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Suzanne Salimbene, Ph.D.
President

Suzanne Salimbene, Ph.D., president of Inter-Face International is nationally known as a pioneer in cultural and linguistic competence in healthcare. She provides practical cost-effective approaches to care that both meets the needs and expectations of culturally divers patients and the economic, ethical and legal obligations of caregivers' and health organizations.

Her CLAS A-Z: A Practical Guide for Implementing the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care was prepared under contract to the Office of Minority Health.. She has authored and co-authored continuing education units for Nursing Spectrum and has been published in the 1999 Guide to Managed Care Strategies: An Annual Report on the Latest Pricks and Policies in the Managed Care Environment, The Journal of Nursing Care Quality and many other prestigious publications. JCAHO has interviewed her for a benchmark article on cultural and linguistic competence and has reproduced some of her well-known tips in one of their monographs.

A faculty member of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine at Rockford, Dr. Salimbene is nationally recognized for her innovative keynotes, workshops and talks to clinical and non-clinical staff at hospitals, HMO's, healthcare systems, schools of medicine, professional organizations and conferences. The North Brooklyn Health Network, The Case Management Society of America, Kings County Hospital, The University of Chicago Hospital Academy, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Rockford Health System, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross of California, Fairview Health System, Cleveland Ohio are among her extensive client list.

INTER-FACE INTERNATIONAL
3821 East State St. Suite 197 Rockford. IL 61108 USA

tel.815.282.2433, fax.815.282.5417

Š2006 Inter-Face International

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