Expertise

In addition to our staff and leadership, VIPTC is proud to collaborate with experts across the country to provide the best infection prevention and control training to all healthcare workers across the Commonwealth.

Key Content Contributors

  • Rehab Abdelfattah, MD, MPH – Virginia Department of Health
  • Sonali Advani, MD, MPH, MBBS – Duke University
  • Heather Albert, MSN, RN, CIC – VCU Health System
  • Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH – Duke University
  • Sebastian Arenas, MPH, CIC – University of Miami Health System
  • Connie Atkinson, BSN, RN, CIC – VCU Health System
  • Pamela Bailey, DO, MPH – Prisma Health Midlands
  • Gonzalo Bearman, MD, MPH, FACP, FSHEA, FIDSA – VCU Health System
  • Shaina Bernard, PharmD, BCPS – Virginia Department of Health
  • Kelly Blythe, MPH – Virginia Department of Health
  • Amy D. Britton, MSN, RN, CCRN – VCU Health System
  • Alexandra Bryson, PhD, D(ABMM) – VCU Health System
  • Joan Buckner, MA, BSN, RN, CIC – UVA Health System
  • Deborah Patterson Burdsall, PhD, RN-BC, CIC, FAPIC – Baldwin Hill Solutions LLC
  • Jammie Cheung, MPH, CPH, CIC, CHEP – LifeBridge Health
  • Kim Claeys, PharmD, BCPS – University of Maryland
  • KC Coffey, MD, MPH, FASCP – University of Maryland
  • Jennifer Cuzzolina, MSN, RN, CIC – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Frank Daniels, MSHA, CFER, CER, AGTS, CSPDT, CSPM – VCU Health System
  • Erin Deja, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP – VCU Health System
  • Jeffrey Donowitz, MD – Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
  • Curtis Donskey, MD – Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
  • Wendy Fariss, BSN, RN, CIC – Virginia Department of Health
  • Jade Flinn, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN – Johns Hopkins University
  • Adam Greenfield, PharmD, BCIDP – VCU Health System
  • Judy Guzman-Cottrill, DO – Oregon Health & Science University
  • L. Dale Harvey, RN, MS, CPHQ, CCMP, CLSSGB – Press Ganey Associates
  • Emily Heil, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID – University of Maryland
  • Diane Heipel, BSN, RN, CIC – VCU Health System
  • Catessa Howard, PharmD, BCIPD – West Virginia University
  • Sarah Krein, PhD, RN – University of Michigan
  • Sarah Lineberger, MPH – Virginia Department of Health
  • J. Dan Markley, DO, MPH – Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Nadia Masroor, MPH – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Karen McGoldrick, MT (ASCP), CIC, CHOP – Sentara Leigh Hospital
  • Heather Minton, MS, M (ASCP), CIC – HCA Healthcare
  • Daniel Morgan, MD, MS – University of Maryland
  • Danielle Murphy, MS, RN, CPN – VCU Health System
  • Rekha Murthy, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • Priya Nori, MD – Montefiore Medical Center
  • Mandee Noval, PharmD, BCIDP – University of Maryland
  • Payal Patel, MD, MPH – Intermountain Healthcare
  • Amie Patrick, MSN, RN, CIC – VCU Health System
  • Lillian Peake, MD, MPH – Virginia Department of Health
  • Laura Pederson, MD – VCU Health System
  • Michelle Peninger, BS (MT), CIC – Inova Health System
  • Eli Perencevich, MD, MS – University of Iowa
  • Aaron Preston, BSN, RN, CIC –  Emory University
  • Jeniece S. Roane, MS, RN, NE-BC – Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
  • Clare Rock, MD, MS – Johns Hopkins University
  • Theresa Rowe, DO, MS – Centers for Disease Control and Infection
  • Thomas J. Sandora, MD, MPH – Boston Children's Hospital
  • Shelly Schwedhelm, MSN, RN, NEA-BC – University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, CIC, FSHEA – UNC Medical Center
  • Graham Snyder, MD, MS  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Brad Spellberg, MD – Los Angeles General Medical Center
  • Angela Spleen, PhD – Virginia Department of Health
  • Arjun Srinivasan, MD – Centers for Disease Control and Infection
  • Michael Stevens, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA, FACP – West Virginia University Health System
  • Ginger Vanhoozer, BSN, RN, CIC, CCHM – Virginia Department of Health
  • Leroy B. Vaughan, MD, MSHA – Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Katherine Ventura, MPH, CIC – Cleveland Clinic
  • David Weber, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA, FRSM – UNC Medical Center
  • Richard Wenzel, MD, MSc – VCU Health System