Advisory Committee Members

Angela Anderson, MD 
Hasbro Children's Hospital

Anara Guard, MS 
Education Development Center

Maria Kostka-Rokosz, BS, PharmD, RPh
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Lana Dvorkin, PharmD
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

William J. Lewander, MD 
Hasbro Children's Hospital

M. John Mendelsohn, MD, FAAEM, ACM 
Falmouth Hospital 

A. Jeffrey Newell, RPh
Quality Partners of Rhode Island

Kathy Stimson, MSW, LCSW
Springwell

Kristina Ward, PharmD, BCPS 
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy

Health Department Representatives

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

• Cynthia Rodgers, Director, Injury Prevention and Control Program
• Meg Blanchet, MS, REHS, Environmental Toxicology Program
• Elise Pechter, MPH, CIH, Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Rhode Island Department of Health

• Robert Vanderslice, PhD

Regional Poison Center Representatives

• Michele Burns Ewald, MD
• Elizabeth E. Petitpas, BS
• Colleen Longfellow, MPH