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Media Contacts

A Working Partnership

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) has a policy of doing our best to help members of the news media get the information they need to prepare their stories.

For the topics listed, specific managers are assigned to work with the media. For any topic not listed, feel free to contact Bonnie Davis, Shannon Koontz or Mark Wright at 336-716-4587. We look forward to working with you.

Mark Wright	Jonnie Rohrer
Director of Communications	Senior Public Relations Manager
mwright@wfubmc.edu	jrohrer@wfubmc.edu
336-716-3382	336-716-6972

*Topic*	*PR Contact*
Academic Computing	Mark Wright
Addiction Research	Mark Wright
Affiliates	Jonnie Rohrer
Aging	Jessica Guenzel
Alcohol Research	Mark Wright
Animal Research	Shannon Koontz
Behavioral Health	Bonnie Davis
BestHealth^® Resource Center	Lisa Long
Brenner Children’s Hospital	Rae Bush
Business/Finance	Mark Wright
Cardiology	Ann Hopkins
Community Affairs	Lisa Long
Dermatology	Ann Hopkins
Diabetes	Annette Porter
Disaster PIO	Shannon Koontz
Drug Addiction Research	Mark Wright
Education, Medical School	Robin Brantley
Emergency/Trauma	Bonnie Davis
Endocrinology	Annette Porter
ENT	Mark Wright
Eye Center	Barbara Evans
Facts & Figures	Megan Lunn
Family Healthcare Centers	Jonnie Rohrer
Family Medicine	Bonnie Davis
Financial	Mark Wright
Gamma Knife	Jonnie Rohrer
Gastroenterology	Jonnie Rohrer
General Surgery	Jonnie Rohrer
Hypertension/Vascular	Ann Hopkins
Imaging	Shannon Koontz
Infection Control	Barbara Evans
Internal Communications	Barbara Evans
Internal Communications	Megan Lunn
Minority Affairs	Megan Lunn
National News Media	Shannon Koontz
Neurosciences	Rae Bush
News Distribution	Lisa Davanzo
Nursing	Bonnie Davis
Oncology	Jonnie Rohrer
Ophthalmology	Barbara Evans
Orthopedics/Rehab	Ann Hopkins
Otolaryngology	Mark Wright
Pastoral Care	Barbara Evans
Pediatrics	Rae Bush
Physiology & Pharmacology (drugs & alcohol)	Mark Wright
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery	Ann Hopkins
Promotions & Awards	Lisa Davanzo
Public Events (sponsored)	Lisa Long
Public Health Sciences	Jessica Guenzel
Pulmonary	Lisa Davanzo
Regenerative Medicine	Karen Richardson
Rheumatology	Bonnie Davis
Speech & Hearing	Mark Wright
Technology Communications	Mark Wright
Technology Transfer	Jessica Guenzel
Tissue Engineering	Karen Richardson
Translational Science Institute	Robin Brantley
Transplants	Jonnie Rohrer
TV Studio	Shannon Koontz
Urology	Karen Richardson
Vascular	Ann Hopkins
Visual and Performing Arts	Megan Lunn
Volunteers	Megan Lunn
Webcasts	Lisa Long
Women’s Health	Shannon Koontz

Contact Information

Bush, Rae	rbush@wfubmc.edu
PR Manager	336-716-6878
Brantley, Robin	rbrantle@wfubmc.edu
Media Relations Writer	336-716-7334
Davis, Bonnie	bdavis@wfubmc.edu
Media Relations Manager	336-716-4977
Davanzo, Lisa	ldavanzo@wfubmc.edu
Media Relations Support	336-716-6906
Evans, Barbara	bevans@wfubmc.edu
Internal Communications PR Manager	336-716-6877
Guenzel, Jessica	jguenzel@wfubmc.edu
Public Relations Manager/Research	336-716-3487
Hopkins, Ann	ahopkins@wfubmc.edu
PR Manager	336-716-1280
Koontz, Shannon	shkoontz@wfubmc.edu
Media Relations Manager	336-716-2415
Long, Lisa C.	lclong@wfubmc.edu
Manager, Community Relations	336-716-4588
Lunn, Megan	mlunn@wfubmc.edu
Internal Communications Support	336-716-5437
Porter, Annette	aporter@wfubmc.edu
Senior Publications &	336-716-2416
Communications Manager
Public Relations & Marketing	gpritcha@wfubmc.edu
Main Line	336-716-4587
Richardson, Karen	krchrdsn@wfubmc.edu
Senior Media Relations Manager	336-716-2153
Rohrer, Jonnie	jrohrer@wfubmc.edu
Senior PR Manager	336-716-6972
Wright, Mark	mwright@wfubmc.edu
Director of Communications	336-716-3382

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