Samantha
Power, JD
An ambassador
for the UN, Power earned her undergraduate degree from Yale and her law degree
from Harvard. She was the Head Professor of Global Leadership and Public Policy
at Harvard, and formerly served as a member of the National Security Council
and the Chair of the Atrocities Prevention Board.
“[Healthcare workers should be] treated
like conquering heroes and not in any other way” – Vice News (10-27-2014)
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Stephen
Morse, MS, PhD
A
professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University, Morse is their Director of
Infectious Disease Epidemiology program and was the chair and principle
organizer of the 1989 NIAID/NIH Conference on Emerging Viruses. His areas of
expertise include Global Health, Infectious Disease, Epidemics, Emerging
Infections, and Disaster Preparedness. Morse is a life member on the Council on
Foreign Relations.
"It may be
politically the obvious thing to do but it may well be counterproductive," – USA Today, 10-27-2014
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Robert
Glatter, MD
After
earning a medical degree from Emory University, Glatter, who has practicing
medicine for over a decade, established himself as one of the top doctors in
the Manhattan area.
"We need to rethink
this with science and reason. It's going to discourage health care workers from
going out to the source, which is where we need to be." – USA Today, 10-27-2014
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Albert
Wu, MD, MPH
A
Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Wu is also the Director of the Center
for Health Services and Outcomes Research. He earned his Medical Degree from
Cornell and his Master of Public Health degree from UCal. Wu has studied
medical errors since 1998 and served as a senior advisor to the WHO Safety
Program in Geneva from 2007-2009.
"I suspect that
this mandatory quarantine wouldn't add very much except for providing
reassurance for people panicked by the idea” –
USA Today, 10-27-2014
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Jeffery
Duchin, MD
A
Professor of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Wisconsin,
Dutcher is the chair of the Public Health Committee of the Infectious Disease Society
of America.
“Duchin … agreed that
the focus should be on the efforts to stop the disease at its source in Africa.” - MedPage Today
(10-27-2014)
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Linda
Greene, RN, MPS, CIC
With
25+ years experience in infection prevention, Greene is the Infection Prevention
Manager at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She is a past oard
member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology.
"We really do not
support quarantine," - MedPage Today (10-27-2014)
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Tom
Frieden, MD, MPH
After
serving as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Center for Disease Control
from 1990 to 2002, Frieden was the NYC Health Commissioner from 2002 to 2009.
He’s currently the director of the CDC.
“If we do things that
make it very difficult for people to come back, if we turn them into pariahs,
instead of recognizing the heroic work they are doing,” - MedPage Today
(10-27-2014)
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Virginia
Dato, MD
A
Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dato
is a highly respected doctor that has worked with the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey Departments of Health.
"There are
diseases you transmit when you have no symptoms; those are the people you need
to strictly quarantine." - MedPage Today (10-27-2014)
__________
Jesse
Bump, MPH, PhD
With
a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard and his Doctorate from Johns
Hopkins, Bump is a Professor in the Department of International Health at
Georgetown University, having formerly worked for the World Food Bank and
consultant for WHO.
“[Quarantines]
haven't been used on a wide scale since the pre-World War I era." – MedPage Today
(10-27-2014)
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One
of the country’s top medical experts on Ebola, Pigott has been practicing
medicine for over two decades since earning his MD from Columbia.
“we recommend … they perform voluntary twice-daily temperatures at home, not a mandatory
quarantine” – CBS Chicago (10-27-2014)
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Anthony
Fauci, MD
The
recipient of the Lasker Award (considered the highest American honor in medicine)
and a Presidential Medal of Freedom (2007) for his work on the HIV/AIDS virus,
Fauci has worked for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for
nearly 50 years. He’s currently the head of the organization.
“Fauci
wasn’t the only physician expressing doubt about mandatory quarantines for
people considered at high risk for Ebola.” – CBS Chicago (10-27-2014)
__________
Daniel
Bachmann, MD
As
an emergency medicine doctor, Bachmann would be dealing with potential Ebola
patients first hand in the Emergency Room. He spoke at the American College for
Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly on Ebola recently.
“[Bachmann] said it might not be the best way to deal with the threat of Ebola in
the U.S.” – CBS Chicago (10-27-2014)
__________
Sophie
Delaunay, MBA, MPS
Delaunay
is the executive director of Doctors Without Borders, where she has worked for
over 20 years. She also has three years’ experience as Program Director of
ESTHER, a French government AIDS agency.
