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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This document was updated in October 2022 and reviewed by: Lisa Bazis, MS, Chief Information Security
Ofcer, Nebraska Medicine; Craig DeAtley, PA-C, Director, Institute for Public Health Emergency Readiness,
MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Garrett Hagood, CISO, Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council;
Mark P. Jarrett, MD, MBA, MS, Senior Health Advisor, Northwell Health; Wai-Ling Mui, ICF Public Health
Preparedness Analyst, Biodefense and Global Health Security Consultant; Shelly Schwedhelm, MSN, RN,
NEA-BC, Executive Director, Emergency Management and Biopreparedness, Nebraska Medicine and Global
Center for Health Security; and Dawn Straub, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Executive Director, Nursing Professional
Practice & Informatics, Nursing Professional Practice and Development, Nebraska Medicine.
It was originally developed in 2021 by ASPR TRACIE, in collaboration with our primary contributors MedStar
Health and Nebraska Medicine, and ASPR TRACIE Senior Editor John Hick, MD, Hennepin Healthcare.
MedStar Health
Craig DeAtley, PA-C, Director, Institute for Public
Health Emergency Readiness, MedStar Washington
Hospital Center
Nebraska Medicine
Lisa Bazis, MS, Chief Information Security Ofcer;
Brian Fox, MBA, PMP, Director, Strategic Planning
& Operational Alignment; Marc Ferguson, MBA,
MCSM, AFBCI, CBCP, Executive Director, IT
Operations; Shelly Schwedhelm, MSN, RN, NEA-
BC Executive Director, Emergency Management and
Biopreparedness, Nebraska Medicine and Global
Center for Health Security; and Dawn Straub,
MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Executive Director, Nursing
Professional Practice and Informatics.
The ASPR TRACIE Team would like to thank its team
members and the following subject matter experts
who reviewed this document in January 2021 (listed
alphabetically):
• Eric Alberts, CEM, CHEP, CHPP, Corporate
Director, Emergency Preparedness,
Orlando Health
• American Hospital Association
» Samantha Burch, MA, Director, Health
IT Policy
» John Riggi, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity
and Risk
» Roslyne Schulman, MBA, MHA,
Director, Outpatient Payment, Emergency
Preparedness and Response, and Public
Health Policy
• ASPR Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
» Robert Bastani, CISSP, CISM, CRISC,
Senior Cyber Security Advisor, Healthcare
and Public Health Sector
» CDR Thomas Christl, MS, Branch Chief,
Infrastructure Analysis & Partnerships
» CAPT James Czarzasty, RPh, MS, Division
of Critical Infrastructure Protection
» Laura Wolf, PhD, Director, Division of
Critical Infrastructure Protection
• ASPR National Healthcare Preparedness
Programs (NHPP)
» Scott Dafitto, JD, MPH, HHS ASPR NHPP
» Angela Krutsinger, HHS ASPR Field Project
ofcer Region VII
» William Mangieri, HHS ASPR HPP Field
Project Ofcer Region VI
» Brittney Seiler, MPA, HHS ASPR NHPP
» CAPT Duane Wagner, USPHS, HHS ASPR
HPP Field Project Ofcer Region V