West Virginia Perinatal Partnership

Central Advisory Council Subcommittee on Guidelines and Recommendations for Perinatal Care

COMMITTEE REPORT

Obstetric Care Committee

Chair
--Luis Bracero, MD, Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, CAMC

Members
--Michael Stitely, WVU OB/Gyn, WVU Morgantown
--Peggy Knight, OB Nurse Manager, Davis Memorial Hospital
--David Baltierra, MD, WVU School of Medicine, Eastern Division
--Marlene Merkel, OB Nurse Manager, WVU Hospitals, Morgantown
--Kat Ambler, CNM, CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital
--Kathy Quillen, OB Nurse Manager Cabell Huntington Hospital
--Nancy Burke, Director of Women’s Services, Wheeling Hospital
--Stephen Bush, Chair of OB/Gyn, CAMC
Robert Nerhood, MD Chair of OB/Gyn, Marshall
--Brenda Dawley, OB/Gyn and Chair-elect of WV ACOG
--Kathy Imes, RNC, Nurse Manager Cabell Huntington Hospital
--David Chaffin, MD, Director Maternal Fetal Medicine, Marshall University
--Chris Powell, Nurse Manager, Wheeling Hospital
--Fran O’Brien, RN, Nurse Manager, Greenbrier Valley Medical Center
--Jann Foley, CNM, MSN, Women's Health Care of Morgantown, providing care at Monongalia General Hospital
--Sheryl Sergent, RNC, OB Nurse Manager, Roane General Hospital
--Cynthia Marsh, RN Assistant Nurse Manager, Davis Memorial Hospital
--Patricia Moore, RN, MSN, Fairmont General Hospital
--Melanie Riley, OB Nurse Manager, WVU East City Hospital Committee

Staff
--Ann Dacey, RN, Nurse Coordinator, WV Perinatal Partnership

Neonatal Care Committee

Chair
--Janet Graeber, MD, Director of Neonatology, WVU Morgantown

Members
--Stefan Maxwell, MD, Neonatologist CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital
--Renee Domanico, MD, Neonatologist, Cabell Huntington Hospital
--Nancy Marcus, Nurse Manager, NICU CAMC Women’s and Children’s Hospital
--Lori Blackburn, Nurse Manager, NICU, Cabell Huntington Hospital
--Judi Polak, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, WVU Children’s Hospital
--Teresa Frazer, MD, Pediatrician from Bluefield
--Jann Stewart, Clinical Preceptor, NICU, WVU Hospitals
--Judy Romano, MD, Wheeling Pediatrician
--Traci Daugherty, Clinical Coordinator - Nursery WVUH East City Hospital
--Debbie Menders, Neonatal Transport Nurse, CAMC
--Maureen Kenny-Palmera, Nurse Manager, NICU, WVU Hospitals
--Babs Nightengale, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Mother/Baby Unit, WVU Children’s Hospital

Staff
--Ann Dacey, RN, Nurse Coordinator, WV Perinatal Partnership

Hospital Guidelines and Levels of Care Self-Assessment Initiative

These hospitals have completed the self-assessment process

• Grant Memorial Hospital (Level I)
• Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (Level I)
• Raleigh General Hospital (Level IIA)
• Logan Regional Medical Center (Level I)

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