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NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL EDUCATION PROGRAM (NCEP)
Coordinating Committee Member Organizations
Theodore G. Ganiats, M.D., American Academy of Family Physicians, Gary Graham, M.D., American Academy of Insurance
Medicine, Ronald Kleinman, M.D., American Academy of Pediatrics, Ann Smith, R.N., C.O.H.N.-S., American Association of
Occupational Health Nurses, Richard C. Pasternak, M.D., F.A.C.C., American College of Cardiology, Gerald T. Gau, M.D., American
College of Chest Physicians, Ruth Ann Jordan, M.D., American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Thomas E.
Nolan, M.D., American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Alan J. Garber, M.D., Ph.D., American Diabetes Association, Inc.,
Linda Van Horn, Ph.D., R.D., American Dietetic Association, Scott Grundy, M.D., Ph.D., American Heart Association, Sandra
Cornett, R.N., Ph.D., American Hospital Association, Yank D. Coble, Jr., M.D., American Medical Association, Joan Watson, R.N.,
Ph.D., F.A.A.N., American Nurses’ Association, Michael Clearfield, D.O., American Osteopathic Association, Joanne Mitten, M.H.E.,
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Gerald J. Wilson, M.B.A., Citizens for Public Action on Blood Pressure and
Cholesterol, Inc., Linda Burnes-Bolton, Dr.P.H., R.N., National Black Nurses’ Association, Inc., Luther T. Clark, M.D., National
Medical Association, Darlene Lansing, M.P.H., R.D., Society for Nutrition Education
Associate Member Coordinating Committee Organizations
Stanley Wallach, M.D., American College of Nutrition, Donald O. Fedder, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Society for Public Health Education
Federal Agency Liaison Coordinating Committee Representatives
Yvonne L. Bronner, Sc.D., R.D., L.D., NHLBI Ad Hoc Committee on Minority Populations, Francis D. Chesley, M.D., Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research, William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas M. Lasater,
Ph.D., Coordinating Committee for the Community Demonstration Studies, Alanna Moshfegh, M.S., R.D., Department of Agriculture,
Col. Michael Parkinson, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Defense, Pamela Steele, M.D., Department of Veterans Affairs, Celia Hayes,
M.P.H., R.D., Health Resources and Services Administration, Clifford Johnson, M.P.H., National Center for Health Statistics, Linda
Meyers, Ph.D., Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
NATIONAL HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EDUCATION PROGRAM (NHBPEP)
Coordinating Committee Member Organizations
Lee A. Green, M.D., M.P.H., American Academy of Family Physicians, Jack P. Whisnant, M.D., American Academy of Neurology,
Barry N. Hyman, M.D., F.A.C.P., American Academy of Ophthalmology, Lisa Mustone-Alexander, M.P.H., P.A., American Academy
of Physician Assistants, Henry Guevara, B.S.N., R.N., C.O.H.N.-S., American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Edward D.
Frohlich, M.D., American College of Cardiology, Sheldon G. Sheps, M.D., American College of Chest Physicians, Ron Stout, M.D.,
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Jerome D. Cohen, M.D., American College of Physicians, Carlos
Vallbona, M.D., American College of Preventive Medicine, James R. Sowers, M.D., American Diabetes Association, Inc., Mary C.
Winston, Ed.D., R.D., American Dietetic Association, Daniel W. Jones, M.D., American Heart Association, Roxane Spitzer, Ph.D.,
F.A.A.N., American Hospital Association, Nancy Houston Miller, B.S.N., American Nurses’ Association, Linda Casser, O.D., American
Optometric Association, William A. Nickey, D.O., American Osteopathic Association, Raymond W. Roberts, Pharm.D., American
Pharmaceutical Association, Pamela J. Colman, D.P.M., American Podiatric Medical Association, Nancy McKelvey, M.S.N., R.N.,
American Red Cross, Barry L. Carter, Pharm.D., F.C.C.P., American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Norman M. Kaplan, M.D.,
American Society of Hypertension, Jackson T. Wright, M.D., Ph.D., Association of Black Cardiologists, Gerald J. Wilson, M.B.A.,
Citizens for Public Action on Blood Pressure and Cholesterol, Inc., Joseph L. Izzo, Jr., M.D., Council on Geriatric Cardiology, James W.
Reed, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, Rita Strickland, Ed.D., R.N., National Black Nurses’
Association, Inc., William Manger, M.D., Ph.D., National Hypertension Association, Inc., Murray Epstein, M.D., National Kidney
Foundation, Inc., Otelio S. Randall, M.D., F.A.C.C., National Medical Association, Edwin Marshall, O.D., M.P.H., National
Optometric Association, Harold W. “Pete” Todd, National Stroke Association, Kathryn M. Kolasa, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N., Society for
Nutrition Education
Federal Agency Liaison Coordinating Committee Representatives
Keith Ferdinand, M.D., F.A.C.C., NHLBI Ad Hoc Committee on Minority Populations, Francis D. Chesley, M.D., Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research, H. Mitchell Perry, Jr., M.D., Department of Veterans Affairs, Jay Merchant, M.H.A., Health Care Financing
Administration, Vicki Burt, R.N., Sc.M., National Center for Health Statistics, Elizabeth H. Singer, M.S., National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIDDK NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY
NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY (NAASO)