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MSCoE Multiple Sclerosis System of Care Network Members

Alabama

  Birmingham
Birmingham VA Medical Center
MS Director: John Rinker, II, MD
MS Coordinator: Kimberlee Redwine, CRNP
Phone: 205-933-8101

 

Alaska

  Anchorage
Alaska VA Healthcare System
MS Director: Cynthia Joe, MD
Phone: 907-257-5460

  

Arizona

  Phoenix
Phoenix VA Health Care System
MS Director: Patricio Reyes, MD
Phone:
800-554-7174

  
  Prescott
Northern Arizona VA Health Care System
MS Coordinator: Jaime Henegar, RN
Phone:
 925-445-4860, ext. 62183

  
  Tucson
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
MS Director: Tanya Lin, MD
Phone:
520-792-1450, ext. 16493

  

Arkansas

  Fayetteville
Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks
MS Coordinator: Julie Howe, LCSW
Phone: 479-443-4301, ext. 63778

  
  Little Rock
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital
MS Director: Robert Archer, MD
MS Coordinator: Shannon Doerhoff, APRN
Phone: 501-257-6052

 

California

  Fresno
VA Central California Health Care System
MS Director: Thin Myat, MD
MS Coordinator: Anita Morris, LCSW
Phone: 559-476-7696

 
  Loma Linda
VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
MS Director: Esther Byun, MD
Phone: 909-583-6049


  
  Long Beach
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
MS Director: Elina Melamed, MD
MS Coordinator: Amy Gee, RN
Phone: 562-826-8000, ext. 18850

 
  Los Angeles
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles Medical Center
MS Director: Eric Williamson, MD
MS Coordinator: Andrea Hanssen, RN
Phone: 310-478-3711, ext. 47091

 
  Mather (Sacramento)
VA Northern California Health Care System, Valley Division - Sacramento VA Medical Center
MS Director: Vicky Chen, MD
MS Coordinator: Staci Stark, MSN, RN
Phone: 916-843-2732

 
  Palo Alto
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto Division
MS Co-Directors: Leland Lim, MD, PhD and Doug Ota, MD
MS Coordinator: Armilla Quien, ACNP
Phone: 650-858-3976 / 650-493-5000, ext. 65871

 
  San Diego
VA San Diego Healthcare System
MS Director: Jennifer Graves, MD, PhD, MAS
MS Coordinator: Lisette Alicea Rivera, RN
Phone: 858-642-3685, option #3

 
  San Francisco
San Francisco VA Health Care System
MS Director: Douglas Goodin, MD
MS Coordinator: Jennifer Shia, RN
Phone: 415-221-4810, ext. 23194 or 22011

 

Colorado

  Aurora (Denver)
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
MS Director: Robert Gross, MD
MS Coordinator: Devon Mills, MS, FNP-BC, RN-BC
Phone: 720-723-6204

 
  Grand Junction
VA Western Colorado Health Care System
MS Director: Paramjit Kaur, MBBS, MD
Phone: 970-262-2817

  

Connecticut

  West Haven
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus
MS Director: Sarah Speranza, MD
Phone: 203-932-5711

  

Delaware

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

District of Columbia

  Washington, DC
Washington DC VA Medical Center
MS Director: Mitchell Wallin, MD, MPH
MS Coordinator: Carey Deluca, NP
Phone: 202-745-8000

 

Florida

  Lake City
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Lake City VA Medical Center
MS Director: David Burks, MD
MS Coordinator: Warren McCluney, LCSW

Phone: 385-755-3016, ext. 2038 / 
800-308-8387

 
  Miama, FL
Bruce W. Carter VAMC
MS Director: Janice Leon, MD
MS Coordinator: Hector Soto Negron, RN, MSN, MSCN
Phone: 305-575-7000, ext. 3174

 
  Tampa
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
MS Director: Demetrios Konstas, MD
MS Coordinator: Annie Altenor, LCSW, CCM
Phone: 813-972-2000, ext.5010

 

