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Pediatric Asthma Coalition for the Capital Region (PACCR)
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of children under 18 years of age and is becoming the
fourth leading cause of disability in this age range.
Severe asthma is more common in poor, minority and inner-city populations. These populations
have more asthma-related Emergency Department visits and hospitalizations, and are more likely
to miss school and their parents to miss work due to illness.
The goal of PACCR is to decrease asthma morbidity and mortality in Capital Region children,
ages 1-17, with poor socio-economic status (as defined by having Medicaid, Medicaid Managed
Care or no health insurance).
PACCR includes nine counties in eastern upstate New York: Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene,
Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie.
Below is a list of PACCR provider champions:
Albany County
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Services Pediatrics Program
St. Peter’s Pediatrics
Rensselaer County
Whitney Young Troy Health Center
Schenectady County
Hometown Health Centers
Greene County
Catalina Alegre, MD and Nancy Getzke, FNP
Montgomery County
Govinda Rao, MD and Kathleen Pooler, NP
In addition, the core committee of PACCR is made up of the following members:
Kathy Bryant, Director, Pharmacy Division, Price Chopper
Janet Carmody, PNP, St. Peter’s Family Health Services
Nancy Getzke, FNP, Alegre Pediatrics, Catskill
Nancy Lerner, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Kathleen Lill, RPA-C, Albany Medical Center
Kevin Karpowicz, MD, VP Medical Services, Hometown Health
Pam LaBuda, RN, Rensselaer County Health Department
Kallanna Manjunath, MD, CPE, VP Medical Services, Whitney Young
Janice McPhee, RN, New York State Assoc. of School Nurses
Maria Ortiz, Parent Representative
Kathy Ristau, RRT, St. Peter’s Cardiopulmonary Center
Gorind Rao, MD, Neena Rao Pediatrics, Amsterdam
David Strogatz, PhD, Director, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University at Albany
For more information on PACCR, please contact us at 518-465-4771, ext. 230.
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