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- History
- Our Mission/Vision
- Board/Staff
- Medical Advisors
- SUDC
History
Recognized as one of the largest, leading SIDS organizations in the country, the CJ Foundation was founded in 1994 by Joel and Susan Hollander in memory of their daughter, Carly Jenna, who died from SIDS in 1993. Since its inception, the CJ Foundation has provided millions of dollars towards SIDS research projects, organizations, support programs and public education and awareness campaigns throughout the nation, making tremendous strides in its fight to eliminate SIDS.
Today, the Foundation is the largest non-government funder of programs meeting the needs of the SIDS community. The CJ Foundation contributes its resources to the nation's leading SIDS investigators. As research has indicated that risk reduction is possible, the CJ Foundation is committed to developing, implementing and providing funding for education and awareness programs so that the message of risk reduction reaches every potential population. The CJ Foundation is national in scope and also supports bereavement and counseling services for those families that have lost a baby to SIDS.
Additionally, in 2001, the CJ Foundation created the Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Program. SUDC is the sudden and unexplained death of a child over the age of twelve months. Its mission is to provide a centralized resource for information, support and advocacy for a community that, without the support of the CJ Foundation, would have remained unnoticed.
We are located in the WFAN/Imus Pediatric Center at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Our Mission
The CJ Foundation for SIDS is a national charitable organization dedicated to recognizing the special needs of the SIDS community through funding SIDS research, support services and public awareness programs.The Foundation hopes to increase public awareness of SIDS and to contribute to a future in which no parent is faced with the tragedy of losing a loved one to SIDS.
Our Vision
Through the unique ability of the grant making process and the organization's direct commitment to cause change, the Vision of the CJ Foundation for SIDS through the millennium is to:
- Establish a high standard of service delivery to SIDS families and friends through existing and new programs
- Educate both the general public and professionals about SIDS
- Help cause a significant reduction in the SIDS rate
- Identify the cause of SIDS, resulting in its elimination
Board Members and Staff
The CJ Foundation for SIDS wouldn't be the organization it is today without a strong foundation of dedicated staff and support
Board of Directors
| Joel Hollander Co-Founder Chairman of the Board |
Susan Hollander Co-Founder President |
| Don Imus Director Emeritus |
Mel Karmazin Director Emeritus |
| Ken Ball RHR International |
Brian Clark, Esq Clifton Budd & DeMaria |
| Ralph Fatigate BDO Consulting Managing Director Practice Leader |
Pete Figliozzi, CPA Figliozzi & Company |
| Noel Firth Legends Restaurant Owner |
Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick, S.C St. Thomas Aquinas College President |
| Gary Greenspan Cushman and Wakefield Executive Vice President Special Olympics Board Member |
Christoper A Johnson CEO Hollister Construction Services |
| David Jurist Tanaseybert LLC President Tomorrows Childrens Fund President |
Robert Kossar Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. Executive Vice President Ryan Wolfe Kossar Foundation President |
| Lynn McClouchic Della Femina Rothschild Jeary & Partners |
Jennifer McConville |
| Steve Rosner 16W Marketing Partner |
Kris Rovell, M.S.N, RN, C Maternal Child Health Riverview Medical Center Nurse Manager |
| Steve Scully C-SPAN Political Editor |
Jim Tenney Della Femina Rothschild Jeary & Partners President COO |
Staff
| Linda McNeil Tantawi Executive Director This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Wendy Jacobs Assistant Executive Director Programs & Grants This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Laura Crandall Co-Founder/Director, SUDC This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Jennifer Brown Administrative Assistant This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Lori Caffrey Program Assistant, SUDC |
Medical Advisory Committee
Our Medical Advisory Committee provides best-in-class support in determining the best response to the latest findings in research
| Michael J. Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology Director, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory President, Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation Mayo Clinic Mayo Research Webpage Ph.D.Director, Long QT Syndrome Clinic Pediatric Cardiology |
Rachel Y. Moon, MD Director, Academic Development Associate Chief, Division of General Pediatrics and Community Health Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health Children's National Medical Center 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington DC 20010 Professor of Pediatrics George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Tel 202-476-3948 Fax 202-476-3386 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| MaryAnn Clayton, M.D. Bergen County Medical Examiner 351 Ridgewood Avenue Paramus, NJ 07652 Fax: 201 634-2950 Office: 201-634-2940 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Gene Nattie, MD Professor of Physiology Dartmouth Medical School; Borwell Bldg Lebanon, NH 02736-0001 PH: 603-650-7726 FAX: 603-650-6130 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| William P. Fifer, PhD Professor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics Columbia University Assistant Director Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology New York State Psychiatric Institute 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 40 New York, NY 10032 Tel: 212-543-5696 |
George Richerson, MD, PhD Yale University Professor Neurology, Cellular & Molecular Physiology Neurology, LCI-712 Yale University 15 York St, PO 208018 New Haven, CT 06520-8018 (203) 737-1461 Fax: 737-1425 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Fern R. Hauck, MD, MS Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences Director, International Family Medicine Clinic Department of Family Medicine University of Virginia Health System PO Box 800729 Charlottesville, VA 22908-0729 Assistant: Jonathan Doerr Tel: 434-924-1632 Fax: 434-243-4800 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Deborah A Robinson Infant Death Investigation Specialist Northwest Infant Survival Alliance 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, suite 348 Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 548-9290 office (425) 343-3701 cell www.nisa-sids.org |
| David Jardine, MD Lab phone: 206-616-4858 Office phone: (rarely there) 206-987-5465 Seattle Children's Hospital 4800 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Alissa K. Sandler, MSW, LCSW Section Chief, SIDS Center of New Jersey Social Work Supervisor Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital Hackensack University Medical Center 30 Prospect Ave. Hackensack New Jersey, 07601 201 996-5131 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| James Kemp, MD Professor Pediatrics Allergy/Pulmonary Division Washington University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics 660 S Euclid Ave Box 8116 St Louis, MO 63110 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone 314-454-2694 or 314-747-5173 |
Bradley T. Thach, MD Washington University School of Medicine 660 S. Euclid, Box 8208 St. Louis, MO 63110 314-286-2851 office 314-286-2893 fax This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Henry F. Krous, MD Director of Pathology Research, Rady Children's Hospital Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCSD School of Medicine Director, San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project 3020 Children's Way, M5007 San Diego, CA 92123 Phone: 858-966-5944 FAX: 858-966-8087 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Debra E. Weese-Mayer, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Director, Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics (C.A.M.P.) Children's Memorial Hospital 2300 Children's Plaza Mailstop #165 Chicago, IL 60614 phone: 773-880-8188 fax: 773-880-8100 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it web address: Children's Memorial web information on CCHS: www.genetests.org |
SUDC - Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood
The SUDC Program was created in the fall of 2001 as a program of the CJ Foundation for SIDS. Founded by Laura Crandall and Chelsea Hilbert, SUDC moms, it was developed to be a centralized resource for those affected by a sudden, unexpected death in childhood, whose cause is left undetermined, unclear or unexplained. It is a resource for information, support services, advocacy and research. The SUDC Program is the only organization worldwide devoted solely to the needs of families and professionals touched by unexplained death in childhood.
For more information, please contact:
The SUDC Program
c/o CJ Foundation for SIDS
HUMC – WFAN Pediatric Center
30 Prospect Ave
Hackensack NJ 07601
Phone: 800-620-SUDC
Fax: 201-996-5326
Email:
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