Georgia

  Decatur (Atlanta)
Atlanta VA Medical Center
MS Director: William Tyor, MD
MS Coordinator: Pamela Brown, NP, MSCN
Phone: 404-321-6111

 

Hawaii

  Honolulu
VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center
MS Director: Crystal Fo, MD
Phone: 808-433-0028 / 808-433-7704

  

Idaho

  Boise
Boise VA Medical Center
MS Director: Allen Han, MD
Phone: 866-437-5093

  

Illinois

  Chicago
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
MS Director: Carolyn Bevan, MD
MS Coordinator: Nancy Karpen, APN
Phone: 312-569-8387, ext. 56175 / 312-569-6060

 
  Danville
VA Illiana Health Care System
MS Coordinator: Lindsey Hinshaw, LCSW
Phone: 309-589-6800, ext. 47229

  
  Hines
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
MS Director: Sarah Corbridge, MD
Associate MS Director: Ning Jiang, MD
MS Coordinator: Altheria Ford, LCSW
Phone: 708-202-7492

 
  Marion
Marion VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Janet Clark, LCSW
Phone: 618-997-5311, ext. 55074

  
  North Chicago
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center
MS Director: Nils Anderson, MD, MHA
Phone: 224-610-8141

  

Indiana 

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

Iowa 

  Des Moines
VA Central Iowa Health Care System
MS Co-Directors: Calvin Hansen, MD and Nisha Patel, MD
MS Coordinator: Traci Hala, RN, BSN
Phone: 515-699-5999

 
  Iowa City
Iowa City VA Health Care System
MS Coordinator: Bryan Hutchinson-Reuss, LISW, ACSW
Phone: 319-338-0581, ext. 5950

 

Kansas 

  Topeka
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center
MS Director: Ernie Swanson, MD
Phone: 785-350-4452

 
  Wichita
Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Elizabeth McCosh, LCSW
Phone: 316-685-2221, ext. 53396

 

Kentucky

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

Louisiana

  New Orleans
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System
MS Director: Jesus Lovera, MD, MsPH
MS Coordinator: Angela Coleman, RN
Phone: 800-935-8387, ext. 66749

 
  Pineville (Alexandria)
Alexandria VA Health Care System
MS Coordinator: Bonita LaCour, LCSW
Phone: 318-466-4624

 
  Shreveport
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Cheryl Stough, MA, PA-C
Phone: 318-990-5341

 

Maine

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

Maryland

  Baltimore
Baltimore VA Medical Center
MS Director: Sarah Fredrich, MD
MS Coordinator: 
Phone: 410-605-7000

 

Massachusetts

  Boston
VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Division
MS Director: Christopher Severson, MD
MS Coordinator: Jacqueline Deppen, MSN, MBA, APN
Phone: 617-232-9500 or 800-865-3384

 

Michigan

  Ann Arbor
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
MS Director: Andrew Romeo, MD
Phone: 734-769-7100

 
  Detroit
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center
MS Director: Anza Memon, MD
MS Coordinator: Joseph Roden-Smith, NP

Phone: 313-576-1000

 
  Iron Mountain
Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Katherine Kerley, LLMSW
Phone: 906-774-3300, ext. 32387
 
 

Minnesota

  Minneapolis
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
MS Co-Directors: Megan K. Raverty, MD and Kevin Brown, DO, MBA 
Phone: 612-629-7514

 
  St. Cloud
St. Cloud VA Health Care System
MS Coordinator: Jon Costello, LPN
Phone: 320-252-1670, ext. 7842

  

Mississippi

  Biloxi
Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
MS Coordinator: Michael Lally, LCSW
Phone: 228-523-5186

  
  Jackson
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center
MS Director: J. Larry Parker, MD
MS Coordinator: Robin Mack, ANP-BC, CMSS, CPM
Phone: 601-364-1285

 

Missouri

  Columbia
Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital
MS Coordinator: Lori Smith, RN
Phone: 573-814-6000, ext. 54136

  
  Kansas City
Kansas City VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Carrie Duncan, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Phone: 816-922-2090, ext.52437

