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.

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

Bruce Contestable, RRT
GlaxoSmithKline, Inc

Ronald Kwasman, DDS
Chair

Marc Lampell, MD

Chair Elect, Strong Memorial Hospital, Emergency Departmemt

Clement Ren, MD
Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong

Alice Robeson, MPH
Ontario Public Health Department

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

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

Julia VanOrman, AE-C
RCAN Asthma Educator

Steering Committee

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

Meetings: Quarterly-  four (4) times a year

Membership: Chairpersons from each of the Standing Committees, representatives from the American Lung Association of NYS (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:  Ron Kwasman, DDS

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)

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 Asthma Educator

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

Public & Professional Education

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: Held 3-4 times per year, and as needed.

Membership: Open to all interested parties.

Chair:   

Marc Lampell, MD 
Strong Memorial Hospital, Emergency Department

Asthma Care Management

Purpose:  Oversee the development and coordination of asthma care for high-risk asthma patients through a case management approach.

Meetings: Held 3-4 times per year, and as needed.

Membership: Open to all interested parties.

Chair: 

Joanne Richards, RN; Excellus BCBS, Asthma Care Coordinator

Research/ Development & Outcomes 

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: 1-2 times per year and as needed

Membership: Open to all interested parties.

Chair: Marc Lampell, MD