Public Health Emergency Preparedness Team, Erie County Department of Health
- Starting at left going around to right: Melissa Calhoun, Special Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner, EMS; Rebecca Sobol, Supply Chain Coordinator; Cheryl Pulinski, Principal Clerk; Ryan Sheedy, Principal MERS Coordinator; Mark Demartinis, Jr. Administratvie Assistant; Kenneth Peterson, ALS Coordinator; Gregory Butcher, Deputy Commissioner - Dept. of Homeland Security & Emergency Services; Gregory Gill, Deputy Commissioner - Health, EMS; Jonathan Shaw, Public Health Coordinator; Thomas Harvey, Coordinator - Public Health Preparedness; Steve Piotrowski, PT Interoperable Communications Consultant; Kaylea Rustay, Jr. Public Health Preparedness Coordinator; Nancy Zajdel Zink, Administrative Aide; Diane Overhoff, Senior Clerk Typist.
- Not Pictured: Jon Torre, SNS Coordinator; Kevin Hughes, Public Incident Safety Response Monitor; Jerry Whittington Jr., Public Incident Safety Response Monitor; Sarah Hopseker, Pharmacist; Charlene Stalikas, Public Health Nurse; Pati Aine Guzinski, Training Coordinator.
Erie County Department of Health’s Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness supported more than 700 COVID-19 testing sites, administered more than 35,000 rapid COVID-19 tests and collected more than 12,5000 PCR samples through early 2022. Through its efforts, more than 660 vaccine clinics administered more than 235,000 vaccine doses in 2021 alone. And through the Division of Emergency Medical Services, schools, municipal emergency managers, libraries, houses of worship, and non-profit organizations received hundreds of thousands of at-home COVID-19 tests for the general public. In addition, they distributed more than 7 million masks – and counting - to countless organizations.
