FACULTY

Members of Program Planning Committee and Authors of Contraceptive Technology

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Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH
Conference Chair
Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Willard Cates, Jr., MD, MPH
President, Research Family Health International
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Deborah Kowal, MA, PA
CEO and President
Contraceptive Technology Communications, Inc.
Consultant, Maternal and Child Health Communications
Atlanta, Georgia

Anita L. Nelson, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles
Medical Director, Women’s Health Care Programs
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

James Trussell, PhD
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Director, Office of Population Research
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

 Guest Faculty

Deborah Bartz, MD, MPH
Family Planning Fellow
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Nancy R. Berman, MSN, APRN, BC
Nurse Practitioner
Northwest Internal Medicine Associates
Division of Millennium Medical Group, PC
Southfield, Michigan

Gail Bolan, MD
Chief, STD Control Branch
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, California
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Meg Bossong, BA
Coordinator
Community Awareness and Outreach
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Karen Y. Caponi, RNC, NP
Health Services Director
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Dharma E. Cortés, PhD
Instructor, Cambridge Health Alliance
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

LaRhonda Crosby-Johnson, BSW
Health Education Consultant
Baruti Enterprises
San Leandro, California

Carrie Cwiak, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Alison Edelman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon

S. Jean Emans, MD
Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Director, MCHB Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Program
Co-Director, Center for Young Women’s Health
Children’s Hospital Boston
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Lisa Frost, MS, PNP, PHN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Childhood Obesity and Health Education
Oakland, California

Francisco A. R. Garcia, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Public Health
Director, National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Patricia Geraghty, MS, RN, FNP
Adjunct Clinical Faculty
Holy Names University
Oakland, California
Nurse Practitioner, Muir ObGyn Medical Group
Walnut Creek, California

Alisa B. Goldberg, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director of Clinical Research and Training
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Annekathryn Goodman, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School
Interim Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Director of Fellowship Program, Gynecologic Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Estherann Grace, MD
Clinical Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Children’s Hospital Boston
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Wendy Grube, MSN, CRNP
Associate Program Director
Women’s Healthcare
Nurse Practitioner Program
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lisa Benton Hardy, MD
Private Practice
Adults, Adolescents and Children
Therapy and Psychopharmacology
San Ramon, California

Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD
Director of Education, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

David A. Kessler, MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

John Kulig, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health and Family Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Director, Adolescent Medicine
Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts-New England Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Karen Loeb Lifford, MD, ScD
Planning Committee Member
Chief Medical Officer
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Researcher, Nurses’ Health Study
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Janis Luft, MSN, NP
Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Family Health Nursing
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
University of Washington
Medical Director, Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Seattle, Washington

Karen R. Meckstroth, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California San Francisco
Director of Family Planning Services, UCSF/Mt. Zion
San Francisco, California

Mary Jane Minkin, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yale University School of Medicine
Private Practice, Obstetrics and Gynecology
New Haven, Connecticut

Laura J. Mulcahy, MSN, C-FNP
Assistant Medical Director
STD Center for Excellence
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Faina Novosolov, MD
Psychiatrist, Private Practice
Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry
Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Planning Committee Member
Medical Director, UCSF/Family PACT Program Support and Evaluation
Sacramento, California
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Director, Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH)
Director, Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA)
Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Children’s Hospital Boston
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

John Santelli, MD, MPH
Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor and Chairman
Heilbrunn Department of Population & Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, New York

Sharon Schnare, MSN, FNP, CNM, FAANP
Planning Committee Member
Clinical Instructor, Department of Family and Child Nursing
University of Washington School of Nursing
Seattle, Washington

Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Center for Research on Health Care
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lee P. Shulman, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Reproductive Genetics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Barbara Staggers, MD, MPH, FAAP
Director of Adolescent Medicine
Director of Health Professions nternship Partnership
Children’s Hospital and Research Center
Oakland, California

Victor C. Strasburger, MD
Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Family and Community Medicine
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Sally A. Strom, BSE, OGPA
Health Educator
Family Planning and Women’s Health
Wichita, Kansas

Martha C. Tompson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP, FAANP
Planning Committee Member
President, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH)
Washington, DC