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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of the Speakers and Moderators." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Integrating Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Northwell Health; and PEACE Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26707.
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Biographical Sketches of the Speakers and Moderators

Amy Barnhorst, M.D., Director, BulletPoints Project, California Firearm Violence Research Center; Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis

Amy Barnhorst, M.D., is an emergency and inpatient psychiatrist whose work doing violence and suicide risk assessments led to her interest in firearm injury prevention. She is a nationally recognized expert on firearms laws and mental illness, and her academic work focuses on the interface between firearms, violence, suicide, and mental illness. Drawing on her previous experience as an outdoor educator, she is active in medical education, and works with both state and federal legislators to craft evidence-based firearm laws. She has presented nationally on these topics, and has written about them for the New York Times and Slate. Currently, she is leading the BulletPoints Project, funded by the State of California, to develop and disseminate a firearm injury prevention curriculum to health care providers. Dr. Barnhorst became involved in gun violence prevention after the Sandy Hook shooting. After joining the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy in 2014, she helped contribute to the development and implementation of California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order. With other consortium researchers, she has presented on expert panels in multiple states to help educate legislators about the evidence behind various firearm-related policies. She has written multiple academic papers on firearms, mental illness, and the law and was featured in the New York Times, the Sacramento Bee, and on her blog at Psychology Today.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of the Speakers and Moderators." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Integrating Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Northwell Health; and PEACE Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26707.
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Rinad Beidas, Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute (PISCE@LDI), Director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, University of Pennsylvania

Rinad Beidas, Ph.D., is the Director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit; Founder and Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute (PISCE@LDI); and Associate Director at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE). She is a Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research program is designed to improve the quality of health care delivery through implementation science. One foci of her research includes implementing evidence-based firearm safety promotion approaches in pediatric primary care settings as a universal suicide prevention strategy. She partners with a diverse set of stakeholders, including gun owner constituents, to understand how best to realize this goal.

Moderator: Marian (Emmy) Betz, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Research Physician at the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Core, Eastern Colorado VA

Emmy Betz, M.D., M.P.H., is a board-certified emergency physician who works clinically at the University of Colorado Hospital and leads a large research program in firearm injury prevention. She is currently a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative at the Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and a Research Physician at the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Core for the Eastern Colorado VA. She is a nationally recognized expert in firearm injury prevention and suicide prevention and has served as a subject-matter expert with numerous medical organizations and the Department of Defense Suicide Prevention Office. She cofounded and leads the Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition, a collaborative effort between public health and medical professionals and firearm retailers to reduce firearm suicides. She serves as principal investigator and coinvestigator on multiple research projects funded through the National Institutes of Health and private foundations, she has published more than 130 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and in 2015 she gave a TEDxMileHigh talk on firearm suicide.

James Braxton, Violence Reduction Administrative Coordinator, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform

Newport News, Virginia, native James E. Braxton II, is a father of two and founder of SoulStrong Outreach & Consulting LLC. Mr. Braxton’s lived experience and continued fight for youth justice, violence prevention, and

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of the Speakers and Moderators." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Integrating Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Northwell Health; and PEACE Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26707.
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strengthening families enables him to encourage affected families to exceed their goals in the face of extreme adversity. He is nationally known as the “Transformation Expert” and “Master Career Coach,” with a diverse skill set to match his desire to see people grow beyond boundaries. In 2016, he was selected to deliver the commencement speech for the graduating class of Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Braxton’s trauma-informed approach to youth development and community outreach led him to publish his first children’s book in 2020 titled SoulStrong: Heroes of Trauma. He currently serves as the Violence Reduction Administrative Coordinator for the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, where he continues his fight for youth justice and systems transformation.

Andre Campbell, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine; Attending Trauma Surgeon, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

Andre Campbell, M.D., FACS, FACP, FCCM, MAMSE, FCCOS, is the Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He is an attending trauma surgeon at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Campbell has cared for gunshot wound victims for three decades in inner city hospitals in New York and San Francisco. He is an award-winning educator, master surgeon, researcher, and health care leader and has been an advocate for victims of violent crime for his entire career. He has mentored an entire generation of physician and surgeons during his long career. He has won multiple awards for his service to his community.

