Less Than 39 Week Toolkit Development Task Force

Objectives

The charge of the Elective Deliveries Less than 39 Weeks Toolkit Development Task Force is to decrease deliveries before 39 weeks in California by developing a set of tools for dissemination to help determine best practices for prevention of early deliveries and to determine the most effective strategies for supporting California health care providers in implementing those practices.

Co-Chairs

Brenda Chagolla, RNC, MSN, CNS, Catholic Health Care West (Sacramento)
Elliott Main, MD, Chair, CMQCC  (San Francisco)
Bryan Oshiro, MD, (Loma Linda)

Less Than 39 Week Toolkit Development Task Force Committee Members

  • Diane Ashton MD(White Plains)
  • Jennifer Baptiste-Smith BS, MPA, Public Health Program Manager(San Bernardino)
  • Scott Berns MD, March of Dimes, VP Chapter Program Support(White Plains)
  • James Byrne MD, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Chief, Obstetrics and MFM(San Jose)
  • Mary Campbell Bliss RN, MS, CNS, Sutter Sacramento--Sierra Region, Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Brenda Chagolla RNC, MSN, CNS, Catholic Healthcare West, Manager, Patient Safety & Clinical Risk(Rancho Cordova)
  • Leona Dang-Kilduff RN, MS, CDE
  • William (Bill) Gilbert MD, Sutter Health System Sacramento, Maternal-Fetal Medicine(Sacramento)
  • Jeffrey B. Gould MD, MPH, Robert L. Hess Professor in Pediatrics(Stanford)
  • Rory Jaffe MD, MBA, Executive Director(Sacramento)
  • Leslie Kowalewski March of Dimes, California State Chapter, Associate State Director(San Francisco)
  • David Lagrew MD, UCI/Saddleback/Memorial Care, Chief Integration and Accountability Officer, Memorial Care Medical Director, Informatics MCPS(Laguna Hills)
  • Elliott Main MD, California Pacific Med Ctr/CMQCC, Chairman and Chief of Obstetrics(San Francisco)
  • Peyton Mason-Marti March of Dimes, State Director of Programs California Chapter(San Francisco)
  • Kimberly McCombs
  • Connie Mitchell MD, MPH, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, Branch Chief, Policy Development(Sacramento)
  • Christine Morton PhD, CMQCC, Program Manager/Research Sociologist(Stanford)
  • Barbara Murphy MS, RN, Director of Perinatal Programs(Palo Alto)
  • Bryan Oshiro MD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Associate Professor, OB/GYN(Loma Linda)
  • Gretchen Page MPH, CNM(Loma Linda)
  • Steven Parry MD, FACOG, MCBWARD, Medi-Cal Benefits Branch, Medical Consultant II(Sacramento)
  • Nancy Peterson RNC, PNNP, MSN, IBCLC, Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Programs, MCCPOP(Palo Alto)
  • Leona Shields PHN, RN, NP, MFT, Nurse Consultant III Supervisor Program and Policy Section(Sacramento)
  • Stephanie Turner Senior VP Risk Management Services(Roseville)
  • Bev VanderWal OB Clinical Nurse Specialist(Long Beach)
  • Lucy Van Otterloo RN, MSN, Community Perinatal Network(Yorba Linda)
  • John Wachtel MD, Stanford University Medical School, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Ob/Gyn, ACOG District IX Patient Safety Officer(Menlo Park)
  • Linda V. Walsh PhD, CNM, FACNM, Associate Professor(San Francisco)
  • Randy Winter MD, ACOG District IX, Doctors Medical Center of Modesto(Modesto)

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