New workforce report on medical services out now

Developed with input from medical professionals, CAC leaders, Chapters, Regional CACs, and national partners, the report outlines strategies to expand career pathways, strengthen training and support, improve workforce retention, and increase access to qualified medical providers serving children affected by abuse.

Read The Medical Report

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MEET THE MEDICAL WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

Co-chairs 

Mark Hudson, M.D., Medical Director, Midwest Children’s Resource Center; Director, Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, Children’s Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 

Dr. Channing Petrak, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Resource Center, Child Abuse Pediatrics; Associate Professor University of Illinois College of Medicine - Peoria, Peoria, IL 

Members 

Adebimpe Adewusi, M.D., FAAP, Medical Director, CARES Northwest Randall Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR 

Elizabeth Champion, MS, Medical Program Manager, Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, Children’s Minnesota, St Paul, MN 

Beth Cook, Executive Director, Logan & Mingo CACs, Logan, WV 

Katherine Dudich, MSN, RN, J.D., Associate Director, Pediatric SANE, Massachusetts Department of Health, Boston, MA 

Michele Mullen, MSW, LCSW, Senior Manager, Workforce Project, NCA, Washington, DC 

Aditee Narayan, M.D., MPH, Vice Dean for Medical and Health Professions Education, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 

Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, CEO (former), International Association of Forensic Nursing, Elkridge, MD 

Samantha Prince, MS, Executive Director, Windham County Safe Place; Director of Outreach and Advocacy, Vermont Children’s Alliance, Brattleboro, VT 

Paula Schaefer, MA, Program Manager, Yale Programs for Safety, Advocacy & Healing, New Haven, CT 

Emily Siffermann, M.D., FAAP, Director, Child Protection Team, Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL 

Jennifer Stimson, MPA, LMSW, Medical Program Manager (former), Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, St. Paul, MN 

Julie Stover, DNP, WHNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner, Lancaster County Children's Alliance LGH/Penn Medicine, Lancaster, PA 

Jacqueline Sugarman, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky; Medical Director, CAC of the Bluegrass; Medical Director, CACs of Kentucky, Lexington, KY  

Cheryl Wier, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, NYSAFE-P, Forensic Nurse, Bradford Regional Medical Center and Southern Tier CAC, Olean, NY, Bradford, PA 


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