About the Missouri PQC

We’re working to help everyone in Missouri receive high-quality maternal and neonatal care.

By providing access to perinatal resources for both health care providers and expectant or newer parents, the Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative is ensuring better, healthier outcomes for the communities we live in, support and strive to protect.

How

How we’re making a healthier tomorrow possible

Our success takes more than a mission. It takes more than dedicated partners. It takes the kind of support you can only get from people who are focused on a healthy Missouri.

Missouri was designated an Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health state in 2019 and the Missouri PQC was formalized in 2023. Through a comprehensive set of initiatives, technical support and educational resources, the MO PQC is making a positive impact on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality throughout the state.

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A mother lying in a hospital bed holding her newborn baby close to her face.

WHO

The ones who make it happen

The Missouri PQC, in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association, is supported through grants and contracts in partnership with the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

Working in partnership with MHA has allowed the MO PQC to gain access to some of the area’s leading experts in perinatal education and care.

Learn more about the Missouri Hospital Association.

From health care thought leaders to industry experts, researchers and more, our team is comprised of dedicated professionals who want to turn our vision for Missouri into the future for Missouri.

Maternal-Child Learning and Action Network

The Maternal-Child Learning and Action Network offers assistance, facilitates the exchange of knowledge, and provides peer support for the creation of effective quality initiatives. These initiatives are centered around the Quadruple Aim principles, an expansion of the Triple Aim (enhancing patient experience, improving population health, and reducing costs) to include an additional goal of improving the work life of health care providers.

Anjali Anders, M.D.
Chrissie Appleby
Ta’Mare Banks, MSN, BSN
Alan Barnette, M.D.
Kimberly Brandt, D.O.
Rebecca Burger, RN, BSN, CLC
Lori Bushner
Katherine Campbell, RN, BSN
Niraj Chavan, M.D., MPH
Karlyle Christian-Ritter, M.D.
Bryanne Colvin, M.D.
Kendra Copanas
Erin Coppenbarger, M.S.
Kimberly Costello
Crystal L. Cox
Cynthia Dean
Zarmina Ehsan, M.D.
Karen Florio, D.O.
Karyn Fowler, M.D.
Kathryn “Beth” Garrett, M.D.
Monique Roberts Gill, LPC
Barb Gleason, MSN
Tara Goins, MSW
Jennifer Hamilton-Gilpin, MHA, RN, BSN
Lindsey Haslag, RN, BSN
Jennifer L. Hawn, MSN, RN, RDMS OB/GYN, WHNP-BC
Daniel Jackson, M.D.
Courtney Johnson
Traci Johnson, M.D.
Justin Josephson, M.D.
Nadim Kanafani, M.D., MPH
Sue Kendig, J.D., WHNP-BC, FAANP
Jami Kiesling, RN, BSN
Pam Lesser, MSN, RNC-OB
Steve Liao, M.D., MSCI
Jenny Lockhart, RN
Leandra Lyon, M.S.
Devika Maulik, M.D.
Kelly McKay-Gist, MSW, LCSW
Alexis Myers, RN
Ashlie Otto, RN, BSN
Roxane Rampersad, M.D.
Reggi Rideout
Lanae Roman, RN, BSN
Sarah Schlemeier Henke
Kristin Schlenk, M.Ed., CHES
Amy Sielaff
Elizabeth Simpson, M.D.
Martha Smith, MSN, RN
Donna Spears
Debby Sprandel, RN, BSN, MSN, MBA-HA
Rashmi Srivastava, M.D.
Amanda Stephens, M.D.
Beth Stieferman
Kristin Stovern, DNP, WHNP, CNM, FACNM
Melissa Tepe, M.D.
Melissa Terry, M.D.
Amanda Trudell, D.O.
Karen White
Emily Williams, M.D.
Tracey Williams, MSN, FNP-C
Marvella Ying
Sarah Younger, M.D.

MEET OUR TEAM

PARTNERS

Meet our partners

None of the work we do for Missouri would be possible without the help of our partners and affiliates.

This project is supported in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award funded by CDC/HHS.