  
  Poplar Bluff
John J. Pershing VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Lee Barnes, LCSW
Phone: 573-778-4723

  
  St. Louis
VA St. Louis Health Care System, John Cochran Division
MS Director: Gregory Wu, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Cynthia Kilgore, RN
Phone: 314-652-4100, ext. 53120



Montana

  Fort Harrison
Montana VA Health Care System, VA Medical Center and Ambulatory Care Clinic
MS Director: Mark Dietz, MD
MS Co-Coordinators: Kayleigh Moldenhauer, BSN and Jared Slanger, RN
Phone: 406-447-7680

 

Nebraska

  Omaha
VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha VA Medical Center
MS Director: Lucas Stenzel, MD
MS Coordinator: Kristen Chesire, RN, BSN
Phone: 402-930-7384 or 402-930-7612
 
 

Nevada

  North Las Vegas
VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, North Las Vegas VA Medical Center
MS Director: Anne Constantino, MD
Phone: 702-791-9161

 
  Reno
VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System
MS Director: Timothy Doyle, MD
Phone: 775-328-1771

 

New Hampshire

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

New Jersey

  East Orange
VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange Campus
MS Director: Carol Gibson-Gill, MD, MSCS, VHA-CM
MS Coordinator: Shanise Henry, RN
Phone: 973-676-1000, ext. 20-1564

 

New Mexico

  Albuquerque
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center
MS Director: Krystian Solis, MD
MS Coordinator: Steve Senecal, MSOL, RN, CCRN-K, CNML
Phone: 505-265-1711, ext. 4421

 

New York

  Bronx
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
MS Director: Marinella Galea, MD
MS Coordinator: Ernest Acheampong, RN
Phone: 718-584-9000

 
  Syracuse
Syracuse VA Medical Center
MS Director: Cornelia Mihai, MD
MS Coordinator: Renee Bear, RN
Phone: 315-425-4400, ext. 53474

 

North Carolina

  Durham
Durham VA Health Care System
MS Director: Suma Shah, MD
MS Coordinator: Patti Vasquez, RN
Phone: 919-286-0411

 
  Salisbury
W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center
MS Director: Alton Bryant, MD
MS Coordinator: Gail Beasley, RN
Phone: 704-638-9000, ext. 3324

 

North Dakota

  Fargo
Fargo VA Health Care System
MS Director: Rebecca Caillier, MD
MS Coordinator: Jacob Norris, RN, BSN
Phone: 701-232-3241, ext. 3434
 
 

Ohio

  Cleveland
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Wade Park Campus
MS Director: Alessandro Serra, MD
MS Coordinator: Jason Hoover, RN
Phone: 216-791-3800, ext. 65229

 

Oklahoma

  Muskogee
Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System, Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center
MS Director: Jonathan Turoff, MD
Phone: 918-577-4254

 
  Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City VA Health Care System
MS Director: Meheroz Rabadi, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Yvonne Rhoades, LCSW
Phone: 405-456-5284

 

Oregon

  Portland
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland VA Medical Center
MS Director: Elizabeth Silbermann, MD, MCR
MS Coordinator: Ryan McClaughry, RN
Phone: 503-220-8262, ext. 57014

 
  Roseburg
Roseburg VA Health Care System
MS Coordinator: Jessica Burnett, LCSW
Phone: 800-549-8387

 
  White City
Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics
MS Coordinator: Jeremiah Moore, PT, DPT, MBA
Phone: 541-826-2111, ext. 3445

 

Pennsylvania

  Philadelphia
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
MS Director: Rachel Brandstadter, MD
MS Coordinator: Mini Mathew, RN
Phone: 215-823-5800 or 215-823-5800

 
  Pittsburgh
VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center-University Drive
MS Director: Islam Zaydan, MD
MS Coordinator: Maryanne Hibbs, RN
Phone: 866-482-7488 or 412-822-2222

 

Puerto Rico

  San Juan
VA Caribbean Healthcare System
MS Director: Viviana Orozco-Leon, MD
Phone: 787-641-7582
 
 

