WCFH Contacts
General Information
Information requests for the Section of Women's Children's and Family Health may be directed to:
- Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 269-3400
(800) 799-7570
(907) 269-3465 fax - FAQ website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/main_faqs.htm

WCFH Administration
- Stephanie Birch, RNC, MPH, MS, FNP
Section Chief
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 334-2424
(907) 269-3465 - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/

Program Contacts
Adolescent Health Program
- Sophie Wenzel, MPH
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 269-3466
(907) 269-3465 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/adolescent

Breast & Cervical Health Check (BCHC) &
Alaska Breast & Cervical Cancer (BCC) Early Detection
- Program Director
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - Toll Free: 1-800-410-6266
(907) 269-3476
(907)269-3414 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/bchc/

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention
- Beth Kaplan, M.Ed., CCC-A/SLP
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program Manager
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 334-2273
(907) 269-3465 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/newborn/

Family Planning Services
- Kelly Keeter
Manager
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 269-3461
(907) 269-3465 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/familyplan.htm

Genetic Services and Cleft Lip/Palate Clinics
- Meg Kurtagh
Program Manager
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 269-3430
(907) 269-3465 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/genetic.htm

Neurodevelopmental and Autism Clinics
- Kristine Green
Program Manager
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 269-3428
(907) 269-3465 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/specialty.htm

Newborn Metabolic Screening
- Thalia Wood, MPH, CLS
Program Manager
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - (907) 269-3499
(907) 269-3465 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/metabolic/

Oral Health Program
- Brad Whistler, DMD
State Dental Officer
Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
130 Seward St, Room 508
Juneau, AK 99801 - (907) 465-8628
- website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/oralhealth/

School Health Program
- Mary Bell, RN, BSN, NCSN
School Health Nurse Consultant
State of Alaska, Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923 - 907-269-7368
907-269-3465 fax
Women's Health Program
-
Sherrell Holtshouser, RN, MPH
State Women’s Health Coordinator
Women's, Children's & Family Health
Division of Public Health
Alaska Department of Health & Social Services
3601 C Street, Ste 322
Anchorage, AK 99503-5923
-
907-269-3426
907-269-3432 fax - website:
www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/womens/
MCH - Epidemiology Unit Contacts
- MCH-Epidemiology Unit
3601 C Street, Suite 358
Anchorage, Alaska 99503 - website:
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/

- Patricia Mangum
Administrative Clerk
(907) 269-8073
(907) 269-3493 (fax)
- Brad Gessner, MD
Scientific Director
(907) 269-3446
(907) 269-3493 fax
Alaska Birth Defects Registry/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Program
- Aulasa Camerlin, MA, MPH
MCH Epidemiologist,
ABDR/FASSP Program Manager
(907) 269-3982
(907) 269-3493 fax - ABDR website: www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/ABDR/
- FAS website:
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/FAS/
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
- Kathy Perham-Hester, MS, MPH
Alaska PRAMS Coordinator
(907) 269-3447
(907) 269-3493 fax - website:
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/PRAMS/

Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey (CUBS)
- Margaret Blabey Young, MPH
Program Coordinator
(907) 269-5657
(907) 269-3493 fax - website:
http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/cubs/

Maternal-Infant Mortality Review/Child Death Review
- Mike Valiquette
Program Manager
(907) 269-3401
(907) 269-3493 fax - website:
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/MIMR/

Maternal Child Health Indicators
- Yvonne Wu Goldsmith, MS, MPH
MCH-Epidemiology Unit Chief
(907) 269-0344
(907) 269-3493 fax -
website:
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/mchepi/MCHI/

Surveillance of Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN)
- Jared Parrish, MS
Program Director
(907) 269-8068
(907) 269-3493 fax
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