“We are
totally confused by these orders because we have put in place over the past few
months protocols that are ... accepted,” – Dallas News
(10-26-2014)
__________
Kathryn
N. Suh, MD, FRCPC, CIC
Suh is
a professor and physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the
University of Ottawa, where she is also the Associate Director of Infection Prevention
and Control. Additionally, she’s the President of the Association for
Professionals in Infection Control.
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Alessandro
Vespignai, PhD, MD
Vespignai
is a Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences, among many other subjects, at
Northeastern University.
“The only way to buy an insurance policy
is to defeat the disease in West Africa” – CommonHealth
(10-27-2014)
__________
Michael
Klag, MD, MPH, PhD
One
of the most respected experts in the country, Klag is the current Dean of Johns
Hopkins School of Health, the consensus number one public health school in the
country. He earned his Medical Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and
his Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins, and his areas of
expertise are Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management.
“He said the policy ‘[is] designed for discoursing
people from going to help … I think that Christie and Cuomo are probably
motivated by concern for people of their states, but they have a responsibility
to do what makes sense and is based on knowledge’” – Vice News (10-27-2014)
__________
Lawrence
Gostin, J.D.
A former Executive Director of the American Society for Law, Medicine, and
Bioethics, Gostin earned his Juris Doctorate from Duke and specializes in
public health. He serves a Professor of Law at Georgetown (head Professor of
Global Health Law), a Professor of Law and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University,
and an adjunct Professor of Public Health at Oxford University.
“The public and politicians understand
that you need to attack terrorism at its source, but somehow they fail to
understand that is equally and probably more true with infectious diseases.” – Washington Post (10-26-2014)
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Arthur
Caplan, PhD
The
Head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU, Caplan formerly served as a
Professor of Bioethics at UPenn, University of Pittsburgh, University of
Minnesota, and Columbia. He has authored 32 books and over 600 papers in
peer-reviewed journals. Discover Magazine named him one of the ten most
influential people in science (2008), and he received the Public Service Award
from the National Science Foundation earlier this year.
“Quarantining
those who do not have symptoms is not the way to
combat Ebola. In fact it will only make matters worse. Far worse.” – NBC News (10-26-2014)
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William
schaffner, MD
The
immediate past-president of the National Foundation for Infectious Disease,
Schaffner is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society
for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and the American Public Health
Association. He serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive
Medicine and a Professor of Medicine in the division of infectious diseases at
Vanderbilt, in addition to serving as an epidemiologist at the University’s
hospital.
"Schaffner also said he saw no need
for an automatic 21-day quarantine or isolation period for people arriving from
West Africa, not even health care workers. There is no medical reason for it,
he said.” – New York Times
(10-24-2014)
__________
Mary
Travis Bassett, MD, MPH
“Basset, in a Twitter post, suggested
that the new quarantine policy might discourage American doctors and nurses
from helping to contain the diseases in Africa” – New York Times (10-24-2014)
__________
Irwin
Redlener, MD
Serving
as a special advisor to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Redlener was appointed to
co-chair the New York State Ready Commission by Andrew Cuomo in 2012. He
co-founded the Children’s Health Fund and has been actively involved in charity
work. Currently, he’s the Director of the National Center for Disaster
Preparedness and a Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia
University. He was formerly the chairman of the National Health Leadership
Council and served as part of the White House Task Force on National Health
Care Reform in the 1990’s.
"There is pure science and the
protocols that must be put in place based on the science, in terms of what we
know and what can come from that” – New York Times (10-24-2014)
__________
From an academic paper, “Ebola and Quarantine”,
published by the New England Journal of Medicine, reported in an editorial from Time Magazine:
Jeffery
Drazen, MD
An
elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and
Association of American Physicians, Drazen has worked with the National
Institute of Health and was a member of WHO’s Scientific Advisory Group. He’s a
distinguished professor at Harvard Medical School and a professor at the
Harvard School of Public Health.
Rupa
Kanapathipillai, MB, MPH, DTM&H
Kanapathipillai
graduated from Columbia with a Master of Public Health degree (concentration in
epidemiology).
Edward
Campion, MD
A
distinguished medical expert, Campion has been in practice for over 40 years.
