Appendixes

The AHRQ Surge Model was originally developed in 2005 under a contract from AHRQ to Abt Associates and its subcontractors, Gryphon Scientific and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The Hospital Surge Model is a modified version of the original Surge Model. For information about the original Surge Model, contact AHRQ or the Abt Associates Project Director.

Appendix A: Surge Model Project Team

Name	Organization
Tom Rich (Project Director)	Abt Associates Inc.
Rocco Casagrande (Principal Investigator)	Gryphon Scientific
Nathaniel Hupert (Co-Principal Investigator)	Weill Medical College, Cornell University.
Myfanwy Callahan	Abt Associates Inc.
Bill Rhodes	Abt Associates Inc.
Andrea Hassol	Abt Associates Inc.
Eric Hollingsworth	Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Shirish Chinchalkar	Department of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
Wei Ziong	Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Chris Macek	Relyon Media, Inc.
Chris Templin	Relyon Media, Inc.

Appendix B: Surge Model Project Steering Committee Members

The following persons attended at least one of the Surge Model steering committee meetings held in March 2005, October 2005, and October 2007.

Name	Organization
Sally Phillips (Project Officer)	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
George Alexander	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Robert Claypool	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Norm Coleman	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mary DesVignes-Kendrick	Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
Michael Feeser	Office of Policy, Plans and Preparedness Department of Veterans Affairs
Edward Gabriel	Director of Crisis Management Walt Disney Corporation
Derek Goldstein	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Robert Gougelet	Assistant Professor of Medicine Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Keith Holtermann	Secretary's Operation Center U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Edbert Hsu	Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response Johns Hopkins University
Ann Knebel	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sara Klucking	Science and Technology Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Teresa Lustig	Science and Technology Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Carter Mecher	Director, Medical Preparedness Policy White House Homeland Security Council
F. Christy Music	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, Department of Defense
Jonathan Newmark	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Segaran Pillai	CBD Chief Medical and Science Advisor U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Mark Roupas	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Department of Defense
James Rush	Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Roslyne Schulman	Senior Associate Director, Policy Development American Hospital Association
Thomas Terndrup	Department of Emergency Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniel Walsh	Decision and Information Sciences Division Argonne National Laboratory
Eric Wasserman	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Richard Zane	Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham & Women's Hospital

Appendix C: Additional Surge Model Reviewers

Name	Organization
Brooke Buddemeier	Science and Technology Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Murray Cohen	Chair Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation
Peter Estacio	Office of Research and Development Coordination U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Joseph Forsha	Office of Mass Casualty Planning U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Richard Hatchett	Associate Director for Radiation Countermeasures Research and Emergency Preparedness National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
William Hummer	Office of Research and Development Coordination U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dawn Myscofski	Science and Technology Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Lisa Rotz	Director, Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Melissa Sanders	Chief, National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jaclyn Van Lieu Vorenkamp	Head, Occupational Health Service New York Presbyterian Hospital

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AHRQ Publication No. 07-0084-2-EF
Current as of July 2008

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Internet Citation:

Rich T, Casagrande R, Hupert N, Callahan M. Hospital Surge Model Version 1.2: User Manual. Prepared by Abt Associates Inc. under Contract No. 290-20-0600-011I. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0084-2-EF, July 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/hospsurgemodel/manual/umanual.htm

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