Rhode Island

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

South Carolina

  Charleston
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
MS Director: Vanessa Hinson, MD
MS Coordinator: Elizabeth Carbonneau, SW
Phone: 843-789-7428

 

South Dakota

  Fort Meade
VA Black Hills Health Care System, Fort Meade Campus
MS Director: Laurie Weisensee, MD
MS Coordinator: Deanna Horstman, BSN, RN-BC, CMSRN
Phone: 605-720-7534 or 605-720-7112

 
  Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls VA Health Care System
MS Director: Xuesheng Feng, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Gail Perry, RN
Phone: 605-336-3230, ext. 6222 or 7782

 

Tennessee

  Nashville
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville Campus
MS Director: Francesca Bagnato, MD, PhD
Phone: 615-327-4751

 

Texas

  Amarillo
Amarillo VA Health Care System, Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Elizabeth Rodriguez, RN
Phone: 806-355-9703, ext. 7254

 
  Big Spring
West Texas VA Health Care System, George H. O'Brien, Jr. VA Medical Center
MS Director: Jose Ayala-Torres, Jr., MD
Phone: 432-263-7361

 
  Dallas
VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas VA Medical Center
MS Co-Directors: Maria Fides Pacheco, MD and Olaf Stuve, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Doreen Kanamugire, RN
Phone: 214-857-1782

 
  El Paso
El Paso VA Health Care System
MS Director: Sabina Miranda, DO
MS Coordinator: Marisela Gardea, RN
Phone: 915-564-7550

 
  Harlingen
VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, VA Health Care Center at Harlingen

MS Director: John Kirk, MD
Phone: 956-291-9000

 
  Houston
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
MS Director: Carlos Perez, MD
MS Coordinator: Chidi Obinani, Dr PH, NP

Phone: 713-791-1414, ext. 26281

 
  San Antonio
South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital
MS Director: Justin Rodriguez, MD
MS Coordinator: Shirley Acosta, RN
Phone: 210-949-9702

 
  Temple
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center
MS Director: Sally Borucki, MD
MS Coordinator: Amber Risinger, BSN, RN
Phone: 254-493-3735

 

Utah

  Salt Lake City
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center
MS Director: Jonathan Galli, MD
MS Coordinator: Lynn Horton, RN
Phone: 801-582-1565, ext. 4879

 

Vermont

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

Virginia

 

State does not have a MSCoE affiliated VA facility. 

Washington

  Seattle
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division
MS Co-Directors: Donald Bright, MD and Kathleen Burgess, MD, MS
MS Coordinator: Wendy Miller, RN, BSN
Phone: 206-716-5969 or 206-277-1592

 
  Spokane
Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Patricia VanCurler, DPT
Phone: 509-434-7600

 
  Walla Walla
Johnathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Amy Anderson, RN
Phone: 509-525-5200, ext. 26485

 

West Virginia

  Martinsburg
Martinsburg VA Medical Center
MS Director: Marc Raphaelson, MD
MS Coordinator: Sue Shives, RN
Phone: 304-263-0811, ext. 3486

 

Wisconsin

  Madison
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
MS Director: Christopher Luzzio, MD
MS Coordinator: Amanda Greeno, RN, BSN, NCM
Phone: 608-256-1901, ext. 17728

 
  Milwaukee
Milwaukee VA Medical Center (Zablocki)
MS Director: Sam Hooshmand, DO
MS Coordinator: Julie Penneau, BSN, RN-BC, MSCN
Phone: 414-384-2000, ext. 49405 or 41909

 
  Tomah
Tomah VA Medical Center
MS Coordinator: Stefany Johnson, BSN, RN, CRNI
Phone: 608-372-1270

  

Wyoming

  Cheyenne
Cheyenne VA Medical Center
MS Director: Roy Kanter, MD
MS Coordinator: Sandee Conrad, RN
Phone: 307-778-7550, ext. 4829

 
  Sheridan
Sheridan VA Medical Center
MS Director: James McDonald, MD
MS Coordinator: Lisa Look, LCSW, LADAC
Phone: 307-675-3982