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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2013 Oct 23;167(1):15–21.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.10.005

Table I.

Regional leader(s) and number of PCI hospitals, non-PCI hospitals, and EMS agencies in each participating region

Region Regional leader(s) PCI hospitals (n) Non-PCI hospitals, (n) EMS agencies (n)
Great Rivers
  Columbus, OH Ernest Mazzaferri, Jr, MD 15 25 500
  Pittsburgh, PA Bruce MacLeod, MD 16 20 30
  Philadelphia, PA Elliot Barnathan, MD 13 8 1
  Wilkes-Barre–Scranton, PA Steven Voyce, MD; John Ellis, MD 4 8 88
  Metropolitan Louisville (Kentuckiana) KY/IN Jesse Adams, MD 7 10 9
Founders
  New York City, NY Norma Keller, MD; Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, MD; Glenn Asaeda, MD; John Freese, MD 25 12 27
  Northern New Jersey, NJ Mark Zucker, MD; Mark Merlin, MD; Steven Sheris, MD 23 3 249
  Hartford, CT Richard Kamin, MD; C. Steven Wolf, MD 4 6 35
Greater South East
  Tampa, FL Robert Sanchez MD; Xavier Prida MD 15 15 7
  Atlanta, GA Michael A. Ross, MD; Mike Jernigan, EMT-P 17 4 40
Midwest
  St Louis, MO Richard G. Bach, MD; Michael J. Lim, MD; George M. Kichura MD; Stuart T. Higano, MD 17 5 67
West
  Kern County, CA Lynne Ashbeck, MS, RD; Ross Elliott, EMT 3 7 7
  Hawaii, HI William Dang, Jr, MD 5 14 5
South West
  Colorado Front range, CO Jeb Burchenal, MD; Fred Severyn, MD 26 20 76
  Houston, TX James McCarthy, MD; Todd Caliva 33 20 54
  San Antonio, TX Craig Manifold, DO; Dudley Wait 15 21 23
  North Central Oklahoma, OK Charles Bethea, MD; Tim Cathey, MD 18 30 40