719
Email: rcurtiss2@juno.com

National Association of EMS Physicians
Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPH
Board Member
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
UPMC-Presbyterian, CL-06
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 647-1107
Email: bod-naemsp@goamp.com

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Margaret VanAmringe
Vice President for External Relations
601 13 th Street, NW, Suite 1150N
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 783-6655
Fax: (202) 783-6888
Email: mvanamringe@jcaho.org

National Association of EMTs
John Roquemore
President
1211 Elmwood Park, Suite 403
Jefferson, LA 70123
Phone: (504) 736-6770
Fax: (504) 736-6778
Email: rockemt@aol.com

National Hispanic Medical Association
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
President and CEO
1411 K St., NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 628-5895
Fax: (202) 628-5898
Email: erios@nhmamd.org

National Medical Association
Randall W. Maxey, MD
President
1012 10 th St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 347-1895
Fax: (202) 898-2510
Email: president@nmanet.org

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Leon L. Haley, Jr, MD, MHSA, FACEP
Board Member
Asst Prof & Vice Chair
Emergency Medicine Department
Emory University
Phone: (404) 616-6419
Fax: (404) 616-7431
Email: lhaley@emory.edu

Last update: May 4, 2004 - LF