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The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center

Kids CO-OP Staff:

 

Victoria W. Rogers, M.D.
Program Director

Dr. Victoria Rogers is the Director of the Kids CO-OP at The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center. There, she oversees the development, coordination, and promotion of community-oriented, pediatric healthcare initiatives. Over the past few years, Dr. Rogers has focused her efforts on combating the childhood obesity epidemic. Some of the state-wide initiatives targeting childhood obesity that she has been involved with include: the Countdown to a Healthy ME Program at The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC), and 5-2-1-0 Goes to School. She is also the Medical Director to the Let's Go! Initiative.  Let's Go! is a community initiative funded by local business and healthcare partners in the Greater Portland, Maine area.  Let's Go! is working in the following areas - healthcare, schools, after school, childcare, workplace and communities to increase healthy eating and physical activity for youth and families. At a national level, she is involved with the Childhood Obesity Action Network. Most recently Dr. Rogers has been asked to participate in the American Academy of Pediatrics Obesity Leadership Workgroup. This workgroup is a cadre of expert consultants upon which the AAP calls on for expert opinion, review, and as spokespersons.
   (207) 662-4982 

Elizabeth Motyka, MPH
Program Manager

Elizabeth joined the Kids CO-OP as Program Manager in January 2007.  She has over ten years of experience in public health program management.  Elizabeth manages the 5-2-1-0 Goes to School Program.  
   (207) 662-3235   

Emily Walters
Let's Go! Program Manager

Emily came to the Kids CO-OP and the Let's Go! Program in 2008 with seven years of experience in the field of health education. She has been working on developing the Early Childhood and After School sectors of the Let's Go! model. 
   (207) 662-5685

Rick Fortier
Program Coordinator

Rick is the coordinator for 5-2-1-0 Goes to School. He joined the Kids CO-OP in May 2008 and has nine years of experience in Public Health working with schools, businesses and other community organizations.  
   (207) 662-6472 

 

AH! (Asthma Health) Program Staff:

Barbara Chilmonczyk, M.D.
AH! Program Director

Dr. Chilmonczyk serves as the Medical Director of the AH! Program at MaineHealth. She is a practicing Allergy/Immunology Specialist and Partner at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Maine in Portland. Over the last 8 years Dr. Chilmonczyk has chaired several clinical working groups on asthma and has advised MaineHealth, the American Lung Association of Maine, and others on regional and statewide asthma initiatives. 
   (207) 662-3825 


Stephen DiGiovanni, M.D.
AH! Program Advisor

Dr. DiGiovanni is a practicing Pediatrician at Bayview Pediatrics in Yarmouth, Maine. Over the last 6 years Dr. DiGiovanni has led multiple tobacco intervention efforts in the state of Maine. Through his tobacco intervention efforts he has worked with the Legacy Foundation, the Maine Tobacco Helpline, the MaineHealth system, and the Maine Medical Center Physician Hospital Organization. He is currently involved in quality improvement programs in the fields of tobacco intervention, asthma, and obesity. Dr. DiGiovanni also acts as a Program Advisor to the AH! Program. 
   (207) 662-3325

Rhonda Vosmus, RRT-NPS, AE-C 
AH! Program Asthma Educator

Rhonda is a nationally certified asthma educator who provides patient, family, provider and community asthma education through Maine Medical Center and the MaineHealth System.  She has been in the field of respiratory care for over 28 years as a critical care therapist and educator.  Rhonda has also served as an advisor for the American Lung Association of Maine and other regional and state wide asthma initiatives.   
   (207) 662-4515 


Jodie Widor
, RN
AH! Program Nurse

Jodie acts as a liaison between the Outpatient Pediatric Department and the AH! Program. She also works with second year pediatric residents reviewing asthma management for their patients as part of the Quality Improvement Initiative.
   (207) 662-3325

Paula Gilbert
AH! Program Coordinator

Paula is the Program Coordinator for the AH! Program.  She has worked for Maine Medical Center for the past few years in an administrative capacity. Currently, she provides a wide variety of administrative and staff support to the AH! Program.
   (207) 662-3325

 

 
 

 

 

 

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