Program Contact Information

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Family Health Administration
Center for Maternal and Child Health
201 West Preston Street, Room 308
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Tel (410) 767-6713   Fax (410) 333-5233
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Hotline: 1-800-456-8900
Director: Bonnie S. Birkel, CRNP, BSN, MPH
Medical Director: S. Lee Woods, MD, PhD

Asthma Control Program Rachel Hess-Mutinda 410-767-2196
Babies Born Healthy Ilise Marrazzo 410-767-5596
Breastfeeding Promotion S. Lee Woods 410-767-6805
Child and Adolescent Health Cheryl D. DePinto 410-767-5595
Child Fatality Review Marsha R. Smith 410-767-6760
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Mary D. Johnson 410-767-5581
Children’s Environmental Health
and Protection Advisory Council
Rachel Hess-Mutinda 410-767-2196
Community Outreach Mary D. Johnson 410-767-5581
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Mary L. LaCasse 410-767-6753
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Coalition Mary D. Johnson 410-767-5581
Family Planning/Reproductive Health Helene M. O’Keefe 410-767-6723
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Joan Patterson 410-767-6727
Improved Pregnancy Outcomes Pam S. Putman 410-767-4586
Internships/practicums for physicians S. Lee Woods 410-767-6805
Internships/practicums for nurse-clinicians Helene M. O’Keefe 410-767-6723
Maternal Mortality Review Marsha R. Smith 410-767-6760
Perinatal Health Marsha R. Smith 410-767-6760
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
(PRAMS)
Laurie Kettinger 410-767-0803
School Health Cheryl D. DePinto 410-767-5595
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Christine L. Evans 410-767-6042
Women’s Health Diana Cheng 410-767-6719

Title V-MCH Block Grant, Pam Putman, 410-767-4586
Title V-Needs Assessment, Yvette McEachern, 410-767-5824
Title V-Adolescent Health Coordinator, Christine L. Evans, 410-767-6042
Title V-Section 510 Abstinence Education, Patricia Jones, 410-767-5597
Title X-Family Planning, Helene M. O’Keefe, 410-767-6723