Eric
Rubin, MD, PhD
Rubin
serves as a Distinguished Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at
Harvard and as an associate professor at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins
University.
Scott
Hammer, MD
A
Professor of Public Health (epidemiology) and Distinguished Professor of
Medicine at Columbia, Hammer is also the Chief of the Division on Infectious Diseases
and Director of Columbia-Rockefeller Center for AIDS research.
Lindsey
Baden, MD
An
associate professor at Harvard Medical School, Baden is also the Director of
Clinical Research in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital and the Director of Infectious Diseases at the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute.
Stephen
Morrissey, PhD
The
managing editor at the New England Journal of Medicine, Morrissey serves on the
Council of Science Editors and is also the journal’s representative to the
African journals Partnership Project of the National Institute of Health.
"21 day quarantines on health care
workers returning to the United States...is not scientifically based, is unfair
and unwise, and will impede essential efforts to stop these awful outbreaks of
Ebola"
"The governors' action is like
driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is
more destructive than beneficial"
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Mathew
Muller, PhD, MD
With a PhD in clinical epidemiology,
Muller is the Associate Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at
St. Michael’s Hospital in Canada. His areas of expertise include infection prevention
and control, emerging infections, and influenza.
"I just don't think it needs to be
a mandatory quarantine" - CTV News (10-28-2014)
__________
Gavin
Macgregor-Skinner, MSc, MPH, MRCVS
An assistant professor in the
Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State, Macgregor-Skinner has
worked in public health leadership positions with United States and international
organizations, UN agencies, the private sector, and the military of several
different countries. He provided the US government with assistance in
prevention and control of avian and pandemic influenza outbreaks. Macgregor-Skinner
holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and International Health from
Johns Hopkins and a Master of Science in Emerging Infectious and Zoonotic
Diseases from the University of London.
"[he] says 'mandatory quarantines
ignore science and are complete irrational'" – CT News (10-28-2014)
__________
Johnathan
Lapook, MD
After earning his undergraduate degree
with honors from Yale, LaPook received his Medical Degree from Columbia
University. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at NYU.
"there should be no debate about
whether we treat returning healthcare workers who were there heroically with
compassion and respect" - CBS (10-26)
__________
Jennie
L Mayfield, BSN, MPH, CIC
With 25+ years in infection control,
Mayfield is the President of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control
and Epidemiology. She was awarded the Advanced Practice Infection Control
Professional Award in 2005.
"It's important to be guided by the
scientific evidence" - Medscape
(10-27)
__________
Twelve members of [Andrew Cuomo’s AIDS
task force] have signed a letter criticizing his Ebola Policies of a mandatory
quarantine, from the New York Times (10-27-2014):
Dr.
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA
Director of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia, El-Sadr also serves as a Professor of
Medicine and a Professor of Epidemiology. She directs HIV prevention, care, and
treatment in countries around the world in collaboration with governmental and
non-governmental organizations. She earned her degrees from Harvard, Columbia,
and the University of Cairo.
Paul
Cleary, MS, PHD
Dean of the Yale School of Public Health, Cleary also serves as the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS and as a Distinguished Professor of Health Policy.
Kevin
Frost
Frost is the Chief Executive of the
American Foundation for AIDS
Gregg
Gonsalves
Peter
Staley
An HIV/AIDS activist, Staley founded
the Treatment Action Group and the education website AIDSmeds.com.
__________
Ban
Ki-Moon, MPA
Ki-Moon is the incumbent secretary-general of United Nations.
"[he] joined the White House, aid
organizations and medical experts in opposing several US states' mandatory
21-day quarantine policy" Rappler (10-28-2014)
__________
Daniel
Diekema, MS, MS
The Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa, Diekema also serves as the Clinical Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases at the school.
"the downsides are real" - NBC News
__________
Jim
Yong Kim, MD, PhD
The
incumbent director of the World Food Banks, Kim as formerly served as the chair
of Global Health and Scoail Science at Harvard, President of Dartmouth
university, advisor to the director-general of WHO, director of WHO’s HIV/AIDS
Department, and co-founded and directed Partners in Health. He was named one of
America’s 25 Best Leaders by US News & World Report in 2005.
