Public health and healthcare professionals not only deal with the impacts of gun violence at a patient and population-level – they also personally confront the threat, with American healthcare workers facing more workplace violence than personnel in any other field, including law enforcement. Gun violence is a public health crisis and the public health community has a critical role to play and a powerful voice to make heard in pushing for a world where we can all live free from gun violence.
Are you a doctor, nurse, or health professional who wants to learn more and get involved? Contact April Smith, MPH, CeaseFirePA Education Fund’s Partnership Coordinator: april@ceasefirepa.org.
Steering Committee Members
- Dr. Vivek Ashok, Pediatrician & Injury Prevention Researcher, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Dr. Bob Barraco, Trauma Surgeon, Lehigh Valley Health Network
- Debbie Cannon, Registered Nurse, Quality & Safety, Pittsburgh
- Dr. Gregory English, Trauma & General Surgeon, Erie
- Dr. Raquel Forsythe, Director of Trauma, General Surgeon, Pittsburgh
- Sunny Jackson, Registered Nurse, Injury Prevention Coordinator, Penn Medicine Trauma Center
- Dr. Elinore Kaufman, Trauma Surgeon, Penn Medicine
- Dr. Peri Levey, Resident Pediatrician, Pittsburgh
- Dr. Stanton Miller, Surgeon, Emergency Physician, Exec, Dir. of the Jefferson Center for Injury Research & Prevention, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Ben Reynolds, PA-C, Physician Assistant, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, Pittsburgh
- Dr. Shawn Safford, Pediatric Surgeon, Harrisburg, President of the American Trauma Society – PA Division
- Organizational Members:
- American Trauma Society – Pennsylvania Division
- American Academy of Pediatrics – Pennsylvania Chapter
- Physicians for Social Responsibility – Pennsylvania
- PA Trauma Systems Foundation
Individual members of the steering committee participate in their personal capacity and their involvement does not necessarily reflect the views of their employer or imply organizational support for the coalition.
