New York State Department of Health Division of Long Term Care
Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver Program Effective June 2013
Regions/
Counties Served
Long Island:
Nassau and Suffolk
New York City:
New York, Bronx, Kings,
Queens and Richmond
Lower Hudson:
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster
and Westchester
Regional Resource Development Specialists
Regional Resource Center
Natalia Ramirez, Lead RRDS x 108
[email protected]
Michelle Darling-Downs, RRDS x 102
[email protected]
Robert Lindros, Nurse Evaluator x106
[email protected]
Vincent Pennica, RRDS x107
[email protected]
Dana Zeppelin, ARRDS x110
[email protected]
Josephine Licata, Administrative Assistant x128
[email protected]
Self Initiated Living Options (Suffolk
Independent Living Organization: SILO)
2111 Lakeland Ave, Suite A
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
631-320-1662
631-320-1664 (FAX)
Julie Polokoff, Lead RRDS
718-816-3558
[email protected]
Donna Favorito, NE
718-816-3553
[email protected]
Andrea Zeydelis, RRRDS
718-816-3555
[email protected]
Janine Monroe, RRDS
718-816-3565
[email protected]
Vicki Scalia, RRDS
718-816-3563
[email protected]
Susan Swartz, RRDS
718-816-3564
[email protected]
Daphne Apoleon, RRDS
718-816-3566
[email protected]
Patrice Moe, RRDS
718-816-3567
[email protected]
Andrea Lisi, ARRDS
718-816-3559
[email protected]
Julia Adushev, Admin. Assoc.
718-816-3555
[email protected]
Margaret Nunziato, NHTD/TBI & Housing
[email protected]
x2102 (WILC)
Putnam x 1112
Lisa Howard, Lead RRDS & Housing
x1127 *
[email protected]
Putnam X 1127
Jeremy Cortez, RRDS
[email protected]
Jeanette Dickerson, NE
845-228-7457
[email protected]
Shakima Harris, Administrative Asst.
[email protected]
x1128*
Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island
(VNA SI)
400 Lake Avenue
Staten Island. NY 10303
718-816-3555
718-816-3560 (FAX)
RRDS Contact Sheet 5 30 13
Westchester Independent Living
Center
nd
200 Hamilton Avenue, 2 Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
914-682-3926
914-681-7105 (FAX)
*845-228-7457 (Putnam Office)
*845-228-7460 (Putnam FAX)
New York State Department of Health Division of Long Term Care
Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver Program Effective June 2013
Capital:
Albany, Schenectady, Greene,
Rensselaer, Schoharie
and Columbia
Adirondack:
Fulton, Montgomery,
Saratoga, Washington,
Warren, Hamilton, Essex,
Franklin and Clinton
Syracuse/Utica North:
Onondaga, Madison,
Herkimer, Oneida, Oswego,
Lewis, Jefferson
and St. Lawrence
Natalie Marabello, Lead RRDS
[email protected]
Wendy Tracy, NE/RRDS
[email protected]
Melissa Schaudt, ARRDS
[email protected]
Robert Korotitsch ARRDS
[email protected]
Melissa Brinkman, ARRDS
[email protected]
Lisa Sexton, Secretary
[email protected]
Karen Thayer, Senior RRDS
[email protected]
Michelle Whitbeck, Lead RRDS
[email protected],
Leisha Hubbell, NE (per diem)
[email protected],
Lynn Osterberg, ARRDS
[email protected]
Deborah Putnick, ARRDS
[email protected]
Chris Sweet, Lead RRDS, Housing
[email protected]
Candace Rutledge, RRDS
[email protected]
Michele Westphal, RRDS
[email protected]
Jeannine Wright, NE
[email protected]
Kathy Querec, ARRDS
[email protected]
518-386-3576
518-386-3588
518-386-3589
518-386-3587
518-382-4559
518-386-3519 (FAX)
518-386-3555
518-382-4559
518-792-1584
518-792-3537
518-792-1584
518-792-3537
Southern Adirondack Independent Living
Center
71 Glenwood Avenue
Queensbury, NY 12804
518-792-1584
518-792-0979 (FAX)
518-792-3537
315-671-3084
315-671-3097
315-671-2980
ARISE, Inc.
635 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13203
315-671-2980
315-671-2936 (FAX)
315-671-2972
315-671-2999
Binghamton Southern Tier
Region:
Broome, Steuben, Schuyler,
Tioga, Delaware, Tompkins,
Cortland, Chenango, Cayuga,
Chemung, Allegany
and Otsego
Belinda Turck, Lead RRDS
[email protected]
Margaret Hulbert, RRDS, Housing
John Roy, RRDS
Anita Ferris, NE (part time)
Marian Hollander, NE/RRDS (part time)
Todd Fedyshyn, RRDS (part time)
Jamie Haywood, ARRDS
Betsy Giannicchi, Admin. Asst
[email protected]
Rochester Region:
Monroe, Wayne, Ontario,
Seneca, Genesee, Livingston
and Yates
Katie Lopez, Lead RRDS
[email protected]
Wendy McLaughlin, RRDS
[email protected]
Lindsay Schaefer, RRDS
[email protected]
NE Vacant
RRDS Contact Sheet 5 30 13
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
1270 Belmont Avenue
Schenectady, NY 12308
585-368-3833
585-368-3364
585-368-3356
Southern Tier Independence
Center
135 East Frederick St.
Binghamton, NY 13904
607-724-2111
607-772-3609 (FAX)
Unity St. Mary’s Campus
Acute Rehab and Brain Injury Program
89 Genesee Street
Rochester, NY 14611
585-368-3833
585-368-3765 (FAX)
New York State Department of Health Division of Long Term Care
Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver Program Effective June 2013
Buffalo Region:
Erie, Chautauqua,
Wyoming, Orleans,
Cattaraugus and Niagara
Ronald Fernandez, RRDC Director
Kristen Hewlett, Lead RRDS
Antoinette McMyne, ARRDS
Mary Jo Alessio– NE
[email protected]
NYS DOH
TBI Program Staff
Maribeth Gnozzio
[email protected]
Tricia Gorman
[email protected]
Lavonda Howe, Intern
[email protected]
RRDS Contact Sheet 5 30 13
716-408-3102
716-408-3105
716-408-3106
716-408-3104
Headway of Western NY, Inc.
2635 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216
716-408-3120
716-882-1289 (FAX)
NYS Department of Health
Office of Long Term Care
Home and Community Based Services
Medicaid Waivers /TBI Program
Empire State Plaza,
Corning Tower. Room 1970
Albany, New York 12237
518-474-5271
518-486-7684 (FAX)