Connecticut State Department of Public Health

Healthcare Associated Infections & Antimicrobial Resistance Advisory Committee Members

Connecticut General Statutes: Section 19a-490 o (Substitute Senate Bill No.160, Public Act No. 06-142: An Act Concerning Hospital Acquired Infections)  

 
Advisory Committee Composition: May 2021

 

Commissioner or commissioner’s designee:

  1. Donna Ortelle, RN MSN, Facilities Licensing and Investigations Section Chief, Healthcare Quality and Safety Branch, CT DPH
Two representatives from the Connecticut Hospital Association
  1. Donna Novella, RN MSN, Director of Patient Safety and Quality, CHA
  2. Tim McClung, FACHE CPHQ, Director of Quality Informatics, CHA

Two representatives from organizations representing health care consumers

  1. Jacqueline Murillo, RN, Office of Healthcare Advocate, State of CT, Hartford, CT
  2. Lisa Freeman, Executive Director, CT Center for Patient Safety, Hartford, CT

Two representatives from organization representing outpatient hemodialysis centers

  1. Megan Perras, LPN, Quality Improvement Coordinator, IPRO ESRD Network of New England
  2. Vacant

Two representatives from organization representing long-term acute care hospitals

  1. Sonnia Belcourt BSN RN CIC, Gaylord Hospital
  2. Brenda Nurse, MD, Hospital for Special Care

Two representatives from organization representing nursing homes

  1. Mag Morelli, President, LeadingAge Connecticut
  2. Matthew Barrett, JD MPA, President and CEO, Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, Inc.

Two representatives from organization representing surgical facilities

  1. Vacant
  2. Vacant

Two hospital-based infectious disease specialists or epidemiologists

  1. Louise Dembry, MD, Director, Hospital Epidemiology, VA CT Healthcare System
  2. Brenda Grant, RN, MPH, CIC, CHES, Manager, Infection Prevention Stamford Hospital

One representative from the Connecticut State Medical Society

  1. Jack Ross, MD, Chief, Infectious Diseases & Epidemiology, Hartford Hospital

One representative from the Connecticut Infectious Disease Society

  1. David Banach, MD MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Head of Infection Prevention, Hospital Epidemiologist, UConn Health

One representative from a labor organization representing hospital-based nurses

  1. Dale Cunningham, American Federation of Teachers, Rocky Hill, CT

One representative of a clinical microbiology laboratory

  1. Wilson Vientos, MS MT(ASCP)SM, Microbiology/TB Supervisor, VA Connecticut HealthCare System

Two members from the public

  1. Lynne Garner, PhD, President and Trustee, The Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
  2. Nilda Paris, Community Health Worker, Chaplain, The Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

 

Total Memberships Filled = 18

Total Memberships Vacant = 3

 

 

 

This page last updated 5/14/2021.