"the 'fear factor' was getting 'out
of control.' His warning comes amid debate in the US as to how to treat those
returning from West Africa"
__________
Andrew
Noymer, PhD, MS
With
a Master of Demography and Doctorate of Sociology, Noymer’s areas of expertise
are demography, health, ad networks. He is an Associate Professor of Population
Health and Disease Protection at the University of California, Irvine.
"Noymer and others on the panel
pointed out a simple fact: Ebola is infectious, but not highly contagious" - OCRegister (10-29-14)
__________
Brandon
Brown, PhD, MPH
Director
of the Global Health Research, Education, and Transition Program, Brown holds a
Master of Public Health in Epidemiology Degree from UCLA and earned his PhD in
International Health from Johns Hopkins. His research focuses on infectious
diseases in developing countries.
"There is going to be fear and
stigma with anything new. We had it with HIV and the gay community...these
people should be getting a hero's welcome, but they're not" - OCRegister (10-29-2014)
__________
Michael
Katz, PhD
Katz,
the Association Director of Washington National Primate Research Center, also
serves as a Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of
Washington.
"the quality of care is
crucial...the quality of care in West Africa is terrible" - LA Times (10-29-2014)
__________
David
Cennimo, MD, FACP, FAAP, AAHIVS
An
assistant Professor in medicine-Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, Cennimo is the
Program Director of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at Rutgers University.
"people in the United States are
frightened of Ebola for statistically very little good reason" - Infection Control Today (10-28-2014)
__________
Kent
Sepkowitz, MD
A
board certified infectious disease specialist, Sepkowitz is the Deputy
Physician-in-Chief for Quality and Safety at the Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center, leading their infection control program.
"Christie and Cuomo are both really
smart guys, yet they've decided to ignore science and evidence and decades of
careful observations" - News
Busters, 10-28-2014
__________
Jeff
Engel, MD
As a
former State Epidemiologist and State Health Commissioner in North Carolina,
Engel is the Executive Director of Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists.
"Quarantine should be implemented on a
case-by-case basis" - PR News
Wire (10-28-2014)
__________
Wendy
E. Parmet, JD
A
past Board President of Health Law Advocates, Parmet is a leading expert on
health, disability, and public law. She is a Distinguished Professor at
Northeastern, teaching Public Health Law and co-editing Human Rights ad the
Global Economy, an online publication, and Public Law and Legal Theory Paper
Series. She has published articles on bioethics, discrimination, health law,
and AIDS law.
"if you make people feel as if they
will be stigmatized and outcast and scapegoated, they're not going to come
forward the next time someone gets sick, and that would be a disaster" - National Geographic (10-28-2014)
__________
George
Risi, MD, MS
A
former infectious disease clinical consultant to NIH and NIAID, Risi, a Master
of Immunology of Infectious Diseases, serves as an Assistant Professor of
Medicine at the University of Washington, having previously taught at the
University of Utah and Louisiana State University. His areas of expertise are
research, vaccines and vaccine preventable diseases, and travel related index.
"No one's going to want to go over
there if they have to spend 21 days in some remote hotel in New Jersey just
because you've been sleeping" - National Geographic, (10-28-2014)
__________
Kenneth
Sherrill, PhD
A
retired Professor of Political Science at Hunter College, Sherrill, whose
research interested include public opinion and American Politics, authored the
book “What Political Science is Missing about AIDS”, in 1992.
"history isn't kind to politicians
who take short term advantage out of public health emergencies" - Troy Record, 10-28-2014
__________
Josh
Mugele, MD
An emergency
room doctor, Mugele has worked first hand with Ebola in West Africa, and is an
assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the University of
Arizona.
"I worry that it's going to affect
people's willingness to travel to Africa and take care of those patients" MedScape - 10-28-2014
__________
David
Fidler, JD, M.Phil, BCL
One
of the world’s leading experts on international law and global health, Fidler
has been a legal consultant to World Bank, WHO, the CDC, US Joint Forces
Command, US Department of State, and US Department of Defense, among many other
organizations.
"We have not seen for decades and
decades the state or federal government say a whole category if going to be
subjected to quarantines" - Daily Journal, 10-28-2014
__________
Daniel
Drezner, MA, PhD
A
professor in International Politics from Stanford, Drezner, who has a PhD in
Political Science from Stanford, is a national renowned expert on international
affairs.
"Let's be clear - Cuomo and
Christie acted in the interest of being perceived as 'doing something' highly
visible even those actions will not make anyone safer" BBC, 10-28-2014
