Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative

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Leaders and Staff

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Staff

William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH, CPH

FPQC Director
Chairman, Department of Community and Family Health
Director, Chiles Center 
USF College of Public Health

John S. Curran, MD

FPQC Founding Director

Linda A. Detman, PhD

FPQC Associate Director for Programs & Operations 
Research Associate
Chiles Center 
USF College of Public Health
ldetman@usf.edu

Maya Balakrishnan, MD, CSSBB

FPQC Associate Director for Clinical & Quality Management 
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine  
mbalakri@usf.edu

Emily A. Bronson, MA, MPH, CPH

FPQC Quality Improvement Analyst
Chiles Center 
USF College of Public Health
ebronso1@usf.edu

Estefania Rubio, MD, MPH, CPH

FPQC QI Data Analyst 

Chiles Center
USF College of Public Health
erubio1@usf.edu

Nicole Pelligrino, MPH, CHES

FPQC QI Analyst
Chiles Center
USF College of Public Health
npelligr@usf.edu

Kristina Svatos

FPQC Data Analyst
Chiles Center
USF College of Public Health
ksvatos@usf.edu

Chinyere Reid, MBBS, MPH

Doctoral Student Research Assistant
Chiles Center
USF College of Public Health
cnreid@usf.edu

Consultants

Betsy Wood, BSN, MPH

FPQC Nurse Consulant

Julie Zemaitis DeCesare, MD

FPQC Clinical Lead 
Pensacola, FL

Karen Bruder, MD, FACOG
FPQC Clinical Lead 
Tampa, FL

Margie Boyer, MS, RNC, C-EFM, CNS

FPQC Nurse Consultant

Karen Fugate, MSN, RNC-NIC, CPHQ

FPQC Nurse Consultant
Tampa, FL

Judette M. Louis, MD, MPH 

FPQC Clinical Lead 
Tampa, FL

Lori Reeves, MPH

Maternal and Infant Opioid Prevention Coordinator
Florida Department of Health

Carol Brady, MA

FPQC Community Consultant

Jan Lanouette, MD

FPQC Clinical Lead
Tampa, FL

Lelis Vernon

Family Leader

Samarth Shukla, MD

FPQC Clinical Lead

Jacksonville, FL

Mark Hudak, MD

FPQC Clinical Consultant

Susan Bowles, DNP, APRN

FPQC Nurse Consultant