NYMAC
(New York-Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Genetics and Newborn Screening Services)
NYMAC Collaborative
NYMAC States
Work Group 3 Membership
Chair: Barbara Eckerd, BS, MT (ASCP), NM
Coordinator: Katharine B. Harris, MBA
DELAWARE
Representative: Patricia M. Scott, MT, Delaware Public Health Laboratory
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Representative: Joyce Brooks, District of Columbia Department of Health/Division of Children with Special Needs
MARYLAND
Representative: Fizza Gulamali-Majid, PhD, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene/Division of Newborn and Childhood Screening
John M. DeBoy, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene/Division of Newborn and Childhood Screening
NEW JERSEY
Representative: Allen Bergum, PhD, New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services/Public Health & Environmental Laboratories
Tajwar Aamir, MD, New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services/Special Child & Adult Health & Early Intervention Services
Suzanne M. Karabin, MS, New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services/Newborn Biochemical Screening Program
NEW YORK
Representative: Michele Caggana, ScD, New York State Department of Health/Wadsworth Center
Representative: Kenneth A. Pass, PhD, New York State Department of Health/Wadsworth Center
Darius J. Adams, MD, Albany Medical Center
Rita Bellevue, MD, New York Methodist Hospital
Tonia Carter, New York State Department of Health/Congenital Malformations Registry
Jolanta Kulpa, MD, Long Island College Hospital
Carol Linsner, MS, CGC, Myriad Genetics
Maria I. New, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Patricia Parton, MD, SUNY at Stony Brook
Joan Pellegrino, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Deborah Rodriguez, RN, New York State Department of Health/Wadsworth Center
Dominick Sabatino, MD, Nassau University Medical Center
Claude Sansaricq, MD, PhD
Richard Sills, MD, Albany Medical Center
PENNSYLVANIA
Representative: Steven Horner, MS, Pennsylvania Department of Health/Bureau of Family Health
Representative: William Slimack, MD, Pediatrix Screening Inc. Laboratory
Kelly Donahue, MS, CGC, Allegheny General Hospital
Barbara Kendro, BS, Pennsylvania Department of Health
VIRGINIA
Representative: Charlie Stevenson, Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratories
Alternate: Howard Conway, Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratories
WEST VIRGINIA
Chair/Representative: Barbara Eckerd, BS, MT(ASCP)NM, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Laboratory Services
REGION 1 - NERGG (NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL GENETICS GROUP)
Representative: Anne Comeau, PhD, New England Regional Newborn Screening Program
Representative: Roger Eaton, PhD, New England Regional Newborn Screening Program
Representative: Katherine Kelley, MPH, DrPH, Connecticut Department of Health
REGION 3 - SERGG (SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL GENETICS GROUP)
Representative: Thomas Hickey, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Representative: Hans Anderssen, MD, Tulane University
REGION 4 - REGION 4 GENETICS COLLABORATIVE
Representative: Gary Hoffman, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Representative: Jess Thoene, MD, Michigan
Harry Hawkins, Michigan Department of Laboratories
REGION 5 - HEARTLAND GENETICS AND NEWBORN SCREENING COLLLABORATIVE
Representative: Marcia Valbracht, Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory
Representative: Stanton Berberich, Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory
Julie Miller, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services/Newborn Screening and Genetics
REGION 7 - WESTERN STATE REGIONAL GENETICS COLLABORATIVE
Representative: Steven Yannicelli, PhD, RD, Nutricia North America
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL GENETICS
Representative: Judith Benkendorf, MS, CGC, American College of Medical Genetics
Representative: Michael Watson, PhD, American College of Medical Genetics
ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES
Representative: Jelili Ojodu, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Representative: Harry Hannon, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alternate: Robert Vogt, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Representative: Jill Shuger, MS, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
NATIONAL NEWBORN SCREENING AND GENETIC RESOURCE CENTER
Representative: Brad Therrell, PhD, National Newborn Screening and Genetic Resource Center