Scott Charles, M.A.P.P., Trauma Outreach Manager and Director of the Cradle to Grave Program, Temple University Hospital

Scott Charles, M.A.P.P., is the Trauma Outreach Manager for Temple University Hospital and is Director of the hospital’s Cradle to Grave program, an award-winning, hospital-based violence prevention initiative that educates public school students and adjudicated youth about the medical realities of firearm injury. He also coordinates the hospital’s Trauma Victims Support Advocates program that connects violently injured patients to crime victim services throughout Philadelphia. Mr. Charles also directs the hospital’s Fighting Chance program, which teaches community members to provide first aid to victims of gunshot injury, as well as the Safe Bet program, which has distributed more than 8,000 free gun locks to city residents. His work with trauma surgeon Dr. Amy Goldberg has been showcased on CNN, CBS News, ABC World News, MSNBC, Huffington Post, and NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Their work has also been featured in the New York Times and in the HBO documentary “Gun Fight.” Mr. Charles holds degrees in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of the Speakers and Moderators." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Integrating Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Northwell Health; and PEACE Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26707.
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Rochelle Dicker, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Anesthesia and Vice Chair for Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles; Codirector, Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity

Rochelle Dicker, M.D., is Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She serves as the Vice Chair for Critical Care and the Trauma Medical Director. She also cochairs the UCLA Health Equity and Translational Social Science Theme for the School of Medicine and is codirector of the Program for the Advancement of Surgical Equity. In 2005 she founded the Wraparound Project at San Francisco General Hospital. Wraparound is a hospital-based violence intervention program based on a public health model. Wraparound was one of six start-up programs that formed the National Network of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs. Now called the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, this organization is home to more than 80 programs. Dr. Dicker is the Advisory Board Chair. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma where she leads a group called Improving the Social Determinants to Attenuate Violence. The group works to integrate social care models and trauma-informed practices across the country in trauma centers.

Michael Dowling, M.D., President and CEO of Northwell Health

Michael Dowling, M.D., is one of health care’s most influential voices, leading a clinical, academic, and research enterprise with a workforce of more than 78,000 and annual revenue of $15 billion. Prior to joining Northwell in 1995, he served in New York State government for 12 years as the chief health and human services advisor to former Governor Mario Cuomo, and was a professor of social policy at Fordham University. He has been a recipient of the Columbia School of Business’ Deming Cup, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for Irish Abroad, and he served as the 2017 Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City.

Victor J. Dzau, M.D., President, National Academy of Medicine

Victor J. Dzau, M.D., is the President of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly the Institute of Medicine (IOM). In addition, he serves as Chair of the IOM Division Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Dzau has made a significant impact on medicine through his seminal research in cardiovascular medicine and genetics, pioneering the discipline of vascular medicine, and leadership in health care innovation. In his role as a leader in health care, Dr. Dzau has led efforts in health care innovation. His vision is for academic health sciences centers to lead the transformation of medicine through innovation, translation, and globalization. In addition to his work with the IOM, Dr. Dzau is currently a

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of the Speakers and Moderators." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Integrating Firearm Injury Prevention into Health Care: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Northwell Health; and PEACE Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26707.
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member of the Board of Directors of the Singapore Health System, Governing Board of Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, and Senior Health Policy Advisor to Her Highness Sheikha Moza (Chair of the Qatar Foundation). He is also on the Board of Health Governors of the World Economic Forum and chaired its Global Agenda Council on Personalized and Precision Medicine. He is Chancellor Emeritus for Health Affairs and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University and the past President and CEO of the Duke University Health System. Previously, Dr. Dzau was the Hersey Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine and Chairman of Medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University.

Ashley Hink, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Acute Care Surgery, Medical Director, MUSC Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program, Medical University of South Carolina

Ashley Hink, M.D., M.P.H., is a trauma, burn, and critical care surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina, at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). In addition to her clinical interests and surgical practice, she is a public health researcher focusing on risk factors for violent injuries, health care strategies to support victims of violence, and recovery after injury. She serves on the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Injury Prevention and Control Committee, working on research and advocacy efforts to address violence as a public health problem. She is the Founder and Medical Director of the first hospital-based violence intervention program in South Carolina, the MUSC Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program and has received funding from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research and the U.S. Department of Justice for research and program implementation.

Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Principal Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Since 2014, Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H., has served as Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Houry previously served as an associate professor at Emory University and emergency physician at Grady Memorial Hospital. Dr. Houry received her M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Tulane University and completed her residency training in emergency medicine at Denver Health Medical Center.

Tom Jackiewicz, M.P.H., President of University of Chicago Medicine

Tom Jackiewicz, M.P.H., is President of UChicago Medicine, the $2.5 billion academic and community health system that includes the University of Chicago Medical Center, the Biological Sciences Division, the Pritzker School

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of Medicine, and UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial. Mr. Jackiewicz leads the clinical enterprise, including the integration of the patient care mission of the medical center with the education and research missions of the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division. His career has focused on executing ambitious and broad transformation in academic environments and engaging physician leaders to drive organizational change. A strategic visionary, he has ushered in eras of substantial growth and improvement at academic health systems across the country, including Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, University of California, San Diego Health System and School of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, and Stanford School of Medicine.

Thea James, M.D., Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine; Director of the Boston Medical Center site of the Massachusetts Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP)

Thea James, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, President of the Boston Medical and Dental Staff, Vice President of Mission, and Associate Chief Medical Officer. She is also the Director of the Boston Medical Center site of the Massachusetts Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP). Boston Medical Center’s VIAP program helps guide victims of community violence through recovery from physical and emotional trauma. Her diversity areas of interest include African American culture, LGBT, and women in medicine. Dr. James has chaired and served on national committees within the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), served as a moderator, and has given public lectures and talks. She was appointed to the SAEM Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Task Force, is a member of the Boston University School of Medicine Admissions Committee, and in 2009, was appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, where she presently serves as chair of the Licensing Committee. Dr. James is the 2008 awardee of the Mulligan Award for public service.

Rev. Michael McBride, Executive Director of LiveFree USA

Pastor Michael McBride is a native of San Francisco and has been active in ministry for more than 20 years. He is the Executive Director of LIVE FREE USA, a nonprofit committed to ending gun violence, mass incarceration, and the death penalty. Regarded as a national faith leader, Pastor McBride was active in the Ferguson uprisings and subsequent protest movements. He helps bridge, train, and support millennials and religious institutions working on racial justice and Black liberation. He has served on a number of local and national task forces with the White House and Department of Justice regarding gun violence prevention, boys and men of color, and police–community relationships.

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Jose M. Prince, M.D., Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Jose M. Prince, M.D., FACS, FAAP, is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Vice Chair of Surgery, the Surgeon-in-Chief at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, and Northwell Health’s Vice President and Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Acute Care Surgery. He is also the Founding Director of the Laboratory of Pediatric Injury and Inflammation at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. A nationally recognized expert in pediatric trauma, he is a member of the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons and a leader in teaching minimally invasive neonatal surgery. He has been invited to speak internationally about his research, teaching, and clinical activities. He has authored more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, in addition to numerous clinical and scientific chapters.

LJ Punch, M.D., Executive Director and founder of “The T” and Medical Director and founder of the BRIC

LJ Punch, M.D., is a transmasculine, nonbinary, biracial, neurodiverse human who loves to heal. Educated in medicine at the University of Connecticut and trained in surgery at the University of Maryland and Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, this desire to heal has brought to life a career with a three-fold focus: education, trauma, and equity. Moving to Ferguson post-Ferguson to be on the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, this work came to life for him in the development of a wide variety of educational and clinical resources in the management of surgical emergencies across the entire spectrum of illness and healing. In 2018 he collaborated with numerous health care professionals, students, and community members to create “The T,” a community of health working to reduce the impact of trauma through broad public health campaigns, mobile outreach, and brick-and-mortar services. In the wake of the pandemic, he left academic medicine to be the Executive Director of The T with an expanded focus on multiple sources of trauma disproportionately experienced by Black people including COVID-19, bullet injuries, and opioid dependence. This includes the creation of the Bullet Related Injury Clinic, or the BRIC, a community-based free clinic for patients and their loved ones who are discharged from the emergency department after being shot, with a focus on the experience of the Black masculine body.

Rajeev Ramchand, Ph.D., Codirector of the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute and senior behavioral scientist, RAND Corporation

Rajeev Ramchand, Ph.D., is Codirector of the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute and a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND

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Corporation. He studies the prevalence, prevention, and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders in adolescents, service members and veterans, and minority populations. He has conducted many studies on suicide and suicide prevention including environmental scans of suicide prevention programs, epidemiologic studies on risk factors for suicide, qualitative research with suicide loss survivors, and evaluations of suicide prevention programs. He has also developed freely available tools to help organizations evaluate their own suicide prevention programs. He has testified on suicide prevention before the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and California State Senate. Other current areas of research include military and veteran caregivers; the role of firearm availability, storage, and policies on suicide; the impact of disasters on community health; and using public health approaches to study and prevent hate and violent extremism.

Megan L. Ranney, M.D., M.P.H., FACEP, Academic Dean, School of Public Health; Director, Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health; Warren Alpert Endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine

Megan L. Ranney, M.D., M.P.H., FACEP, is a practicing emergency physician, researcher, and national advocate for innovative approaches to public health. She is the Academic Dean at the School of Public Health at Brown University, the Warren Alpert Endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. Dr. Ranney’s research focuses on developing, testing, and disseminating digital health interventions to prevent violence and related behavioral health problems, as well as on COVID-related risk reduction. She has received numerous awards for technology innovation, public health, and research, including Rhode Island Woman of the Year and the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Policy Pioneer Award. She is also a frequent media commentator on outlets ranging from the BBC to CNN to the New York Times.

Sheila Regan, Chief Operating Officer of Acclivus, Inc.

Sheila Regan has worked in multiple roles on research projects in this realm including study design, development, data systems development, abstract/manuscript writing, and data analysis. Ms. Regan has played an integral role in the development of the Cure Violence Illinois hospital intervention, starting as an external partner employed by Mount Sinai Hospital, a local level 1 trauma center. As the hospital program director from 2007 to 2013, Ms. Regan was solely responsible for oversight of 24/7 operations of the program in Chicago, development of program structure and foundational documents as well as technical assistance to Cure Violence replication sites nationally. Prior to her time with Cure Violence, she worked directly with violently injured

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patients, including injury by sexual, domestic, shooting, stabbing, and other violence, as the Crime Victim Advocate for Mount Sinai Hospital. Since 2000, she has worked as an advocate for individuals experiencing sexual abuse and/or domestic violence and has certification working with both populations. She completed her bachelor of science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2004 and was a recipient of the National Merit Scholarship in 2000.

Frederick P. Rivara, M.D., M.P.H., Seattle Children’s Guild Association Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Vice Chair and Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington; Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Network Open

Frederick P. Rivara, M.D., M.P.H., is the holder of the Seattle Children’s Guild Association Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, and he is Vice Chair and Professor of Pediatrics and adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington (UW). He is editor-in-chief of JAMA Network Open. He served as Founding Director of the Harborview Injury and Research Center in Seattle for 13 years and has devoted his career to studying injury and injury prevention. He has received numerous honors including the Charles C. Shepard Science Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Public Health Association, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section Distinguished Career Award, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Injury and Poison Prevention, Physician Achievement Award, the UW School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Award, and the UW Medicine Minority Faculty Mentoring Award. Dr. Rivara was elected to the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine) in 2005. He was awarded the Joseph St. Geme, Jr., Leadership Award from the Federation of Pediatric Organizations in 2021. He has conducted firearms-related research since 1987 and currently directs the Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program in the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington.

Bernard Rosof, M.D., PEACE Initiative

Bernard Rosof, M.D., is a clinical gastroenterologist having practiced internal medicine and gastroenterology for 29 years. He is on the Board of Directors of Huntington Hospital (Northwell Health System) and is the past chair, and he is on the Board of Advisors of the Northwell Health System. He is Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Rosof is Board Chairman of the Institute for Exceptional Care. He has chaired many committees for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; specialty societies; and national and state initiatives in quality and performance improvement.

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Joseph V. Sakran, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., FACS, Director of Emergency General Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery and Nursing, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, John Hopkins Hospital

Joseph V. Sakran, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., FACS, is a trauma surgeon, coalition builder, policy advisor, public health practitioner, and nationally recognized advocate for gun violence prevention. He is currently Director of Emergency General Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery and Nursing, and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sakran is also a Senior Fellow at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine. A survivor of gun violence himself, Dr. Sakran’s interest in medicine and trauma surgery began after a stray bullet nearly killed him during his senior year of high school. He has subsequently dedicated his life to treating the most vulnerable, reducing health disparities among marginalized populations, and advancing public policy that alleviates structural violence in low-income communities.

