About Us
Community-Wide End-of-life/Palliative Care Initiative Advisory Group
Co-leaders
| Patricia Bomba, MD, FACP | VP & Medical Director, Geriatrics, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Former Board Member, Rochester Health Commission |
| Mary Jane Milano | Former Director, Forum Initiatives, Rochester Health Commission |
| Jeanne Chirico | Vice President of Community Services, Lifetime Care |
Advisory Group
| Nancy Adams | Executive Director, Monroe County Medical Society |
| Leslie Algase, MD | Practicing Internist |
| Jann Armantrout | Diocesan Life Issues Coordinator Catholic Diocese of Rochester |
| Judith Baggs, RN, PhD | Former Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Rochester |
| Howard Beckman, MD | Medical Director, Rochester Individual Practice Association |
| Carl Cameron, MD | Former Associate Medical Director, Preferred Care |
| Al Charbonneau | Former President, Rochester Health Commission |
| Patricia Chiverton, EdD, RN, FNAP | Dean of the School of Nursing, University of Rochester |
| Bishop Matthew Clark | Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester |
| Ray D'Agostino | Accountant, Deloitte & Touche, LLP |
| Bonnie DeVinney | Executive Director, Rochester Area Health Foundation |
| Katherine Detherage, RN, PhD | Chair, Department of Nursing (retired), St. John Fisher College |
| Dorothy Dobson | AARP District Coordinator/Social Worker (retired) |
| Andrew Doniger, MD | Director, Monroe County Health Department |
| Jane Greenlaw, JD | Director, Medical Humanities, University of Rochester Medical Center |
| Pat Heffernan, CSW | President, Lifetime Care |
| Albert Hooke | President (retired), Rochester Community Savings Bank |
| Robert H. Hurlbut, Sr. | Chairman, ROHM Services Corporation |
| Rabbi Larry Kotok | Temple B'Rith Kodesh |
| Lynne Kurz | Consumer Advocate |
| Sandy MacWilliam | President, Continuing Care Services, Unity |
| Robert McCann, MD | Chief of Medicine, Highland Hospital |
| Kathy McGrail, MD | Medical Director, VNS Hospice; Practicing Internist |
| Bishop Jack McKelvey | Episcopal Diocese of Rochester |
| Timothy Quill, MD | Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Medical Humanities; Director, Palliative Care Program, Strong Health |
| Kathie Quinlan, RN | Director, Isaiah House |
| Loren Ranaletta | President and CEO, Episcopal SeniorLife Communities |
| Carolyn Reardon, JD | Attorney, Private Practice; Formerly with Monroe County Legal Assistance Center |
| Steven Ryan, MD | Medical Director, Evercare; Former Medical Director, Independent Living for Seniors |
| Gladys Santiago | Senior Vice President, Ibero-American Action League |
| Muhammad Shafiq | Imam, Islamic Center of Rochester |
| Bernard Shore, MD | Medical Director, Jewish Home of Rochester |
| Julia Smith, MD | Medical Director, Lifetime Care Hospice; ViaHealth - Rochester General Hospital, Oncology |
| Sally Trafton, JD | Former Associate Chair for Education, Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester; Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency |
| Lynn Varrichio | RATFA Coordinator & Sr. Planner, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency |
| Rocco Vivenzio, MD | Practicing Internist and Geriatrician, Strong Health |
| Mel Walczak | Special Assistant for Public Affairs, Monroe County Executive's Office |
| Janet Welch | Former Director, Rochester Area Foundation |
| T. Franklin Williams, MD | Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Rochester |
| Carter Catlett Williams, MSW, CSW | Social Worker/Consultant in Aging |
| Nancy Yanes-Hoffman | The Writing Doctor, NYH HealthCare Communications |
