 State Refugee Health Coordinators
AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI
Alabama
Ms. Catherine Potter
Refugee Resettlement Program
Catholic Social Services
406 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36602
Tel: 251.432.2727
Fax: 251.432.2927
E-mail: cpotter@cssrrp.org
Teresa O’Conner, MSW
Community Health Services
Anchorage Department of Health and Human Services
PO Box 196650
Anchorage, AK 99519
Tel: 907.343.6147
E-mail: OconnerTE@ci.anchorage.ak.us
James Phillips, Chief
Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 1437, Slot H-42
Little Rock, AR 72203
Tel: 501.280.4351
E-mail: james.phillips@arkansas.gov
Arizona
Carrie A. Senseman, MPA
Refugee Health Coordinator
Office of Epidemiology and Disease Control Services
Office of the Bureau Chief
Arizona Department of Health Services
150 N. 18th Ave. Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Tel: 602.364.3592
Fax: 602.364.3266
E-mail: carrie.senseman@azdhs.gov
California
Carlos Zavala, Chief
Refugee Health Section
Office of County Health Services
1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 5204
P.O. Box 997377
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Phone: 916.552.8264
Fax: 916.552.8260
E-mail: carlos.zavala@cdph.ca.gov
Colorado
Barbara Hummel RN, BSN, CIC
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Public Health & Env
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S, A-3
Denver, CO 80246-1530
Telephone: 303.692.2647
Fax: 303.691.7749
E-mail: Barbara.Hummel@state.co.us
Connecticut
Thomas Condren
TB Control Program
Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Ave, MS 11TUB, PO Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Tel: 860.509.7826
Fax: 860.509.7743
E-mail: Tom.Condren@ct.gov
Thomas Hall
Delaware Division of Social Services
1901 north DuPont Highway
Lewis building
New Castle, DE 19720
Tel: 302.225.9605
E-mail: Thomas.hall@state.de.us
Kaleb Johnson
Department of Heatlh
825 N Capitol St., NE, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Tel: 202.442.9380
Fax: 202.442.4947
E-mail: kaleb.johnson@dc.gov
Florida
Laura Smith
Bureau of TB & Refugee Health
Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #A10
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1718
Tel: 850.245.4444 x2303
Fax: 850.413.9092
E-mail: laura_smith@doh.state.fl.us
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Georgia
Monica L. Vargas, MSPH, MHCM
Unit Manager
Refugee Health Unit
Office of Essential Preventive Clinical Services
2 Peachtree Street, 12-341
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404.657.6715
Fax: 404.657.3133
E-mail: mlvargas@dhr.state.ga.us
Hawaii
Gerald Ohta
Department of Health
P.O. Box 3378
1250 Punchbowl St, Suite 266
Honolulu, HI 96801-3378
Telephone: 808.586.4616
Fax: 808.586.4648
E-mail: gerald.ohta@doh.hawaii.gov
Idaho
Ms. Dianne Waldemarson, RN, MED
North Central District Health Department
215 10th Street
Lewistown, ID 83501
Telephone: 208.799.0380
Fax: 208.799.0349
E-mail: dwaldem@phd2.idaho.gov
Illinois
Ms. Jenny M. Aguirre
Center for Minority Services
Illinois Department of Public Health
100 West Randolph Street, No. 6-600
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: 312.814.1538
Fax: 312.814.2833
E-mail: jaguirre@idph.state.il.us
Indiana
Helen Townsend MPH RN
Refugee Health Coordinator
TB/Refugee Health
Indiana State Department of Health
2 N. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel: 317.233.1321
Fax: 317.233.7747
E-mail: htownsend@isdh.in.gov
Iowa
Ms. Janice Edmunds-Wells
Refugee Health Program Coordinator
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075
Tel: 515.281.4904
Fax: 515.281.4570
E-mail: jwells@idph.state.ia.us
Vannavong Phabmixay
E-mail: vphabmix@idph.state.ia.us
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Kansas
Cyndi Treaster, LSCSW
Office of Local and Rural Health
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 340
Topeka, KS 66612-1365
Tel: 785.296.8113
Fax: 785.296.1231
E-mail: ctreaste@kdhe.state.ks.us
Kentucky
Jennifer L. O’Brien
Refugee Health Coordinator
KY Immunization Program
Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Serv.
