ARC J-1 Visa Waiver State Contacts


Alabama
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Niko Phillips, HPSA Program
J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Alabama Department of Public Health
Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
201 Monroe Street, Suite 1040
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
334.206.3807
Fax: 334.206.0340
email: [email protected]

Georgia
David Glass, Primary Care Office
State Office of Rural Health
Georgia Department of Community Health
502 South 7th Street
Cordele, Georgia 31015
229.401.3094
Fax: 229.239.0864
email: [email protected]

Kentucky
Shellie Wingate
Health Program Administrator
J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Health Care Access Branch
Kentucky Department for Public Health
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621
502.564.8699 ext. 4003
email: [email protected]

Maryland
Sadé Diggs, MPH
Coordinator, State Office of Rural Health
Coordinator, Office of Workforce Development
Maryland Department of Health
201 West Preston Street, 4th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
410.767.7141
Fax: 410.333.7501
email: [email protected]

Mississippi
Kara M. Aldridge, Health Program Specialist, SR
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 E. Woodrow Wilson
Jackson, Mississippi 39216-1700
601.576.7226
Fax: 601.576.7530
email: [email protected]

New York
Steve Swanson, Program Administrator
Office of Primary Care and Health Systems Management
New York State Department of Health
Corning Tower, Room 1695
Albany, New York 12237
518.473.7019
Fax: 518.486.7835
email: [email protected]

North Carolina
Karen Gliarmis, AASPR
Placement Services - Office of Rural Health
2009 Mail Service Center
311 Ashe Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-2009
919.527.6452
Fax: 919.715.1503
email: [email protected]

Ohio
Coleen Schwartz (interim)
Primary Care and Rural Health Program
Ohio Department of Health
246 N. High Street, 6th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43266-0118
614.728.3700
Fax: 614.995.4235
email: [email protected]

Pennsylvania
Jacqueline F. Austin, Public Health Program Administrator
Bureau of Health Planning
Pennsylvania Department of Health
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0701
717.772.5298
Fax: 717.705.6525
email: [email protected]

South Carolina (WRITTEN INQUIRIES ONLY)
Mark Jordan, Director of Office of Primary Care
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Box 101106
Columbia, South Carolina 29211-0106

Tennessee
Ann Cranford, J-1 Visa Coordinator
Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Health Access
Cordell Hull Building, 6th Floor
425 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, Tennessee 37247-5210
615.741.2101
Fax: 615.253.2100
email: [email protected]

Virginia
Olivette Burroughs, Health Workforce Specialist
Office of Health Equity (OHE)
Virginia Department of Health
109 Governor Street, Suite 714 West
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.864.7431
Fax: 804.864.7440
email: [email protected]

West Virginia
Bethlhem Amare, J-1 Visa Coordinator
West Virginia State Office of Rural Health
Division of Rural Health and Recruitment
350 Capitol Street, Room 515
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
304.356.4217
Fax: 304.558.1437
email: [email protected]