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The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities

Acknowledgments

This Call to Action was prepared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the direction of the Office of the Surgeon General and the HHS Office on Disability.

Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS
Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service
Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Cristina V. Beato, M.D.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Health
Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Margaret Giannini, M.D., FAAP
Director
Office on Disability, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Kenneth P. Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H.
Deputy Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service
Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Robert C. Williams, P.E., DEE
Chief of Staff
Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Jennifer Cabe, M.A.
Writer
Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

The editors of the report were

Scientific Editor

Margaret Giannini, MD, FAAP
Director
Office on Disability
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Managing Editors

Edward Brann, MD, MPH
Director
Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Eileen Elias, MEd
Deputy Director
Office on Disability
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Scientific Writers

Theodora Fine, MA, ABD
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Specialist
Office on Disability
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

JoAnn M. Thierry, PhD, MSW
Behavioral Scientist
Disability and Health Team
Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Technical Editors

Jameta Barlow, MPH
Program Analyst
Office on Disability
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Connie L. Whitehead
Senior Writer-Editor
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Federal Contributors

Kari Benson
Policy Analyst
Administration on Aging
Washington, DC

Linda Bergofsky, MSW, MBA
Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy
Office of the Assistant Secretary on Planning and Evaluation
Washington, DC

Vincent A. Campbell, PhD
Associate Director for Science
Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, VA

John E. Crews, DPA
Lead Scientist
Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Robin C. Deykes
Investigator
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC

H. Stanley Eichenauer, MSW, ACSW
Senior Advisor to the Administrator for
Mental Health System Transformation
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Monique Fountain, MD, MPH, MBA
Director, Medical Home and Healthy Ready to Work Initiatives (HRTW)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD

M. Leonard Genova
Division of Partnership Development
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD

Susan N. Hill, MPA
Senior Policy Advisor
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
Center for Medicaid and State Operations
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Baltimore, MD

Chris Kochtitzky, MSP
Deputy Director
Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Diana Lawry, MEd
Aging Service Program Specialist
Administration on Aging
Washington, DC

Alan Levine
Senior Program Specialist
Office of Evaluation and Inspections
Office of the Inspector General
Washington, DC

Marianne Hamilton Lopez, MPA
Emerging Leaders Program
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Saralyn Mark, MD
Senior Medical Advisor
Office on Women's Health
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Merle McPherson, MD
Director, Division of Services for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Jeanne McDowell
Equal Employment Opportunity Staff
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD

Taya McMillan, MPH
Service Fellow
Office of Women’s Health
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Daniel Morales, MPSA
Acting Director of Communications, Office of Public Health and Science
Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Ruby Neville, MSW, LGSW
Public Health Advisor
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Allan S. Noonan, MD, MPH
Scientific Editor
Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Delores Parron, PhD
Scientific Advisor for Capacity Development
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Jon Perez, PhD
Director, Division of Behavioral Health
Indian Health Service
Rockville, MD

Latonya Phipps, Esq
Emerging Leader
Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Louis Quatrano, PhD
National Center on Medical Rehabilitation Research,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Juliette Rizzo, MJ
Special Assistant/Senior Public Affairs Specialist
Office of Internal Communications
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC

Margaret Schaefer, MA
Program Specialist
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Administration for Children and Families
Washington, DC

Peggy Schmidt, MEd
Civil Rights Analyst
Office for Civil Rights
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Curt Shannon, BA
Writer-Editor
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Craig Stevens, MA
Director of Communications
Office of the Surgeon General, Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

Bonnie Strickland, PhD
Chief, Integrated Services for Children with Special Health Needs
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Charlene Tusan
Staff Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Janet Valluzzi, MBA, OTR/L
Service Fellow
Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Washington, DC

Edwin Woo
Acting Associate General Counsel
Civil Rights Division
Office of the General Counsel
Office of the Secretary
Washington, DC

Private Sector Contributors

David B. Gray, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Associate Professor
Occupational Therapy Program in Occupational Therapy
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Nancy Lee Head
Mental Health Consumer, Retired Program Director
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, District of Columbia Chapter
Arlington, VA

Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

John D. Kemp, JD
Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, L.C.
Washington, DC

Maggie Nygren
Technical Assistance Director
Association of University Centers on Disability
Silver Spring, MD

Marcie Roth
Parent of children with disabilities
Executive Director, National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Bethesda, MD

Clifford Thorne
Chairperson
District of Columbia State Rehabilitation Council
Washington, DC

Steven Towle
Washington Liaison
National Association of Alcohol, Drugs and Disability
Rockville, MD

Last revised: January 4, 2007