Clinical Guidelines for the Medical Management of Hepatitis C
Appendix D - Committee and Contributors
Committee Chairperson
William M. Valenti, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Founding Medical Director
AIDS Community Health Center
Committee Members
David Bernstein, MD, FACG, FACP
Chief, Unified Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Paul Cherashore
Consumer Advocate
Colleen Flanigan, RN, MS
Hepatitis C Coordinator
New York State Department of Health
Edward Handlesman, MD
AIDS Institute
New York State Department of Health
John F. Howard, MD
Regional Medical Director
NY State Department of Correctional Services/Health Services
Marc Johnson, MD
Attending Physician
New York Hospital Queens
Marilyn Kacica, MD, MPH
Director, Healthcare Epidemiology Program
New York State Department of Health
Steven S. Kipnis, MD, FACP, FASAM
Medical Director, NYS Office of Alcoholism &
Substance Abuse Services
Alain H. Litwin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Thomas C. Mahl, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine
University at Buffalo
Chief, Medical Service
VA Upstate New York
Paul Muller
Consumer Advocate Harm Reduction
Russell J Perry MD, FAAFP
Medical Director and Associate Residence Director
Bronx Lebanon Family Practice
Henry Pollack, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
New York University School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Viral Hepatitis Clinic
Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York
Sanjiv S. Shah, MD
Associate Medical Director of HIV Services
MetroPlus Health Plan
Raymond P. Smith, MD
Lead Physician, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases Department of Veterans' Affairs
Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center
Sharon Stancliff, MD
Medical Director, Harm Reduction Coalition
Frederick J Suchy, MD
Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Pediatrics
and Chair Department of Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Steven E. Szebenyi, MD, MMM
Executive Director, Foundation for Healthy Living
Contributors
Adam B. Keene, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Joseph P. McGowan, MD, FACP
Medical Director, Center for AIDS Research and Treatment
North Shore University Hospital
Philippe Zamor, MD
Clinical Instructor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Medical Director Melrose on Track Clinic
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
