Committee On

Oversight & Government Reform

Post-Katrina Recovery: Restoring Health Care in the New Orleans Region

December 3, 2009

Witnesses

Panel 1
Cindy Bascetta (testimony)
Director, Health Care
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Diane Rowland, Sc.D. (testimony)
Executive Vice President
The Henry J. Kaiser Family
Donald T. Erwin, M.D. (testimony)
President/CEO
Saint Thomas Community Health Center
Michael G. Griffin (testimony)
President & CEO
Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans
Alice Craft-Kearney, R.N. BSN (testimony)
Executive Director
Lower 9th Ward Health Clinic
Karen DeSalvo, M.D. MPH MSc (testimony)
Vice Dean
Community Affairs and Health Policy Covenant House Clinic
Roxane A. Townsend, M.D. (testimony)
Assistant VP Health Systems
University Hospital, Louisiana State University System
Panel 2
Marcia K. Brand (testimony)
US Department of Health and Human Services
Alan Levine
Secretary
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Joia Creer-Perry, M.D. FACOG (testimony)
Directory of Clinical Services,
Health Department City of New Orleans
Clayton Williams, MPH (testimony)
Director
Louisiana Public Health Institute