275 East Main St., HS 2E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621
Tel: 502.569.4478 x 3515
Fax: 270.796.8946
Email: jenniferL.Obrien@ky.gov
Becky Jordan
Louisiana
Lisa Longfellow, MPH
Office of Public Health
Department of Health and Human Services
PO Box 60630
New Orleans, LA 70160
Tel: 504.219.4429
Fax: 504.219.4427
Email: llongfe@dhh.la.gov
Maine
Lisa Sockabasin
Office of Minority Health
ME Dept. Health and Human Services
286 Water Street, SHS 11
Augusta, ME 04333
Tel: 207.287.4844
Fax: 207.287.9058
E-mail: lisa.sockabasin@maine.gov
Maryland
Ms. Dipti Shah, M.P.H.
Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Epidemiology and Disease Control Program Division of TB Control, Refugee & Migrant Health
201 W. Preston St., Room 301-A
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: 410.767.6664
Fax: 410.669.4215
E-mail: dshah@dhmh.state.md.us
Massachusetts
Jennifer Cochran
Refugee & Immigrant Health Program
Department of Public Health
305 South Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Tel: 617.983.6596
Fax: 617.983.6597
E-mail: jennifer.cochran@state.ma.us
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Michigan
Al Horn
Office of Adult Services
Michigan Family Independence Agency 235 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 501
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909
Tel: 517.241.7819
Fax: 517.241.7826
E-mail: horna@michigan.gov
Ann O’Fallon, RN, MA
Minnesota Department of Health
625 N. Robert St. (street address)
P.O. Box 64975 (mailing address)
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
Tel: 651.201.5544
Fax: 651.201.5501
E-mail: Ann.Ofallon@state.mn.us
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Missouri
David Oeser
Bureau of Communicable Disease Investigation
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Tel: 573.751.6411
Fax: 573.526.0234
E-mail: david.oeserd@dhss.mo.gov
Montana
Dr. Steven Helgerson
Montana State Medical Officer
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
1400 Broadway, Room B102
PO BOX 202951
Helena, MT 59620-2951
Telephone: 406.444.1286
Fax: 406.444.6943
E-mail: shelgerson@mt.gov
Nebraska
Kristin Gall, RN, MSN
Community Health Nurse III/Refugee Health Coordinator
Nebraska HHS Public Health Assurance
P.O. Box 95007
Lincoln, NE 68509-5007
Tel: 402.471.1372
Fax: 402.471.3601
E-mail: kristin.gall@hhss.ne.gov
Nevada
Ms. Carisa Ramirez
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
1511 N. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel: 702.383.8387
Fax: 702.436.1579
Email: cramirez@catholiccharities.com
New Hampshire
Jose Montero, M.D., M.P.H.
