Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative

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Leaders and Staff

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William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH, CPH

FPQC Director
Professor and Director, Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies
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

Estefania Rubio, MD, MPH, CPH

FPQC Data Manager

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

Nicole Pelligrino, MPH, MCHES, CD(DONA)

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

Estefanny Reyes Martinez, MPH, CPH

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

Benjamin Gessner, MPH, CPH

FPQC Statistical Data Analyst

Chiles Center

USF College of Public Health

gessnerb@usf.edu

Chinyere Reid, MBBS, MPH

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

Consultants

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

FPQC Nurse Consultant

Betsy Wood, BSN, MPH

FPQC Nurse Consulant

Julie Zemaitis DeCesare, MD, FACOG

FPQC Clinical Lead 
Pensacola, FL

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

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

Kimberly Fryer, MD

FPQC Clinical Consultant