Appendixes
The AHRQ Surge Model was originally developed in 2005 under a contract from AHRQ to Abt Associates and its subcontractors, Gryphon Scientific and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The Hospital Surge Model is a modified version of the original Surge Model. For information about the original Surge Model, contact AHRQ or the Abt Associates Project Director.
Appendix A: Surge Model Project Team
Name |
Organization |
Tom Rich (Project Director) |
Abt Associates Inc. |
Rocco Casagrande (Principal Investigator) |
Gryphon Scientific |
Nathaniel Hupert (Co-Principal Investigator) |
Weill Medical College, Cornell University. |
Myfanwy Callahan |
Abt Associates Inc. |
Bill Rhodes |
Abt Associates Inc. |
Andrea Hassol |
Abt Associates Inc. |
Eric Hollingsworth |
Weill Medical College, Cornell University |
Shirish Chinchalkar |
Department of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University |
Wei Ziong |
Weill Medical College, Cornell University |
Chris Macek |
Relyon Media, Inc. |
Chris Templin |
Relyon Media, Inc. |
Appendix B: Surge Model Project Steering Committee Members
The following persons attended at least one of the Surge Model steering committee meetings held in March 2005, October 2005, and October 2007.
Name |
Organization |
Sally Phillips (Project Officer) |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
George Alexander |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Robert Claypool |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Norm Coleman |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Mary DesVignes-Kendrick |
Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health |
Michael Feeser |
Office of Policy, Plans and Preparedness Department of Veterans Affairs |
Edward Gabriel |
Director of Crisis Management Walt Disney Corporation |
Derek Goldstein |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Robert Gougelet |
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center |
Keith Holtermann |
Secretary's Operation Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Edbert Hsu |
Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response Johns Hopkins University |
Ann Knebel |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Sara Klucking |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
Teresa Lustig |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
Carter Mecher |
Director, Medical Preparedness Policy
White House Homeland Security Council |
F. Christy Music |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, Department of Defense |
Jonathan Newmark |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Segaran Pillai |
CBD Chief Medical and Science Advisor
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
Mark Roupas |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense
Department of Defense |
James Rush |
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Roslyne Schulman |
Senior Associate Director, Policy Development
American Hospital Association |
Thomas Terndrup |
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Daniel Walsh |
Decision and Information Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory |
Eric Wasserman |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Richard Zane |
Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham & Women's Hospital |
Appendix C: Additional Surge Model Reviewers
Name |
Organization |
Brooke Buddemeier |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
Murray Cohen |
Chair
Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation |
Peter Estacio |
Office of Research and Development Coordination
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Joseph Forsha |
Office of Mass Casualty Planning
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Richard Hatchett |
Associate Director for Radiation Countermeasures Research and Emergency Preparedness
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
William Hummer |
Office of Research and Development Coordination
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Dawn Myscofski |
Science and Technology Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
Lisa Rotz |
Director, Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Melissa Sanders |
Chief, National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Jaclyn Van Lieu Vorenkamp |
Head, Occupational Health Service
New York Presbyterian Hospital |
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