Mission Statement

The California Hepatitis C Task Force will develop and improve existing HCV prevention, education, treatment, testing and reporting practices. We will support policy that removes barriers and provides incentives to improve the quality of care for persons with Hepatitis C, and that prevents new cases of the disease. We will report our progress to the California public annually.

CALIFORNIA HEPATITIS C TASK FORCE

A shared partnership
PURPOSE

Central clearinghouse
Identify money to support effort
Act as trustees in identifying the resources in the state to expedite the eradication of HCV
Support the existing infrastructure
Build into system a method for collecting and measuring data. Should include incentives for physicians to track data

Functioning Purpose of the California Hepatitis C Task Force
with Local Hepatitis C Task Forces

• Development of resources (includes funding)

• General Advice

• Policy Recommendations

• Support for legislative issues and reform pertaining to HCV

• Non-support for legislative actions that negatively impact HCV

• Statewide clearinghouse for information on:

• Task force formation, basic screening, testing and evaluation, education, provider education and current activities throughout California

• Conferencing

• Technical Assistance

CALIFORNIA HEPATITIS C TASK FORCE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORY BOARD

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1) Bill Remak, Petaluma -Chair

2) Phyllis Borchardt, San Diego - Treasurer

3) C. N. Gordon, Santa Cruz - Acting Secretary

4) Casia Freitas, Petaluma

5) Kathy Thomas, Nevada City

6) Don Harper, Sacramento

7) Denise Cannistraci, Modesto

8) Larry Peichoto, Hanford

9) Evelyn Murrison, Redding

ADVISORY BOARD

1) Jeffrey Young, MD

Santa Cruz County Department of Health

2) Michael Kinnison, MD,

Health Officer, Department of Health, Sutter County

3) Diana Sylvestre, MD

Director, OASIS Clinic, Oakland

Assistant Clinical Professor UCSF

4) Marian Kerbleski, RN,

Hepatitis C Coordinator,

San Francisco VA Medical Center

5) Alison Clayton, RN,

Hepatitis C Program Manager, County of Marin

6) Heather Lusk, Educator California Department of Health Services

7) John Zweifler MD, MPH.,Dept. of Family Practice UCSF, Fresno

8) Linden Young, Director Northern California Chapter, American Liver Foundation San Francisco

9) Bill Remak, Medical Technologist

Chairman CA HCV Task Force,

Co-Chair, Marin HCV Task Force

10) Mary Pat Pauly, MD,

Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento

11) Emmet B. Keeffe, MD

Chief of Hepatology

Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program

Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship

Stanford University Medical Center

12) Robert Gish, MD

Medical Director,

Liver Transplant Program

CPMC, San Francisco

13) Leigh Hall, MD

Deputy Public Health Officer

Department of Health Services

County of Sonoma

Sonoma HCV Task Force

14) Howard Zisser, MD

Director of Clinical Investigations,

Sansum Medical Research Institute, Santa Barbara

15) Sue Currie, BA, MA, Epidemiologist

Associate Director of Operations, San Francisco Hepatitis C Resource Center/

San Francisco VAMC. Project Director Hepatitis C in Prisons Project, UCSF

16) Paula J. Murray, MPH

Program Manager Division of STD and Hepatitis Prevention,

Public Health Services, County of San Diego

17) Alberto Mendoza,

Los Angeles County HCV Task Force
Associate Director for Community Advocacy Southern California Region,
Drug Policy Alliance

Special Projects Advisors:

18) LeighAnn Vogel,

California Veterans Patient and Support Advocate

Bakersfield

20) Mr. Joe Coggiano - Computer Systems Technical Advisor, Petaluma

Computer Specialist for National Center for Chronic Disease Control in Arlington, Va. and HEW North, Washington, DC. 1968

Manager of Systems and Programming for Monterey County, Ca.

1972

Manager of Development and Support for Bechtel Power Corp at 50 Beale St., San Francisco, CA. 1984

President/CEO for International Software and Computing, Inc. Petaluma, Ca. 1996

21) Jules Levin, Executive Director of NATAP, The National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project

Local County HCV Task Forces share data, resources and forms partnerships on projects that better serve their communities.

The California Hepatitis C Task Force structure provides a forum to develop and/or expedite assistance for the sharing of information and collaborations with legislative support to lead to an increase in funding, awareness, training and treatment of HCV. Bill Remak, Chairman 12-11-02

COMMITTEES

1) Conference Planning

2) Policy Reform/Legislative Advocacy

3) Outreach/Task Force Development

4) Education/Patient Awareness and Support

5) Grant/Funding Technical assistance

6) Provider Education

7) Public Affairs/HCV Awareness

8) Prevention/Harm Reduction

9) Executive/Administrative

10) Communication/Website/Newsletter

© 2003California HCV Task Force Bill Remak