Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE Healthcare Professional Advisory Panel

Recognizing the importance of providing reliable, accurate information to members of the healthcare community, Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE formed a Healthcare Professional Advisory Panel. The 18-member panel is made up of healthcare providers across Ohio representing diverse specialties, genders, ethnicities and practice regions. The main goals of the advisory panel are to promote the effectiveness of OhioQuits among their peers, increase its visibility in the healthcare community and provide professional feedback on the development of QUIT LINE materials targeted to healthcare providers.

Stephen P. Bazeley, MD
Waterville Family Physicians, Inc.

Lee Budin, MD
President, Central Ohio Primary Care
Medical Director, Partners for Kids
Building Blocks Pediatrics / COPC

Garland (Gary) DeNelsky, PhD
Founding Director
Cleveland Clinic Smoking Cessation Program

Judith Groner, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine & Public Health
The Ohio State University

Rupa Hamal, DMD
Periodontist
Western Dental Specialty Group and Dayton Dental & Orthodontics

William J. Hicks, MD
Professor, Clinical Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
OSU James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute

Molly Katz, MD
Katz, Kade, Herwitt & Anderson Gynecology, Cincinnati

Past President, Ohio State Medical Association

Karen King, MD
Northwest Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, Inc.

Elizabeth Muennich, MD, PhD
Resident
Wright State University School of Medicine

John Politis, MD

Chairman and Residency Program Director
Department of Internal Medicine
Forum Health, Northside Medical Center

Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD, FACP, FRACP
Director, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Jay Shubrook, DO
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Joseph Sopko, MD
Department of Medicine
St. Vincent Charity Hospital

Rick St. Onge, MD, FACOG
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Holzer Medical Center

Angie Thornton, RRT RCP
Clinical Coordinator of Respiratory Care
Doctors Hospital / Ohio Health

Lynne Wagoner, MD
Medical Director, Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

April Wells, CNP, MSN, APRN
Nurse Practitioner
Albany Family Medicine

Vicki Ann Whitacre, MD
Medical Director
Zanesville Muskingum County Health Department