Task Force Members

Lydia A. L. Bazzano, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
1440 Canal St. Suite 2032, SL-18
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 988-7323 (TEL)
(504) 988-1568 (FAX)
lbazzano@tulane.edu

Suzanne Bertisch, MD, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Division of GM and Primary Care
Hospital Medicine Program
330 Brookline Avenue, W/PBS-2nd floor
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 754-4677
sbertisc@bidmc.harvard.edu

David Feldstein, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
310 N. Midvale Blvd., Suite 205
Madison, WI 53705
Email: df2@medicine.wisc.edu

Deborah Korenstein, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1 Gustave Levy Place box 1087
New York NY 10029
Tel: 212-824-7510
Email: Deborah.Korenstein@mountsinai.org 

Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Research
New York University School of Medicine
423 East 23rd St.-15N
New York, NY 10010
Email: nirav.shah@med.nyu.edu

Craig A Umscheid, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Center for Evidence-based Practice
University of Pennsylvania Health System
3535 Market Street
Mezzanine, Suite 50
Philadelphia , PA 19104
Phone: 215-349-8098
Fax: 215-349-5829
Email: craig.umscheid@uphs.upenn.edu

Colin P. West, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester , MN
Phone: 507-284-2661
Fax: 507-284-4959
E-mail: west.colin@mayo.edu

Immediate Past Chair
James Nishikawa, MD, FRCP
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Ottawa, Division of General Internal Medicine
737 Parkdale Ave., Room 4
Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada
Phone: 613-761-5164
Fax: 613-761-4036
Email: jnishikawa@ottawahospital.on.ca