Connecting for Health - Steering Group

Steering Group Members

Antoine A. Agassi, Director and Chair, State of Tennessee eHealth Council
Peter A. Andersen, MD, Public Health and Clinical Informatics Officer and Relationship Manager, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Zoë Baird, President, Markle Foundation, ex-officio
Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA, Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Strategic Planning, America's Health Insurance Plans
William R. Braithwaite, MD, PhD, Health Information Policy Consultant, Braithwaite Consulting
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, President, The Joint Commission
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Janet Corrigan, PhD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum
Robert M. Cothren, PhD, Technical Fellow and Chief Scientist, Health Solutions, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Rex Cowdry, MD, Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission
Mike Cummins, Chief Information Officer, VHA, Inc.
Mary Jo Deering, PhD, Director for Informatics Dissemination, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USDHHS
James Dempsey, JD, Policy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology
Carol Diamond, MD, MPH, Managing Director, Health Program, Markle Foundation,
Chair, Connecting for Health
David A. Epstein, Director, Public Sector Solutions, IBM Software Group
Colin Evans, Director, Policy and Standards, Digital Health Group, Intel Corporation
Stefanie Fenton, Senior Business Leader, Quicken Health, Intuit, Inc.
Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc, Director, Regional Informatics, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
Daniel Garrett, Managing Director, Health Industry Advisory Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Chair, Connecting for Health
Douglas A. Gentile, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
John P. Glaser, PhD, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Partners Healthcare System
Janlori Goldman, JD, Director, Health Privacy Project
John D. Halamka, MD, Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health System
Douglas M. Henley, MD, FAAFP, Executive Vice President, American Academy of Family Physicians
Joseph M. Heyman, MD, Chair-elect, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association
Gerald Hinkley, JD, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Kevin Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer, Prematics, Inc.
Michael Jackman, President of Healthcare Information Systems, Carestream Health, Inc.
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Health Level Seven, Inc.
William F. Jessee, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Medical Group Management Association
Michael L. Kappel, Senior Vice President, Government Strategy and Relations, McKesson Provider Technologies
Brian F. Keaton, MD, FACEP, President, American College of Emergency Physicians; Chair, Northeast Ohio Regional Health Information Organization (NEO RHIO); Attending Physician/EM Informatics Director – Summa Health System
Al Kinel, Vice President of Corporate Healthcare, Carestream Health, Inc.
Linda L. Kloss, RHIA, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, American Health Information Management Association
Allan M. Korn, MD, FACP, Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Steven Lampkin, Vice President, Benefits Administration & Compliance, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
David Lansky, PhD, President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health
Leslie Lenert, MD, MS, Director, National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jack Lewin, MD, Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology
Stephen H. Lieber, CAE, President, Health Information and Management Systems Society
J.P. Little, Chief Operating Officer, RxHub, LLC
John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Director, Health Care Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Vice-Chair, Connecting for Health
Janet M. Marchibroda, Executive Director, Foundation for eHealth Initiative; Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative
Philip Marshall, MD, MPH, Vice President, Product Strategy, WebMD Health
Howard Messing, President and Chief Operating Officer, Meditech
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Corporate Director, Clinical Informatics Research & Development, Chairman, Center for IT Leadership, Partners Healthcare System
Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc, Assistant Commissioner and Chair Primary Care Information Taskforce, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Margaret E. O'Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, Director, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.; President and Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Health Information Exchange (RHIO); Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Herbert Pardes, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System; Vice-Chair, Connecting for Health
Carol Raphael, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Rick Ratliff, Acting Chief Executive Officer, SureScripts
Alison Rein, Senior Associate, AcademyHealth
Craig Richardson, Vice President Global Business Intelligence, Johnson & Johnson
Wes Rishel, Research Vice President, Government and Healthcare, Gartner, Inc.
John Rother, Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP
Peter A. Schad, PhD, Health Informatics Coordinator, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Steve Shihadeh, General Manager - Sales, Marketing & Solutions, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corporation
Clay Shirky, Adjunct Professor, New York University, Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program; Chair, Connecting for Health Work Group on Consumer Authentication
Ellen Stovall, President, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Barry M. Straube, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Thomas E. Sullivan, MD, Past President, Massachusetts Medical Society; Partner, Women's Health Center Cardiology; American Medical Association, Council on Medical Service; Chief Strategic Officer, DrFirst.com
Paul Tang, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), Sutter Health
Robin Thomashauer, Executive Director, Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians
Micky Tripathi, Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
Charlene Underwood, MBA, Director, Government and Industry Affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions
Dennis J. Van Liew, Senior Director, Strategic Management Group, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc.
Robert Wah, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Computer Sciences Corporation
Andrew M. Wiesenthal, MD, Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Federation
Marcy Wilder, JD, Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Robert B. Williams, MD, MIS, Director, Healthcare Practice, Deloitte Consulting
Hugh Zettel, Director, Government and Industry Relations, GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions