NCHAM: U.S. States, Territories & Commonwealths Contacts for Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

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U.S. States, Territories & Commonwealths Contacts for Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

Last Modifed: 12/09/2008

Because early hearing detection & intervention (EHDI) programs are developing so rapidly, the best contact in a particular state may have changed. If your state contact should be changed, e-mail us or call us at 435.797.3589.
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Alabama Amy Strickland, AuD, CCC-A Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator Bureau of Family Health Services Alabama Dept. of Public Health PO Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36103-3017 Phone: 334-206-2933 Fax: 334-206-3063 Email	Alaska Beth Kaplan, M.Ed. Program Manager Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) State of Alaska - Division of Public Health Women's Children and Family Health 4701 Business Park Blvd. Suite 20 Bldg. J Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Phone: 907-334-2273 Fax: 907-269-3432 Email
American Samoa Jean Anderson-Asuega, PsyD Part C/EHDI Coordinator American Samoa Department of Health PO Box 7477 Pago Pago, AS 96799 Phone: 684-699-4990 Fax: 684-699-4984 Email	Arizona Lylis Olsen, MPH, MS, CCC-A State Audiology Consultant The EAR Foundation of Arizona 6233 West Kings Ave, Glendale, AZ 85306 Phone: 602-690-3975 Fax: 602-296-0425 Email
Arkansas Millie Sanford, M.S., CCC-A Division of Health, Slot H-20 Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services PO Box 1437 Little Rock, AR 72203-1437 Phone: 501-280-4761 Fax: 501-280-4170 Email
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California Hallie W. Morrow, MD, MPH Children's Medical Services Branch California Dept. of Health Services 1515 K Street, Suite 400, MS 8103 PO Box 997413 Sacramento, CA 95899-7413 Phone: 916-323-8009 Fax: 916-323-8104 Email	Colorado Vickie Thomson, MA CCCA, State Audiology Consultant Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment Newborn Hearing Screening Program 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South FCHSD-HCP-A4 Denver, CO 80246-1530 Phone: 303-692-2458 Fax: 303-782-5576 Email Jennifer Germano Director of Early Education Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind 33 North Institute Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: 719-578-2116 Fax: 719-578-2239 Email
Connecticut Amy Mirizzi, MPH Connecticut Dept. of Public Health 410 Capitol Avenue MS #11 MAT Hartford, CT 06134-0308 Phone: 860-509-8175 Fax: 860-509-8132 Email
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Delaware Janae Aglio, Hearing Program Coordinator Newborn Screening Program Delaware Health and Social Services 417 Federal Street Dover, DE 19901 Phone: 302-744-4844 Email	District of Columbia Karen P. Watts, RNC, FACHE, FAHM, PMP Bureau Chief, Perinatal and Infant Health Dept. of Health, Community Health Administration 825 N. Capital Street NE, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 202-442-9405 Fax: 202-671-0849 Email
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Florida Lois Taylor, R.N., Unit Director, Screening Programs Children's Medical Services, Florida Dept. of Health BIN #A06, 4052 Bald Cypress Way Tallahassee, FL 32399-1707 Phone: 850-245-4444 X2254 Fax: 850-921-5241 Email
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Georgia Sharon C. Quary, MS NBS/UNHSI Program Manager 2 Peachtree Street NW Suite 11-272 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 404-657-5761 Fax: 404-463-6729 Email	Guam Elaine Eclavea Initiative Area Coordinator Health, Wellness, and Prevention University of Guam Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (Guam CEDDERS) Phone: 671-735-2466 Fax: 671-735-2448 Email
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Hawaii Po Kwan Newborn Hearing Screening Program Hawaii Department of Health Early Intervention Section 1350 South King Street, Suite 200 Honolulu, HI 96814 Phone: 808-594-0043 Fax: 808-594-0015 Email
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Idaho Cynthia Carlin, EHDI Management System Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 1720 Westgage Drive Boise, ID 83704 Phone: 208-334-0829 Fax: 208-334-0952 Email	Illinois Gail Tanner, MS CCC-A Vision and Hearing Section Administrator Illinois Dept. of Public Health 500 East Monroe, 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62701 Phone: 217-782-4733 Fax: 217-557-5324 Email Ginger Mullin, Au.D. Illinois Newborn Hearing Program UIC Division of Specialized Care for Children 3135 Old Jacksonville Road Springfield, IL 62704-6488 Phone: 217-558-2350 Fax: 217-558-0773 Email
Indiana Gayla Hutsell, M.A., CCC-A/SLP Cert AVT Indiana State EHDI Program Coordinator Indiana State Department of Health 2 North Meridian Street, 7F Indianapolis, IN 46202 Phone: 317-234-3358 Fax: 317-234-2995 Email	Iowa Tammy O'Hollearn, LBSW CDC - EHDI Program Coordinator Community Health Consultant Iowa Dept. of Public Health Lucas State Office Bldg 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 Phone: 515-242-5639 Fax: 515-242-6013 Email
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Kansas Liz Abbey, MA, CCC-A State Coordinator / Audiologist Sound Beginnings Newborn Hearing Screening Program Kansas Bureau of Family Health 1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 220 Topeka, KS 66612-1274 Phone: 785-368-8376 Fax: 785-291-3493 Email	Kentucky Carolyn Kisler Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 712 West 15th Street Hopkinsville, KY 42240 Phone: 270-889-6047 Email
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Louisiana Lorraine Farr, Program Director Hearing, Speech & Vision Program Operations and Support Services Office of Public Health 1450 L & A Road, Metairie, LA 70001 Phone: 225-219-0210 Email
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Maine Betsy Glencross, Coordinator Maine Newborn Hearing Program DHHS-Maine CDC Key Bank Plaza, 7th Floor State House Station 11 Augusta ME 04333-0011 Phone: 207-287-8427 Email	Mariana Islands Angie Mister, MA CCC-A EHDI Program Coordinator PO Box 5869 Saipan, MP 96950 Phone: 670-664-3730 / 3731 Fax: 670-664-3699 Email
Marshall Islands Hellen Jetnil-David, CNM Director of MCH/CSHN Program Ministry of Health Services, Majuro Hospital P. O. Box 16 Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960 Phone: 692-625-3355 Fax: 692-625-3432 Email	Maryland Linda Vaughan, M.A. Director Infant Hearing Program Office for Genetics and Children with Special Health Care Needs Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 201 W. Preston St., Room #423 A Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-767-6730 Fax: 410-333-5047 Email
Massachusetts Janet M. Farrell Director, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program MA Dept. of Public Health 250 Washington Street, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-624-5959 Fax: 617-624-5990 Email	Michigan Jeff Spitzley, M.A. Infant Health Manager (EHDI Coordinator) Division of Family and Community Health Michigan Dept. of Community Health P.O. Box 30195 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-335-8131 Email
Micronesia Mr. Dionis E. Saimon Project Coordinator, FSM EHDI Program PO Box PS 70 Palikir, Pohnpei FM 96941 Phone: 691-320-2619 Fax: 691-320-5263 Email	Minnesota Kirsten Coverstone, Audiologist Early Hearing Detection Coordinator Newborn Screening Program Minnesota Department of Health PO Box 64899 St. Paul, MN 55164-0899 Phone: 651-201-5223 Fax: 651-201-5471 Email Barbara Dalbec, PHN, Early Hearing Intervention Newborn & Child Followup Unit Supervisor Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs Minnesota Department of Health PO Box 64882 St. Paul, MN 55164-0882 Phone: 651-201-3758 Fax: 651-201-3655 Email
Mississippi Eunice Short, MS Branch Director 11, EHDI-M Director Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Mississippi Department of Health 570 East Woodrow Wilson/Osborne 200 Jackson, MS 39215 Phone: 601-576-7485 Fax: 601-576-7540 Email	Missouri Catherine Harbison, EHDI Coordinator Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services 930 Wildwood Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: 573-751-6266 Fax: 573-526-5348 Email
Montana Sib Clack, MA, Birth Defects Registry Manager and Newborn Screenings Monitor Family & Community Health Bureau Public Health and Safety Division Dept. of Public Health and Human Services PO Box 202951 Helena, MT 59620-2951 Phone: 406-444-1216 Fax: 406-444-2606 Email
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Nebraska Jeff Hoffman, CCC-A Program Manager for Newborn Hearing Screening Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Services 301 Centennial Mall South PO Box 95026 Lincoln, NE 68509-5026 Phone: 402-471-6770 Fax: 402-471-1863 Email	Nevada Jack Zenteno, Program Manager Nevada Center for Congenital and Inherited Disorders Bureau of Child, Family, and Community Wellness Nevada State Health Division 4150 Technology Way, Ste 101, Carson City, NV 89706 Phone: 775-684-3478 Fax: 775-684-4245 Email
New Hampshire Ruth Fox, RN, MS, Coordinator Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program Bureau of Maternal and Child Health 6 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 603-271-1037 Fax: 603-271-4519 Email	New Jersey Leslie M. Beres, MS, Early Identification & Monitoring Program, Special Child Adult & Early Intervention Services, Division of Family Health Services NJ Dept. of Health & Senior Services PO Box 364 Trenton, NJ 08625-0364 Phone: 609-292-5676 Fax: 609-633-7820 Email
New Mexico Susan Chacon Children's Medical Services Hear Early Program New Mexico Dept. of Health 2040 South Pacheco Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: 505-476-8860 Fax: 505-476-8896 Email	New York Brenda Knudson Chouffi Early Intervention Program New York State Dept. of Health Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower, Room 287 Albany, NY 12237-0660 Phone: 518-473-7016 Fax: 518-486-1090 Email
North Carolina Kathleen Watts, Program Manager Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Division of Public Health Children & Youth Branch 5601 Six Forks Rd Raleigh, NC 27699-1928 Telephone: 919-707-5632 Fax: 919-870-4881 Email	North Dakota Sue Burns Children's Special Health Services Department of Human Services State Capitol, 600 East Blvd Avenue Dept. 325 Bismarck, ND 58505-0269 Phone: 701-328-2436 Fax: 701-328-2359 Email
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Ohio Naomi Halverson Infant Hearing Program Administrator Bureau of Early Intervention Services Ohio State Department of Health PO Box 118, 246 N High St 5th Floor Columbus, OH 43216-0118 Phone: 614-387-1228 Fax: 614-728-9163 Email Reena Kothari Public Health Audiologist Infant Hearing Program Ohio Department of Health PO Box 118, 246 North High Street 5th Floor Columbus, OH 43216-0118 Phone: 614-387-0135 Email	Oklahoma Patricia Burk, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT Coordinator, Newborn Hearing Screening Program OK State Dept. of Health 1000 NE 10th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299 Phone: 405-271-6617 Fax: 405-271-4892 Email
Oregon Bridget Roemmich, MPA EHDI Program Coordinator Office of Family Health Oregon Dept. of Human Services 800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 805 Portland, OR 97232 Phone: 971-673-0268 Fax: 971-673-0251 Email
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Palau Stevenson Kuartei, MD, Chief Division of Primary & Prevention Services Bureau of Public Health, Ministry of Health PO Box 6027 Koror, Palau 96940 Phone: 680-488-3116 Fax: 680-488-3115 Email	Pennsylvania Mary King-Maxey, Program Manager Bureau of Family Health PA Dept. of Health 7th Floor East, Health & Welfare Bldg. Commonwealth Avenue and Forster Street Harrisburg, PA 17120 Phone: 717-783-8143 Fax: 717-705-9386 Email
Puerto Rico Naydamar Perez de Otero, MD, MPH Director, Division for Rehabilitative Services Puerto Rico Dept. of Health PO Box 70184, San Juan, PR 00936-8184 Phone: 787-274-5660 Fax: 787-274-3301 Email
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Rhode Island Blythe Berger, ScD Chief of Perinatal & Early Childhood Health Rhode Island Dept of Health 3 Capitol Hill, Rm 302 Providence, RI 02908 Phone: 401-222-5949 Email
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South Carolina Tara Carroll, First Sound Program Manager Dept. of Health & Environmental Control / CYSHCN Mills/Jarrett Complex Box 101106 Columbia, SC 29211 Phone: 803-898-0708 Fax: 803-898-0613 Email	South Dakota Terry Disburg RN Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator Children=s Special Health Services South Dakota Dept. of Health 615 East 4th Street Pierre, SD 57501-1700 Phone: 605-773-4476 Fax: 605-773-5942 Email
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Tennessee Jacque Cundall, WHG Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator Tennessee Department of Health 630 Hart Lane, Nashville, TN 37243 Phone: 615-262-6160 Fax: 615-262-6159 Email	Texas Mary Gwyn Allen, MA Texas EHDI Program Coordinator DSHS - TEHDI Program Rm M-260, MC 1918 PO Box 149347 Austin, TX 78714-9347 Phone: 512-458-7111 x7726 Fax: 512-458-7125 Email
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Utah Rich Harward, M.S., Manager Hearing, Speech, & Vision Services Utah Dept. of Health Box 144620 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4620 Phone: 801-584-8215 Fax: 801-584-8492 Email
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Vermont Stacy Jordan, MA CCC-A VT UNHS/HOP Clinical Coordinator Hearing Outreach Program Vermont Department of Health PO Box 70, 108 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05402 Phone: 802-865-1330 Fax: 802-951-1218 Email	Virgin Islands C. Patricia Penn Assistant Direct, MCH & CSHCN Program #2C Contant, AQ Bldg, 2nd Floor St. Thomas, VI 00802 Phone: 340-776-3580 Fax: 340-774-8633 Email
Virginia Gayle Jones, MPH, CHES Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program Manager: Division of Child and Adolescent Health Virginia Dept. of Health 109 Governor Street, 8th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: 804-864-7713 Fax: 804-864-7721 Email
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Washington Karin Neidt, MPH Early Hearing Detection, Diagnosis, and Intervention Program Washington State Dept. of Health 1610 NE 150th St Shoreline, WA 98155 Phone: 206-418-5609 Fax: 206-418-5415 Email	West Virginia Ann Munson, Office of Maternal Child & Family Health Division of Research, Evaluation and Planning WV Dept. of Health & Human Services 350 Capitol Street, Room 427 Charleston, WV 25301 Phone: 304-558-7997 Fax: 304-558-3510 Email Kathy Cummons, Director Division of Research, Evaluation and Planning WV Dept. of Health & Human Services 350 Capitol Street, Room 427 Charleston, WV 25301 Phone: 304-558-7171 Fax: 304-558-3510 Email
Wisconsin Sharon Fleischfresser, MD, MPH WI Program for CSHCN, Dept. of Health One West Wilson Street, PO Box 2659 Madison, WI 53701-2659 Phone: 608-266-3674 Fax: 608-267-3824 Email	Wyoming Nancy Pajak 715 Shield Street Laramie, WY 82072 Phone: 307-421-5357 Email

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