Dr. Chethan Sathya, M.D., M.Sc., Director of Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Center, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgeon; Associate Medical Director of Trauma, Surgical Director of Pediatric Critical Care at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health; Assistant Professor, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Dr. Chethan Sathya, M.D., M.Sc., is a pediatric trauma surgeon and National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded firearm injury prevention researcher. He serves as Director of Northwell Health’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention and oversees the health system’s expansive approach to firearm injury prevention. Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York State, has taken a public health approach to gun violence prevention, focusing on key areas such as research, medical education, clinical screening, advocacy, and community engagement. Dr. Sathya was recently awarded $1.4 million from the NIH to study gun violence prevention and implement a first-of-its-kind protocol to universally screen those at risk of firearm injury. The grant is part of the health system’s “We Ask Everyone. Firearm Safety is a Health Issue” research study, which aims to shift the paradigm to view gun violence as a public health issue and approach firearm injury risk similarly to other health risk factors like smoking and substance use. Furthermore, Dr. Sathya spearheaded the formation of the National Gun Violence Prevention Learning Collaborative for Hospitals and Health Systems, in which hospitals can learn about gun violence prevention from experts, develop best practices, and implement strategies to prevent firearm injuries. Dr. Sathya is Associate Trauma Director at Cohen Children’s Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He completed medical school and general surgery training at the University of Toronto, followed

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by a pediatric surgery fellowship at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. He also holds a master’s in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto, in addition to fellowships in global journalism and public health.

LeVon Stone, Sr., M.A., CEO and Cofounder of Acclivus Inc.

LeVon Stone, Sr., M.A., is the Chief Executive Officer of Acclivus, Inc., a community health organization focused on employing grassroots leaders from Chicago to support safety, well-being, and growth in vulnerable communities. He has been an example of growth and development for individuals from communities across the social landscape. Mr. Stone serves as the CEO, and in his role, he brings voice to victims of violence, as a leader for people facing what feels like insurmountable trials. Over the course of his professional growth within the field, Mr. Stone returned to school, completing a bachelor’s and then a master’s degree from Northeastern Illinois University with a focus in inner city studies. In his violence prevention work, he has risen through the ranks of the Cure Violence/CeaseFire program, beginning as a volunteer, then consistently promoted from Violence Interrupter to Hospital Responder to Case Manager to Hospital Program Director, and finally holding the highest title possible, Program Director for the State of Illinois. Mr. Stone has successfully advocated for comprehensive services for those acutely at risk for violence by working closely and transparently with government leaders at city, county, and state levels; philanthropic leaders; health and human service providers; and academic partners. This professional experience managing close to $10 million dollars in funds prepared him well to branch out and develop his own independent, Black-led community organization serving violently injured patients at local trauma centers—Acclivus, Inc.

Jake Wiskerchen, M.A., Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Zephyr Wellness

Jake Wiskerchen, M.A., is a marriage and family therapist licensed in Nevada, as well as a National Certified Counselor. He owns Zephyr Wellness, a mental health outpatient practice in northern Nevada and spent 2 years chairing his licensing board where he helped rewrite most of his state’s laws that govern the profession. As a Walk the Talk America board member and lifelong gun owner, Mr. Wiskerchen is bringing together the communities of firearms and mental health with the goal of improving psychological well-being and preventing firearm suicide. By offering firearms cultural competence courses for practitioners and classes to demystify counseling to gun owners, he hopes to remove barriers to care access, both actual and perceived.

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The staggering number of deaths and emergency department visits caused by firearm injuries has only grown with time. Costs associated with firearm related injuries amount to over a billion dollars annually in the United States alone, not including physician charges and postdischarge costs.

To address this epidemic, in April of 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, in collaboration with Northwell Heath and the PEACE Initiative, brought together firearm injury prevention thought leaders to explore how health systems can integrate interventions for firearm injury prevention into routine care for the purpose of improving the health of patients and communities. The workshop speakers discussed strategies for firearm injury and mortality prevention and its integration into routine care. Speakers also explored facilitators and barriers to implementation strategies, and how health systems might work to overcome those barriers.

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