Nashville Area Indian Health Service 2011 Annual Report

Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Area Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deputy Area Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chief Medical Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Director’s Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Nashville Area Indian Health Service
711 Stewarts Ferry Pike
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
(615) 467-1500 • (866) 447-6261
www.ihs.gov/Nashville
www.facebook.com/IHSNAO
In partnership with American
Indian and Alaska Native peoples,
Our Mission…
Raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual
health of American Indian and Alaska Natives to
the highest level.
Our Goal…
Assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable
personal and public health services are available
and accessible to American Indian and Alaska
Native people.
Meeting IHS Priorities
Renew and strengthen our partnership with Tribes. . . . . . 9
Reform the Indian Health Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Improve the quality of and access to care. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Make all our work accountable, transparent,
fair and inclusive.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Improve Customer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Division Summaries
Catawba Service Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mashpee Wampanoag Health Service Unit . . . . . . . . . . 45
Micmac Service Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unity Healing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tribal Activities (OTA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Public Health (OPH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Environmental Health & Engineering (OEHE) . . . . . . . . 63
Extramural Awards & Agreements (DEAA). . . . . . . . . . 71
Information Resources Management (DIRM) . . . . . . . . 73
Technical Support (DTS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Financial Management (DFM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Who We Serve
Area Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Area Tribes, Nations & Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Urban Indian Health Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Federal Direct Care Service Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Executive Staff Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Acronym Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Our Foundation…
Uphold the Federal Government’s obligation to
promote healthy American Indian and Alaska
Native people, communities and cultures and to
honoring and protect the inherent sovereign rights
of Tribes.