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.

Rebecca Aguayo, M.D.
Anjali Anders, M.D.
Jim Anderst, M.D., MSCI
Chrissie Appleby
Teletia Atkins, CHW-C
Ta’Mare Banks, MSN, BSN
Abby Barker, Ph.D.
Alan Barnette, M.D.
Ta’Mare Banks
Stephanie Berdy, M.D.
Kimberly Brandt, D.O.
Rebecca Burger, R.N., BSN, CLC
Niraj Chavan, M.D., MPH
Karlyle Christian-Ritter, M.D.
Bryanne Colvin, M.D.
Crystal Cox
Kimberly Costello
Crystal L. Cox
Kelsey Davis-Humes, D.O.
Sarah Davis
Cynthia Dean
Tyronica “Ty” Dowdy
Taylor Dyer
Zarmina Ehsan, M.D.
Karen Florio, D.O., MFM
Karyn Fowler, M.D.
Kathryn “Beth” Garrett, M.D.
Sara Monks Geringer, J.D.
Monique D.R. Gill, LPC, NCC, CCTP
Theresa Glastetter, R.N., BSN
Barb Gleason, MSN
Lora Gulley, MSW
Shannon Haines, M.D., MPH, FAAP
Jennifer Hanford, MSN, NNP-BC, IBCLC
Lindsey Haslag, R.N., BSN
Jennifer L. Hawn, MSN, RN, RDMS OB/GYN, WHNP-BC
Kimberly Hawley, LMSW
Roxana Ionas, M.D., FAAP
Whitney Jennings
Elena Jenkins
Courtney Johnson
Traci Johnson, M.D.
Justin Josephson, M.D.
Nadim Kanafani, M.D., MPH
Sue Kendig, J.D., WHNP-BC, FAANP
Jami Kiesling, R.N., BSN
Allison Kolker, M.D.
Gaurav Kulkarni, M.D.
Danielle “Dani” Lee, EMT-P
Leigha Leppin
Pam Lesser, MSN, RNC-OB
Steve Liao, M.D., MSCI
Jenny Lockhart, R.N.
Leandra Lyon, M.S.
Shannon McDermott Crandall, MSW, LCSW, CCM
Kelly McKay-Gist, MSW, LCSW
Lori Melvin, R.N., BSN
Michelle Miller, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Cheyenne Mize
Alexis Myers, R.N.
Ashlie Otto, R.N., BSN
Volyia “Terry” Plain, M.A.
Roxane Rampersad, M.D.
Reggi Rideout
Sommer Rose, M.S.
Sarah Schlemeier Henke, M.A.
Christine Schrader, IBCLC
Amy Sielaff
Martha Smith, MSN, R.N.
Donna Spears
Debby Sprandel, R.N., BSN, MSN, MBA-HA
Rashmi Srivastava, M.D.
Beth Stieferman
Kristin Stovern, DNP, WHNP, CNM, FACNM
Melissa Tepe, M.D.
Anna Trainer
Amanda Trudell, D.O.
Heather Ulm
Darcy White
Karen White
Karen Will, M.S., CCDP-D, SQP-R, MARS, MAC
Tracey Williams, APRN
Brandy Wilson, R.N.
Jennifer L. Wyatt
Marvella Ying
Sarah Younger, M.D.
Kelly Zabka

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.