NH Dept of Health & Human Services
Health & Welfare Building
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301-6527
Telephone: 603.271.5325
Fax: 603.271.4933
E-mail: jmontero@dhhs.state.nh.us
New Jersey
Anne Fox
Department of Health & Senior Services
Division of Communicable Disease
Refugee Health Program
P.O. Box 369
3635 Quakerbridge Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08625-0369
Tel: 609.588.7500
Fax: 609.588.7433
E-mail: anne.fox@doh.state.nj.us
Renai Edwards, MPH
Program Manager
TB/Refugee Health Program
Infectious Disease Bureau
New Mexico Department of Health
1190 St. Francis Dr., Ste. S1150
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Tel: 505.827.2106
Fax: 505.827.0163
E-mail: Renai.Edwards@state.nm.us
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North Carolina
Jennifer Reed Morillo
Refugee Health Program
Dept. of Health & Human Services
1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1915
Tel: 919.707.5214
Fax: 919.870.4812
E-mail: Jennifer.morillo@ncmail.net
Linda Schell
State Refugee Coordinator
Children and Family Services
Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Judicial Wing
State Capitol, 3rd Floot
Bismark, ND 58505-0250
Tel: 218.846.2629
Fax: 701.321.3538
E-mail: eagle4@tekstar.com
Ohio
Sarah Russell
Refugee Health Coordinator
Office of Family Stability,
Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services
P.O. Box 182709
50 W.Town Street, 6th Floor
Columbus, OH 43218-2709
Tel: 614.644.1142
Fax: 614.728.0761
E-mail: sarah.russell@jfs.ohio.gov
Melanie Silva
Family Support Service Division
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Tel: 405.521.4402
Fax: 405.521.4158
E-mail: Melanie.silva@okdhs.org
Mid-County Health Center
12710 S.E. Division
Portland, OR 97236
Tel: 503.988.3601 x 24231
Fax: 503.988.4144
E-mail: deborah.s.cockrell@co.multonmah.or.us
Pennsylvania
Ms. Asresu Misikir
Refugee Health Coordinator
Health & Welfare Bldg.
7th & Forster Streets
Room 933
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Tel: 717.787.3350
E-mail: amisikir@state.pa.us
Rhode Island
Maria-Luisa Vallejo, MPA
Division of Community Health and Equity
RI Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 408
Providence, RI 02908-5097
Tel: 401.222.7638
Fax: 401.222.4392
E-mail: Marialuisa.vallejo@health.ri.gov
Harold Gabel, M.D.
1424 Thayer Place
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
Tel: 843.971.7829
E-mail: haroldgabel@bellsouth.net
Kristin Rounds
Refugee Health Coordinator
South Dakota Department of Health
615 East 4th Street
Pierre, SD 57501
Tel: 605.773.4470
Fax: 605.773.5509
E-mail: kristinrounds@doh.state.sd.us
Judy Kendall, RN
Tennessee
Ana Josefina (Jossie) Lange
Refugee Health Coordinator
Tennessee Office for Refugees
Catholic Charities of TN, Inc.
21 White Bridge Road, Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37205
Tel: 615.352.9520, ext. 224
Fax: 615.352.0701
E-mail: jlange@cctenn.org
Texas
Sam Householder Jr. MPH
Refugee Health Screening Program
Department of Health
1100 West 49th St, G-308
Austin, TX 78756-3199
Tel: 512.458.7494
Fax: 512.458.7787
E-mail: Sam.Householder@dshs.state.tx.us
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Utah
Cristie Chesler
TB Control / Refugee Health Program
State Department of Health
288 North, 1460 West
Box 142105
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2105
Tel: 801.538.9465
Fax: 801.538.9913
E-mail: cchesler@utah.gov
Vermont
Susan Schoenfeld RN, MSPH
Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street, PO Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402
Tel: 802.863.7247
Fax: 802.951.4061
E-mail: SSchoen@vdh.state.vt.us
Virginia
Ms. Sidnee' M.Dallas, MPH
State Refugee Health Coordinator
Virginia Department of Health
Newcomer Health Program
109 Governor St.
P.O. Box 2448, RM 326
Richmond, VA 23218-2448
Tel: 804.864.7911
Fax: 804.864.7913
Email: Sidnee.Dallas@vdh.virginia.gov
Washington
Ms. Sherrill Hilliard
Refugee Immigration & Assistance Program
P.O. Box 45420
Olympia, WA 98504-5420
Tel: 360.725.4642
Fax: 360.413.3494
E-mail: hillisl@dshs.wa.gov
Monica Hamilton
Office of Family Support
350 Capitol Street B-18
Charleston, WV 25301
Tel: 304.558.3890
Fax: 304.558.2059
E-mail: Monica.A.Hamilton@wv.gov
Wisconsin
Ms. Savitri J. Tsering
Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program
1 W. Wilson, Rm 318
PO Box 2659
Madison, WI 53702
Telephone: 608.267.3733
Fax: 608.266.0049
E-mail: Savitri.tsering@dhs.wisconsin.gov