Committees

Committees and Taskforces:

Please feel free to contact us regarding any of the following committees, all are welcome!

RCAN Membership Form

Executive Leadership Committee: This committee is selected from our most dedicated and involved Steering committee members. Our leadership changes every 2 years and it is our hopes to keep this group strong and representative of the full coalition.

Marc Lampell, MD: URMC/ Strong Memorial Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Departmemt

David N. Broadbent, MD, MPH
Past Chair
Retired Pediatrician

Bob Amitrano, RPh
GlaxoSmithKline, Inc

Ronald Kwasman, DDS
Past Chair

Clement Ren, MD
Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong

Alice Robeson, MPH
Ontario Public Health Department

Mary Beth Schlabach, RN, MS, AE-C
RCAN Asthma Care Coordinator- Rochester

Cindy Trubisky, MS Ed., AE-C
RCAN Asthma Coalition Director

Julia VanOrman, AE-C
RCAN School Projects Coordinator/ Asthma Educator

Steering Committee

Purpose: Manage the overall organization and planning for the coalition.

Meetings: Quarterly-  three (3) times a year

Membership: Chairpersons from each of the Standing Committees, representatives from the American Lung Association of NY (fiscal agent), NYS Department of Health (advisory position), health care professionals, managed care organizations, hospitals, non-profit community agencies, pharmaceutical companies, public health agencies, educators, consumers and businesses. All are welcome!

Chair:  Marc Lampell, MD

School Taskforce

Purpose: Implement the American Lung Association’s Open Airways for Schools (OAS) program in elementary schools, provide asthma awareness training for school staff and promote other school-based initiatives. (examples of activities include: Open Airways for schools trainings, Development and distribution of the Asthma Action Plans, Asthma in Schools staff training materials and presentations, Athletics/ PE Asthma initiatives).

Implementing a new initiative called the Asthma Friendly Schools Initiative (AFSI) created through the CDC and ALA National - to promote Improving Asthma Care and Systems Changes across school districts. Doing this will help keep children with asthma in good control, in school, healthy and ready to learn! Join the project by joining the commmittee or getting your school district involved. For more information please contact RCAN or CDC or ALA National.

Meetings: Held 3-4 times per school year.

Membership: Open to all interested parties interested in school topics

Co- Chairs:

Julia VanOrman, AE-C; RCAN School Projects Coordinator/ Asthma Educator

Mary Beth Schlabach, BSN, MS, AE-C; RCAN Asthma Care Coordinator

Public & Professional Education: Ad Hoc

Purpose: Develop and implement public awareness, informational campaigns and educational programs for the prevention of asthma, and promote current evidence-based “Best Practices” among clinicians who manage patients with asthma.

Meetings: as needed

Membership: Open to all interested parties.

Chair:   

Marc Lampell, MD 
Strong Memorial Hospital, Emergency Department

Asthma Care Management Taskforce

Purpose:  Oversee the development and coordination of asthma care for high-risk asthma patients through a case management approach.  Including an In- Home Asthma Education model, expansion and spread of our successes to new areas and populations in need.

Meetings:  as needed.

Membership: Open to all interested parties.

Chair:  TBD

Research/ Development & Outcomes : Ad Hoc

Purpose: This commitee is charged with the task of identifying and pursuing new forms of funding such as grants and asthma reimbursement. In addition, the coalition marketing, research projects and identifying/ implement strategies to monitor change in asthma prevalence and incidence data are the goals of this committee. Finally, the commitee oversees and guides the coalition’s evidence based programming and evaluation of health outcomes.

Meetings: as needed

Membership: Open to all interested parties.

Chair: TBD