The purpose of this committee is to review patient-specific data elements and corresponding data documentation submitted by hospitals to Mass-DAC in order to determine validity of coding. This committee is comprised, annually, of surgeons and data managers who graciously volunteer and are listed at the end of each annual report.

The Fiscal Year 2009 volunteers included:

Kurt Barringhaus, M.D.

UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

Clifford J. Berger, M.D.

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Douglas Drachman, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Joe Garasic, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jean-Pierre Geagea, M.D.

Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA

Kalon Ho, M.D.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Farouc Jaffer, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Igor Palacios, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Thomas C. Piemonte, M.D.

Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

Fred Resnic, M.D.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Ken Rosenfield, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Samuel J. Shubrooks Jr., M.D.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Andrew Weintraub, M.D.

Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Angela Corey

UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

Barbara Oxley, R.N.

Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Susan April, R.N.

North Shore Medical Center - Salem Hospital, Salem, MA

David Dobroski, M.D.

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Zoran Nedeljkovic, M.D.

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Robert Yeh, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Ashvin Pande, M.D.

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Daniel Fisher, M.D.

UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

Claudia Hochberg, M.D.

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Ik-Kyung Jang, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA