Faculty
David Fiellin
Co-Principal Investigator
Fiellin, David A., MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
and Investigative Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street, PO Box 20802
New Haven, CT 06520-8025
Phone: (203) 688-2984
Fax: (860) 588-4505
david.fiellin@yale.edu
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Kathleen Akgun
Coordinating Center Faculty and Staff
Akgun, Kathleen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Phone: (203) 932-5711 x 5247
kathleen.akgun@yale.edu
Scott Braithwaite
Braithwaite, R. Scott, MD, MSc, FACP Chief, Section of Value and Comparative Effectiveness Director
The Operations Research Collaboration for Health (TORCH)
Division of General Internal Medicine
NYU School of Medicine Office 15-091 S
423 E. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 263-4979
Fax: (212) 263-4983
scott.braithwaite@nyumc.org
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Dorothy Cohen
Cohen, Dorothy, MPH
SAS Programmer/Data Analyst
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 5624
dorothy.cohen@va.gov
Kristina Crothers
Crothers, Kristina, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359762
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 744-9870
KCrothers@medicine.washington.edu
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Pat Cunningham
Cunningham, Patricia, MA, MS
Systems Analyst
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 5355
pat.cunningham@yale.edu
Robert Dubrow
Dubrow, Robert, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor
Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Yale School of Public Health
P.O. Box 208034
New Haven, CT 06520-8034
Phone: (203) 785-2853
Fax: (203) 785-6980
robert.dubrow@yale.edu
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Mona Duggal
Duggal, Mona, MD, MHS
Associate Research Scientist
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 7470
Mona.Duggal@yale.edu
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Joseph Erdos
Erdos, Joseph, MD, PhD
VA CT VISN1
Deputy Chief Information Officer
for Research & Academic Affairs
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 4020
Joseph.ErdosMD@va.gov
Matt Freiberg
Freiberg, Matthew S., MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of General Internal Medicine and Center
for Research on Health Care
University of Pittsburgh
230 McKee Place, Suite 623
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 586-9847
Fax: (412) 692-4838
freibergms@upmc.edu
Farah Kidwai
Kidwai, Farah
Database Administrator
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 3557
farah.kidwai@va.gov
Nancy Kim
Kim, Nancy MD, PhD
Instructor
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 5371
Nancy.Kim2@va.gov
Forrest Levin
Levin, Forrest (Woody)
IT Consultant
Phone: 203-932-5711 ext. 3551
woody.levin@va.gov
Jan Tate
Tate, Janet P, MPH
Biostatistician
Phone: (203) 932-5711 ext. 5491
Janet.Tate2@va.gov
Pittsburgh Staff
Kathleen McGinnis
McGinnis, Kathleen, MS
Biostatistician
VACS Coordinating Center
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 412-954-5237
Kathleen.mcginnis3@va.gov
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Melissa Skanderson
Skanderson, Melissa, MSW
Programmer
VACS Coordinating Center
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 412-954-5251
melissa.skanderson2@va.gov
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