About Us

The work for this website is the culmination of ongoing venous research at the UWMC. The team members for the current AHRQ study include:

University of Washington Clinical and Research Faculty

Brenda K. Zierler, PhD, RN, RVT, Principle Investigator
Associate Dean, Technology Innovations in Education and Research
brendaz@u.washington.edu

Gene Peterson, MD, PhD, MHA, Co-Principle Investigator
Assistant Professor
Associate Medical Director for Quality
gpeterso@u.washington.edu

Ann K. Wittkowsky, PharmD, CACP, FASHP, FCCP
Associate Professor
akwitt@u.washington.edu

Robb Glenny, MD
Professor of Medicine and of Physiology and Biophysics
glenny@u.washington.edu

Paul Hendrie, MD, PhD
Hematology Division, Acting Instructor
phendrie@u.washington.edu

Pamela Mitchell, PhD, CNRN, FAAN
Professor Elizabeth S. Soule Professor, Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing
pmitch@u.washington.edu

Frederick Wolf, PhD
Professor & Chair, Medical Education & Biomedical Informatics
wolf@u.washington.edu

Lynne Robins, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics
lynner@u.washington.edu

Karen A. McDonough M.D.
Division of General Internal Medicine
kmcdonou@u.washington.edu

Mark Meissner, MD
Associate Professor Department of Surgery, Vascular Division
meissner@u.washington.edu

Kenneth Steinberg, M.D.
Professor and Director, Medicine Residency Program, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
steinkp@u.washington.edu

Richard Goss, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine
rgoss@u.washington.edu

R. Eugene Zierler, MD
Professor, Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
gzierler@u.washington.edu

Molly Zaccardi, MHA
Lab Manager, Vascular Surgery UWMC
zaccardi@u.washington.edu

David R. Flum, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery Adjunct Associate Professor, Public Health
daveflum@u.washington.edu

Kim R. Cantwell-Gab, MN
Acute Care and Adult ARNP, Surgery
kcantw@u.washington.edu

Sylvia McKenzie, MN
Quality Improvement Specialist, Patient Care Services, UWMC
sylviamc@u.washington.edu

Thomas H. Payne, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine/GIM
tpayne@u.washington.edu

Seth Wolpin PhD MPH RN
Research Assistant Professor
swolpin@u.washington.edu

University of Washington Technical Team

Alan Gojdics, BS
Director of Educational Technology, School of Nursing
agojdics@u.washington.edu

Brian Beardsley
Web Designer / Developer
brbeard@u.washington.edu

David A. Hughes, BSN
Information & Software Architect
dahughes@u.washington.edu

Bertine Easterling
Program Coordinator, Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education
bertine@u.washington.edu

University of Washington Research Staff

Jung-Ah Lee, MN, PhC
Lead, Research Assistant
jalee71@u.washington.edu

Courtney Jacobson, BA, CNA
Research Assistant
court16@u.washington.edu

Geunhye Han, MN, PNP, doctoral student
Research Assistant
ghhan@u.washington.edu

Hyunjin Oh, MS, doctoral student
Research Assistant
ohyunjin@u.washington.edu