Donate
Local Info Languages Careers Volunteer



header_tabbox_top2
Get Your Local Info
usmap Find out what is happening at your local American Heart area
Search by State
header_tabbox_top
Mission: Lifeline Leaders and Partners
  • Updated:Jul 29,2011

The American Heart Association credits its success with Mission: Lifeline to the collaborative efforts with other organizations and the volunteer leadership and input of knowledgeable individuals, including:

2009-2010 Mission: Lifeline Advisory Working Group

  • Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FAHA, Chair
    Director, Interventional Cardiology, Boston Medical Center
     
  • Christopher B. Granger, MD, FACC, Vice- Chair
    Director, Cardiac Care Unit, Duke University Medical Center Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
     
  • Graham Nichol, MD, MPH, FAHA
    Chair, Mission: Lifeline ECC Task Force
    Associate Professor, Harborview Medical Center
     
  • James Jollis, MD, FACC
    Chair, Mission: Lifeline Science Task Force
    Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke University
     
  • Elliott M. Antman, MD, FAHA
    Director, Coronary Care Unit, Brigham & Women's Hospital
     
  • Vincent Bufalino, MD, FAHA
    President and CEO, Midwest Heart Specialists
     
  • Gray Ellrodt, M.D.
    Chief of Medicine, Berkshire Medical Center
     
  • Mary George, MD, MSPH, FACS
    Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
     
  • Mary McDonald Hand, MSPH, RN
    Health Scientist Administrator, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Office of Communications and Knowledge Transfer
     
  • Timothy Henry, MD, FACC
    Director of Research, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
     
  • Steven Manoukian, MD, FACC, FSCAI
    Director, Cardiovascular Research Sarah Cannon Research Institute
     
  • Jean Catherine McSweeney, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
    Professor, College of Nursing, University of Arkansas
     
  • Eric D. Peterson, M.D., M.P.H.
    Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute
     
  • Franklin Pratt, MD
    Medical Director, Los Angeles County Fire Department
     
  • Eva Kline Rogers, RN, MS
    Univeristy of Michigan 


2009-2010 Mission: Lifeline Science Task Force

  • James G. Jollis, MD, FACC, Chair
    Chair, Mission: Lifeline Science Task Force
    Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke University
     
  • Eric Bates, MD, FAHA, Vice-Chair
    Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
    University of Michigan
     
  • Peter B Berger, MD, FACC
    Associate Chief Research Officer and Director of the Center for Clinical Studies
    Geisinger Center for Health Research
     
  • William French, MD
    Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
     
  • Raymond Gibbons, MD, FACC
    Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
     
  • John Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC
    Director of Cardiovascular Education and Outcomes, Mid America Heart Institute
     
  • Henry Ting, MD, MBA, FACC
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School

 

2009-2010 Mission: Lifeline Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Task Force
 

  • Graham Nichol, M.D., M.P.H., FAHA, Chair
    Associate Professor, Harborview Medical Center
     
  • Lee Garvey, MD, FACEP, Vice- Chair
    Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center
  • David Burt, MD
    Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
     
  • David M. Larson, MD
    Medical Director, Minnesota State Trauma System, Ridgeview Medical Center
     
  • James McCarthy, MD, FACEP
    Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
     
  • Peter H. Moyer, MD, MPH
     
  • J. Brent Myers, MD, MPH, FACEP
    Medical Director, Wake County Medical Services
     
  • Ivan Rokos, MD, FACEP
    Associate Professor, UCLA - Olive View
     
  • Robert C. Solomon, M.D., FACEP
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
     
  • Suzanne K. Wedel, MD
    Chief Executive Officer, Boston MedFlight
     
  • Gary L. Wingrove, EMT-P
    Gold Cross/Mayo Clinic Medical Transport

 

Mission: Lifeline Strategic Alliances
 

  • Aetna
     
  • American Ambulance Association
     
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
     
  • American College of Cardiology
     
  • American College of Emergency Physicians
     
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
     
  • Emergency Nurses Association
     
  • National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
     
  • National Association of EMS Physicians
     
  • National Association of State EMS Officials
     
  • National EMS Information System Project
     
  • National Rural Health Association
     
  • Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
     
  • Society of Chest Pain Centers
     
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons
     
  • UnitedHealthNetworks


 

Mission: Lifeline Contributors/Credits

The American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline team is grateful to the following colleagues and friends for generously contributing existing materials from their model STEMI systems that were used to develop part of the strategies and resources/tools sections of the Mission: Lifeline grid:

  • RACE
    Reperfusion of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Carolina Emergency Department
    Christopher B. Granger, M.D.
    James G. Jollis, M.D.
    Mayme Lou Roettig, R.N., M.S.N.
    Duke University Medical Center
  • D2B Alliance
    American College of Cardiology
  • Project UPSTART
    Use of Procedure STAndardization to Reduce Recognition to Reperfusion Time in STEMI
    David R. Burt, M.D.
  • Mayo Clinic Protocol
    Henry Ting, M.D.


 
 




This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information:
verify here.